Leamington
& District Branch member, Gill Dakin, was a few minutes late for the
branch’s annual Christmas lunch on 6th December for a special reason. We asked her to
write a small piece to explain:
“Earlier this
year I planned to enter the annual Rugby
Open exhibition, but it did not take place. In my disappointment, I
hurriedly decided to make a first-time entry to the Rugby and District Art Society Annual Awards Exhibition, held on
floor one of the Rugby Art Gallery, Museum & Library. (The exhibition closed on 11th December.) I have been a member of this society for
about three years. I entered two pieces
under the heading of ‘mixed media’, because they contained some paper.
"I was surprised
and absolutely delighted to win the President’s Award for my entry entitled 'Autumn Robin', which I created using a dry point etching technique. It has not
photographed well, unfortunately, as you probably cannot make out the robin in
the bottom right hand corner of the second photo below. My other piece was called 'Poppy Field' [shown
in the lower centre of the photo here], and was started on a
recent branch workshop led by Amanda Hislop, which I enjoyed very much.
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| "Poppy Field" by Gill Dakin |
"I attended the
awards ceremony on the morning of Saturday 6th with my husband, Martin,
and was presented with my award by the Deputy Mayor of Rugby, Richard Dodd. I
managed to be only slightly late for the start of our lovely Christmas lunch
day and was delighted with the warm and positive response I received from
everyone regarding this award.
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| Gill Dakin with Rugby Mayor, Richard Dodd |
"Many thanks to
all the committee for everything they do throughout the year, which makes our
branch such a great group to belong to. I’m looking forward to next year with the EG."
Happy Christmas
everyone!
Gill Dakin
