Angela Hall has been Chair of the DGA since spring of 2023. She attends Tuesday sessions regularly, and enjoys painting natural landscapes, particularly trees, rocks and seashores. Angela coordinates the activities of the exhibition, marketing, membership and Tuesday programmes teams, chairing the regular committee meetings and the AGM. 

Contact: contact@dorkingartists.com

Judy Apps spent a lot of time on art when she was younger, then scarcely painted for over 40 years, (apart from innumerable home-made greetings cards!) Coming back to visual art now, she is loving the opportunity to experiment with various media and learn new techniques and approaches, acrylics being her current favourite. During the missing 40 years, she taught singing and clarinet, brought up a family, became a business coach and had five books published on the art of communication. 

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Denise Doran is an oil painter, who enjoys plein air painting as well as still life painting, or interiors when painting indoors. She is particularly interested in capturing the effect of light as it falls on objects and prefers looking at a small part of a scene rather than an expansive view. Denise has been a member of the DGA and Exhibition Secretary since 2013. Her role involves project managing the exhibition alongside Gill Clark and John Hutchens. 

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Jacky Cowdrey has always loved drawing and painting figures, using bright colours in

various mediums. She joined the DGA in 2004, holding various positions on committees

over the years. She now publicises the DGA exhibitions in parish newsletters, magazines, radio stations, websites etc., and edits publicity photos. She takes the

minutes of meetings, organises exhibition and AGM prizes and liaises with prize givers

and exhibition guests of honour. At private views she helps hang and take photos, and

does any other jobs that need doing.

                                          Contact: [email protected]

Gill joined the DGA committee in November 2021, having been an exhibiting member since 2019. After initially providing a range of skills as required, Gill took up the role of exhibition secretary for the Betchworth Exhibition in 2023. She now works on documents for exhibitions, contributing expertise in Word, Excel and general IT from her working life.

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Pauline Allbeury is secretary for the selection committee for exhibiting membership. Pauline is a painter of still life in oils and of botanical subjects in watercolour. She regularly attends the Tuesday DGA sessions. Pauline’s role on the committee is to arrange the Selection Committee meetings for exhibiting membership applicants. This takes place twice a year, in January and June. Pauline liaises with the applicants, giving any advice and information required. She  also organises the Art cards sales at the exhibitions. 

Contact email: [email protected]  Tel: 01306 876389

John has been painting full time since 2005 in oil, acrylic and watercolour. He is a prolific painter who paints outside in all weathers. He is enjoying reconnecting with the landscape around his home in Surrey, having spent the past 15 years painting mainly in Cornwall and the West Country. John's role with the DGA involves managing the logistics and curation of two large exhibitions per year, working closely with the Exhibition Secretary and Exhibition Project Manager.

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Annette Hall has a background in design. She paints using a variety of media, including acrylic inks, often using vibrant colours. Annette leads a team responsible for the Tuesday programmes. The team are responsible for planning and organising the varied winter programme at Beare Green Village Hall and the summer outdoor painting.

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