Paint Out Norfolk took place 13-22 July. Up to 100 plein air artists touring city, coast and countryside, as well as historical Norwich School of Painters locations. Artists are exploring the Norfolk coasts, Norwich, Broads, County Halls & Estates, Gooderstone Water Gardens, boatyards, and much more. Nine painting days in the summer sun! 550 paintings were created!
Paintings will be added below during and after the physical art exhibition. If a painting you are interested in is not online yet and the exhibition is closed then please contact info@paintout.org 07432 608015 to enquire about availability and purchase. Alternatively, please view the online catalogue with its enquiry form.
Artist Dave West, Decayed, Trowse boatyard, Oil, 25x30cm, £375
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #21)
Artist Kevin Day, By the Park, Trowse, Norfolk, Oil, 25x30cm, £500.
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #1)
Artist Jude Chaney, Stormy Sky Over Norwich, Norfolk mousehold, Acrylic, 203x508in, £195
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #3)
Artist Tanya Pawsey, Questioning my Sanity, Whitlingham Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £195
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #9)
Artist Richard Bond, Geese and boats, Whitlingham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 8x10in, £100
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #2)
Artist Louise Stebbing, Forest Bathing, Whitlingham Woods Norfolk, Acrylic, 30x40cm, £200
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #14)
Artist Stephen Johnston, Yellow drum, Whitlingham, Oil, 16x20in, £200
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #26)
Artist Neil Warren, Where's the Bread?, Whitlingham, Oil, 10x12in, £120
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #15)
Artist Martin Gibbons, Down River, Norfolk, Acrylic, 10x12in, £100
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #12)
Artist Kate Gabriel, Lakeside Path, Whitlingham County Park, Norfolk, Oil, 6x4in, £120
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #11)
Artist Eleanor Alison, Rainbow Kayaks, Whitlingham, Oil, 10x12in, £180
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #16)
Artist Paul Clarke, Evening sun at Whitlingham Broad, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #10)
Artist Justin Twigg, Fishing from the jetty of the ferry on the River Bure, Norfolk river Bure, Oil, 21x30cm, £150
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #7)
Artist Neil Warren, Five Guys, Three Umbrellas, Norwich, Oil, 12x10in, £160
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #106)
Artist Richard Bond, Wet afternoon in July, St Andrews Street, Norwich, Watercolour, 13x9in, £280
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #156)
Artist Joanne Fenech Portelli, Serenity at Riverside, Norwich, Oil, 24x30cm, £385
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #145)
Artist Charlotte Kearsley, Wensum Reflections, Wensum Park, Oil, 8x10in, £175
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #62)
Artist Jack Godfrey, Never Be Seen, Norfolk, Oil, 24x18cm, £345
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #118)
Artist Charlotte Kearsley, Pops of peach, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £175
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #13)
Artist Julie Hodgson, Splash of Colour, Whitlingham, Acrylic, 12x8in, £150
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #319)
Artist Fiona Burton, Dunkirk Bridge, Norfolk, Oil, 25x30cm, £100
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #88
Artist Shirley Shakespear, Waiting for inspiration, Whitlingham countr par, Oil, 40x50cm, £120
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #29)
Artist Tanya Pawsey, From Mousehold Heath, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £195
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #34)
PON06370 Artist Rob Adams, Soft Afternoon Norwich, Norwich, Oil, 12x14in, £750
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #30)
Artist Stephen Johnston, Rhombus rain, Whitlingham, Oil, 16x16in, £240
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #71)
Artist Stephen Johnston, Duck a l'orange, Whitlingham, Oil, 16x20in, £240
Paint Out Norfolk 2023 (Painting #45)
Artist Kevin Day, River cottage, Norwich, Trowse, Oil, 25x30cm, £450
Paint Out Norwich took place 27-30 October. 15 plein air artists explored Norwich’s medieval views by night and morning/late light.
More paintings will be added below ASAP. If a painting you are interested in is not online yet that you may have seen at the exhibition or being painted then please contact info@paintout.org 07432 608015 to enquire about availability and purchase. Alternatively, please view the online catalogue with its enquiry form.
