Drawing London has made an offer to a major London hospital to contribute 50-60 colourful works of art for hanging in doctors’ rest spaces, patient-waiting spaces and in corridors and canteen areas.
The motivation is to enliven the hospital environment following the recent traumatic period when staff and patients have battled the scourge of Covid-19. The hope is that as a result of this donation everyone who uses the hospital will gain some much-needed peace and even optimism for the future!
The Drawing London Group are artist friends keen to explore the vibrant life and colour of London. We meet every month to sketch and paint in familiar and lesser-known areas of London such as Leadenhall Market, Covent Garden , Southbank and Greenwich.
In our upcoming exhibition, inspired by the title of our show (a quote from Ben Jonson’s ‘Bartholomew Fair’) we will be showing London Life depicted in a wide variety of media including watercolour, oil, iPad and pencil drawing.
Bill Aldridge introduces our show on London Live news
Our members’ work is often exhibited in Mall Galleries , Menier, Pallant Gallery , St Martin-in-the-Fields, Lloyd’s, Morden Hall and through our own group exhibitions, most recently at the UCLH Street Gallery. Our next show, just before Christmas 2018, is at Barbican Library. Entitled ‘Bartholomew Fayre – All of London is there’, we celebrate 400 years of that raucous celebration of London life, and our 18 years of painting joyfully together. Come and see our work 30 November – 22 December 2018 at Barbican Library EC2Y 8DS
Featured image: Dancing over All of London by Bill Aldridge
