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About Patchings Art Centre
An ‘Open Garden’ with a difference – a range of walks and pathways with links to art provide inspiration for artists painting in the open. In 1988 50 acres, once two ploughed fields used for root crops. . . is now an established landscape with woodland walks, pathways through meadows and a lake area linked to Monet. A setting where nature and fine art are companions. Many artists throughout history have used nature for their paintings. The gardens, walks and views provide inspiration for artists alongside many painting opportunities.
Nature has helped shape and paint this landscape, a process that continues and is ever changing. She never fails to compose and colour, particularly during the early summer days.
Part the gardens is the tree-lined Artists’ Trail which features 62 mounted and weather-protected paintings hung within glass, ranging in time from Leonardo’s 16th-Century masterpiece Mona Lisa to the 20th-century urban landscapes of LS Lowry.
Some are photo-reproductions of original paintings but the majority have been painstakingly copied, with the co-operation of copyright owners, by talented members of Patchings’ own art club. Using phones and a QR (quick response) code, visitors will hear club members explain why they chose their paintings and how they rose to the challenge of reproducing them.
Linked to QR codes over your ‘phone visitors can see and hear “augmented reality” versions of master artists. Rembrandt, Turner, Monet and Van Gogh come to life in their own gazebo studios, against sunlit glass backdrops featuring some of their greatest works.
Welcoming visitors to the Artists’ Trail is the augmented reality version of Richard Parkes Bonington, the influential landscape painter who was born in Arnold, just few miles from Patchings, in 1802
During your visit call to see the current exhibitions in our three galleries – featuring this year the competition winners of 210 works from the TALP Open Competition 2025, including the new Young Persons category of 70 winners. A competition Patchings jointly organisers with The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines.
Website:
https://www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
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