The following exhibitions will take place on the second floor of the Windmill during the 2024 season. Visitors can also ‘meet the artists’, who will be there with their exhibition during opening hours. The Windmill is open from 30 March until 27 October on Wednesdays from 10am-1pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4pm. Entry is FREE; a minimum £1 donation per person is encouraged.
Important: Please check www.rochford.gov.uk/windmill for closure dates due to private events.
Saturday 27 April – Monday 27 May
Jane Spink
Jane Spink is a local artist who uses a variety of printmaking processes to explore her love of nature and the natural world.
Jane’s inspiration and ideas tend to come mainly from the trees, plants and living creatures that populate the green spaces around her home in Rayleigh, Essex. Her new book “Nature Imprinted” explores the linocut printing process and was published by Search Press Books on 21st March 2024.
Wednesday 29 May – Wednesday 3 July
Barry Rust
Self taught Rayleigh artist, paints in oil. Find art my therapy and love painting. Paint for myself mostly as I'm always my best and worst critic. Makes for more confident approach. Everything I paint has some kind of connection to my past or present in a process to help my future. In the hope my paintings will connect and relate to others.
Wednesday 10 July – Sunday 4 August
Mike Fogg FCIPS, Compass Photography
Mike specialises in capturing images of landscapes wherever he travels.
The image shown here is Wairere Waterfall from Mike’s recent trip to New Zealand.
Sunday 11 August - Wednesday 11 September
Kathryn Cooper
My name is Kathryn Cooper and I am a British artist living in Rayleigh, Essex. I create original hand drawn ink and watercolour art.
In 2022 I set up a small art business called KC Sketches, specialising in house and building portraiture. I have enjoyed sketching my own interpretations of many of Rayleigh's charming and historic buildings. I also create bespoke, commissioned pieces for customers of their homes, wedding venues, the place they first met, business/commercial buildings and a variety of other places with sentimental meaning.
Besides buildings, I also enjoy making all kinds of watercolour art including abstract art, surface pattern design, landscapes and urban sketches.
Saturday 14 September – Sunday 6 October
Julie Kellett
I live in Great Wakering and enjoy being outside walking or cycling whenever I can. My paintings and sketches are of some of my favourite places in the local area and of places I've enjoyed visiting in this country and abroad.
Wednesday 9 October – Sunday 27 October
David Swainsbury - Something on the Horizon
I'm a street photographer from London, my work is characterised by its candidness and its ability to capture the essence of everyday life. I have been taking photographs for more than 10 years and one day after printing a photograph and getting it framed decided to leave the comfort and security of my career and start exhibiting and selling my own art.
I'm a passionate advocate for street photography and believe that it is a powerful tool for documenting the human condition and for understanding the world around us.
For more information please contact the Council’s Leisure Team on 01702 318120 or leisure@rochford.gov.uk