hi i'm looking for other artists in or near huthwaite notts i generally paint landscapes in watercolour but have recently been trying acrylics .... andy

Hi Andy,
Another Andy here too....Well it looks like a year has passed and you've had no replies so i thought i'd post as i am on Carsic so not that far away and also enjoy watercolours and landscape painting.
I have a lot of (Non) painting time then have a couple of months where i have a go only to put it all away again.
Who inspires and who do you admire in the art world?Myself i enjoyed through the 90's James Fletcher-watson, Sadly passed away now, and due to their TV shows Ashley Jackson and Alwyn Crawshaw.The 00's i took interest in Charles Evans' work and for now i think Terry Harrison and Jeff Kerseys' work has become popular due i think to this site and the TV series and shorts they produce.
I think Keith Fenwick is a fantastic watercolourist also but his style is more Bodycolour than pure watercolour ( he uses alot of opaque white to work dark to light as in oil or acrylic work ),Each to their own and it works for him and he is very successful 38+ years as a teacher i believe... but as you can see i enjoy many "Modern Day" artists and their works and only wish i could produce a 10th of there craftmanship in the watercolour medium.
As a finish i will add some details about myself, i am 43 yrs young on the 7th of July and currently a house husband.My wife works and i see to the children aged 10, 3 and 7.I am a painter and decorator by trade but arthritus has slowed me down now.
Good luck with your painting, enjoy what you do.
Regards Andy
P.s... as an after thought 2 more talented artists who may inspire you,( i follow them both on facebook ),Jeremy Ford and Matthew Palmer.The latter being only a couple of miles away in Langwith.Both these artists again appear regularly on the painting and drawing channel with their own programs both with a different painting style.Matthew often holds free taster lessons and demonstrations down on the designer outlet village near you at junction 28 of the M1.

Artists in your area are all over the place. Youve got Mathew Palmer close by at Mansfield a little further away you have Vic Bearcroft and at Nottingham you have a whole load more of artists. So you are not on youre own. Are you able to get to Southwell? We have festivals and shows there on themes of Bramley apple and the Daffodil when its Marie Curie Cancer care week etc . Mansfield art gallery provision has shrunk dramatically over the years as has Sutton in Ashfields as they want to make more displays of a comercial type etc rather than show local art. In notts we still have space at Newark library, Southwell, Burton Joyce, Arnold and probably lots of others that I have not been into. You have th open event at Thoresby hall and 2 open shows at Radcliffe on Trent again if you are able to get out and about.