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drawings

11 Jul

Exhibition Review: Sandra Openshaw at Tea Amantes

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsart exhibition, blackpool art scene, drawings, fine art, paintings

Sandra Openshaw returns with a second exhibition at Tea Amantes cafe and gallery. David Simper caught the service 61 bus to check out the show opening and see how things had moved on since his review of the first exhibition. Sandra Openshaw's work is a set of finely honed images of great pictorial quality using a range of materials, including charcoal, pastel, watercolour and ink. Subjects include picturesque buildings from foreign locations, animals and flowers. One might say that these are traditional subjects, but they are executed with aplomb and love. The colour palette is carefully selected so that these…

11 May

Exhibition: Sandra Openshaw at Tea Amantes

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsart exhibition, Blackpool, blackpool art scene, drawings, tea amantes

The calendar ticks round and a new exhibition is on at the Tea Amantes gallery. With pizza inside I take the usual service 3 bus down to Albert Road where there's a substantial and lively crowd viewing the pieces. I am just through the door and Anna introduces me to Sandra. Openshaw describes herself as a self-taught artist from Doncaster, South Yorkshire who used her art as therapy during the lockdown periods. She prefers a realistic view rather than an abstract opinion. Together with her animal drawings, she now also draws people in black and white, giving a timeless feel…