Covid Challenge Pictures

Challenge 1 – Still Life

Jon Wright 1
Karen Wright 1
Gill Heritage – April
Lucia Kirk – April
Jenny Frankland – April
Sheila Simons – April
Pam Ives – April
Linda Coulson – April
Robert McLeish – April
David Cole – April
Gay Brown – April
Doreen Stokes – April
Davina Thomas – April
Tina Barker – April

Challenge 2 – Tonal Painting

Corfe Castle – July 1963 Mixture of the Tonal and Corfe Castle Challenges
Jane Windsor
Jennifer Porter – Father & Son
Jenny Frankland
Linda Coulson – Gold Hill
Karen Wright – The Rescue on Ben Vorlich
Karen Wright – Original
Pam Ives – Trapped in Time
Gay Brown – Sam and Julian
Gay Brown – Sam & Julian – Original
Valerie Brogan – Tonal Painting
Gill Heritage – Tonal Still Life
Jon Wright – Sandbanks 1963
Jon Wright – Original
David Cole – Mousehole
David Cole – Mousehole – Original
Doreen Stokes – Challenge 2
Original – Robert McLeish – May
Davina Thomas – May

Challenge 3 – Corfe Castle

Brooke Snell – Corfe Castle
Gill Heritage – 17th Century Lockdown at Corfe Castle
Doreen Stokes – Corfe Castle
Mike Horton – Corfe across the Harbour
Mike Horton – Corfe from East Ridge
Maggie Caudell – Corfe Castle
Karen Wright – Corfe Castle 2
Karen Wright – Corfe Castle 1
Sue Carvell – Corfe Castle
Mike Horton – Corfe Castle
Shiela Simons – Corfe Castle
Tony Hill – Corfe Castle from Scotland Farm
Linda Coulson – Corfe Castle in the Pink
Linda Coulson – Corfe Castle at Sunset
Gay Brown – Meteor Shower over Corfe Castle
Jon Wright – Sunset-Moonrise
Jenny Frankland
Tina Barker 2
Tina Barker 1
Jean Notley – Corfe Castle
Anne Bashford – Misty Corfe
Richard Adama – Sunrise, Corfe Castle
Peter Morrison-Wells – Corfe in the Mist
Jane Windsor – Corfe Castle 2
Jane Windsor – Corfe Castle 1
David Cole – Corfe Castle Lockdown
Pam Ives – Corfe by Moonlight


Davina Thomas – Corfe Castle
Jean Notley – Corfe Castle
Doreen Stokes – Return of the Peregrines
Jennifer Porter – A ‘Mist’ical Corfe Castle

Challenge 5 – Still Life, created by Karen Wright.

Jon Wright – August Challenge
Doreen Stokes – August Challenge
Jean Notley – August Challenge
Davina Thomas – August Challenge
Pam Ives – August Challenge
David Cole – Mirror Image

Challenge 6 – Happy Summer Holidays 2019

Jon Wright – Altea – Spain
Davina Thomas – Summer in Finland
Pam Ives – Sunset Over Samson – Isles of Scilly
David Cole – Scilly Isles
Pam Ives – Ponte Scaligero – Verona
Sheila Simons – Port de Locquirec, Baie de Morlaix
Gill Heritage – Wish You Were Here
Pam Ives – Nags Head Rock, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly

Davina’s alternative challenge for October, now extended to November and December

Jane Windsor – Autumn 2020
Jean Notley – Autumn Colours
David Cole – Autumn Colours
Jill Embleton – Autumn Colours
Jenny Frankland – Autumnal Hedgerow
Tina Barker – Autumn Colours
Jean Notley – Thistles

This month’s Challenge is actually for two months, November and December and is for Christmas Cards

Karen Wright – My Christmas Robin
Jean Notley- Christmas Peace
Pam Ives – Christmas Card 3
Jane Windsor – Christmas Card 2020
Mike Horton – Christmas Robin
Davina Thomas – Christmas Northern Lights
Jenny Frankland – Christmas Card
……….To Everyone in the Art Club – David Cole
Valerie Brogan – Christmas Card
Jennifer Porter – Stained Glass Window Nativity
Pam Ives – Christmas Card 2
Pam Ives – Christmas Card 1

Challenge 9 – Pets

Linda Coulson – Charlie
Peter Morrison-Wells – Piper
Brooke Snell – Shushu
Peter Morrison-Wells – Stanley
Jane Windsor – Me and My Pet Dog “Bobby”
Mike Horton – My Pet Cat–Not!
Brooke Snell – Truffle
Tony Hill – Russ in Lockdown
Anne Bashford – Judy
Jenny Frankland – Bradley
Pam Ives – Pip and Ted
Davina Thomas – Cooper
Eddie Burrows – My Old Dog
Jon Wright – Smudge and Splodge
Pam Ives – Linus
Pam Ives – Damsel and Chloe – A Busy Day!
Jean Notley – Ollie’s Favourite Pastime
David Cole – Tilly
Jennifer Porter – Woody & Louise
Gill Heritage – Bella
Pam Ives – Damsel with Matthew
Valerie Brogan – “Who’s In Charge Here?”
Valerie Brogan – The Cat Lady
Mike Horton – Roxy – R.I.P.

