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
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