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Acrylics by Pam Judd with Photography by Tony Chapman

Parkstone artist, Pam Judd, makes her tenth visit to the Regent Centre from Saturday 20 October – Friday 9 November with her latest art exhibition. Joining Pam will be her brother, Tony Chapman from Hythe, who will be exhibiting a series of his photographic work.

Pam specialises in colourful portraits using techniques such as photo-realism, modernism and figurative images together with interpretations of movement in acrylic and watercolour.  Her work is inspired by artists such as Cezanne, Monet, Degas, Klimt and the Northern Renaissance Movement.   Pam will have about 30 of her paintings on display.  In addition, there will be portraits of wildlife, still life and some local landscapes and seascapes.  Both she and Tony seek to involve the viewer in their work with the rich use of colour and subject matter.

The Art and Craft movement and its related artists, textile designs, pottery and architecture has been another source of inspiration for Pam’s work this year. Pam has been particularly influenced by the Bloomsbury Group of Artists, such as the Bells, Mackintosh and his iconic furnishings, through Pugin, Ruskin and the Glasgow School.

Pam is a member of the Leisure Painters of Poole and Poole and East Dorset Arts Society and has exhibited previously at Upton Country Park, Poole Library, The Lighthouse, Russell Cotes Museum, Gallery Originals in Poole, Mixed-Fillings Café in Poole, Highcliffe Castle, Poole & Dorset Arts Week and the Top Floor Gallery.  Pam was a selected artist for the BIC Open in 2016.

Tony will be at the Regent Centre for his ninth joint exhibition with his sister, Pam.  He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and shares Pam’s passion for shape, natural form and colour with local coastal scenes and creative images.  He has exhibited at a number of national RPS Visual Arts Exhibitions in 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2015.  He was also awarded First Prize at the 2016 Waterside Arts Exhibition. This year, Tony was selected for Southampton Gallery Open and Southampton Photography International exhibitions.

Tony seeks out exciting shapes and forms as well as unusual aspects of everyday subjects.  Still Life is a new aspect and colour continues to be explored and relationships between what the eye can see and what the printed image can explain continue to dominate his work.