Elsing Hall Gardens was visited on 16 Jun & 15 Sep 2019 one of seven days painting in six of Norfolk’s great gardens, and this grade I listed rural home has been described as “one of the hidden treasures of East Anglia”. The 20-acre estate of the fifteenth-century house and medieval moat near Dereham was previously recorded in nineteenth-century watercolour paintings by Rev James Bulwer now held in the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery. In June, the roses were in full bloom but throughout the year the gardens have views around every twist of moat and turn of corner.
Artist Eleanor Alison painting plein air at Paint Out Elsing Hall Gardens, Norfolk
The romantic gardens were established over 30 years ago under the direction of Shirley Cargill and have constantly developed ever since in terms of both restoration and innovation. There is a historic hydraulic ram pump that was installed almost 200 years ago and is still housed in its original underground brick pump house accessed by a spiral stairway.
Many other interesting features include the probably unique gingko avenue, the rapidly maturing pinetum, the formal Osprey Garden, the flowing planting around the moat, and densely planted with Lonicera Nitida viewing mound with a spiral path taking one slowly to the summit.
Paint Out Elsing Hall Art Gallery
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Paint Out Gardens took place May to October in 2019 across 6 historic or hidden Norfolk gardens. 36 plein air artists painted the gardens through the seasons. Prizes were awarded by Charlotte Crawley – art historian, former curator and past Director of the East Anglia Art Fund, and by Tom Humphreys and Sophie Barrett of Fairhurst Gallery.
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(2), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(2), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(3), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(3), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(1), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(1), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Emma Perring, 'Madness in the Greenhouse', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 14x11in, £290. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, First Prize
Artist Emma Perring, 'Madness in the Greenhouse', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 14x11in, £290. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, First Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Curtains Drawn and Painted', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 9x12in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Second Prize
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Curtains Drawn and Painted', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 9x12in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Second Prize
Artist Naomi Clements-Wright, 'Parasol', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Naomi Clements-Wright, 'Parasol', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Bananas at the Plantation', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 24x30cm, £100. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Bananas at the Plantation', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 24x30cm, £100. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Will o'the Wisp ', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Will o'the Wisp ', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Sue Wilmer, 'Colours of the Garden', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £175. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Sue Wilmer, 'Colours of the Garden', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £175. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Yellow and Orange', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Board, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Yellow and Orange', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Board, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Fairy Path', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Fairy Path', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Luminous Light', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Fabric, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Luminous Light', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Fabric, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Barbara Bernard, 'Box & Verbena', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 12x10in, £300. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Barbara Bernard, 'Box & Verbena', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 12x10in, £300. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Bishop's Banana', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Watercolour, 10x14in, £200. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Bishop's Banana', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Watercolour, 10x14in, £200. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Emma Perring, 'Yellow Tree', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 20x30cm, £170. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Emma Perring, 'Yellow Tree', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 20x30cm, £170. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Ochre Fall', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Ochre Fall', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist John Patchett, 'Amongst the Dahlias', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Pastel, 14x17in, £295. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist John Patchett, 'Amongst the Dahlias', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Pastel, 14x17in, £295. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Fireworks among the Dahlias', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 20x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Fireworks among the Dahlias', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 20x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak II', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 17x18.5in, £390. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak II', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 17x18.5in, £390. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Rose and Fountain', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 16x20in, £290. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Rose and Fountain', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 16x20in, £290. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Gardening Blues', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Gardening Blues', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Terracotta Terraces', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Terracotta Terraces', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Bees are good company', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Bees are good company', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Under the blush Dahlia sky', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Under the blush Dahlia sky', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Garden Canal', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Garden Canal', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Pots by Wall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Pots by Wall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Bricks and Paint', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 50x20cm, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Bricks and Paint', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 50x20cm, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'End of Summer', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 10x8in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'End of Summer', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 10x8in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Fountain Folly', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 12x10in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Fountain Folly', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 12x10in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Study of Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 32x23cm, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Study of Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 32x23cm, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Folly at Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 30x40cm, £400. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Folly at Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 30x40cm, £400. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Lavender and Lillies', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Lavender and Lillies', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Up the Garden Path', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Up the Garden Path', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'The centre of all things', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'The centre of all things', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Unyielding sunlight everpresent', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Unyielding sunlight everpresent', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Terracotta and Topiary', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x10in, SOLD. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Terracotta and Topiary', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x10in, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Ripples and Splashes', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 18x14in, SOLD. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Ripples and Splashes', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 18x14in, £270. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Paint Out Holt took place 19-20 July. 22 plein air artists across 3 sessions from Friday to Saturday morning ahead of opening the Holt Festival at Picturecraft Gallery in Holt. Prizes were awarded by Robert Upstone, former Senior Curator of 20th Century Art at Tate and Norfolk-based Art Historian, Charlotte Crawley – a former curator and past Director of the East Anglia Art Fund.
