Nus Ghani, MP for Wealden, has visited the Crowborough Community Centre which currently exhibits the “Home & Away” landscapes by local artist Jeannette Towey.
The exhibition, which is located in the café area and corridors, hosts more than thirty paintings of landscapes from Wealden and Sussex, as well as landscapes, seascapes and nature paintings from all over the UK and from abroad.
Jeannette has been drawing and painting pictures since young age and learned oil painting, along with print-making, at evening classes at St Martin's, and studied History of Art at the Courtauld, specialising in fifteenth-century Italian painting and painting techniques. She works exclusively in oils and paints mostly from photographs that she has taken herself. A limited edition of prints is now available to purchase here.
The exhibition at Crowborough Community Centre was originally scheduled until the end of September, but was extended due to high demand.
Nus Ghani said: “I am aware of the challenges that the pandemic has presented to artists across the constituency especially since it blighted their contact with the public and customers. It was a pleasure visiting the Crowborough Community Centre and viewing Jeannette’s paintings. It is fantastic to see the work of a local artist exhibited at the heart of Crowborough and I particularly enjoyed the beautiful landscapes of the Ashdown Forest and Wealden’s countryside. I am pleased to see so much support from the local community and delighted that the exhibition has been extended.”
You can read more about my visit in the Sussex Express article attached below.
