Karen Adams works in large and small scale having exhibited in The Brancaster Staithe Midsummer Exhibition and painted murals for the Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club’s Annual Summer Ball. Her preferred medium is oil painting in which she paints a variety of landscapes but particularly enjoys painting beaches – where she initially encountered and participated in Paint Out Wells first beach sunrise ‘paint out’ in 2015 – marshes and boats in Norfolk, and street scenes. She now travels to paint and continues to grow in consistency and quality securing her first Paint Out prizes in 2017 & 2018.
Paint Out Norwich – selected and participated (2016, 2017)
Paint Out Wells – Artists’ Choice Second Prize (2018), Spirit of Plein Air Award (2017), selected and participated (2015)
Sample Gallery & Works for Sale
Artist Karen Adams, Windpump at Thurne, Thurne, Oil, , £400. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Karen Adams, The Pier, Cromer, Oil, xin, FOR SALE, £400
Artist Karen Adams, The Pier, Cromer, Oil, xin, £400. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Karen Adams, Boats in Morning Glitter, Wells-next-the-Sea, Oil, SOLD, £300
Artist Karen Adams, Boats in Morning Glitter, Wells-next-the-Sea, Oil, £300. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Karen Adams, 'Two Wherries', How Hill, Oil, 18x14in, FOR SALE, £320
Artist: Karen Adams, Title: Two Wherries, Location: How Hill, Media: Oil, Size: 18x14in, £320
Artist Karen Adams, 'Ripples and Splashes', Hunworth Hall, Norfolk, Oil, 18x14in, £270. 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
Karen Adams, 'Red Bottomed Boat', Wells, Norfolk, Oil on board, 12x10in, FOR SALE, £180
Artist Karen Adams, 'Red Bottomed Boat', Wells, Norfolk, Oil on board, 12x10in, £180. Paint Out Wells 2017
Karen Adams, 'Over the Top', Wells-next-the-Sea, Oil, 16x12in, FOR SALE, £200
Artist Karen Adams, 'Over the Top', Wells-next-the-Sea, Oil, 16x12in, £200. Paint Out Wells 2018
John Behm has a natural affinity for the landscape of Norfolk and the Scottish borders where he was occupied in the conception and execution of public sculptures. He had been unable to work for a while due to a near fatal accident but fortunately has sufficiently recovered to be back to creating art and sculptures and has been making some beautiful paintings en plein air.
John studied Drawing & Painting, Sculpture and Architectural Design in the US, and at the Edinburgh College of Art.
Several decades of working within art and design with turns in teaching, writing, portraits, life-drawing, and several exhibitions means that John has a strong background in art that he is currently augmenting by studying Art History. He has numerous sculptures on past and/or present display in Scotland and Norfolk, as well as work in public collections including the City of York, the National Museums of Scotland, “The House for an Art Lover” in Glasgow, and the Coldstream Museum.
Whilst mainly painting in oils, when not carving stone and wood, and casting sculptures in bronze, he has occasionally gone mixed media including adding twigs to a three-dimensional painting at Paint Out events; he is always willing to try something new. His preference of subject includes landscape as palimpsest, the spirit of place human experience, history, family, and sensory delights.
John says of his work that:
“The idea is first, then I choose the medium – paint, wood, bronze, steel, stone, film. The word ‘art’ comes from Sanskrit, from a root meaning simply to make: it’s the making, and what, that keeps me going.”
John made the press when, in 2018, he dived into the River Wensum to rescue fellow artist and Paint Out founder James Colman’s artwork that has fallen in, easel and all, and was floating face-up in the water, heading towards Fye Bridge. Despite the October chill, John handed over his own painting, stripped off his art clothes, mounted the bridge wall and dived in the cold river to cheers from onlookers. He swam towards the waterlogged gouache and dragged it to dry land, lifesaver-style!
Now a four-times winner of the Paint OutSpirit of Plein Air prize in two locations, John is renowned for getting into deep water! Back in 2009, he waded chest-deep into the sea to install bronze sculptures in the sea off the Berwickshire coast. “All in the name of art,” was his explanation or perhaps excuse, looking for any reason to get wet!
“Ultimately it was an adventure that took us over two hours in the sea wading about bringing everything ashore. We lit a fire to warm ourselves up then installed the waymark without two much trouble.” – John Behm
Mary Blue is an American artist, currently living on the North Norfolk Coast, in the UK. She is a lover of the coast and large open landscape countryside views typically painting wide boards to show the flow of hills, trees, rivers, coastline, sand or sea. In 2019, she also focused on a series of small square individual flower forms. Her art is represented not only in the paint she applies to board but also the poetry she often inscribes within a painting.
“My painterly work weaves in written words with layers of jewel-toned colours and reflects upon the impermanence of life and the powerful forces of nature. I paint the cultural imprint history leaves on the landscape, echoing the sound of ancient footsteps from centuries ago, of fishermen collecting cockles in the creeks, of farmers bringing in the harvest.”
Paint Out Norfolk – Second Prize (2020)
Paint Out Norfolk – Participated (2019)
Paint Out Gardens – Participated (2019)
Paint Out Holt – Third Prize (2019)
Paint Out Wells-next-the-Sea – Participated (2018)
Paint Out Great Yarmouth – Participated (2018)
Paint Out Sudbury – Participated (2018)
Paint Out Norwich – Participated (2017)
Paint Out Wells-next-the-Sea – Participated (2017)
Sample Gallery & Works for Sale
Artist Mary Blue, Invisible Stars, Holkham Gap, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x24in, £450.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mary Blue, Roots Reach Down twice the Depth notice the Current Underground, River Yare Whitlingham Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x24in, £450.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mary Blue, The Bittersweet taste of Salt on your Lips, Wells Beach, Norfolk, Acrylic, 8x24in, £450.
