main gallery

Anna Perlin
Landscape and Figurative paintings

Start date 4th July
End date 5th August

Anna Perlin is a Hertfordshire based artist. After graduating with a first class honors in Textile Design in 2001 she started exhibiting her paintings in local shows and is now represented by several UK galleries. Painting full time now, in 2008 so far exhibitions include The London Art Fair in Islington, The Society of Woman Artists at the Mall Galleries, and the Bristol Affordable Art Fair. The inspiration for her paintings comes from subjects she has a passion for and regular themes are the British countryside and dancers. "Although it may seem they are very different subjects, what draws me to landscapes and dancers is their main similarity - the living, breathing movement and life in them. A wheat field can have the same energy as a dancer, and the natural fluidity of both is what I enjoy exploring." Growing up deep in the heart of Oxfordshire, her love of the outdoors and nature is strongly reflected in her landscape paintings which are often free from human presence and include fields of swaying grass and country lanes. She doesn't use a set colour palette for her landscapes, preferring to mix new colours for each painting in order to capture the ever changing British seasons and weather and to create a window onto the calm and peace of the country side. With her dancers, the particular fascination for Anna is capturing a moment of controlled energy and tension, or exploring the space in between an arm and the body in a movement. Texture is also an important part of all her paintings and with both her landscapes and dancers she uses a palette knife to put paint onto the canvas. Anna's paintings can regularly be found at The McNeill Gallery in Radlett and at the Wren Gallery, Burford. She will also be opening her studio as part of the Hertfordshire Open Studios program in September this year and you can get in touch with her through her website at www.annaperlin.com.

Free admission

future exhibitions

Ray Lloyd

7th August - 30th August

Christina Pattison

1st September - 31st September

Open Exhibition

5th October - 2nd November

Attention Artists!

We are holding an open exhibition in our main gallery from the 5th October - 2nd November 2008 and we are inviting anyone to come and display his or her artwork. For those who wish to participate, there are opportunities to meet other artists and see what others have accomplished.

This is an open exhibition which is open to everyone! This includes members, non - members, students, and artists in the public community. There is no restriction on theme, style or media so we hope to have an exhibition with a diverse range of artwork.

The main gallery is 250sq metres approx and has space for both 2D and 3D artwork in a variety of sizes. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee to be able to show all work submitted by the artists depending on the number of applicants and space available, but we will try to show as many as possible.

Please call in and see the gallery for yourself. The Letchworth arts centre is open from Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm And Saturday 9am - 3pm.  

Open Exhibition Application Details

Craft Fair

Letchworth Arts Centre (LAC) is pleased to announce its Second Christmas Takeaway Craft Exhibition
Start date: 17th November
End Date: 20th December

Craft Fair Details