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29th May 2018 By Colin Smith

Johnny Grimshaw Exhibition

Johnny Grimshaw describes himself as someone born a long time ago living on the Isle of Wight.

He says he is a ‘chromatic poet’ rather than a painter and is far more in contact with songwriters and musicians rather than other visual artists.

He paints every day.

He says- ‘When I write songs I wrap words around my thoughts, when I’m in my studio I cloth them and all paints’.

This chapter of work pays attention to his visual response influenced by song lyrics and music created primarily by local musicians and song writers. Also on show are studies of his wife Shukim who has modelled for him for the past fifty years.

Johnny paints entirely in oils. ‘It’s like riding on the upper deck of a bus, travelling around the world and you see a million images but only at a quick glance, a momentary glimpse at another person’s reason for being’.

Angelina his daughter comments, ‘in this style of working there is no time afforded the background study or even positively identifiable features. Therefore for this very reason he offers only the likeness of shape, imagery and atmospheric location and does not intrude upon or attempt to finalise an ongoing composition, a piece of poetry which he himself has been momentarily privy to glimpse. In a symbolic way he hands the viewer loaded paintbrush to let him or her complete this work for the fulfilment of their own imagination.’

If you are interested and wish to know more about this exhibition or Johnny Grimshaw’s collections and commissions inquiries please contact angelinagrimshaw@yahoo.co.uk.

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A Forum to share experiences

The Friends of Botanic Gardens Forum (FBGF) of which VBGFS is a member, was set up in September 2019 to encourage information exchange between Friends groups around the UK. 

Although the groups operate within different financial and management structures, there is much to be gained by sharing experiences and ideas for activities and fund-raising, and much else.

If you enjoy reading about gardens and looking at lovely pictures, and are interested in what is happening at Botanic Gardens around the country, then head to their website https://fbgf.org to see the Gallery and read the Newsletters.

Rosemary Stewart was our representative from the beginning but relinquished the role to Val Pitts in 2022.  In their Summer 2022 newsletter, Rosemary writes her valedictory article about how she became involved at Ventnor. She made a number of other interesting contributions to earlier editions, including one about the hopyard in November 2020. As you can imagine with Rosemary, all are well worth reading.

You can read Rosemary’s article here.

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