One Beautiful World

Day 9 of the One Beautiful World Art Trail included an Art Trail in Wickford and Runwell that took in the photographic exhibition at the Salvation Army, Jackie Burns’ Space Art at St Andrew’s, Tim Harrold’s assemblages at St Catherine’s and paintings by Pam Jones at St Mary’s. Jackie Burns painted live at St Andrew's Church throughout the day and Mike Fogg gave a talk on Composition in Photography at The Salvation Army. Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe and beauty of space and astronomy. Her One Beautiful World exhibition of space art by Jackie E. Burns is at St Andrew's until 23 July 2023. In his 'Composition in Photography' Mike Fogg said that when you “take a photograph” you are really creating a work of art! Many of the same principles that apply to artists apply to photographers. Mike used examples of his own “good” ...

  Saturday 20 May: 9.30 am – 4.00 pm, Wickford and Runwell Art Trail See artworks by Val Anthony, William Butterfield, Enid Chadwick, Antony Corbin, Christine Daniels, David Folley, David Garrard and Julia Glover at St Andrew’s, St Catherine’s and St Mary’s churches , plus the photographic exhibition at the Salvation Army, Jackie Burns’ Space Art at St Andrew’s, Tim Harrold’s assemblages at St Catherine’s and paintings by Pam Jones at St Mary’s. Art talks/tours at St Andrew’s (10.00 am), St Catherine’s (11.30 am), and St Mary’s (2.00 pm). The artworks in these churches feature in a case study for the Gods' Collections project . Jackie Burns will paint live at St Andrew's Church throughout the day and Mike Fogg will give a talk on Composition in Photography at The Salvation Army at 11.00 am. Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe an...

Jackie Burns will paint live at St Andrew's Wickford on Saturday 20 May as part of the Art Trail for the One Beautiful World Arts Festival. Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe and beauty of space and astronomy. Her One Beautiful World exhibition of space art by Jackie E. Burns is at St Andrew's until 23 July 2023. Saturday 20 May: 9.30 am – 4.00 pm, Wickford and Runwell Art Trail See artworks by Val Anthony, William Butterfield, Enid Chadwick, Antony Corbin, Christine Daniels, David Folley, David Garrard and Julia Glover at St Andrew’s, St Catherine’s and St Mary’s churches , plus the photographic exhibition at the Salvation Army, Jackie Burns’ Space Art at St Andrew’s, Tim Harrold’s assemblages at St Catherine’s and paintings by Pam Jones at St Mary’s. Art talks/tours at St Andrew’s (10.00 am), St Catherine’s (11.30 am), and St M...

One Beautiful World: An exhibition of space art by Jackie E. Burns 26 April – 23 July 2023 St Andrew’s Church , 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe and beauty of space and astronomy. 'The Art of the Diorama' by Tim Harrold Friday 12 – Friday 26 May, 9.00 am - 4.00 pm St Catherine’s Church , 120 Southend Road, Wickford SS11 8EB Tim is exhibiting a selection of dioramas constructed over the past decade, some of which have never been seen publicly before, and some entirely new ones. He see these miniature ‘worlds in boxes’ as visual parables, lost objects with forgotten stories found and reimagined into new tales of meaning and significance. Tim Harrold is an artist who works with bric à brac, flotsam and jetsam, the discarded or misplaced along the journey of life. He finds lost objects and gives them ne...

  'The Art of the Diorama' by Tim Harrold  is part of the 'One Beautiful World' Arts Festival and can be seen from Friday 12 – Friday 26 May, 9.00 am - 4.00 pm,  St Catherine’s Church , 120 Southend Road, Wickford SS11 8EB. Tim is exhibiting a selection of dioramas constructed over the past decade, some of which have never been seen publicly before, and some entirely new ones. He see these miniature ‘worlds in boxes’ as visual parables, lost objects with forgotten stories found and reimagined into new tales of meaning and significance. Tim Harrold is an artist who works with bric à brac, flotsam and jetsam, the discarded or misplaced along the journey of life. He finds lost objects and gives them new meaning through his three-dimensional assemblage style which brings together found and sourced elements into visual parables. Tim Harrold is also a poet who creates images of profound challenge and change, of pause and process, of chrysalis and catalyst. His most recent pub...

A new poem inspired by St Mary's Runwell is to be published by Amethyst Review on 22 May 2023. The poem entitled 'Runwell' is among poems to be read by Jonathan Evens as part of a joint poetry reading with  Tim Harrold  at St Catherine's Wickford on Saturday 20 May, beginning at 4.00 pm. The poem, which describes the church and its surroundings, also summarises its history, while taking the nearby Running Well (from which Runwell's name may derive) as its refrain. Jonathan will also be including in the reading a poem about Julian of Norwich, which is also published this month as part of an anthology of poems ( All Shall Be Well ) celebrating the 650th anniversary of Julian's shewings. This poem is based on a large painting 'The Revelations of Julian of Norwich' by Australian artist Alan Oldfield which is to be found at the Belsey Bridge Conference Centre in Ditchingham, Norfolk. Jonathan, the Team Rector of Wickford and Runwell , is a creative wri...