Artist Neil Warren, Failing light, Norwich Cathedral, Oil, 12x9in, £120
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Paulina Jones, Reflections, Norwich Thorpe Saint Andrews by the river, Mixed Media, 20x20in, £155
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Karen Adams, Rosy Glow on Elm Hill, Norwich, Oil, 30x20cm, £230
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Claire Oxley, Cathedral Nocturne I, Norwich Cathedral, Mixed Media, 30x30in, £1150
Paint Out Norwich 2022
DSC01292 Artist Julie Hodgson, Just before dark!, Norwich, Acrylic, 12x8in, £99
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Stephen Johnston, Turtlebay, Norwich, Oil, 10x16in, £225
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Neil Warren, Going out, Norwich Tombland, Oil, 12x8in, £140
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Richard Bond, October dusk, Cathedral Close, Norwich, Oil, 8x10in, £150
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Eleanor Alison, Autumn Spire, Norwich Cathedral, Oil, 12x8in, £120
Paint Out Norwich 2022
Artist Patricia Troods, Holy Oil, Norwich Cathedral, Oil, 12x9in, £140
Paint Out Norfolk took place 15-22 July. 70+ plein air artists touring city, coast and countryside, as well as historical Norwich School of Painters locations. The artists explored the North and East coasts, Norwich, Broads, Blickling & Wolterton Halls, Gooderstone Water Gardens, boatyards, and a life art model. Eight painting days in the summer sun!
Paintings will be added below during and after the event or visit the art exhibition in person until 24th July 2022. If a painting you are interested in is not online yet and the exhibition is closed then please contact info@paintout.org 07432 608015 to enquire about availability and purchase. Alternatively, please view the online catalogue with its enquiry form.
Artist Louise Garrett, Whitlingham Park looking towards Flint Barn, Whitlingham Park, Norfolk, Oil, 10x8in, £100
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Jean Stevens, Hazy Days of Sunshine, Blickling, Norfolk, Oil, 10x10in, £250
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Tushar Sabale, Evening Sun Behind the Windmill, Burnham, Norfolk, Oil, 9x12in, £350.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Susanna Heath, Elm Hill Craft Shop, Elm hill, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x6in, £400.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Paula Mitchell, Whispering Reeds, Thurne, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £320.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Naomi Clements Wright, Room With a View, Blickling , Norfolk, Oil, 16x8in, £480.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Gail Dorrington, Cary’s flowers, Norwich Market, Acrylic, 23x29cm, £200.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Jack Godfrey, Get thy bearings, Work it out, NUA St. George’s St, Norwich, Norfolk, Oil, 10x10in, £395.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rachel Wright, Blickling Hall Across the Water, Norfolk, Oil, 30x40cm, £495.
aint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Charlotte Kearsley, White Heat, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 11x14in, £195. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rachel Wright, Seated Lady, Norfolk, Oil, 30x23cm, £295. P
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rachel Wright, View through the colonnade, Blickling, Norfolk, Oil, 30x23cm, £345.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Tushar Sabale, Red Sail on a High Tide!, Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £650. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Georgie Watson, Heatwave colours at the Water Gardens, Norfolk, Oil, 10x8in, £150. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rob Adams, Paint Out, Norfolk, Oil, 8x8in, SOLD £200. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mindy Qin, Gooderstone Water Gardens, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £200. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Charlotte Kearsley, Remembering Howard Hodgkin, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 11x14in, £195. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Georgie Watson, Willows at the Water Gardens, Gooderstone Water Gardens, Acrylic, 10x12in, £230. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rachel Wright, Swan at the Water Gardens, Norfolk, Oil, 40x30cm, £495.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rob Adams, Hemblington All Saints Font, Norfolk, Pen & Ink, 6x7in, £180. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Susan Isaac, In Memoriam, Wolterton Hall, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 45x45cm, SOLD. Paint Out Norfolk 2022 First Prize
Artist Paula Mitchell, Just Drift, Gooderstone Water Gardens, Norfolk, Oil, 7x12in, £280. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Emma Perring, The Hottest Day at Burnham Overy Staithe, Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, Oil, 30x65cm, £495. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rachel Constantine, South Creek Willows, 56 Church Lane, Oil, 11x14in, £475.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022 First Prize
