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    Four Seasons Art Exhibition                                             Sat 7 April - Sun 10 June

    Tony Mercier Hampshire Chalk StreamsArt for all seasons at Exbury

    Distinguished artists concerned with all aspects of the natural world are mounting a major show at Exbury Gardens during early spring.

    The Four Seasons Art group, headed by painter and writer Marianna Kneller, Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists, will show paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and etchings in Exbury’s Five Arrows Gallery for eight weeks from early April.

    Marianna, resident artist at Exbury Gardens from 1980-2004 and a founder member of the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA), is known for her unparalleled studies of the Rothschild Collection of Rhododendrons and is the author of a superbly illustrated book on rhododendrons, published by David and Charles in 1995. The RHS have awarded her the complete range of Grenfell Medals for Botanic Art, the Linley Medal and a prestigious Gold Medal for her rhododendron species leaf studies.

    “Many of the artists who have exhibited at Exbury in the past are coming together with some new talent under the ‘Four Seasons’ mantle and I’m delighted to say we have a show that is exciting and wide-ranging,” she said. “There is traditional and contemporary work and a great range of medium and styles”.

    Artists represented at the show this year are:

    Chrissie Birchall; Ruth Baron Ezra; Bridget Dumper; Sheila Hope; Marianna Kneller; Tony Mercier; Joan Osborne; Barbara Rosseau; Annie Soudain; Ann Squire; Mary Tarraway; Peter Thwaites; Richard Tratt

    Please click Four Seasons Artists to view the biography and contact information for the artists attending the 2012 exhibition.

    There will be a private preview for invited guests on Good Friday 6 April.

    If you are visiting the Gardens primarily to visit the Exhibition, please check with the Exbury reception before you depart on 023 8089 1203. The Exhibition may occasionally be closed due to the staging of private functions, though we endeavour to show these dates on the website). The exhibition is scheduled to be closed on the following dates in 2012: Sat 9 June. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes visitors.

    The exhibition will be open between 10am - 5.30pm.

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