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Artist Mary Blue, Purple Haze, Holkham Gap, Norfolk, Acrylic, 18x24in, FOR SALE, £790
Paint Out Norfolk 2021
Artist Mary Blue, Deep Dark River Runs to the Edge of Nowhere, River Yare, Norfolk, Acrylic, 3x12in, SOLD, £150
Paint Out Norfolk 2021
Artist Mary Blue Brady, Willow at the Waters Edge, Surlingham, Mixed Media, 15x40in, FOR SALE, £125
Artist Mary Blue Brady, Willow at the Waters Edge, Surlingham, Mixed Media, 15x40in, £125. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Mary Blue Brady, Cultivating the Edge, Wiveton Down, Acrylic, 8x32in, FOR SALE, £295
Artist Mary Blue Brady, Cultivating the Edge, Wiveton Down, Acrylic, 8x32in, £295. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
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 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 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
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
Mary Blue Brady, 'Keeping Things Whole', A Field in Sudbury, Acrylic, 12x12in, FOR SALE
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Keeping Things Whole', A Field in Sudbury, Acrylic, 12x12in, £200. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Mary Blue Brady, 'Just Once', A Field in Sudbury, Acrylic, 6x12in, FOR SALE
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'Just Once', A Field in Sudbury, Acrylic, 6x12in, £150. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Mary Blue Brady, 'In a Field I am Absence of Field', Mill River, Sudbury, Acrylic, 12x12in, FOR SALE
Artist Mary Blue Brady, 'In a Field I am Absence of Field', Mill River, Sudbury, Acrylic, 12x12in, £250. Paint Out Sudbury 2018
Tom Cringle has been exhibiting and selling work for nearly 20 years. Self-taught, he works predominately in acrylic and oil.
His first exhibition was in The Old Black Horse shop in Burnham Market. Tom’s work has further been featured in solo and joint shows which include: Fabulous Frames in Norwich, The Mall Gallery in London, The Flint Gallery in Blakeney and Aldeburgh Contemporary Art in Suffolk. He has recently exhibited at and been accepted by the East Anglian Group of Marine Artists (EAGMA).
Tom specialises in landscapes and seascapes inspired by the beauty and big skies of Norfolk and beyond. He loves to paint the expansive skies that are seen over the beaches of Norfolk and Suffolk using large canvases to allow as much sky as possible to be included. In 2016, he scooped a First and Second Prize in Paint Out Norwich Nocturnes and Mixed Media categories, following this up in 2017 with Second Prize in Paint Out at the Royal Norfolk Show.
Paint Out Awards
Paint Out Sudbury – Artists’ Choice Prize (2018)
Paint Out Royal Norfolk Show – Second Prize (2017)
Paint Out Norwich – Nocturne First & Mixed Media Second Prizes (2016), selected and participated (2015, 2017)
Paint Out Wells – selected and participated (2015, 2017, 2018)
Paint Out Norfolk – selected and participated (2019, 2020, 2021)
Sample Gallery & Works for Sale
DSC01281 Tom Cringle, Untitled, Paint Out Norwich Second Prize overall, Nocturne First Prize - Photo by Katy Jon Went
DSC01263 Artist Tom Cringle 'Blue Sign, Market', Norwich Market, £375 Acrylic & ink, 50x50cm, Paint Out Norwich 2016 - Mixed Media Second Prize. Photo by Katy Jon Went
Winterton-busy-beach.-July-PO20..Tom-Cringle
KJW02480 Artist Tom Cringle, 'East Hills Study', Wells Beach, Acrylic, 30x24in, £450. Paint Out Norfolk 2019
Artist: Tom Cringle, Title: The Watch House, Location: Wells Beach, Media: Acrylic, Size: 50x40cm, £375
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Low Tide Looking North East', Wells-next-th
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Low Tide Looking North East', Wells-next-the-Sea, Oil, 60x50cm, £300. Paint Out Wells 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 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 Tom Cringle, 'Red Chickens', Norfolk Showground, Acrylic on board, 60x40cm, £250 SOLD
Artist: Tom Cringle, Title: Red Chickens, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Acrylic on board, Size: 60x40cm, £250
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Irons in the Fire', Norfolk Showground, Acrylic on board, 24x34cm, £150
Artist: Tom Cringle, Title: Irons in the Fire, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Acrylic on board, Size: 24x34cm, £150
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Flagpoles', Norfolk Showground, Acrylic on board, 60x40cm, £250
Artist: Tom Cringle, Title: Flagpoles, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Acrylic on board, Size: 60x40cm, £250
Artist Tom Cringle, 'Wood Carvings', Norfolk Showground, Acrylic on board, 60x40cm, £250
Artist: Tom Cringle, Title: Wood Carvings, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Acrylic on board, Size: 60x40cm, £250
Artist Tom Cringle, 'View from Paint Out Tent 1', Norfolk Showground, Acrylic on board, 60x40cm, £250
Artist: Tom Cringle, Title: View from Paint Out Tent 1, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Acrylic on board, Size: 60x40cm, £250