Artist Shirley Shakespear, Monet not, Gooderstone Water Gardens, Norfolk, Acrylic, 12x16in, £100. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mindy Qin, Garden with Lake View in Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £200. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Charlotte Kearsley, By the Bridge, Gooderstone Water Gardens, Norfolk, Oil, , £150. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Sue Fawthrop, Fieldscape Behind the Church, Blofield, Norfolk, Oil, 6x8in, SOLD £200.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Neil Warren, Last Light, Norfolk, Oil, 5x7in, £100.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Louise Garrett, Jacobean Delight, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 30x25cm, £150.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Stephen Johnston, The Red Boat, Burnham Overy Staithe, Oil, 10x16in, £225.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rob Adams, The Yellow Boat, Norfolk, Oil, 10 x 10", £300. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rob Adams, St Michaels and All Saints, Norfolk, Oil, 7 x 7", SOLD. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Julie Hodgson, Outgoing Tide, Holkham, Norfolk, Oil, 14x18in, SOLD £220. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Eleanor Alison, Walking To The Sea, Holkham Beach, Norfolk, Oil, 19x30cm, £220.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Stephen Johnston, White bridge, Gooderstone Water Gardens, Norfolk, Oil, 12x17in, £275.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Tracey Newland, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £120. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Patrycja Reimus, Millionaire's Row, Trowse Newton Hall Ruins, Norfolk, Oil, 36x100cm, £450. Paint Out Norfolk
Artist Stephen Johnston, The Nymphs Stream, Norfolk, Oil, , £275.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Stephen Johnston, 4ducks, Gooderstone Water Gardens, Norfolk, Oil, , £225.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Kay Rawlinson, A swim would be nice!, The Lake, Blickling, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £220.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Stephen Johnston, Burnham Overy Windmill, Burnham, Oil, 10x16in, £225.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Paula Mitchell, Crack of Sparrows, Mousehold Heath, Norfolk, Oil, 9x12in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Paula Mitchell, Mighty Oaks, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x10in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Zoë Cameron, Magenta St. Marys, Burnham Market, Norfolk, Acrylic, 45x35cm, £250.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Kate Gabriel, Norfolk Dawn Harvest, Catfield, Norfolk, Oil, 8x20in, £495.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Richard Bond, The Lowering Sun, Caister St Edmunds, Norfolk, Watercolour, 7x10in, £180. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mary Blue, Invisible Stars, Holkham Gap, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x24in, £450.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mary Blue, Roots Reach Down twice the Depth notice the Current Underground, River Yare Whitlingham Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x24in, £450.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mary Blue, The Bittersweet taste of Salt on your Lips, Wells Beach, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x24in, £450.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Emma Perring, Everything I love about Blakeney, Norfolk, Oil, 30x40cm, £595. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist James Colman, School's Out For Ever, Norwich Riverside, Gouache, 41x30cm, £250. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist James Colman, Sunny Afternoon, Tombland, Norfolk, Gouache, 40x30cm, SOLD
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Georgie Watson, Morning heat at Holkham, Holkham, Oil, 11x14in, £295. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Pamela Bumby, Moorings at Coltishall, Coltishall, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £180.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Helen Otter, Bright Bricks Border Blooms Blickling, Blickling, Norfolk, Watercolour, 30x40cm, £120. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Zoë Cameron, Ever Changing Landscape, Holkham Bay, Norfolk, Acrylic, 35x45cm, £250.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Charlotte Kearsley, Sunday afternoon in the park with George, Cow Tower, Norwich, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £175. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Sam Clayden, Cromer Beach 2, Cromer, Norfolk, Oil, 4x6in, £100. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Sam Clayden, Cromer Beach 3, Cromer, Norfolk, Oil, 4x6in, £100. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Sam Clayden, Cromer Beach 1, Cromer, Norfolk, Oil, 4x6in, £100. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Ian Layton, Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £895.