Teignmouth Art Society

Many congratulations to our TAS member who is continuing to raise an incredible amount of money for Cancer Research UK.
By donating to this worthy cause you also get the opportunity to win this fabulous artwork 😍
Draw is on Christmas Eve. Follow Gail's links to her Just Giving page.

Gail's artworks, along with many other TAS members, can be seen & purchased in Xmas Art Show
Open 7 days a week (I think they might be closed on Christmas Day 😉).

open today for those last minute perfect handmade gifts.

Fun Friday: What’s the title and who’s the painter of the original version of this cat-ified painting?

Quote for the day: Is Georgia O’Keeffe pulling our leg here? Either way she painted some gorgeous flowers.

Here is a treat for you before Christmas, some lovely paintings by our TAS member Anne Baker. Enjoy and you're welcome.

Glass baubles were first made in Lauscha, Germany, by Hans Greiner, who produced garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees. Do look out for hand made baubles or original glass ware at our local galleries. Shop local for Xmas. Laura Wall Art and Illustration Gallery Serenity Teignmouth

Let's all this Christmas &

Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market today 11-5pm plus FREE entry into Cathedral.

Visit for gifts.

Pop into - work by & more TAS members.

See today (Sun)
teignmouth.art is selling

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Keith Bowcock's work can be seen in Gallery Serenity.

Visit the Xmas Fair in .

Don't forget to visit for gifts & local history.

Join TAS & promote your artworks - the perfect Christmas gift 😉 visit our website for more details.

Our last Informal Art Session for 2023.
Lots of exciting projects on the go & a bit of chocolate, as it's Christmas 🎄
Lovely to meet another new member Rebecca.

Hope to see you all again in the New Year; we meet 2nd & 3rd Friday of the month 12:30-2:30pm £1 TAS members/£3 non-members. Art materials available for you to try out. All abilities welcome.

Fun Friday! Do you know the name of this painting and the artist? Clue: 🍒

Some dates for your diary. Do join in , it would be good to see you.

Quiz Night at The Brass from 6:30pm Thursday 14th Dec. Come & join Arty Farty Team win?! again. Lots of laughs.

Last Informal Art Session of the year 

Friday 15th Dec 12:30-2:30pm at The Rugby Club. Come & wish everyone a Happy Christmas & be creative. 

Please book your Christmas Dinner at The Captain’s Table Sat 6th January with 

Tina Setchell (by the 28th Dec). We will accept a £10 deposit per person to secure a place.

[email protected]

Today we meet another Devon born artist : Thomas Hudson a portrait painter and art collector
(1701-1779).
He trained under the successful portrait painter Jonathan Richardson, later marrying his daughter. His artistic friends included William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay and Francis Hayman. Hudson retained these connections, travelling to France, Holland and Flanders with Hogarth and Hayman in 1748 and to Italy with the sculptor Louis-François Roubiliac in 1752. Eventually establishing his own portrait-painting practice, he became increasingly fashionable.

Being artistic is not only about painting it is being creative. Sadly we lost the exceptional creative talent

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah who was born in Handsworth Birmingham in 1958. A British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
He was dyslexic and left school aged 13, unable to read or write.

There is so much to we could write about this gentleman but instead I will finish with a few lines of his poem (which is appropriate for the time of year) Talking Turkeys.

'Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas'

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Support our local Friends of Teignmouth Orangery at this Xmas event (it's only £5 a year to support this beautiful venue). Mince pies & singing! Just ring Sue to reserve a place.

TAS EVENTS:
Thurs 14th Dec. Join the Arty Farty Team at
for Quiz Night from 6:30pm.

Fri 15th Dec is the last Informal Art Session of 2023 at the Rugby Club
12:30-2:30pm. Come & create in our friendly group. £1 TAS members/£3 non-members.

Book your TAS Xmas lunch now,
Sat 6th Jan at The Captain’s Table.

OPEN CALLl! 💥We’re look­ing for pro­pos­als from artists and pro­gram­mers to host an in-per­son gath­er­ing for oth­er cre­ative prac­ti­tion­ers in rur­al contexts.

This is part of 'How Can I Stay?' an 8 month programme aiming to support creative people in the South West who face barriers due to a lack of cultural and public infrastructure, access needs, isolation and injustice.

Budget: £4500
Activity to take place between March - October 2024.

More information on how to apply: https://vasw.org.uk/opportunities/open-call-hosted-gatherings

Image: Pete Millson, b-side Festival 2023

Quote for the Day: inspired by the deeply personal and symbolic work of Frida Kahlo

Great way to support a good cause & possibly win a stunning artwork. Well done TAS member Gail Morris for this generous gesture.

