Please join me over the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend when I am showing some work developed during my time on @turpsmargate programme.
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EVIDENCE
Patrick Lears
Exhibiting @projects_kavelrafferty
The Old Post Office
22-23 Cecil Square
Margate CT9 1BA
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21-25 May 12-5pm
PV Friday 22nd May 5-8pm - All welcome
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#turpsmargate
#turpsbanana
#patricklears
Please join me over the late May Bank Holiday weekend for a showing of recent work in EVIDENCE
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Held @projects_kavelrafferty in the beautiful old Post Office 22-23 Cecil Square Margate CT9 1BA
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21-25 May - 12:00 to 17:00 Daily
PV Friday the 22nd May 5-8pm - All Welcome
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Will love to see you there.
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Robert Greshoff @robertgreshoff came around to photograph for his epic, ongoing project to photograph Kent artists in their studios.
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It felt like a real collaboration - chatting back and forth and just the right amount of fun and structure to ease me into a nice series of portrait shots. He knows what he is doing.
Delighted and pleased to be part of this - thanks Robert.
@robertgreshoff
#kentartistsproject
#margateartist
@turpsmargate
#patricklears
KENT ARTISTS PROJECT UPDATE
The longer KAP goes on, the more honoured I feel
that artists are willing to sit for me and be part of the project.
I am very happy to have had the opportunity to meet and to photograph:
VICTORIA ERIOLUWA ONIOSUN (Folkestone)
Victoria paints in oil and her Nigerian roots are reflected in her work
@victoriaoniosun
LAURA MARS (Canterbury)
Paints lots, of everything, in every medium and on every surface.
Her work has a fresh vitality that mirrors this activity.
@xanthippe_mudd
THELMA SPEIRS (Margate)
Thelma lives in London but creates in Margate. Her work is hard to pin down.
Look at /collections/thelma-speirs
@thelmaspeirs
PATRICK LEARS (Margate)
Patrick paints on surfaces and makes things, but I think lately he has been doing more painting than making - but I might be wrong - maybe he has been combining both.
@patrick_lears
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All are doing great work and are well worth looking into more deeply
…more to follow…
The full gallery of Kent Artists (since 2014) can be viewed here:
/index/G0000ipHbYuH7UrQ
(Link in bio)
#Kentartistsproject
Series:Evidence
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Evidence I
acrylic on 600 gsm paper
50x70cm
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Evidence II
acrylic on 600 gsm paper
50x70cm
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Evidence III
acrylic on 600 gsm paper
50x70cm
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Evidence IV
acrylic on 600 gsm paper
50x70cm
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#evidence
#workonpaper
#contemporarypainting
#turpsmargate
#patricklears
TURPS MARGATE inaugural year launched in October 2025 with 30 painters based in East Kent. 15 of them have studios in Margate, including American born Patrick Lears…
“The Turps course has helped me to refine the visual language I employ and understand more fully the subjects, themes and motifs of what I make - and why I do it.
At the start I had wanted to be able to talk more easily, confidently and articulately about my practice and this has absolutely been realised.
The one-on-one studio sessions are particularly invaluable as is the built in support that comes with being part of the cohort and the wider Turps community.” @patrick_lears@turpsbanana@turps_mass_showreel #margate #artist #mentor #turps #artiststudio
