14 – 26 April 2026

THR3E26 – the return to Indigo Crow Gallery for 3 friends, Siobhan Hensby, Jan Lindsay and Lisa Tank following their exhibition together last year. Full of vibrant colour, strong semi-abstract imagery and ethereal landscapes. From abstraction to realism and everything in between. A real feast for the senses – come and join the artists for a drink on Saturday 18th April 2pm – 4pm, they’d love to see you!

Siobhan Hensby

‘My aim is to capture the character and mood of the landscape’’

My work in this exhibition is purely landscape, having had a career in portraiture for many years. I’m particularly inspired by the beautiful North Antrim coast of Northern Ireland where I was born. I also love the majestic scenery of the Lake District, the stillness of Shetland and the vast expanse of the Lincolnshire skies.

I work ‘en plein-air’ when the weather permits using acrylics, watercolour, inks and drawing mediums. My aim is to capture the character and mood of the landscape throughout the seasons.

I gained a B.A. Honours degree in Fine Art at Reading University in the 70’s then specialised in print-making, acquiring an MA from Chelsea School of Art. During that time, I took part in various group exhibitions in London galleries including the Royal Academy.

I moved to Lincolnshire in the 80’s with my late husband, Malcolm, who established a mushroom farm at Barkston Heath and I created a print studio on site.

When my children, Kathleen and Thomas were born I sketched them regularly which eventually led me to a career in portraiture.

My pictures have travelled as far as Australia and America as well as throughout the UK.

Jan Lindsay

‘Colour and texture in a landscape get me going!’

Colour has always excited me but it wasn’t until I studied Printed Textiles at Loughborough College of Art that I realised how important texture was for me too. Faced with the flatness of print for two years, I spent my time challenging it with devore, expandex and pleating to manipulate the surface of the fabric.

Years later, I find myself drawn to exactly the same values in my painting. Building up layers with acrylic only to then scratch into them to reveal unexpected colours and marks. I then draw inro them with soft pastel, charcoal and pens and sometimes torn pieces of collage from related work that provide the extra texture that brings the painting alive.

I’m a Painter of Place, working en plein air whenever I can. Both close ups of seed heads and grasses and views across ploughed fields provide equal interest for me and working close to home often forces me to look as a familiar scene with fresh eyes.

I love the abstraction that comes with big brush strokes and the freedom of marks that can come with anything that will ‘draw’: the scrape of an old credit card, a sharpened bamboo stick or scrunched up packaging.

Taking advantage of living on an island, I am increasingly drawn to our everchanging coastline. The North Sea erodes and deposits along the Norfolk coast creating a gradual shift from land, through marshes and sand dunes to the beach itself. With every visit there is something new, channels carved into the sand from a winter storm or silt building up on the land and pushing the sea further out. Sometimes I think my painting just captures a moment in time which then disappears forever.

There’s no end to one’s journey in art or the excitement of trying out something new and I have found that self-expression endorses who I am and helps me find my place in the world.

Lisa Tank

“Passionate about what I do. Always.’

Making art is my passion. I am mostly inspired by the landscape where I do my best to capture what I see, very often in a bold, expressive and abstract way. I love bright, vibrant colour and texture and work in all different mediums, especially acrylic, oils, collage, charcoal, oil and cold wax and watercolour, exploring layers and building depth. Representing the landscape and working ‘en plein air’ is a favourite thing to do and making, sensuous and gestural landscape inspired marks, is often my starting point.

After Art College in the mid 1980’s at Lincoln Art College and then studying an HND in Ceramics in Cornwall, where I was awarded a Licentiate membership of the Society of Designer Craftsmen after my end of year show, I returned to Lincolnshire and went into Industry to work. I always maintained drawing and creative interests, and field trips to Northumberland, Yorkshire, The Peak District, The Lake District, Isles of Skye and Mull, The Gower, Cornwall and closer to home in Lincolnshire have inspired my love of the landscape and in working ‘en plein air’ as much as possible.

In January 2023 I was delighted to have been accepted as a member of the Lincolnshire Artists Society (LAS) after a successful application.

I have exhibited as part of group shows in multiple venues and locations in Lincolnshire and the East Midlands including The Usher Gallery, Gallery at St Martins, Sam Scorer  Gallery and The Tarpey Gallery and between 16 – 23 July of this year I will have a solo  exhibition at Gallery at St Martins in Lincoln.