Mary Blue Brady, 'In a Field, I am the absence of a Field', Outskirts of Holt off Holt Rd, Mixed Media, 8x24in, FOR SALE, £450
Artist: Mary Blue Brady, Title: In a Field, I am the absence of a Field, Location: Outskirts of Holt off Holt Rd, Media: Mixed Media, Size: 8x24in, £450 Third Prize
Artist Emma Perring, 'Cleaning Windows on the Sunny Side of the Street', High St, Holt, Oil, 30x40cm, SOLD at £340. Paint Out Holt 2019 Spirit of Holt Winner
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Cleaning Windows on the Sunny Side of the Street, Location: High St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 30x40cm, SOLD at £340
Artist Emily Faludy, 'Passing Clouds on High Street', Holt, Norfolk, Oil, 5x7in, £140. Paint Out Norfolk 2019 First Prize
Artist: Emily Faludy, Title: Passing Clouds on High Street, Location: Holt, Norfolk, Media: Oil, Size: 5x7in, £140. Paint Out Norfolk 2019 First Prize
Kate Gabriel, 'Crowe's Greengrocers', Holt, Norfolk, Oil, 10x8in, FOR SALE, £220. Paint Out Holt 2019 Second Prize
Artist: Kate Gabriel, Title: Crowe's Greengrocers, Location: Holt, Norfolk, Media: Oil, Size: 10x8in, £220. Paint Out Holt 2019 Second Prize
Emma Perring, 'Stormy Skies over Byfords', Bull St, Holt, Oil, 36x28cm, FOR SALE, £260
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Stormy Skies over Byfords, Location: Bull St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 36x28cm, £260. Paint Out Holt 2019 Spirit of Holt Winner
Emma Perring, 'Grey Day, Holt Festival', High St, Holt, Oil, 30x24cm, FOR SALE, £220
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Grey Day, Holt Festival, Location: High St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 30x24cm, £220
Paint Out Norfolk took place 1-7 July. 27 plein air artists toured Norfolk’s rivers, beaches and Broads, the palatial Palladian Houghton Hall with Henry Moores, as well as Bishop’s Bridge in Norwich itself and the Sainsbury Centre at UEA campus and sculpture park. Five painting days in the summer sun! Read about the Prize-winning artworks here.
Jude Chaney, 'The Little Boat Shed', How Hill, Norfolk, Acrylic, 15x15cm, SOLD
Artist: Jude Chaney, Title: The Little Boat Shed, Location: How Hill, Norfolk, Media: Acrylic, Size: 15x15cm, £110
Wendy Kimberley, 'Hidden in Shade', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x8in, SOLD
Paint Out Cambridge took place 13-17 May in partnership with Cheffins Fine Art. 30 experienced plein air artists used to working on the streets painted Cambridge’s classic colleges, chapels and beautiful bridges, punts on the River Cam, Market Square and other views. Three painting days, eight sessions, day and evening, all en plein air! Read about the Prize-winning artworks here.
