The Society holds one major exhibition per year, in the summer, in Portsmouth Cathedral. All members are entitled to exhibit their work. Full members may enter six framed works and associate members four framed works. In addition members may submit five portfolio works. Additional exhibitions may be organised during the year.

Summer Exhibition 2008

The following dates have been agreed for the 2008 (99th) Summer Exhibition.

Thursday 24 July - Setting up exhibition space

Friday 25 July - Hanging of works

Saturday 26 July (am) - Private view

Sunday 27 July to Friday 8 August - Exhibition open to public 

Summer Exhibition 2007

The 98th Summer Exhibition ended on Friday 10th August and was a great success.

At the Private View, Margaret Davies, Society President, introduced Canon Michael Tristram who spoke about the link between the Society and the Cathedral, making special reference to the contributions of late Society president Norman Elford. The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth then formally declared the exhibition open.

More than 430 works in total were exhibited this year, including around 120 portfolio items. More than 85 works were sold representing 20% of those exhibited - an excellent result. As ever, the variety and standard of work was outstanding.

The exhibition was dedicated to the memory of Norman Elford, Society President for more than 20 years, who died in March this year. A display of prints of some of Norman's excellent works was included in the exhibition.

A huge amount of effort and planning goes into preparing and running the exhibition each year. This year was no exception. A dedicated group of members have generously given up many hours of their time to make the exhibition the success that it has become. Most of this work is invisible but it is vital to the ongoing success of our 'flagship' event. 

Here are some images from this year's exhibition. 

Formal Opening

 Favoured by good weather       

                                        A well-earned break during setting up  

                                                  Private view

Visitors' favourite - While the Cat's Away by Andrew Housego

                                                    A quiet morning

Best Exhibit

Each year visitors to the exhibition are given the opportunity to vote for the Best Exhibit.

For the second year running, Andrew Housego was a well-deserved winner. His work 'While The Cat's Away' combined excellent technique with humour making it a very popular favourite.

Sue Colyer's bold and dynamic 'Sunflower' was voted second with Andrew Housego's dramatic 'Twilight Notre Dame' taking third place.

Images of the winners follow. Click on each image to see enlarged version.