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A Summer of Exhibitions

Exhibitions, News

As the season turns and the days shorten, it’s a good time to look back over the exhibitions during the summer. It’s been my busiest yet.

My painting, ‘Washing Dancing By the Sea’ did flutter near the sea all summer in the East Coast Open in the brilliant Scarborough Art Gallery. It was a treat to attend the Private View and meet the other artists (below). I still can’t quite believe it was accepted.

Judy Randle infront of a brightly coloured acrylic painting of a washing line with towels fluttering in the wind.
A gallery wall with a green lino print of Sheffield Winter Gardens in the foreground

A lino print of ‘ Sheffield Winter Garden’ was in the ‘Green City’ exhibition in the lovely Fronteer Gallery in Orchard Square, Sheffield in July.

In September, my favourite gelliprint ‘Voyage’ and a couple of lino prints were in the Open tent in ‘Art in the Garden’ in the beautiful Sheffield Botanical Gardens.

‘Winter in the Limb Valley’ made brief appearance at the local show.

A framed golden gelliprint and 2 lino prints in an art exhibition
Colourful acrylic paintings by Judy Randle on a red brick wall in an art exhibition, a glass case with framed prints is in the backgound

A week later, it was our All Good Stuff group exhibition ‘ A Plan Takes Shape…’ in the historic Butcher Works Gallery in Sheffield city centre – part of Heritage Open Days. It is always such a joy to exhibit with our friendly collective in this great space.

Finally, an exhibition of my prints continues at the friendly, volunteer run Totley Community Library. Phew!

A library with comfortable armchairs, a blue carpet and an exhibition of framed giclee prints by Judy Randle on the wall

I have been a bit lax in posting updates here but I update my Instagram account regularly (and in more detail). Head there for more images – see the ‘Contacts’ page.

I do have some very exciting news, which I’m not able to share yet … watch this space.

Open Up Sheffield: 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11 May 2025

Exhibitions, News
Photo of the Butcher Works, a restored historic cutlery factory on a sunny day with blue sky

‘8 Artists from All Good Stuff’

I’m delighted to be taking part in Open Up Sheffield (a city wide event) for the first time this year, in a group exhibition at the historic Butcher Works Gallery in Sheffield City Centre. Butcher Works is a Grade II* listed restored cutlery factory in the heart of the Cultural Industries Quarter.

The other seven artists are: Alex McArthur* – painter, printmaker, Dave Vanderhoven – wood turner, furniture maker, Giedre Sadauskaite – textile artist, painter, illustrator, Gill Black – redesigned silver jewellery, Gill Cosford – polymer clay artist, Janine Barnsley* – hand forged silver jewellery and Rosie Butcher#  – pressed and dried flower artist.

We work in very different media and styles. Our inspiration comes from a variety of sources, including nature, ancient cultures and folk tales. What unites us? We are all members of All Good Stuff, a friendly cooperative of around 50 local artists and makers with a shop in the Butcher Works next door.

The All Good Stuff shop will be open throughout the exhibition. It is less than 10 minutes walk from Sheffield train station and there are great cafes close by (including the excellent Tamper just across the road).

Prints, paintings, cards, jewellery, textiles, polymer clay and wood work will be available to buy. Visitors will be able to watch demonstrations during the event (see our social media pages for details). Work-in-progress and materials will be on show.

Please call in, we look forward to welcoming you!

More details on the Open Up Sheffield website here and find more examples of my work on my Insta account judyrandle_art

(*3rd – 5th May only, #10th – 11th May only)

Photo in the courtyard of the Butcher Works showing the chimney and a blue sky
Colourful acrylic Painting and print of 'Winter Trees' by Judy Randle
Lino prints in green and blue of Sheffield Winter gardens by Judy Randle
Poster about Open Up Sheffield 2025
Colourful acrylic painting by Judy Randle of a mountain pool with grasses in the foreground and reflections of branches in the water

Exhibition ‘Midwinter’ @ The Shed – Saturday 3 February 2024

Exhibitions, New Prints Available, News

Delighted to announce a second joint exhibition with photographer Frances O’Connor, with a guest appearance by Angelina Perrett, on Saturday 3 February 2024 10.30am – 4.30pm, @ The Shed, Sheffield S17.

Inspired by snowy landscapes and wintry light, the exhibition will include photographs by Frances (including winter in Venice) and Angelina’s and my paintings and lino prints.

As before, greetings cards of my paintings will be for sale – with profits to UNICEF. New prints of my paintings and lino prints will also be available. We do hope you will be able to call in!

