Esperanza - exhibition review | Emma Plunkett Art

There is an incredibly diverse and high level of artwork in this Esperanza group art exhibition, in Orgiva. I was astonished to see how my friend’s and my art has improved over the last 3 years since being members of Artists’ Network Alpujarra (ANA). We are attracting new members who are making us look even more exciting and old members who are improving in ways of development, delivery, impact, confidence and viability of their work! It’s so much fun to play with them all.

My 12 very different pieces of my art

I will go into more detail about each piece in my forthcoming weekly art newsletters.

: The Gates of Justice

: Smell The Roses

: Getting into the Bath

: Cracked Earth Bowl

: Cracked Earth Bowl

: Cracked Earth Bowl

: Octopus and Cracked Earth Bowl

: Octopus Bowl

: Cracked Earth Bowls

: 4 of 7 eyes

: 4 of 7 eyes

: The Moon

: Sewing the Seeds of Hope

: I Hope They Had Other Shoes

: Skinny Dipping

: Holding it Together

: Hanging Around

: Smell The Roses

It’s good for the soul of an artist to be among their kind

It feels to me, in the last 3 years of being an active member of ANA, that we are all reaping the rewards of socialising and exhibiting together. One of our members said he’d not been in such a community since leaving art college. While we encourage each other, we’re also pulling each other along and generally inspiring each other by sharing what we have achieved in the solitude of our art studios.

The atmosphere at the opening night

It was packed and the classical music provided by Nick Tasker and his musicians was the perfect accompaniment for viewing art.

It’s wonderful to be able to invite people to come and see such an array of art. Exhibited works include: traditional paintings, photographs, 3D work and light installations.

Artists’ work

: Socrates Cat By Gareth Lister

: Socrates Cat By Gareth Lister

: Socrates Cat By Gareth Lister

Gareth Lister‘s 3 meter long paper piece called Socrates’ Cat, with meticulously drawn poisonous botanicals under smeared walnut stains that loosely invoke the shapes of cats. The concept being all about the brink of death, with hints to Schrodinger’s cat and Socrates’s suicide.

Sebastian Lowsely-Williams has painted a knock out super slender seascape in oils, which is sublimely executed.

Jo Chipchase has nailed down a series of 6 mountain sunrises, in sepia tones, with carefully composed, rustic, silhouetted foregrounds. Azzi Shanahan‘s huge mandalas have taken another step towards even more intricacy and psychedelic colour.

To see more photos read the Artists’ Network Alpujarra exhibition review.