Holt Festival - Paint Out

Paintings created at Paint Out Holt 2019

Paint Out Holt took place 19-20 July. 22 plein air artists across 3 sessions from Friday to Saturday morning ahead of opening the Holt Festival at Picturecraft Gallery in Holt. Prizes were awarded by Robert Upstone, former Senior Curator of 20th Century Art at Tate and Norfolk-based Art Historian, Charlotte Crawley – a former curator and past Director of the East Anglia Art Fund.

Mary Blue Brady, 'In a Field, I am the absence of a Field', Outskirts of Holt off Holt Rd, Mixed Media, 8x24in, FOR SALE, £450

Artist: Mary Blue Brady, Title: In a Field, I am the absence of a Field, Location: Outskirts of Holt off Holt Rd, Media: Mixed Media, Size: 8x24in, £450 Third Prize

Artist Emma Perring, 'Cleaning Windows on the Sunny Side of the Street', High St, Holt, Oil, 30x40cm, SOLD at £340. Paint Out Holt 2019 Spirit of Holt Winner
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Cleaning Windows on the Sunny Side of the Street, Location: High St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 30x40cm, SOLD at £340

Artist Emily Faludy, 'Passing Clouds on High Street', Holt, Norfolk, Oil, 5x7in, £140. Paint Out Norfolk 2019 First Prize
Artist: Emily Faludy, Title: Passing Clouds on High Street, Location: Holt, Norfolk, Media: Oil, Size: 5x7in, £140. Paint Out Norfolk 2019 First Prize

Kate Gabriel, 'Crowe's Greengrocers', Holt, Norfolk, Oil, 10x8in, FOR SALE, £220. Paint Out Holt 2019 Second Prize
Artist: Kate Gabriel, Title: Crowe's Greengrocers, Location: Holt, Norfolk, Media: Oil, Size: 10x8in, £220. Paint Out Holt 2019 Second Prize

Emma Perring, 'Stormy Skies over Byfords', Bull St, Holt, Oil, 36x28cm, FOR SALE, £260
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Stormy Skies over Byfords, Location: Bull St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 36x28cm, £260. Paint Out Holt 2019 Spirit of Holt Winner

Emma Perring, 'Grey Day, Holt Festival', High St, Holt, Oil, 30x24cm, FOR SALE, £220
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Grey Day, Holt Festival, Location: High St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 30x24cm, £220

The Holt Festival (21-27 July), now in its eleventh year, has invited Paint Out to open this year’s Festival with a two-day Paint Out and Private View (19-20 July) around the charming North Norfolk town. A day-and-a-half of outdoor painting by 25 artists should see 50+ artworks created en plein air ready for a Private View at Picturecraft Gallery on Saturday 20 July with awards announced shortly after 1pm. Saturday also sees an Art Car Boot fair featuring artists such as Colin Self running alongside from 11-5pm

Paint Out Holt - Private View Invitation — Paint Out Holt – Private View Invitation

The judges are Robert Upstone, former Senior Curator of 20th Century Art at Tate and Charlotte Crawley who is a Norfolk-based Art Historian. After studying Art History at Cambridge University and The Courtauld Institute in London, she worked for five years at Windsor Castle looking after the Royal Collection of Drawings and Prints. Charlotte recently retired as the Director of the East Anglia Art Fund and serves on the Norfolk Committee of the Art Fund.

“This combination of judges has the unique qualification of having, early in their careers, curated the foremost collections of Canaletto drawings and Turner sketches probably the most famous early Plein Air painters on the planet!” – James Glennie, Holt Festival

Holt is home to 500-year-old Gresham’s School (alumni include WH Auden, Olivia Colman, Benjamin Britten, James Dyson, and the artist Ben Nicholson) and features fine 18th-century Georgian buildings and beautiful surrounding countryside.

The two-day Paint Out will be backed up by a week-long exhibition in Picturecraft of Holt, a gallery and Art material supplier with the winners exhibiting alongside the now well established Holt Art Prize.

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