Susanna Field, 'Not Quite a Nocturne - King's', King's Parade, Mixed Media, 23x21cm, FOR SALE, £100
Artist Susanna Field, 'Not Quite a Nocturne - King's', King's Parade, Mixed Media, 23x21cm, £100. Paint Out Cambridge 2019. First Prize in Watercolour & Mixed Media
Andrew Horrod, 'St John's Tower & Portugal Street', Portugal Street, Jesus Green, Acrylic, 40x40cm, SOLD, £490
Artist Andrew Horrod, 'St John's Tower & Portugal Street', Portugal Street, Jesus Green, Acrylic, 40x40cm, £490 SOLD. Paint Out Cambridge 2019. First Prize in Acrylics
Sarah Allbrook, 'View From Garrett Hostel Bridge', Cambridge Backs, Oil, 40x30cm, SOLD, £300
Artist Sarah Allbrook, 'View From Garrett Hostel Bridge', Cambridge Backs, Oil, 40x30cm, £300 SOLD. Paint Out Cambridge 2019 Judge's Commendation
David Wood, 'Passion for Period Style, Westcott House', Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Watercolour, 35x23cm, FOR SALE, £460href='http://www.paintout.org/artists/david-wood#buy' target='_blank'>FOR SALE, £460
Artist David Wood, 'Passion for Period Style, Westcott House', Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Watercolour, 35x23cm, £460. Paint Out Cambridge 2019 Judge's Commendation
Stephen Johnston, 'View from Master's Garden (Trinity)', Kitchen Bridge, St John's College, Oil, 20x16in, FOR SALE, £380
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'View from Master's Garden (Trinity)', Kitchen Bridge, St John's College, Oil, 20x16in, £380. Paint Out Cambridge 2019 Judge's Commendation
Paintings created at Paint Out Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 2018
Paint Out Great Yarmouth took place in the historic Norfolk coastal town on 1 September 2018. Yarmouth has featured in historic paintings and its history in art was portrayed during ‘Drawn to the Coast: Turner, Constable, Cotman‘ which explored the identity of Great Yarmouth and its surrounding landscape through the artwork it has inspired. J.M.W Turner and John Constable, Norwich School of painters such as Joseph Stannard, John Sell Cotman and John Crome were all drawn to paint here.
Robert Nelmes, 'Lydia's Long Shadows', Quayside, Great Yarmouth, Oil, 40x40cm, FOR SALE
Artist: Robert Nelmes, Title: Lydia's Long Shadows, Location: Quayside, Great Yarmouth, Media: Oil, Size: 40x40cm, £400
Paul Alcock, 'Winter Gardens', Seaside, Great Yarmouth, Oil, 16x12in, FOR SALE
Artist: Paul Alcock, Title: Winter Gardens, Location: Seaside, Great Yarmouth, Media: Oil, Size: 16x12in, £275
Robert Nelmes, 'Morning Paper', Seaside, Great Yarmouth, Oil, 40x40cm, FOR SALE
Artist: Robert Nelmes, Title: Morning Paper, Location: Seaside, Great Yarmouth, Media: Oil, Size: 40x40cm, £400
Paint Out 2017 saw an en plein air invitational event at the Royal Norfolk Show. Fifteen hardy artists painted all the colour and character of the UK’s largest two-day agricultural event amidst torrential downpours and mud to rival Glastonbury! From fairground to farriers, and pigs to poultry, there was plenty to paint. Our artists were positioned around the Norfolk Showground site, returning their wet artworks every few hours to our tent for a live art auction on the first day, and continually refreshed rolling exhibition over both days.
Artist Haidee-Jo Summers, 'Cow Tent', Norfolk Showground, Oil, 11x14in, £750
Paintings created at Paint Out Sudbury, Suffolk 2018
A baker’s dozen of plein air artists took to the historic wool town of Sudbury, Suffolk, on 30 June 2018. Birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough with its snaking River Stour, water meadows, Saturday market, St Peter’s Church, Gainsborough’s garden, Valley Trail, and some 247 Heritage Listed buildings, it was a veritable treasure trove of idyllic painting locations on one of the hottest days of the year.