Gail's fundraiser for Cancer Research UK Help Gail Morris raise money to support Cancer Research UK

Let's take a look at some work by another Devon born artist : Tom Rowden. He was a self taught landscape artist born on 7 February 1842 in Exeter. He is best known for depicting moorland animals, particularly cattle, ponies and sheep within a Devonshire landscape ( often Dartmoor). By 1886 he had established himself as an artist with exceptional talent, although he had almost certainly been painting earlier whilst in the Royal Marines. He made numerous painting excursions to Scotland where he perfected his skills at rendering exquisite compositions depicting the highlands. Tom lived in a house called Banavie, at St. Davids Hill, Exeter, where he died on 15 May 1926. He exhibited from 1884, twice at the Royal Hibernian Academy, and an example of his work may be seen in the Exeter Museum. He also exhibited at the Slade gallery in 1883. His pieces have gained great appeal amongst the lovers of the naturalist genre of art as is evidenced by his continuously strong auction records.

Stunning artworks by TAS member ArtyMigglet 😍 TAAG CIO Group Teignmouth Arts Activities

Never too young to be an artist 😍 Royal Academy of Arts

Winter is coming ❄️🌲

Thanks to Mila, age 7, for this serene snowy scene!

Mila's drawing was selected for this year’s Young Artists’ Summer Show. The display is now closed but the exhibition continues online: https://roy.ac/4nijye

Here is a glimpse of what you will see if you pop into the Pavilions Foyer. Art work by Jane Christian one of many talented artists in the Teignmouth Art Society. Do go and have a closer look.

What a wonderful way to spend a miserable Sunday afternoon. It was certainly very bright and bubbly in the Mayor's Parlour at Bitton House. Thank you to all the TAS members who came and joined in with the fun and games. Massive thank you to our Chair Tina Setchell for the home made mince pies, delicious.

Don't miss the opportunity to sign up for the FREE Sketch Week with the
President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Adebanji Alade


Join in live via Zoom or watch the replays & rekindle a love of sketching. Join the Facebook group & share your work.

Exhibition now on at

Sunday 3rd December 2-4pm
Mince Pies and Mulled Wine (& silly games, raffle & Xmas chat) £5 pp
All welcome (including non-members).
Hope you can come along.
Message quick if you want to join in the fun.


(Sorry, I can't find credits for the 2 artists, please let me know if this is your fabulous artwork.)

Fun Friday: which female Surrealist painter created this work entitled ‘The Giantess’ (detail) in 1947?

Quote for the Day: Lucien Freud.
What do you think?

Time to celebrate some Devon born artists. Joshua Reynolds  was born July 16, 1723, Plympton, Devon, he died February 23, 1792, London. He was a portrait painter, aesthetician and teacher who dominated English artistic life in the middle and late 18th century. Through his art and teaching, he attempted to lead British painting away from the indigenous anecdotal pictures of the early 18th century toward the formal rhetoric of the continental Grand Style. With the founding of the Royal Academy in 1768, Reynolds was elected its first president and knighted by King George III.

Do you know the artist of the Christmas scene?. The answer will be revealed at the Mulled wine and mince pie event at Bitton house on Sunday 3rd December 2pm to 4pm. £5 per person. You can pay on the day. We look forward to seeing you there.

Dear TAS members - It's not too early to think about Christmas. A good start would be to join us for mulled wine and a mince pie at Bitton House on Sunday 3rd December from 2pm to 4pm. It's only £5 per person. We look forward to seeing you there.

Dates for your diary:

Join us for Mulled Wine, Mince Pies, Raffle & Games at Bitton House 2-4pm Sun 3rd December. £5 pp

8th December at Teignmouth Rugby Club 12:30-2:30pm.
Alongside our normal Informal Art Session, you can also Make Your Own Wreath. Wreath materials supplied (bring any additional sparkles) £10 pp BARGAIN!

TAS Xmas Lunch at The Captain’s Table, Saturday 6th January, seated at 12:30pm. 2 or 3 course meal.

Non-members welcome to attend. All events must be prebooked. Message below please.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE 🎅🤶

Last night was a fantastic opportunity to hear from a distinguished local artist. Robert Mountjoy Hon.SWAc treated our members to a mesmerising dive into his art process. It was fascinating to see artworks from an early age that are now relevant to his latest project looking at the water around urban seascapes.
Robert works tirelessly on projects producing initial sketches on site, reworking sketches again at home, before producing up to 30 paintings demonstrating his abstraction of these images.

See his work online, on YouTube, & at


www.robertmountjoy.art


Robert's books featured soon.

We can't wait to welcome Robert Mountjoy Hon.SWAc to our monthly Professional Artist Talk TONIGHT.
All welcome to join us.
Free to TAS members/£5 non-members Teign Heritage - Teignmouth & Shaldon Museum (doors locked at 7pm).
Tea/Coffee break at 8pm.

Robert's artworks can also be viewed/purchased at Artizan Gallery

Work by Keith Bowcock at
Gallery Serenity Teignmouth
Lots of work for sale. Perfect Xmas presents.

" Brunch at the Clipper " seems to be quite popular at the minute . The original oil is still for sale but Giclee prints and miniatures are being topped up at Gallery Serenity in Teignmouth .

Quote for the day: Gustav Klimt. Beautifully simple and profound ✨