Open Exhibition - Platinum Jubilee

"The Union Jack flying in Sandringham prompted this painting. What better image to demonstrate Her Majesty's devotion and service the people of the United Kingdom. The inset is of Windsor Castle."

"Her Majesty not only served the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth for 70 years, her service began during the war. Rather than going to a place of safety at this time she chose to work alongside others in the ATS Auxiliary Territorial Service. Here in the inset, she can be seen working as a mechanic surrounded by Queen Elizabeth roses with a platinum border."

"This painting is based on fond memories of a day spent visiting the grounds of Her Majesty's residence in 2020. The Covid restrictions had been lifted so I took the opportunity of visiting the gardens while in Norfolk."

"When thinking about the jubilee and the Queen, I was instantly drawn to a lion. The lion can be seen in many places connected to the Queen."


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"Scott Kelly is the 409th yeoman warder of the tower of London.
I had the pleasure of meeting him and following his tour of London Tower.
The London Tower has been home to many animals over the years including lions, eagles, monkeys and a polar bear. Being an animal lover myself, I felt it only right to create a portrait of Scott."

Left: An MBE awarded to Heather Luckman Right: Buckingham Palace Garden Party Invitation to Beryl Virgin and Fondant cakes 1997.

In 1997 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 50th Wedding anniversary to Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh by hosting a special garden party at Buckingham Palace where all the guests were celebrating their golden wedding anniversaries . Beryl and her husband Stan were one of the lucky couples across the UK who received an invite to this unique celebration which took place on Tuesday 15 July 1997. Beryl and Stan were fortunate to see the Queen and Beryl kept two little decorated fondant covered cakes as keepsakes

Karen and her sisters loaned their Mother's Royal ceramic pieces to the exhibition, the large plate and mug visible on the bottom row of the display. The sisters came to the exhibition close party to see the pieces on display.

Members of the Art Club were invited to take part in a composite picture of the Queen, based upon Cecil Beaton’s photograph from 1953.
The club has enjoyed creating ‘Big Pictures’ over many years. Currently, several of such pieces of work are hanging within the surrounding community. We create the individual sections on paper using acrylic paint. These are then mounted on board or canvas. This is a useful way of involving a large number of members in a joint project. However, we can never predict exactly how the final picture will look as each artist paints in a different way. The attraction is often in the fragmented change it brings to the original image.
Desford and Peckleton Art Club has been active since the early 1990s, meeting regularly at Peckleton Village Hall. See our website: dandpartclub.co.uk for further details.

"To be completely honest, I know very little about the Queen and the Royal Family so, upon learning of this year’s brief, I lamented that this may be the first year since the annual open exhibition started in 2015 that I may not participate.
But then, an image came to mind – a smiling Corgi sitting on an elaborate red and gold throne wearing a huge, shiny crown."

"Feeling inspired, I hoped to create something fun and quirky to commemorate this special occasion.
I’ve decided to submit all three of my sketches to convey the development of my idea. I started by working in pencil to create the initial sketch of a corgi sitting on an ornate chair. I then recreated this in colour"

"I was adamant that my corgi needed a crown, so I made him one and then customised an A3 colour sketch that was bolder and more in keeping with the playfulness of my original vision. I hope you like it!"
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A commemorative copy of the 1953 Elizabeth II coronation anointing spoon. Presented to Joyce Crooks at Primary School in 1953.

A selection of memorabilia including a Coronation 1953 Crown money box loaned by Marie Cropp.

An assortment of memorabilia including a model of the Queen's gold coronation coach loaned by Howard Parkin.

Jayden did a portrait of the Queen, along with a bubble of her saying sorry Kenyans for stealing your money. This is what he would like her to do. "I want the Queen to say sorry for stealing all the money from Kenyans, raiding the Kenyans, colonising Kenyans, putting Kenyans into camps which is like mini jail cells, and torturing them, all of that. stealing tea, coffee, and other kinds of drinks and foods. "

Painting of the Queen wearing the crown, Focus on the Crown

"We drew the Crown because it represents Power. It shows she is in charge of everything. The Crown inspires us to know women can do great things and be in Charge of the world. I can wear the crown."

Royal visits to commonwealth countries. I chose to do this piece to highlight the Breaking free of Colonial Ties by countries that are shockingly still ruled by Britain, despite being “FREE” Independent countries today. It’s been long overdue. Is it a form of Neo colonialism? Food for thought... The history of the commonwealth countries is that they are countries that were once under British colonial rule, plus Britain, 54 in total. Today, the Queen is head of state of 15 countries in the Commonwealth realm, including the UK. The other nations are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Following the visit by William and Kate to the Caribbean in March 2022 where locals staged protests against colonialism and slavery past, Jamaica immediately started the process of removing the Queen as Head of state. This had been done by Barbados in November 2021 and several other nations in the 70s.

In response to the events in March 2022, The statement by Prince Harry says it all. He said. “When you look across the commonwealth, there is no way that we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past”.

A picture of a Coronation scrap book owned by the lender Eileen Ward who has had the book since the age of 12.

Order of Mass for 1st June 1953, the evening before the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, loaned by Mollie Trott.

A water colour and pencil piece, this represents the queen’s racing colours of purple, red, gold with a black velvet cap, colours used by her father. It is of one of the queen’s favourite horses ‘Estimate’ who won the Ascot Gold cup.

This 3D piece is a plaster of paris hand holding a gold leaf crown. Simply a representation of a ruling monarch that behind closed doors is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. A mother’s hand that also holds the crown.

Handmade sampler embroidered for 1953 coronation. Made by Mrs Evelyn Brown nee Hall and features the following heraldic symbols lion, unicorn, crown, and the ER initials.