Autumn line exhibition

3 artists, Marilyn Allis, Anna Shuttlewood & Melissa Wadsworth, exhibit their work using different media to express their interpretation of the natural world, landscapes and illustrations.

Marilyn Allis is a watercolour artist working in a loose & impressionistic style, using strong vibrant colours capturing movement, and the energy of a scene. Working mainly in water colour, but also acrylic inks & mixed media. Marilyn won the SAA artist of the year title in 1999. She has exhibited at the RI in the Mall galleries’ & appeared on Channel 4’s watercolour challenge. She writes regular articles for art magazines & currently runs webinars for Painters online.

Anna Shuttlewood creates intricate paintings and drawings of better and brighter cheerful worlds full of friendly and naïve creatures. Her artwork is humorous and brings a smile to anyone’s day.

‘My pictures are detailed and have many ‘mini-stories’ to discover, one can look and imagine what the characters are like and what their dreams are. I also like to explore a world of animal – human relationships.’  (Anna)

Melissa Wadsworth is figurative artist with a passion for nature, particularly trees and the human form. She won a runner’s up prize in this year’s ArtCare Open Exhibition with her charcoal drawing of ivy leaves.  She is current exploring painting with acrylics, which is opening up a whole new world of colour and possibilities.

My work delves into both the small intricate details of nature and how we connect to it through trees, the landscape, clouds and simply the beauty of being, complete with all its quirks. I have always been attracted to “working with my hands” and started my artistic career in ceramics, using clay and decorating with surface patterns. Several years later, and whilst raising my family, I returned to drawing and picked up a stick of charcoal… From that moment I felt instantly connected to nature and art. (Melissa)

See the exhibition along the main corridors of Salisbury Hospital free of charge.  A commission on sales is used for further creative projects with patients and staff.