PENSYCHNANT’S OPEN ART EXHIBITION 2026

Weekends (+bank holidays)

4th July - 27th September

11am -5pm

Pensychnant's 'Open' is about more than the art itself; it is all about nature. It is about communicating our love of nature, and communicating the threats and need for conservation, and acknowledging that if we don't appreciate what we've got, it will be lost.

There were five judges for the exhibition, and they couldn't agree. However, the judges choice of winner was Stephen Naylor's Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station. The cooling towers are huge and most people would consider them ugly. Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station consumed 5.5 million tonnes of coal every year - 65% of the output of Nottinghamshire's coal mines (1981 figures). It belched 8-10 million tonnes of CO2 pa. (in 2009). These are the unintended consequences of our decadent lifestyle, wanting copious electricity on demand. Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station was the last coal fired power station in UK. It closed in 2024. What follows?

No big prizes! The winner will be given the opportunity for a one-man show next spring. They will also be give a voucher, kindly donated by Rosemary & Co who make a huge range of some of the finest artists brushes available.

Highly Commended were: Andrew Tyzack's 'Badger'; Georgia Webb's 'Swallows in Formation'; 'Morning Mist' by Susie Liddle; Keeley Robinson's foxes, 'Rescue Me'; and Maddy Templeton's, '2300 species - The Oak of Hope'

You won't agree with our choices. Come to see the exhibition and there is the opportunity to vote for the People's Choice. The People's Choice will also receive a voucher from Rosemary & Co. Thanks Rosemary!

​​​

To enhance your viewing of the exhibition we now have printed copies of a catalogue for you to use.

We have also made this available to download here. Just click on the pic below. ​​

​​​​