my favourite art from the RWA Annual Open Exhibition 2025

Think this is my third visit Royal West of England Academy Annual Open Exhibition and the first I have managed to capture my favourites and cobble them together in a post.

I know very little about art, I couldn’t comment on the motivation behind each piece of work. I have no idea how brilliant, stimulating or challenging they are.  I just took pictures of the ones I liked best. The art I enjoyed the most is at the very bottom.

Where I can find them, I have added links to the artists website so you can see more of their work.

my favourites

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Jenny Penney, The Sculpture Workshop, relief sculptured landscape, www.jennypenneyart.net
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Susannah Crook, West Country Earth Pigments Ordered Geographically, earth pigment watercolour on two rivers paper, www.susannahcrookart.com
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Zoe Williams, Morphosis (Series II), porcelain with mixed media, www.zoewilliamsceramics.com
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Geoffrey Hodgson, The Beach Huts, archival digital print
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Peter Burke RWA, Folly Four, carbon pastel ink
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Melanie Clarke, a cacophony of light, stone lithograph on fabriano paper, www.melanieclarke.uk
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Jemma Appleby RWA, #2261124, charcoal on paper, www.jemmaappleby.com

scribble & sketch exhibition, four seasons

Downstairs in the RWA is an exhibition themed around the four seasons, presented by the Scribbles and Sketch outreach programme.

The programme allows people of all ages to engage with the arts and this exhibition was generated by participants of Easton, Redcliffe, Hartcliffe and Southmead.

I absolutely loved this wall of art. The annual exhibition seemed a little grey and melancholy this year, this more than made up for it with the vibrancy and colour. Good work people of Bristol!

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a great wall of art
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