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IT'S Sheffield - but quite possibly as you've never seen it before.
An exhibition of almost 50 paintings depicting famous, not so famous and imaginary scenes of the city is being staged in the Winter Garden.
The pictures, all by members of Heeley Art Club, cover such subjects as the Tinsley cooling towers, Paradise Square, Bishop's House and the Winter Garden.
But there are also paintings of not so famous scenes such as Gwen Bellamy's curious 'fish-eye' lens effect picture of Douglas Road, Parkwood Springs.
And there are even the completely made up - like Phil Lockwood's atmospheric 'Serenade' which features his favourite buildings including his junior school, his art college, the former Co-op at the bottom of Ecclesall Road and the former Star building - now Bradford and Bingley on High Street. Member Geoffrey Slater, whose entry is an eye catching picture of the Winter Garden in a riotously coloured Fauvist style, said: "There's a good collection of different styles and subjects in the exhibition which demonstrates the depth of talent in the club."
Chairman Keith Oakes tackled Paradise Square in water colours.
He added: "Normally our exhibitions are in a village hall so only people interested in art come to see them. But here in the Winter Gardens the paintings are being seen by passers-by and it's being very well received."
The newly-revamped Devonshire Green and it's wavy walls is the subject of two paintings, while Ian Geary captured Ecclesall Woods in a mosaic style.
The show, called Sheffield in the Frame, runs until Sunday October 19.
Heeley Art Club meets in Millhouses Methodist church once a fortnight. Formed in 1895 it is one of the oldest art clubs in Sheffield.
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