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Sam Clayden, Evening Clouds, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £250. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Max White, Pink Cliffs, Cromer, Norfolk, Oil, 30x24cm, £350. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Max White, Cromer Sunset, Cromer, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £350. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Ian Layton, Norwich, Prince of Wales Road, Norfolk, Oil, 12x9in, £295.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Paula Mitchell, Canary Yellow, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Oil, 8x10in, £250. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist James Decent, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, Oil, 20x24in, £750. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Sue Fawthrop, Morning Shadows on the Hall Ruins, Trowse Hall ruins, Norfolk, Gouache, 7x10in, £180.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Eleanor Alison, Naja, Norfolk, Oil, 25x30cm, £120.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Pamela Bumby, Morning Light, Mousehold Heath, Oil, 8x10in, £120.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Neil Warren, "en Plein air!!!", Whitlingham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Shirley Shakespear, Where have the cows gone, Cow Tower, Acrylic, 12x16in, £150. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Louise Garrett, Shadows and Light, Elm Hill Norfolk, Oil, 30x25cm, £150.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Jack Godfrey, City of Stories, The Lanes, Norwich, Norfolk, Oil, 10x10in, £395.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Sarah Luton, CJ’s, Norwich Market, Norfolk, Oil, 8x16in, £280.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist James Decent, Norwich cathedral, Norfolk, Oil, 100x150cm, £4500. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Wendy Kimberley, The Temple of Knappolis, Cringleford Bridge, A11, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 13x18cm, £120. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Louise Garrett, Lobster Lane, Lobster Lane Norwich, Acrylic, 25x20cm, SOLD £100.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Wendy Kimberley, Mellow, Yellow., Riverside Road, Norfolk, Acrylic, 25x25cm, £120. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Anthony Fountain, A quiet corner, Norwich Castle gardens, Norfolk, Oil, 16x8in, £200.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Richard Bond, Girl reading in the landscape, Whitlingham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 10x14in, £200. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rydal Hanbury, The Pink Runner, Norwich Cathedral Cloisters, Oil, 10x12in, £200.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Eleanor Alison, Pavilion Reflection, Eaton Park, Norfolk, Oil, 30x30cm, £250.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Juliet Hodgson, Shady walk, Norfolk Eaton park, Acrylic, 12x9in, RESERVED £200. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Nickie Holford, Cobbles and Crafts, Elm Hill, Norfolk, Oil, 11x14in, £125. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Kate Gabriel, Paddling Through, River near Trowse, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £375.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Hannah Bruce, ///lucky.leaps.decent - Elm Hill, Elm Hill, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £320.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Rydal Hanbury, Too Darn Hot, Fye Bridge, below Elm Hill, Oil, 12x10in, £250.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Andrew Horrod, Market colours, Norwich Market, Oil, 30x30cm, £200. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Neil Warren, Cobbles, Elm Hill Norwich Norfolk, Oil, 12x10in, £120.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Pat Tinsley, Dappled Light Trowse Museum, Whitlingham, Oil, 18x20in, £175.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Charlotte Kearsley, Shady Customers, Norwich Market, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £175. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Hannah Bruce, ///Festivity.calls.Rams - Sunset, Mousehold, Norfolk, Oil, 25x50cm, £430. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Paula Mitchell, Thorpe Marsh, Thorpe Marsh, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £280. Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Paint Out Norfolk 2020 saw some 50 artists take part in a Covid-distancing coast and countryside plein air art event. Well over 400 paintings were created and the three judges: Sarah Flynn (Sworders), Amanda Geitner (EAAF) and artist Bruer Tidman, had a tough choice to narrow them down to 3 main prizes and a personal commendation each. James and Katy also awarded two artists with the Paint Out Spirit of Plein Air prizes for their body of work produced during the event, consistency and quality. The prizes, as in 2019, went to a trio of female artists: First Prize – Susan Isaac, Second Prize – Mary Blue Brady, Third Prize – Amanda Barrett, and commendations to Alfie Carpenter, Jack Godfrey, Naomi Clements-Wright, Spirit of Plein Air awards to Paul Alcock, Sam Robbins.
