World Environment Day with the New English Art Club
2nd Jun 2025
World Environment Day is celebrated each year on 5 June to raise awareness and encourage action for the protection of the environment. Art is a vital way of communicating such issues, and can be immensely powerful in making an impact.
Melissa Scott-Miller, Living With Change
New for 2025 at the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition is the Climate Emergency Prize, £2,000 for the best a
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From the Artist: Frances Bell RP ROI
8th May 2025
Frances was born in 1983 and raised in Suffolk, UK. After developing a childhood interest in drawing, and pursuing art and art history at school, she made her way to a classical training at Charles. H. Cecil Studios, Florence in 2001 for three years of study. After completing her training, Bell maintained a connection with the Art School by teaching there from 2005 to 2011.
'A painting is a testam
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From the Artist: Jamie Routley RP
8th May 2025
Elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2022, Jamie Routley is the Society's newest member.
He was born in Newport, South Wales in 1982 and educated entirely in the Welsh language at Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw. Having completed his BA in Illustration at Swindon College, he studied under the American painter Charles H. Cecil in Florence, Italy (2004 – 2008).
His work has been exhibited
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From the Artist: Claire Sparkes RI
4th Apr 2025
Claire Sparkes is a watercolour artist based on the South Coast, and has been a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours since 2019.
'My paintings primarily focus on people whilst also encompassing still life, interiors, and landscape. At times my work crosses these boundaries interrelating and layering elements. This leads to the weaving of narratives that draw upon connect
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