Artist John Behm, 'Between Two Pools', Between the Old Bathing P
Artist John Behm, 'Between Two Pools', Between the Old Bathing Pool and the Boating Pond, Sudbury, Oil, 12x16in, £320. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'The Mill Hotel', Sudbury, Oil, 30x40cm,
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'The Mill Hotel', Sudbury, Oil, 30x40cm, £300. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Andrew Horrod, 'St Peter's Church, Market Day', High Stre
Artist Andrew Horrod, 'St Peter's Church, Market Day', High Street, Sudbury, Watercolour, A3, £150. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Julie Hodgson, 'Sudbury Market Day', Sudbury, Oil, 14x11i
Artist Julie Hodgson, 'Sudbury Market Day', Sudbury, Oil, 14x11in, £160. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Keeping Things Whole', A Field in Sudbu
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Keeping Things Whole', A Field in Sudbury, Acrylic, 12x12in, £200. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Sarah Berbank Green, 'Meadow Bathers', Valley Trail, Sudb
Artist Sarah Berbank Green, 'Meadow Bathers', Valley Trail, Sudbury, Oil, 8x10in, £120. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Summer Canoeing', River Stour, Sudbury,
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Summer Canoeing', River Stour, Sudbury, Oil, 12x9in, £160. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Just Once', A Field in Sudbury, Acrylic
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Just Once', A Field in Sudbury, Acrylic, 6x12in, £150. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist John Behm, 'Saturday Service', Sudbury Market, Looking at
Artist John Behm, 'Saturday Service', Sudbury Market, Looking at St Peter's Church, Oil, 10x10in, £250. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Gainsborough's Garden', Gainsborough Muse
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Gainsborough's Garden', Gainsborough Museum, Sudbury, Oil, 30x40cm, £200. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Julie Hodgson, 'Behind St Peter's, Sudbury', Sudbury, Oil
Artist Julie Hodgson, 'Behind St Peter's, Sudbury', Sudbury, Oil, 10x12in, £140. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Low Key Cows by a River', Under a Tree by
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Low Key Cows by a River', Under a Tree by
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'In a Field I am Absence of Field', Mill
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'In a Field I am Absence of Field', Mill River, Sudbury, Acrylic, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Red Mill', Freeman's Great Common, Sud
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Red Mill', Freeman's Great Common, Sudbury, Oil, 8x21in, £320. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Gainsborough with Flowers', Sudbury, Ink,
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Gainsborough with Flowers', Sudbury, Ink, Pen & Watercolour, 55x80cm, £395. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Andrew Horrod, 'A Bend in the River Stour', By a Bridge o
Artist Andrew Horrod, 'A Bend in the River Stour', By a Bridge on the Valley Trail, Sudbury, Acrylic, 5x7in, £140. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Salters Hall', Sudbury, Ink, Pen & Waterc
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Salters Hall', Sudbury, Ink, Pen & Watercolour, 55x80cm, £395. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Sarah Berbank Green, 'The Meadow', Valley Trail, Sudbury,
Artist Sarah Berbank Green, 'The Meadow', Valley Trail, Sudbury, Oil, 8x10in, £120. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Standing in the Shade', The Mill Hotel Mead
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Standing in the Shade', The Mill Hotel Meadow, Sudbury, Acrylic, 60x50cm, £250. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Tranquil Water Meadow', River Stour, Sud
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Tranquil Water Meadow', River Stour, Sudbury, Oil, 12x10in, £160. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Afternoon Meadow', The Mill Hotel, Sudbury,
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Afternoon Meadow', The Mill Hotel, Sudbury, Oil, 60x50cm, £350. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Sue Willmer, 'Seeking and Finding Shade', Sudbury, Oil, 8
Artist Sue Willmer, 'Seeking and Finding Shade', Sudbury, Oil, 8x8in, £160. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist James Colman, 'Mill House Hotel', Sudbury, Oil, 9x12in,
Artist James Colman, 'Mill House Hotel', Sudbury, Oil, 9x12in, £175. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Sue Willmer, 'Street Scene', Sudbury, Oil, 8x8in, £175.
