Looking back on our November exhibition - what a scream!

And announcing the visitors’ vote winner
Our last exhibition of 2023, held over the weekend of 18-19 November, saw a steady flow of visitors, even though Lacock seemed quieter than usual for the time of year. 

Members of LAG contributed artwork in oils, acrylics, and watercolours, in different styles and a range of subjects, which visitors said they appreciated. 
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Sales of original artwork, prints and greeting cards totalled a pleasing amount of almost £1,100, thanks to visitors who kindly bought 12 paintings, two prints and 105 cards. The total sales value was a couple of hundred pounds less than the amount raised from the 2022 November exhibition when almost twice as many paintings were sold, whereas card sales levels were similar.

​Thanks to all our members for working together to help set up the exhibition and taking it all down on the Sunday afternoon, ensuring a smooth and speedy operation at the start and finish.

The visitors’ winner
Visitors again took part in our exhibition in their own way, by voting for their favourite painting on display. This time 57 of our paintings were voted for, and a total of 81 votes were cast.
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A different take on the famous painting ‘The Scream’ by Edmund Munch emerged as the visitors’ clear winner. Scream 2, painted by Ken Baldy (who always brings some humour into his art) in his inimitable style, received a total of eight votes putting it in first place. It’s fair to say that Scream 2 caused much amusement among many of the visitors over the weekend! 

Scream 2 by Ken Baldy, winner of the visitors' favourite painting vote.

​Four other paintings received three votes each, and nine paintings received two votes each, while 43 paintings each received one vote. 
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Congratulations to Ken whose prize was a bottle of wine. 
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​Finally, in 2024 we’ll be holding exhibitions in May, August, and November and will publish the dates on our events page during December. We’d like to thank everyone who took the trouble to come to our exhibitions this year and we hope to see many of you again next year.