PRESS NOTICE Earlier this month, September 7th 2023,  a Winifred Nicholson oil painting of Blue Hyacinths in a Winter Landscape on board was bought for £48,000 at 1818 Auctioneers, Milnthorpe.     This is a snip for an artist whose work was m uch treasured by David Bowie until his death in 2016, the sale of St Ives Harbour set a new world record for a work of art by Winifred Nicholson at £245,000 .  Winifred Nicholson lived and worked in Cumberland for much of her life. Isle of Man from St Bees - Winifred Nicholson 1945                                              Lily of the Valley St Bees - Winifred Nicholson Winifred Nicholson (1893 -1981) loved Cumberland and this love shines through in her paintings, many of which explored light, space and colour through the prism of flowers placed in a vase with a landscape backdrop.  Some of the most beautiful paintings are those at St Bees with the ethereal looking Isle of Man in the far distance. It is hard not to speculate about what Winifred

 CALL OUT FOR ARTISTS! “ROCK SOLID? 2”     Call for Artists 'Rock Solid? 2' invites artists of all mediums to submit works to an exciting new exhibition for next year beginning May 9th 2024    at  Kendal Museum ’s,  The People’s Gallery.     The exhibition encourages creativity and originality in response to the quest to find deep geology in Cumbria from the coastal plain extending under the seabed, to act as “the safest place on earth” for the UK’s heat generating nuclear wastes.    Cumbria’s coastal fringe cradling the iconic Lake District is on the front line of this quixotic quest.    Artworks are invited in all media taking inspiration from the diverse geology of the Lakeland mountains to the Sea.  We are honoured to have    Martin Greenland , an internationally renowned Cumbrian artist and winner of the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize as Guest Artist at Rock Solid? 2.      This exhibition plans to build on the success of the  'Rock Solid?'  exhibition of 20