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PROGRAMME UPDATE
Programme details for 2023 are available here.
DECEMBER 2022
Christmas party, including a display of photos of HAS events over the last 10 years and Rachel Vittolo in charge of an art quiz.
NOVEMBER 2022
Rick Holmes, demonstration at the Museum: "Harbour scene in pastels".
Also via Zoom we enjoyed a demonstration by Paul Talbot Greaves "winter landscape" in watercolour.
OCTOBER 2022
 | Roger Dellar, President of the HAS gave a demonstration: " Seascape in oils". Tea break and a chat with Sonya Vine. |
 | During Roger's demonstration Sonya Vines received the Darlah Peters Award (favourite painting at the Annual Exhibition) from Chairman Kaja van Walt. |
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022
 The Annual Exhibition opened with a lively Private View. From left Roger Dellar PS RI ROI, President of the HAS, The Mayor of Haslemere Jacquie Keen MBE and her husband John Robini, Kaja van Walt, Chairman of the HAS and Melanie Odell MBE, Chairman of the Museum.
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Anna Austin won the Alan Thomson Prize with her painting "A hot Summer's Day". The Museum staff were invited to their favourite for this award. |
Sonya Vine was favourite with visitors to the Exhibition and received the Darlah Peters Prize for her painting "Pond Dipping".
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SEPTEMBER 2022
Looking forward to the HAS Annual Exhibition running from 7th-17th September!Thanks to Mike Ward at Tidy Design, Portsmouth for producing the flyer.
AUGUST 2022
"Picnic and Paint" in the Museum garden.It was a very hot afternoon, but we enjoyed a few hours sketching and painting in the shade.
Many thanks to all who joined and in particular the HAS President Roger Dellar and model Kerrie.
JUNE 2022
Annual General Meeting of the Society. This year's winner of the President's Prize is Rachel Vitolo with her interpretation of the subject "Times are Changing".
Vincent van Gogh's selfie "If Vincent Van Gogh was alive today" was chosen by Roger Dellar, the HAS President, who was very pleased to present the award.
MAY 2022
"Three Painters Painting"Annual social evening with several members showing their skills.
Rachel Vitolo shows her use of fluid acrylics.
 | David Pattenden and his very interesting drawings. |
 | Robbie Murdoch made a great portrait of patient model Vincent van Walt. |
APRIL 2022
Ronnie Ireland gave a lively demonstration "Painting People"
MARCH 2022
Robbie Murdoch gave an interesting demonstration "portrait painting". Many thanks to Robbie and Dennis Smart.
SEPTEMBER EXHIBITION
The scaled down exhibition was very successful with a mixture of traditional and contemporary work in a variety of mediums, style and size.
The Darlah Peters Award goes to Rachel Vitolo. Her painting Waggoners Wells Walk was chosen by visitors as "Favourite in Show".
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The Allan Thomson Award, chosen by museum staff, goes to Yeside Linney for her painting "Whisper of Trees".
Congratulations to both.
3rd - 14th SEPTEMBER 2021
Abstract by Suzanne Riley.
Flyer design by Mike Ward of Tidy Design Portsmouth.
We are looking forward to welcoming many visitors to the Annual Exhibition.
AUGUST 2021
"Painting in Town", 29th August. HAS annual event to draw attention to the September Exhibition in the Haslemere Educational Museum.
HAS President Roger Dellar PS RI ROI painting Heidi Coffee shop.
FEBRUARY 2020
On the 20th Feb. Keith Hornblower treated a good number of members to a very interesting and enjoyable demonstration of his skill in using pastels. Keith created this lovely painting of a Venetian canal from a seemingly dark cloud of warm coloured pastels to begin with.
JANUARY 2020
Our President Roger Dellar PS RI ROI started our 2020 Programme with a demonstration using only one small palette knife. Roger painted a very contemporary view of a local landscape. The demonstration was a masterclass, much appreciated by members and guests.
DECEMBER 2019
Our Christmas party is always an informal evening, enjoyed by many members.
Liz Goodwin won the Prosecco prize for the “favourite Christmas card”.
NOVEMBER 2019
Workshop with Roger Dellar. These workshops are very popular. This time “A Rainy Day with Reflections and Umbrellas” was enjoyed by all participants and produced some lovely work. “Wet and Windy” by Sylvia Clewer.
OCTOBER 2019
In October Will Dyke’s talk about Lino cutting was most interesting and we enjoyed watching Will’s image of Robinson Crusoe evolve from his first drawing to his final print.
JULY & SEPTEMBER 2019
In July Lynne Friel gave us a very practical demonstration on how to prepare artwork for an exhibition. Members had a chance to experiment with various framing materials in order to show their paintings in the best possible “light”.
Lynne was back in September for another talk about pigments and colours. Members had fun grinding pigments and make tempera paints with egg yolks!
AUGUST 2019
“Painting in Town” is our annual event to draw attention to the HAS and our September Exhibition. 9 members turned up with their brushes and sketchbooks and a handful of members to support the event on Saturday 24th. Brezetta was the patient sitter for Roger Dellar and Clare Bowen who each produced an interesting painting! Many thanks to all!
JULY 2019
Ronnie Ireland’s workshop “Every Painting tells a Story” was mainly based on stories from literature. Brezetta Thonger is focussing on “King Arthur”. A variety of interesting work was produced, thanks to Ronnie’s inspiration and motivation.
