CULTURE CLUB
Art in the right place Capturing the cityscape in acrylics, watercolours or sketches, Cambridge is full to the brim with artists – Miriam Balanescu meets them to find out more F rom its skyline scattered with poetic spires to the cattle-dotted fields, there’s a reason Cambridge is such a draw for artists. The
city is undeniably among the UK’s most picturesque. Testament to that is the work of historic masters such as Joseph Murray Ince, Mary Charlotte Greene and William Westall, to name a few, much of whose work adorns the walls of Cambridge’s colleges and heritage sites. This artistic tradition has long continued, with a new generation of creatives adding their visions to the Cambridge canvas. Initiatives Paint Out Cambridge (which sees flocks of artists take to the streets to create en plein air art) or Cambridge Open Studios (where artists grant access to their creative studios, spaces and homes to the artistically curious) foster these artist communities. From splashed acrylics to careful illustrations, we meet the artists seeing Cambridge in new ways.
18 NOVEMBER 2023 CAMBSEDITION.CO.UK
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