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We welcome applications from anyone who would like to join the GSA and benefit from all our activities, lectures, demonstrations, visits, tutorials and more. New applicants usually join as an Associate Member for a basic fee of £17 per annum. Associates can enjoy all the above but have to apply to become a Full member to exhibit in GSA Exhibitions. To become a Full Member the applicants' work is assessed at an arranged time to decide its standard and suitability to exhibit with the GSA. This ensures the reputation of the GSA and the Artist remains high. See below for all application forms.
N.B. We are pleased to inform you that due to the restrictions imposed by the Corona Virus membership our annual membership fees are greatly reduced to reflect the limited opportunities we have been able to offer you during the lockdown periods.
Fees for 2021-2022 will be only £10.00 pa for ALL Members and is due on the 1st March 2021.
Application and Renewal forms are attached below.
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CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO OUR 2 NEW FULL GSA MEMBERS FOR 2021 - 2022
Steve Savory: Painting "St Augustine Church, Penarth" Watercolour by Steve Savory
“I come from a very arty family, worked in Commercial Art in central London a long time ago, requalified in engineering and joined ICI Pharmecuticals. Painting went on the back burner, work and family being top priority. Retired from AstraZeneca and returned to water colour painting. I was fortunate as Lorraine my wife was working in Westminster and living in SW1 which gave us wonderful opportunities to visit many of the great London Galleries on a very regular basis.
I only work in pure water colour, am a past member of the Armed Forces Art Society and not particularly keen on selling my work as I get a bit attached to it. I do not think I am really influenced by other artist work unless subconsciously, I just enjoy creating effects in transparent colour. I have exhibited in London, Hereford, Cardiff and Crowbridge. The picture submitted here titled “Towards Bristol” is local and, until our move to Gloucester is complete, we live by a very rocky beach with cliffs on the Bristol Channel”
“I come from a very arty family, worked in Commercial Art in central London a long time ago, requalified in engineering and joined ICI Pharmecuticals. Painting went on the back burner, work and family being top priority. Retired from AstraZeneca and returned to water colour painting. I was fortunate as Lorraine my wife was working in Westminster and living in SW1 which gave us wonderful opportunities to visit many of the great London Galleries on a very regular basis.
I only work in pure water colour, am a past member of the Armed Forces Art Society and not particularly keen on selling my work as I get a bit attached to it. I do not think I am really influenced by other artist work unless subconsciously, I just enjoy creating effects in transparent colour. I have exhibited in London, Hereford, Cardiff and Crowbridge. The picture submitted here titled “Towards Bristol” is local and, until our move to Gloucester is complete, we live by a very rocky beach with cliffs on the Bristol Channel”
Rob Roland: Painting in Oils, 'A Kind of Loving' by Rob Roland
“I was born and brought up in the midlands in the 50s and 60s in an environment of cobbled streets, gas lamps, back yards, canals and railway viaducts; and all I ever wanted to do was to work somewhere in the professional art industry. I considered special effects, cinema poster art and commercial art but took up the opportunity to work in a picture restoration studio. I went on to graduate from Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology and after a period was employed in the art and design department of a national brewery designing and painting traditional inn signs. It was while working on themes to coincide with the GWR 150thanniversary celebrations in 1985 that I became fascinated with depicting railways in my own painting and later with other aspects of our industrial heritage.
I do not analyse but guess that my inspiration derives from my childhood and upbringing. The era of the industrial Revolution despite all of its moral and economic ambiguities, man working more closely with the earthly elements and the interweaving of nature and industry provide me with all the ingredients I need.
Although I paint mainly in oils I do sometimes use watercolour, depending on the type of subject and how I want to express it. I have been a member of the Guild of Railway Artists since 1987 and of the Gloucestershire Society of Artists since 1982”.
“I was born and brought up in the midlands in the 50s and 60s in an environment of cobbled streets, gas lamps, back yards, canals and railway viaducts; and all I ever wanted to do was to work somewhere in the professional art industry. I considered special effects, cinema poster art and commercial art but took up the opportunity to work in a picture restoration studio. I went on to graduate from Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology and after a period was employed in the art and design department of a national brewery designing and painting traditional inn signs. It was while working on themes to coincide with the GWR 150thanniversary celebrations in 1985 that I became fascinated with depicting railways in my own painting and later with other aspects of our industrial heritage.
I do not analyse but guess that my inspiration derives from my childhood and upbringing. The era of the industrial Revolution despite all of its moral and economic ambiguities, man working more closely with the earthly elements and the interweaving of nature and industry provide me with all the ingredients I need.
Although I paint mainly in oils I do sometimes use watercolour, depending on the type of subject and how I want to express it. I have been a member of the Guild of Railway Artists since 1987 and of the Gloucestershire Society of Artists since 1982”.
N.B. The latest assessments for these two new members were held online. If you would also like to become a full member please download the forms below and contact the Secretary for future arrangements.
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Our home base it at the superb "Nature in Art" Museum in Twigworth, just outside Gloucester. We have the opportunity to meet there for all our studio Evenings and to use their excellent facilities for our own exhibitions. New members are warmly welcomed at any time as ‘Associates’ of the Society and membership is open to adults of all abilities. Associates are free to participate in all GSA activities, studio evenings, excursions and practical sessions. Associates wishing to become Full Members, and thus able to exhibit at GSA events, are required to apply by presenting 3 examples of their work to the GSA Committee for assessment at any time, this will be arranged at your request and the applicant will be informed as soon as possible afterwards. Please contact one of the Committee for more details..
Due to Covid restrictions the Membership fee for all during 2021/22 is reduced to £10.00 p.a.
All members are sent regular newsletters, either online or by post, with news and events listed, plus e-mailed Newsflashes whenever necessary.
Due to Covid restrictions the Membership fee for all during 2021/22 is reduced to £10.00 p.a.
All members are sent regular newsletters, either online or by post, with news and events listed, plus e-mailed Newsflashes whenever necessary.
- This GSA website is updated regularly with News, Views, Events, Galleries, Contacts and Links.
- The monthly Studio Evenings are normally open to all members for which there is no extra charge (see News/Events page). The Studio Evenings include guest speakers presenting Talks, Demonstrations, Practical Workshops and more! (Details on our Diary page)
- Excursions are charged at a fee to cover costs and places may be booked in advance.
- Where possible members may advertise their own exhibitions or events on this website for no extra charge.