JUNE 2019
The workshop by Julia Cassels “Loose and Lively in Watercolours” was most enjoyable.
There was a great selection of elephant photos to choose from. The result of the day was a variety of wonderful work of these beautiful animals.
Here is a baby Elly taking its first water bath (Kaja van Walt)
JUNE AGM 2019
The AGM was a very lively evening. Since our President Roger Dellar was abroad members chose Joanne Thomson’s painting “On the Beach” as this year’s winner of the President’s Prize. Last year’s winner David Pattenden handed over the trophy to Joanne. Catherine Bullock was the runner up with a collage of beach finds.
MAY 2019
Neville Lyons gave a fascinating talk “British War Artists of the Second World War”.
Paul Nash (Painting: the Battle of Brittain) was one of the many artists documenting the war in paintings.
This talk was organised by the Haslemere Art Society as part of the Haslemere Festival.
APRIL 2019
The Three Painters Painting evening in April was a great success. It is our evening where members and non members meet in a relaxed atmosphere to learn about the HAS and our activities. Many thanks to Roger Dellar, Colin Wilson and David Pattenden for their contribution in making this evening so enjoyable.
A very busy workshop: “Pastels but not as you know them”. Ric Holmes introduced members to various techniques in working with pastels, resulting in several street scenes with yellow truck!
MARCH 2019
Tim Gwyther gave us an insight in life, mainly in Paris, in the Bohemian art world during “La Belle Époque”, (1871-1914) and the transition from traditional painting to the modern style of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
FEBRUARY 2019
Alex Roch showed us her use of water based oils in painting a seascape. Here she creates a view towards the Isle if Wight.
JANUARY 2019
Daphne Jefferis opened our year with her talk “Windows in Art”. This was a very interesting presentation, richly illustrated about windows “looking in or looking out” in many works of art throughout the centuries.
DECEMBER 2018
Our Christmas Party on the 6th December was a jolly evening with lots of members enjoying good company and a glass of wine! Clare Bowen won the vote for “favourite Christmas card”. It was a lovely evening to round off a very successful HAS year.
NOVEMBER 2018
Workshops by our President Roger Dellar are always very popular. The most recent one, painting a “ Snowy Scene”, produced lots of interesting paintings by the 15 participants.
This is a snowy woodland scene by Elaine Hetem.
Bill Pullen gave an interesting talk on the “Development in Abstract Painting”. This is Bill’s own work “Tree Urchins”, a mixed media collage on Khadi paper.
OCTOBER 2018
Max Hale talked us through the process of painting a portrait in oil. Many thanks to Drummond Russell, our very patient sitter.
SEPTEMBER 2018
Jake Winkle created with seemingly simple brush strokes a bold painting, full of energy, in his demonstration “Light and movement in Watercolours”. An inspiration for us all.
JULY 2018
Workshop with Stephen Foster: “Landscape to Abstract”. After a demonstration by Stephen the 13 participants produced their own abstract work with acrylics or water based oils. Here Stephen discusses with Sue Lambot her painting and is very complimentary!JUNE 2018
“Turner” by Steve Carroll, a very interesting and entertaining talk.
Steve gave a short demonstration, with the help of his paintbox and a bucket of water, showing how Turner might have treated some of his paintings by dipping his paper in water!
2018 AGM
At the AGM of the Society on the 7th June The Society’s President Roger Dellar ROI PS RI chose David Pattenden with his interesting painting on the subject of “Working the Land” as the winner of the President’s Prize.
Congratulations to David.
MAY 2018
On the 24th May Tony Parsons gave a very lively and informative demonstration of his use of oils. Apart from being a full time artist Tony drives the Brighton Lifeboat. No wonder that water and boats feature in many of his interesting works. We all enjoyed the demonstration thoroughly.
SPRING SOIREE
 | The Spring Soirée in April was the perfect occasion for members to get together and see what goes on in the Society. |
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Clare Bowen who mainly works Plein Air painted a vase with daffodils, Mike Topham showed his intricate craft of making his humorous wirework and Rachel Vitolo gave a demonstration of working with fluid acrylics and resins. This Spring Evening is now a successful annual event where three members show their particular interest and skills in art. |
APRIL 2018
It seemed a little alarming when Ric Holmes started his demonstration “Beyond the Pure Pastels” with a roller and Chinese ink. The result of the Chiswick bridge in Pastel turned out to be very interesting and colourful.
MARCH 2018
Julia Cassels’ demonstration of “Loose and Lively Flamingoes” in watercolour and ink
showed how she creates beautiful atmospheric paintings with a minimal light touch of her brush. We are delighted that Julia has agreed to hold a workshop for the HAS next year. Date to be confirmed.
Sue Bradley’s workshop “Marine in Line and Wash” produced a selection of interesting results of the well known Seven Sisters coast line in East Sussex. Painting by Sheila Carr.
FEBRUARY 2018
Daphne Jefferies gave an interesting lecture “Trees in Art” illustrated with many photographs of works by artists throughout the centuries.
Here is a recent oil painting of trees in “Morning Meadow” by Clare Bowen.
JANUARY 2018
Roger Dellar paints usually in oils, but he did not at all seem to be out of his comfort zone when he gave us a demonstration titled “Watercolours, an Adventurous approach”.