Sisters Val and Christine Racher, who live in Pevensey Bay, are to star in an art show to be held in Eastbourne this coming Bank Holiday Weekend.
The show, put on by the Society of Eastbourne Artists, takes place at The Lansdowne Hotel and is held from Saturday 2 May to Monday 4 May.
It is to be opened by the Mayor of Eastbourne, Cllr Janet Coles, who will officially launch the exhibition and sale at 11:00am on the Saturday.
A new work by Christine Racher, entitled Eastbourne I is to be unveiled at the show.
Bay Life has had a privileged preview of the work.
The picture depicts an aspect of the town which will be familiar to many people, but in a singular shape and composition that has a semi-abstract identity, in which specific buildings appear to sing and dance together in a kind of performance.
The last time that Christine Racher exhibited a picture, at a recent art exhibition in the Bay, it sold within five minutes of the doors opening to the show.
It has been described by one local art commentator as ‘stunning and original’. They added ‘it seems perfectly possible that this picture will make the name of Christine Racher in the local art world, it wouldn’t surprise me if it sells in the first five minutes again’.
Sister Val Racher is to promote some of her new work which includes original line drawings of both Pevensey and Eastbourne. Her mugs of the locality, in a range of colours, have been put on display in Pevensey Bay. They are for sale at Pevensey Bay Village Store (newsagents) in the Eastbourne Road and have already become collectible.
Some of her new work, together with new mugs are to be featured in the exhibition.
All profits from ‘Historic Pevensey’ prints, mugs & paperweights will be going to Project 16 in support of St Nicolas Church, Pevensey
SEA (Society of Eastbourne Artists) Exhibition
Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne from 2-4 May 2015
The exhibition is to be officially opened by the Mayor of Eastbourne, Cllr.Janet Coles at 11am on the Saturday.
IMAGE DETAIL: Val Racher Mug, classic turquoise trim, Pevensey Bay
