My Chicken Project

Ripley Arts Centre in Bromley

6th April to 30th April, open evening 7th April 7-9pm.

This solo exhibition offers a fresh look at chickens; drawings, paintings and rubber chicken assemblages created to interest and engage the viewer.

Lois Sykes’ paintings capture the quirky essence of these idiosyncratic and expressive animals, with a humorous and deft touch. She trained as an artist in the States and in Paris and now lives is a rural part of southeast England. Her childhood love of animals soon led her into painting what was around her.

She lives on a small holding with a veg and fruit garden, untamed flowers beds, some ducks, chickens, two ponies and a possessive cat. Although she is a member of The Society of Feline Artists, she also lends her unique touch to dogs, sheep, pigs, cattle and has been known to paint the odd ferret.

"For this exhibition I decided to pick one animal and study it in a relaxed manner. My chickens seemed the perfect subject. Anybody who keeps chickens at home will know they can be lively, fascinating characters. Mine regularly pile on the studio step looking like large breathing feather duster.  People talk about the health giving properties of chicken soup but the live thing is even better.”

How to get there

There are 4 railroad stations: Sundridge Park (the closest), Chislehurst, Bromley North and Elmstead. Take taxi to Ripley Art Centre, Sundridge Rd. The main road is the A21 or Kentish rd.
See a map http://www.multimap.com/s/C694guTR

Ripley Arts Centre,
24 Sundridge Ave.
Bromley Kent, BR12 PX

Contact 020 8464 5816 or www.bromleyarts.com/lois-sykes-6th-april-to-30th-april-2010/