NEWS & LINKS FROM OAKS FINE ART

Oaks Park Studios Open Weekend

Once again artists at Oaks Park Studios will be opening their studios to visitors during the weekend of 2nd and 3rd July 2005.  There will be another opportunity to participate in a free hands-on activity, helping to create an artistic 'tree' with guidance from some of the studio artists.  Each day there will also be a printmaking demonstration.  For further information about the studios, location and participating artists, click on the link above. 

Chichester Open Art Exhibition

Simon Burder had two prints accepted in the Chichester Open Art Exhibition shown in November 2004 at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester.  141 works were selected from over 700 submitted.

Burlington Fine Art

Kate Wilson had her paintings chosen for the opening exhibition of Burlington Fine Art, 4 Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London.

Seeing Salvation Now

Kate Wilson was one of 15 artists invited to exhibit at the North Light Gallery, Huddersfield, Oct--Dec 2004.  The other artists included Anthony Green R.A., Mark Cazalet, Paul Martin, Roger Wagner and Garry Fabian Miller.

Oliver Bevan

Oliver Bevan is a painter living in Uzès in the south of France.  He offers master classes several times a year at various venues in the region.  He has made several lithographs at Oaks Editions in collaboration with Simon Burder.

Global Print Studios

Search globalprintstudios.org to find printmaking studios and education facilities around the world.

Stone Lithography

An excellent book by Paul Croft, published by A & C Black, about the subject that is central to this website!  Included in the book are illustrations of lithographs by Simon Burder.  His second book, Plate Lithography published at the end of 2003, is also recommended reading.

Tamarind

Click on this link to visit the website of the influential Tamarind Institute in New Mexico, USA, and find out about their printer training programs.

Bürgermeister-Müller Museum

Click here to visit this museum in Solnhofen, Germany, the home town of Aloys Senefelder, who invented lithography, and the area where litho stones are quarried.  It is equally important for the fossil finds of Archaeopteryx.

T N Lawrence

This is a link to the site of the well-known print-makers' materials suppliers