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Report from the Mid Sussex Times, August 5:

WHAT gives a picture pulling power to people who have little or no knowledge of art?

Talented artists showed plenty of signs of having the magic ingredient at the 57th annual Adventurers Art Club exhibition at the King Edward Hall in Lindfield, which runs until August 7. Knowing little about the subject when I went on the spur of the moment with three family members, I sought creations that drew me in and involved my senses. There were more excellent examples among the 300-plus exhibits from 80 artists than there is room to mention here.

The subtle tones of the wonderfully moody watercolour Cottage in the Woods suggested an unsolved mystery and made it easily my favourite. Its creator, Heather Withers, seems to bridge the generations.

My daughter’s 30-year-old fiancée Phil Dunn said Heather’s chatty impressionist-style watercolour crowd scene The Duke of York glowed with life as his stand-out favourite. Duke of York. Maybe he was thinking of a pint at the pub.

The pulse of life was taken beautifully in Douglas Jay’s watercolour Brighton Pier, which my wife Chris thought a heart-warming evocation of the spirit of the seaside, to make it her clear favourite.

Joanne Butt’s almost 3D beauty in the stunningly executed oil Large Blue drew in all four of us, although perhaps my daughter Kim’s choice as her favourite might have been influenced by the butterly theme of her forthcoming wedding.

There were dozens of excellent pictures that were faithful records of familiar scenes without hitting any emotional spots, although in the oils the sheer detail and draughtsmanship of the train picture Sir Archibald Sinclair by John Anthony Quinn was magnetic to me.

Jan Wallis’s modern looking mixed media Storm Whisper caught the eye rather more quickly than my heart and was a visually bold attempt to launch something original against the strong tide of tradition.

Where else in the world could you get such a show for 50p?

Phil Dennett