The annual Art on the Park is usually held on the afternoon after the Mayor Making Ceremony, but due to the appalling weather that day, the event was postponed until Sunday 26th August.
When I arrived at the railings of Victoria Park with the Mayoress, all the exhibitors had set up their areas and were prepared for business, even though it was very overcast. I was told that the number of exhibitors exceeded previous years' attendance; I believe it was 29 There was a wide variety of art on display - sculpture, wood carving, oils, water colours, pen and ink, acrylics, colour photography, as well as a couple of stalls that had handmade ladies' jewellery and even a stall with woollen handmade cuddly toys.
It was evident that those exhibitors who lived in the Newbury area, used scenes from the river and canal as their subjects for their paintings, particularly the river bridge, Lock, Stock & Barrel and the lock. Some had travelled in foreign parts and had painted scenes from their travels.
I noted that the sun came out as I had completed talking to the last exhibitor. The turn out of potential customers was good and no doubt they had lots to choose from. Edwina Cooper, the Mayoress, bought a painting of the River Bridge to give to her son as a house warming present. I did not as I already have one!!
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