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island art Island Life - April/May 2010 Ian Hargreaves exhibiting at Island Fine Arts Island Fine Arts will be staging a else I want the next one to be my stunning exhibition by two well-known best.” painters at their gallery in Bembridge throughout May. Island-based artist Jo Bemis, renowned Jo was born in 1969 and grew up on the Island before moving to the United States in 1996, allowing her for her seascape work, and Poole-based to continue her development and Ian Hargreaves will be showing around exhibit with galleries in Michigan. She 50 new paintings between them from returned in 2000. May 1. Ian, 50, returned to England two years Jo has built a following for her work and now has galleries representing ago after spending 24 years in Germany, her in both Cornwall and London. Her and has produced many paintings in work hangs in many private collections acrylic of the Island. All his work on worldwide. About 20 of her latest show will be new, and will be as diverse works are expected to be on show at as scenes from Istanbul, Paris, Venice the Bembridge gallery. and London streets. He travels around Europe taking Nick Fletcher, of Island Fine Arts, said: “I am excited that we are to stage an extensive photographs before returning exhibition by two very gifted, but very to his studios to complete his paintings, different painters.” and is looking forward to returning to All the paintings can be seen on the Bembridge where he has shown his gallerys website: www.islandfinearts. works before. He will also be exhibiting com. Exhibition runs from the 1st in London, Cardiff, Stow on the Wold May to 31st May 2010. The gallery in and Bath throughout this year. Bembridge High Street is open 9.30am He said: “I am pleased with the latest paintings, but of course like everyone Visit our new website - www.visitislandlife.com -12.30pm & 1:15pm - 5pm Mon - Sat, Sundays by appointment. 63