Artist Sue Willmer, 'Street Scene', Sudbury, Oil, 8x8in, £175. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Artist Robin Drury, 'View From My Balcony (almost)', The Granary
Artist Robin Drury, 'View From My Balcony (almost)', The Granary, Walnut Tree Lane, Sudbury, Oil, 70x50cm, £. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Our events offer everything from mass public plein air paint outs, to one-day pop-up explorations of East Anglian towns and countryside, intense weekend events painting dawn to dusk, and our premier fully-juried and selected 4-5 day event in Norwich, Norfolk. Click the links below to view the Norwich or Wells-next-the-Sea galleries or scroll down for other Norfolk and Suffolk galleries. View the latest Paint Out Cambridge 2019 gallery,Paint Out Norfolk 2019 gallery, Paint Out Holt and Paint Out Gardens Series galleries.
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(2), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(2), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(3), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(3), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(1), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Trinity Tryptic', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Mixed Media, 7.5x10.5in(1), £110 (£300 set). Paint Out Gardens 2019, Spirit of Plein Air Award
Artist Emma Perring, 'Madness in the Greenhouse', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 14x11in, £290. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, First Prize
Artist Emma Perring, 'Madness in the Greenhouse', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 14x11in, £290. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, First Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Foxgloves', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x16in, £220. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Third Prize
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Curtains Drawn and Painted', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 9x12in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Second Prize
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Curtains Drawn and Painted', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 9x12in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Second Prize
Artist Naomi Clements-Wright, 'Parasol', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Naomi Clements-Wright, 'Parasol', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 8x10in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Bananas at the Plantation', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 24x30cm, £100. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Bananas at the Plantation', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 24x30cm, £100. Paint Out Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Will o'the Wisp ', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Will o'the Wisp ', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Norfolk Gardens 2019, Judge's Commendation
Artist Sue Wilmer, 'Colours of the Garden', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £175. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Sue Wilmer, 'Colours of the Garden', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £175. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Yellow and Orange', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Board, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Yellow and Orange', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Board, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Fairy Path', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Sam Robbins, 'Fairy Path', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 8x8in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Luminous Light', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Fabric, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Luminous Light', Stody Lodge, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Oil on Fabric, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Barbara Bernard, 'Box & Verbena', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 12x10in, £300. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Barbara Bernard, 'Box & Verbena', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 12x10in, £300. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Bishop's Banana', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Watercolour, 10x14in, £200. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Bishop's Banana', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Watercolour, 10x14in, £200. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Emma Perring, 'Yellow Tree', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 20x30cm, £170. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Emma Perring, 'Yellow Tree', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 20x30cm, £170. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Irises', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x16in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'First Light', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 15.5x24in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Ochre Fall', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Ochre Fall', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist John Patchett, 'Amongst the Dahlias', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Pastel, 14x17in, £295. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist John Patchett, 'Amongst the Dahlias', Bishop's House Gardens, Norwich, Pastel, 14x17in, £295. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Fireworks among the Dahlias', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 20x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Fireworks among the Dahlias', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 20x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak II', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 17x18.5in, £390. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak II', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 17x18.5in, £390. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Rose and Fountain', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 16x20in, £290. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Rose and Fountain', Houghton Hall Walled Garden, Oil, 16x20in, £290. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Swift as thought, old as Oak', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Oil and Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Gardening Blues', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Gardening Blues', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 16x20in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Terracotta Terraces', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Terracotta Terraces', The Plantation Garden, Norwich, Oil, 20x16in, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Autumn Reflection', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Bees are good company', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Bees are good company', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Under the blush Dahlia sky', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Under the blush Dahlia sky', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Garden Canal', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Garden Canal', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Pots by Wall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Pots by Wall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Bricks and Paint', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 50x20cm, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Bricks and Paint', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 50x20cm, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'End of Summer', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 10x8in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'End of Summer', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 10x8in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Fountain Folly', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 12x10in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Fountain Folly', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 12x10in, £220. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Study of Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 32x23cm, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Study of Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 32x23cm, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Folly at Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 30x40cm, £400. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Susan Isaac, 'Folly at Hunworth Hall', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 30x40cm, £400. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Lavender and Lillies', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Lavender and Lillies', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Up the Garden Path', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'Up the Garden Path', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 16x20in, £280. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'The centre of all things', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'The centre of all things', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Unyielding sunlight everpresent', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Unyielding sunlight everpresent', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Acrylic Mixed Media, 15x15cm, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Terracotta and Topiary', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x10in, SOLD. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Terracotta and Topiary', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 12x10in, £150. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Ripples and Splashes', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 18x14in, SOLD. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Karen Adams, 'Ripples and Splashes', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 18x14in, £270. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Amanda Barrett, 'Chimneys and Pipes', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 24x30cm, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Rose Wall', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'A Little Piece of England', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 16x12in, £700. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Moativated', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x10in, £180. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eleanor Alison, 'Elsing Moat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 10x12in, £240. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Dearman, 'Elsing Hall Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, 7x10in, £225. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress III (in her bed of Ivy)', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 6x8in, £70. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Robert Nelmes, 'Little Blue Boat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Oil, , £450. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress II', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Bobby Open, 'Elsing Hall Gateway', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Watercolour, 12x18in, £325. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'Woods in Blue', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Jack Godfrey, 'The Empress', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 8x10in, £140. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Eloise O'Hare, 'Love Seat', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Mixed Media, 70cm, £480. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Artist Wendy Kimberley, 'Reflections', Elsing Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, Acrylic, 50x50cm, £350. Paint Out Gardens 2019
Paintings created at Paint Out Holt 2019
