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THE environment and mankind’s impact on it is the theme of the 12th annual exhibition of a group of East Anglia’s leading visual artists.

Artworks, the 30-strong group, is holding the exhibition from 10 September to 2 October at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

New member Jazz Green explores the colours and textures found in environmental erosion and decay in her rich abstract canvases. Conceptual artist and Eastern Open award winner, Lynn Hutton’s work in slate, ceramic, aluminium and wood, references the traces left by human activity throughout history on both memory and place.

Using satellite imagery has enabled Janet French to explore the relationship of the visual landscape we see around us, to the underlying earth in her prints combining delicate supports of handmade ‘paper’ with bold woodblock prints. Similarly, Eleanora Knowland has used photographs from the NASA website to create a series of paintings that probe the fragile sliver of a blue line that constitutes the earth’s atmosphere in painted canvas that sometimes borders on sculpture.

Sights and smells of more exotic locations have lured some artists away this year. Val Armstrong has distilled her reactions and memories of India in her vibrant paintings and drawings. Far away places also feature in the work of Doug Patterson.

There will be insightful ‘daily artist demonstrations’ throughout the exhibition and Artworks will again be presenting ‘Artists Making an Exhibition of Themselves’, an evening when artists set-up temporary studios in front of their work. The AMET evening will take place on the last Saturday of the exhibition, 1 October (6-9pm).

The Annual Janette Place Mini Artworks Prize Draw of thirty original works of art created specially by each of the thirty Artworks artists will again form a sumptuous feast for the eyes and a great talking point throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Artworks 12th annual exhibition
10 September – 2 October 2011, Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9JG
Admission FREE; ample parking, light refreshments available, shop selling original work and cards
Open 10-5 daily

For further information about Artworks see www.artworksinfo.org.uk. For any other queries and images contact Gillian Crossley-Holland on 01379 890339 or Email gillian@crossley-holland.com.