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Image copyright: Jane Knight.

Ah, here’s one that almost escaped underneath the Wivenhoe radar: local artist Jane Knight will be staging her first photo-art exhibition at Les Livres Gallery in Trinity Walk, Colchester over the next month.

I come from a non-artistic background, and so Jane will of course always be known to me as one half of the charming Pet Shop Girls down at the Business Centre. Looking at the loving way in that the displays are arranged, now all seems to make perfect pet (and artistic) sense.

The excellent Urban Abstracts website adds:

“Jane has supplied a top London Picture Agency with images for over sixteen years, with her photographs appearing in numerous publications such as The Times newspaper, Sunday Telegraph and The Discovery Channel Website to name but a few.”

The exhibition opens on 10th May, and runs through until 8th June, with a Monday - Thursday viewing for free.

Although not officially part of the wonderful collection of images assembled by Jane, there is a rather charming Wivenhoe Rogues Gallery of the various pets that pass through the Pet Shop on display down at the Business Centre…

Meowwww.

Plus: here’s a brief plug for the Nottage Summer Exhibition, starting on 15th May this year. It will be open from 2pm - 5pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays, exhibiting work from Pru Green, Alison Stockmar and Barbra Pearson - all local artists - and one of whom use to have a studio in the very same space where these words are being bashed out right now.

Blimey.