Mary Blue Brady, 'In a Field, I am the absence of a Field', Outskirts of Holt off Holt Rd, Mixed Media, 8x24in, FOR SALE, £450
Artist: Mary Blue Brady, Title: In a Field, I am the absence of a Field, Location: Outskirts of Holt off Holt Rd, Media: Mixed Media, Size: 8x24in, £450 Third Prize
Artist Emma Perring, 'Cleaning Windows on the Sunny Side of the Street', High St, Holt, Oil, 30x40cm, SOLD at £340. Paint Out Holt 2019 Spirit of Holt Winner
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Cleaning Windows on the Sunny Side of the Street, Location: High St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 30x40cm, SOLD at £340
Artist Emily Faludy, 'Passing Clouds on High Street', Holt, Norfolk, Oil, 5x7in, £140. Paint Out Norfolk 2019 First Prize
Artist: Emily Faludy, Title: Passing Clouds on High Street, Location: Holt, Norfolk, Media: Oil, Size: 5x7in, £140. Paint Out Norfolk 2019 First Prize
Kate Gabriel, 'Crowe's Greengrocers', Holt, Norfolk, Oil, 10x8in, FOR SALE, £220. Paint Out Holt 2019 Second Prize
Artist: Kate Gabriel, Title: Crowe's Greengrocers, Location: Holt, Norfolk, Media: Oil, Size: 10x8in, £220. Paint Out Holt 2019 Second Prize
Emma Perring, 'Stormy Skies over Byfords', Bull St, Holt, Oil, 36x28cm, FOR SALE, £260
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Stormy Skies over Byfords, Location: Bull St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 36x28cm, £260. Paint Out Holt 2019 Spirit of Holt Winner
Emma Perring, 'Grey Day, Holt Festival', High St, Holt, Oil, 30x24cm, FOR SALE, £220
Artist: Emma Perring, Title: Grey Day, Holt Festival, Location: High St, Holt, Media: Oil, Size: 30x24cm, £220
Paintings created at Paint Out Norfolk 2019
Jude Chaney, 'The Little Boat Shed', How Hill, Norfolk, Acrylic, 15x15cm, SOLD
Artist: Jude Chaney, Title: The Little Boat Shed, Location: How Hill, Norfolk, Media: Acrylic, Size: 15x15cm, £110
Wendy Kimberley, 'Hidden in Shade', Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Egg Tempera, 8x8in, SOLD
Susanna Field, 'Not Quite a Nocturne - King's', King's Parade, Mixed Media, 23x21cm, FOR SALE, £100
Artist Susanna Field, 'Not Quite a Nocturne - King's', King's Parade, Mixed Media, 23x21cm, £100. Paint Out Cambridge 2019. First Prize in Watercolour & Mixed Media
Andrew Horrod, 'St John's Tower & Portugal Street', Portugal Street, Jesus Green, Acrylic, 40x40cm, SOLD, £490
Artist Andrew Horrod, 'St John's Tower & Portugal Street', Portugal Street, Jesus Green, Acrylic, 40x40cm, £490 SOLD. Paint Out Cambridge 2019. First Prize in Acrylics
Sarah Allbrook, 'View From Garrett Hostel Bridge', Cambridge Backs, Oil, 40x30cm, SOLD, £300
Artist Sarah Allbrook, 'View From Garrett Hostel Bridge', Cambridge Backs, Oil, 40x30cm, £300 SOLD. Paint Out Cambridge 2019 Judge's Commendation
David Wood, 'Passion for Period Style, Westcott House', Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Watercolour, 35x23cm, FOR SALE, £460href='http://www.paintout.org/artists/david-wood#buy' target='_blank'>FOR SALE, £460
Artist David Wood, 'Passion for Period Style, Westcott House', Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Watercolour, 35x23cm, £460. Paint Out Cambridge 2019 Judge's Commendation
Stephen Johnston, 'View from Master's Garden (Trinity)', Kitchen Bridge, St John's College, Oil, 20x16in, FOR SALE, £380
Artist Stephen Johnston, 'View from Master's Garden (Trinity)', Kitchen Bridge, St John's College, Oil, 20x16in, £380. Paint Out Cambridge 2019 Judge's Commendation
Robert Nelmes painting at Houghton Hall, Paint Out Norfolk 2019
Paint Out™ is an art event aiming to refresh and redefine 21st century en plein air art practice. Founded in 2014, we are the UK’s premier and only fully juried en plein air art competition, celebrating the talents of national and international artists before a wide and growing audience in the heart of medieval and iconic Norwich, as well as around beautiful Norfolk including Holt, Great Yarmouth, and Wells-next-the-Sea. We’ve also popped up in Suffolk and in 2019 branched out to Cambridge. Many of our events are about extreme painting challenges, in any weather, up against the clock and the gaze of the art-loving public. Come and ExperienceArt, Live!
Paint Out 2020
2020’s outdoor painting programme will include an 8-day tour of Norfolk and Norwich (16-23 July). Over 35 artists have been accepted already from the UK and USA with more joining us from Russia and elsewhere. This will be our biggest Paint Out yet with some 50-70 artists expected. Brush up alongside new and familiar faces of the plein air art community. Challenge your creativity. Develop your skills.
Come and capture the height of summer in city, coast and countryside locations including Norwich, Norfolk seaside, inland Broads, seaport and market towns, and historic houses. There will be guest artists, painting demos, art talks, and daily prizes.
Individual, weekend and multi-day choices available and transport options to county destinations. Priced from £15-£30/day – the early bird discount at £120 is sold out but the not-so-early bird discount all 8 days at £135 till 29 February is open, rising to £150 in March.
Artist Richard Bond painting from the Market at Paint Out Norwich Winter Nocturne
Following 2018’s midwinter free event we returned to Norwich Market, Jarrolds, Haymarket and the surrounding area in mid-December 2019 to paint the seasonal scenes. Some 20 artists participated, painting early for the light as well as late for the Christmas lights.
2019’s outdoor painting programme brought us to Cambridge with Cheffins Fine Art for the first time (13-15 May), The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (1-7 July), a collaboration with the Holt Festival (19 July), and with the Norwich Hostry Festival (14-16 Oct). Our premier Norfolk plein air event offered variety of visual stimuli from beach and pine at Wells next the Sea, inland Broads at How Hill, park, house and Henry Moore sculptures at Houghton Hall, modern and more sculptures at UEA & the Sainsbury Centre culminating in judging, awards, a private view and an exhibition – now online.
Plein Air – Art works carried out in the open air – chiefly painting.
