Meet the artists and see their work at huge open air show in Sheffield

Errol Edwards speaks to some of the exhibitors at Art in the Gardens, taking place at Sheffield Botanical Gardens

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00:00Hi everyone, I'm Sarah, I'm a semi-abstract artist, and I'm going to show you how to create

00:29a semi-abstract figurative painter, and I am here at the beautiful Sheffield Botanical

00:36Gardens, and I would like to tell you a little bit about the painting behind me, it's called

00:41Fall Fast to Dreams, and it's based on a poem by the activist, social activist Langston

00:47Hughes, he's an American activist who has passed on, but he wrote this beautiful poem,

00:53it's only about six lines long, and it just talks about holding on to your dreams, never

00:58letting go no matter what happens, no matter, it's a terrible winter in terms of, you know,

01:03it's a figurative way of saying, you know, you're having a rough time in life, never

01:08give up on your dreams, because that's what makes life worth living.

01:12Hi, my name's Tom, and I'm here at the Art in the Gardens 2024, exhibiting my wildlife

01:21and pet portraits, and, well, it's all done in pastel, all drawn by myself, sitting down

01:27in Avoganda.

01:31Hi, my name's David Beatson, I'm a local artist from Mosborough, so I'm a painter

01:37in oils, predominantly I do work from life if I can, which is painting outdoors, but

01:44painting peat districts, coastal, or studio paintings, as I say, from life, still life,

01:50but it's nice to be here in Art in the Gardens, it's the first time I've done it, so it's

01:55nice as a local artist, really, to be able to put something to the local art community

02:00in Sheffield, so hopefully it'll be a great weekend, and meet some nice people, as well

02:05as hopefully sell some paintings.