First Prize
Artist Susan Isaac, Against the Waves, Winterton-on-Sea, Oil, 50x65cm, FOR SALE
The well-deserved first prize was awarded to artist Susan Isaac for her ‘Against the Waves’ painted at Winterton-on-Sea on day two of the art competition. It’s a large 50x65cm oil painting juxtaposing and leading the eye between two big concrete blocks and the dunes, sea and sky at the east Norfolk beach.
“I struggled for most of the day with the various elements to the composition, trying to balance scale and contrast with colours and tones, in order to give some sense of the intense blues and mauves of the hot summers day without being too literal. I eventually felt that I had done all I could to explain what lay in front of me and what I wanted to extrapolate from it.”
Second Prize
Artist Mary Blue Brady, Cultivating the Edge, Wiveton Down, Acrylic, 8x32in
American artist, currently living on and loving the North Norfolk Coast, Mary Blue Brady, for her “Cultivating the Edge”, Wiveton Down, Acrylic, 8x32in. Mary weaves wet paint and words together in poetic landscapes.
Third Prize
Artist Amanda Barrett, Berney Arms Windmill and Breydon Water, Burgh Castle, Oil
Newmarket-based artist Amanda Barrett, studied at the British Institute, Florence (Renaissance Art), Brighton Art College (Fine Art Painting) and Chelsea School of Art (Graphic Design) and her “Berney Arms Windmill and Breydon Water”, Burgh Castle, Oil, 23x45cm is full of fluid strokes and layers.
Paint Out 2020’s outdoor painting programme will be our biggest yet. An 8-day tour of Norfolk and Norwich (16-23 July). Some 40 artists have been accepted already from the UK and USA with more joining us from Russia and elsewhere. We are expecting around 50-70 plein air artists. Brush up alongside new and familiar faces of the outdoor art practice community. Challenge your creativity. Develop your skills. Win prizes. Sell your artwork.
Artist Julie Hodgson painting at the Castle during Paint Out Norwich 2018
For our 7th year leading the field in UK plein air innovation and inspiration and for the second year in East Anglia, we are making this our flagship event for 2020. As we enter the next decade, our founding event Paint Out Norwich (2014) will become a part of our broader Norfolk event and we are moving it up to high summer from its founding origins in autumnal October where it began as part of the Hostry Festival.
Paint Out is the first and consistently long-running event of its kind in the UK and with over 15 events in 3 counties under our belt, prides itself in its quest to innovate and set new challenges, year on year.
Artist Sarah Allbrook at Paint Out Norfolk, Wells Beach
Come and capture the height of summer in city, coast and countryside locations including Norwich, Norfolk seaside, seaport and market towns, and historic houses. Days and destinations are still being finalised but are set to include: King’s Lynn Festival, Cromer, Sheringham, North Walsham, and a couple of days and nights in Norwich.
There will be guest artists, painting demos, prestigious art talks, and daily prizes. Long summer days and evenings spent painting and socialising in stunning coastal, rural, market town and city environments.
Individual, weekend and multi-day choices available and transport options to county destinations. Priced from £15-£30/day – the early bird discount at £120 is sold out but the not-so-early bird discount of all 8 days at £135 till 29 February is open, rising to £150 in March.
Artist Emily Faludy painting a nocturne during Paint Out Norwich
Artists looking to hone their outdoor painting skills will be walking on the shoulders of plein air giants. Norfolk and Norwich can justifiably be called the crucible of plein air painting. The Castle Museum in Norwich has the largest collection of Cotmans and Cromes to name a couple of historic luminaries and has very recently acquired a magnificent JMW Turner (Walton Bridges, 1806) – his first open-air work, an analysis of which we hope will form part of our evening lecture programme. Looking to their masterly neighbours across the North Sea (Dutch Golden Age), the vast skies, watery dykes and unique cool filtered light are replicated in Norfolk and have inspired artists down the ages.