The Paint Out competitions and invitationals accept any 2-dimensional media or mixed-media applied to a canvas/board/paper embracing drawing, pastels, oils, watercolour, gouache, acrylic, pen and ink, screen-printing, and even digital in certain categories. Innovation and originality are encouraged alongside traditional art forms. We are increasingly moving towards displaying mostly unframed ‘art in the raw’, showing off plein air art in a fresh way, hot – or rather wet off the easel.
We seek to capture the urban city and country environments in contemporary ways for a new and modern audience as well as established art collectors. We bring art and artists to the people, rather than vice versa, with our artists on the streets and pop-up galleries on the greens. If you want to commission or collaborate with us to bring an event to your location, please get in touch.
We have a number of events in East Anglia before the annual premier event Paint Out Norwich to whet your appetite including several one-day PaintOuts in Norfolk historic and hidden gardens from May-early October including opportunities to paint historical changing rural and urban landscapes in Cambridge, Holt and Norfolk as we seek to use Paint Out events to document our changing environment.
2017 saw Paint Out go to the Royal Norfolk Show, and in 2018 we had events in Sudbury,Suffolk and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. We aim to grow Paint Out year-on-year in terms of the variety, challenge, location, and quality of events.
Paint Out Norwich 2018
Paint Out Norwich 2018 competition, categories, prizes, event dates, and locations, for the plein air painting days during the Hostry Festival 2018 ran 13-17October with 2-5 days of day and night (optional) painting, artist workshops, a public ‘paintout‘ (21 Oct), and a private view, awards and art sale. This was followed by an art exhibition of over 150 paintings until 28 October at the Norwich Cathedral Hostry each day. Over 50 applications were juried by our selector David Curtis ROI RSMA, and some 35 artists participated this year.
A new one-day event – Paint Out Great Yarmouth on 1 September, from Seaside to Quayside, in collaboration with Norfolk Museums Service and particularly the Time and Tide Museum’s event ‘Drawn to the Coast: Turner, Constable, Cotman‘ which explores the identity of Great Yarmouth and its surrounding landscape through the artwork it has inspired.
The Paint Out Wells 2018 competition on the North Norfolk coast offers either a weekend-only pop-up event (2015-2017) or a one-day intensive paint day on the coast (2018) making it more accessible for those with jobs and other commitments. The event runs early September and in 2018 it was 8 September.
One-day warm-up event in Gainsborough’s hometown with options to paint the town, Gainsborough garden, old railway line walk, the Watermeadows, and more. Great views and amazing local countryside on the Suffolk/Essex border. [Gallery here…]
Norwich & Wells, Norfolk Art Class/Workshops/Talks
Paint Out provides an excellent opportunity for aspiring and seasoned artists to acquire and refresh core skills. Themes include painting and drawing, colour theory, composition, perspective, and best en plein air practice in oils, watercolour and other media, both as practical workshops and as public paint outs. Our education programme is taught by experienced professionals and covers everything you need to take your art to the next level, with a particular emphasis on Plein Air essentials. In addition, we have entrepreneurial advice about growing your art business alongside your art practice covering blogging, social media, photography, framing, pitching to galleries, and selling. Finally, we put things in context with cultural and historical talks and tours.
Paint Out 2017 featured a select group of invited artists painting the UK’s largest two-day agricultural fair – the Royal Norfolk Show. With up to 100,000 visitors it is the premier event of its kind. Our artists and team were to be found around the Show and at the Leathes Prior sponsored Paint Out tent. There was an auction of the still-wet fresh art on the Wednesday 28th by Arnolds Keys fine art auctioneers and a rolling gallery exhibition and sale of paintings from shortly after 8am 28 June to 6pm 29 June. Archant sponsored and presented £500 of prizes for First and Second places “Best in Show” paintings to Robert Nelmes and Tom Cringle. Norwich Art Supplies provided the art materials voucher prizes, presented to Haidee-Jo Summers and Mo Teeuw, for the jointly-shared Spirit of Plein Air award. View the Gallery of art painted and those still for sale.
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