Exhibition at Totley Library

Exhibitions, New Prints Available, News

Delighted that some of my prints are now on display and for sale at the lovely Totley Library (or Totley Community Resource and Information Centre). This welcoming, light filled place is a volunteer run charity. It was bustling with activity when I dropped the giclee prints off. They have lots of events including films, story times etc and a Christmas Event on November 26th.

Colourful giglee prints in blues and greens by Judy Randle of Bempton Cliffs and Summer's Day Walk by the River
Totley Community Resource and Information Centre showing comfortable chairs, books on shelves and colourful blue and green prints by Judy Randle on the wall

There are a number of other artists’ works also on display. It’s open Monday 1-7pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 10am-5pm, Friday and Saturday 10am – 1pm. Pop along and take a look!

Thanks to the team for giving me this opportunity!

Exhibition @ The Shed – Saturday 3rd December 2022

Exhibitions, New Prints Available, News

Delighted to announce a joint exhibition with photographer Frances O’Connor on Saturday 3 December 2022 10.30am – 3pm, @The Shed, 4 Dore Road, Sheffield, S17.

Inspired by the natural world, the exhibition will include her brilliant photographs and my paintings with the theme of ‘By the Water’.

Greetings cards of my paintings will be for sale – with profits to UNICEF. Some new prints of my paintings will also be available. We do hope you will be able to be able to call in!

Poster giving details of the upcoming exhibition @ The Shed on December 3rd 2022. Also, showing examples of colourful acrylic paintings and photographs included in the exhibition

The 3 art cards and Artists' details included in the July / August 2022 edition of the Art Post Sheffield - an art subscription services

Thanks to The Art Post for choosing my painting!

News

Thank you to the lovely team at The Art Post for turning one of my paintings into a post card and including it in this month’s edition! It was so exciting when it dropped through the letter box and then to open the package to see what was inside. I wasn’t sure which one they would include and was so pleased they had chosen one of my favourites – ‘Washing Dancing by the Sea’. This month also included work from the brilliant Paul Burgin and Alison J Carr.

The painting was inspired by a walk on a very blowy but sunny day along part of the Moray Coast Trail in Scotland. You can just see the Moray Firth in the background. Here is the original painting with the postcard…

In the painting, I have tried to capture the feelings of movement and change. I loved the way the wind rustled through the grasses and how it caught the towels pegged on the communal washing line and made them dance. During the first lockdown, I made a cloud diary, photographing the clouds every day from my garden. It was such a joy to be actually seeing clouds by the sea again and to watch the wind chase the clouds across the sky. This painting was also my first of a big sky, which I’ve now explored further in other acrylic paintings.

Acrylic painting of washing on a communal line blowing in the wind, by the sea. Clouds are racing across a blue sky and the grasses are being blown by the wind

Giclée prints of this painting will be available soon from Inframe Gallery

Find out more about The Art Post on their website www.theartpost.co.uk

The Art Post

News

Delighted and very excited that one of my paintings will be featured in the next lovely edition from The Art Post Sheffield!! This is an art subscription box service which started in Sheffield and has now spread to other parts of the UK. Subscribers receive 3 art post cards each time (monthly in Sheffield), showing art from local artists, wrapped and wax sealed – along with the artists’ stories and the inspiration for their artwork. Each one is a secret until it arrives! I can’t wait until it drops through my letterbox!

See more details on their website.

Photo of a mail out from the Art Post Sheffield, showing 3 high quality art cards, the artists' stories and hand sealed wrapping against a brick wall

A Website in a Week

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A week ago, with some trepidation, I started to build a website to show my paintings. The reason – because I was thinking of producing some art cards and thought I probably needed one first. So plenty of time – no rush… Then last Sunday, I received a message about an exciting initiative, which meant that I needed the site up and running by today – eek!

So it has been a very busy week, with some frustrations and some amazing Eureka moments. I have learnt a lot of new acronyms and although I know what some of them stand for – I’m still not quite sure what to do with them all!

This is my first blog, and a bit like the acknowledgements section of a book – it’s a chance for me to say thank you to my family and friends that have helped with this so far. You know who you are! Particular thanks to Vicky, who pointed in me in the right direction and helped troubleshoot; to Tom, who dispensed design advice on the hottest night of the century and to my friend, Frances O’Connor, photographer extraordinaire, who gave brilliant advice as my one woman focus group. Thank you all!!

I have really enjoyed building the site and hope you will enjoy looking at the paintings and prints. Sign up to receive the blog and you’ll find out the reason for the rush!