Recent Artist Sketches @ '1904'
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It is art to conceal art from the latin:  Ars est celare artem

  • A humorous watercolour depicting the recent thefts at The Louvre - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • Curious artwork overpainted on a map - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • Paper cutting collage artwork - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • Another humorous watercolour sketch depicting a man concealing his

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  • Curious Van Gogh image sketch - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • An image sketch depicting Zebra like camouflage on a WW2 combat ship intended to conceal its presence - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • Image of leaves - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • An abstract art work depicting the theme of concealed art - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • Another abstract art work depicting the theme of concealed art - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • A clay male torso sculpture - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening artworks on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • A detailed sketch of an eye with art reflections concealed within - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • Another similar detailed sketch of an eye with art reflections concealed within - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • An image of warships concealed in the dark of night - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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  • An image of a hand and wrist holding a paintbrush - part of a selection of BRISTOL 1904 ARTS evening sketches painted on the night of our regular Wednesday evening concert programs.

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Yes, it's about time and even overdue that I post some of our artists' work.


You might know that our BRISTOL 1904 ARTS Club has many facets to it.  Naturally the painting and even now sculptural art is one of the big features of our club ...  but also Performance Art and many Activity Groups feature highly.


On Wednesday nights during our (October to end April) season, the Artists who we call Red Feathers are set a task to complete a sketch painting generally within a limited 2 hour period.  The theme of the painting for the night is set by the evening's Chairman.


Last Wednesday (29th October, 2025) our Chairman set as his theme subject: "Ars est celare artem" which translates as:  It is Art to conceal Art.  And one of our cheeky artists, in his sketch above, poked some fun at France's recent embarrassing Art theft from the Louvre when the theme may well have had a specific message for The Louvre itself !!


The slide carousel above presents some of the painting sketches of the evening!


We hope you enjoy them and of course if you want to know more about us, contact our Secretary, Jonathan Bird or if you wish to explore membership contact our Membership Warden, Connor Williamson.




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