Challenge 10 – A themed collection, or montage, of smaller paintings on a common theme

Karen Wright – Birdwatching on Stoborough Heath
Keleigh-Marie Snelgrove – Shells
Tony Hill – Lost in Lockdown
Jenny Frankland – Pet Cats?
Anne Bashford – Sewer’s Delight
Jill Embleton – Garden Inspiration 2
Jill Embleton – Garden Inspiration 1
Jean Notley – Flowers for Four Seasons
Pam Ives – Happy Holiday Memories
Valerie Brogan – Springsteen
Jennifer Porter – 1960’s Miniature Garden Set that I had as a child. I was given an starter set and then saved up my pocket money to buy additional pieces.
Pam Ives – Scilly Isles Beach-Combing – The porcelain china comes from a  wreck bringing back tea from the orient and was used as ballast.
In 2005 there was an unusual mass of these tiny jelly fish, very strong winds brought thousands ashore. The beach turned blue!

David Cole – Seaside Souvenirs
Mike Horton – Local Wildlife? – Nearly
Tina Barker – Life Without Music is a Mistake
Davina Thomas – Lockdown 1 2 3
1st lockdown it was rainbows everywhere and the fact I don’t drive much
2nd was shorter but we had to wear masks and that was the new issue but I needed to put in hope.
3rd for me has been time slowing again and the vaccines.
Pam Ives – Family Bears – The smaller one is in the room I paint in.
I was given him on my 1st birthday, my Mum gave him new hands & feet.
Jon Wright – Workshop Tools
Jon Wright – Baby Toys

Challenge 11 – Pen and Ink Drawing ‘My Home Town’

Jane Windsor – Spring Street – Wool
Tony Hill – My Home Town
Valerie Brogan – After the Walk – Made out of air dry clay
Linda Coulson – Spring Street – Wool
Jenny Frankland – Stoborough
Davina Thomas – The Quay, Wareham
Pam Ives – The Chimneys of West Street
David Cole – Church Street, Wareham
Jon Wright – My New Home Town – Since 2006 – Poole
Jon Wright – My Home Town – Loughton, Essex, where I lived for 55 years. This lovely building was demolished in the late 1970’s to make way for a car park
Jennifer Porter – Almshouses in Worgret Road
Keleigh-Marie Snelgrove – North Street to South Street, Wareham

Challenge 12 – Self-portraits (Names available on request to the website administrator)

Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Self-Portrait 2nd Attempt
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Self Portrait

Challenge 12 – Summertime Events

Linda Coulson – Leaving Chelsea Flower Show
Jean Notley – Summer Visitor
Sonia Smith – Right Protection
Jane Windsor – Clematis
Keleigh-Marie Snelgrove – My Ideal Garden
Jennifer Porter – Grey Squirrel
Pam Ives – Scilly Summer Flowers
David Cole – Best In Show
Sonia Smith – Relaxing After Chelsea – Three Wise Generations

Challenge 14 – Still Life (Jean Notley)

Sonia Smith – Things I am Grateful For – Acrylics
Sonia Smith – Things I am Grateful For – Watercolour Pencils Graphite and Charcoal
Pam Ives – Still Life – June
Jean Notley – Still Life
David Cole – Still Life
Keleigh-Marie Snelgrove – Still Life

Challenge 15 – St Martin’s on the Wall Church in Wareham. This has been inspired by Hilary Goodinge and the 1000th Anniversary of the Church

Pam Hayes – St Martin’s on the Walls
Jon Wright – Gateway to Wareham
Karen Wright – St Martin’s Interior
Jenny Frankland – St Martin’s on the Walls
Sonia Smith – Re-creation of St Martin’s Frieze
Peter Morrison-Wells – St Martin’s
Jenny Frankland – St Martin’s
Jennifer Porter – St Martin’s On The Walls
Sonia Smith – St Martin’s Mosaic Seven Elements
I could not decide which element of St Martins to paint so I put together everything I love.
A altar
B view from North Street
C Lawrence of Arabia effigy
D Ladies walk (approach from the East) with my husband and Freddie
E East door to altar (sometimes open when service in progress showing the medieval frieze in background)
F Commemorative Cross
G St Martin’s cloak in background
Brooke Snell – St Martin’s
Sonia Smith – St Martin’s
Keleigh-Marie Snelgrove – A Sunny Day at St Martin’s
Sonia Smith – St Martin’s Frieze – Original from photo
Sonia Smith – St Martin missing part of 12th century frieze
David Cole – St Martin on the Walls