ART EXHIBITION at Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre  

Chrissy Elsworth has just hung a brightly coloured exhibition at the Brixham Adult & Community Learning (ACL) Centre. Chrissy is a trained artist and teacher who now works as a Care Worker, painting in acrylics in her spare time.

She has shown work at Brixham on two previous occasions with the brightly coloured mixed media canvases flying off the wall. Her current exhibition is full of bright canvases illustrating the joys of nature through meadows, sea and nightscapes.

Chrissy uses glitter paint, beads, foil, sequins and found items such as sweet papers to bring her pictures to life. She said “I am inspired by colour and the way I feel about people and places around me. Many times I have no idea where a painting will lead when I start it. I just let the paint flow and see what happens.”

This year she has also included a male nude torso painted in vibrant pinks and red tones of her partner Charlie. He has returned the compliment by hanging a delicate pencil sketch of Chrissy.

Her greatest fans are the ‘ACE' students who she cares for each week at the Thursday Group. They found her work ‘stunning' and ‘inspirational'. ACE Trustee, Bev Tout said, “Chrissy tried to keep her talent a secret but we have persuaded her to teach one of our classes and she has come up with great ideas for the Teignmouth TRAIL project where the group are creating a rock pool from recycled objects. Her work as a professional artist is outstanding - the flower meadows are brilliant and the painting of the bay from Goodrington takes you into the summer and beach huts.”

Chrissy's work is on show until the end of term (March 31st) with access when the centre is open, 9.30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday and 6.30-8.30pm, Monday to Wednesday.