We have received the sad news of the death of Sheila Bartl. Sheila was a Patron of the Society and supported us for many years. She was the wife of the late Antoni (Tony) Bartl who was a respected member of the Society and had a career in art tuition in the County.
In 2024 we approached Sheila and her daughter to approve a new LAS Artist Award for a pure abstract or abstracted artwork, 2D or 3D in memory of her husband Tony. The family were delighted to have the Bartl name remembered. It will now be a tribute to them both.
It is always sad to lose our Members and Patrons and our thoughts and sincere condolences go to Sheila’s family and friends.
For the month of October the Lincolnshire Artists Society will be hosted by three Louth Galleries, Hammond House Gallery, Riverhead Theatre Gallery and Spout Yard Gallery.
“The main exhibition is called ‘Georgia, Georgia’ and is inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe. Or at least by an American feminist’s review of an exhibition of her flower paintings I read when I was a photography student. I had come across her name as the partner/wife of Alfred Stieglitz -who at the time was probably the most famous Art-photographer in the world. Recently I’ve seen her ‘Modernist’ New York cityscapes which take similar subject matter to Stieglitz’s “Flat Iron Building” etc. Of course, O’Keeffe left Stieglitz and became arguably more famous as an ‘independent woman artist’ in New Mexico. At the time of the 1970’s review, her famed love of women was being read into her flower images. I wasn’t convinced at the time, but I was left with a mild itch to try looking at my surroundings with O’Keeffe’s supposed attitude. As a result. I’ve put up 20 images in vertical letterbox format.”