Artist Tom Cringle at Paint Out Norfolk, Wells Beach
2020 will see us transport artists around the county to Georgian set-piece market towns, Victorian and art deco crumbling seaside splendour, replete with piers, funfairs, harbours and crab boats. The magnificent medieval architecture of Kings Lynn and Norwich will be supplemented with a return to our 2019 garden theme by taking in a Humphrey Repton red book garden or similar historic country house. A quick draw in front of one of the UK’s oldest and largest markets will provide more than a surge of adrenalin, draw crowds and create bonds with fellow artists.
Paint Out is your chance to make friends, exchange techniques and laugh too, it will be creative inspiration, life-changing and enhancing.
Elsing Hall Gardens was visited on 16 Jun & 15 Sep 2019 one of seven days painting in six of Norfolk’s great gardens, and this grade I listed rural home has been described as “one of the hidden treasures of East Anglia”. The 20-acre estate of the fifteenth-century house and medieval moat near Dereham was previously recorded in nineteenth-century watercolour paintings by Rev James Bulwer now held in the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery. In June, the roses were in full bloom but throughout the year the gardens have views around every twist of moat and turn of corner.
Artist Eleanor Alison painting plein air at Paint Out Elsing Hall Gardens, Norfolk
The romantic gardens were established over 30 years ago under the direction of Shirley Cargill and have constantly developed ever since in terms of both restoration and innovation. There is a historic hydraulic ram pump that was installed almost 200 years ago and is still housed in its original underground brick pump house accessed by a spiral stairway.
Many other interesting features include the probably unique gingko avenue, the rapidly maturing pinetum, the formal Osprey Garden, the flowing planting around the moat, and densely planted with Lonicera Nitida viewing mound with a spiral path taking one slowly to the summit.
Paint Out Elsing Hall Art Gallery
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Ahead of our autumn exhibition 17-27 October in the Norwich Cathedral Hostry our last of seven paint outs in six gardens is on 15 Oct 2019 at Norwich’s Victorian-style gothic Plantation Garden.
Norwich Plantation Garden
The “Gothic” fountain is unique and fancy bricks from a local manufacturer were used to create medieval style walls, ruins and follies. Within less than 3 acres, Henry Trevor established a gentleman’s residence and garden that reflected in miniature the grand country houses of the Victorian period including terraces with balustrades, rockworks, a Palm House, and a rustic bridge.
“3-acre Victorian town garden created 1856-97 in former medieval chalk quarry. Remarkable architectural features include a 60ft Italianate terrace, unique 30ft Gothic fountain, newly re-built Gothic alcove, restored rustic bridge and summerhouse. Surrounded by mature trees. Beautifully tranquil atmosphere. The Plantation Garden is a grade II English Heritage registered garden established 143 years ago in an abandoned chalk quarry some 600 yards from the city centre. It comprises nearly 3 acres in all, and includes, a huge gothic fountain, flower beds, lawns, Italianate terrace, ‘Medieval’ terrace wall, woodland walkways and rustic bridge. There are many hidden and unique features to this idiosyncratic garden, making it a haven of peace and tranquility, and a glimpse into a bygone age.” – Head Gardener
The Bishop’s Garden is a historic private four-acre formal city centre garden that has belonged to the Bishops of Norwich for over 900 years and includes 14th-century ruins. The general form of the garden was laid down at least 300 years ago and includes many hidden and historic delights.
“The garden has many hidden delights for visitors such as the large traditional herbaceous borders, a small woodland walk, boxed rose beds, a long shade border with hostas, meconopsis and tree ferns. Also a large wild grass labyrinth, extensive shrubberies containing many rare and unusual plants, among these being a Hebe planted from a sprig taken from Queen Victoria’s wedding bouquet in 1840. There is an organic kitchen garden, bamboo walk…and the garden continues to evolve with new plants and features being introduced year by year.”