A visit to an exhibition at Surrau, Arzachena 1st September 2015

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Tina & Tony
Tue 1 Sep 2015 15:46
Hi all, 

Our dear friends Lorenzo and Mabi who live in Sardinia for part of the year kindly asked us to accompany them to an exhibition of their friend Pat Steele. 
The exhibition was held in the beautifully designed winery of Surrau. A stunning wine grown in the Arzachena region.  Sardinia has stunning wines both red and white .....a little known secret. 
Many of Pats friends attended and it was interesting for us to meet them including Ron Holland whose yacht was marred in Porto Cervo....he is a well known yacht designer.

The venue was perfect to house the exhibition, sadly it was a retrospective as Pat had sadly died 5 years before but the exhibition was created by Lorenzo and Mabi who gathered the paintings together from various owners to create an evening of celebration for Pats life.
Pat was born in Cornwall and in her life in the U.K. was a debutant at royal events. A treasured letter from the Queen mother was on display alongside other personal memorabilia and her paintings. 
I'll let the photographs below do the talking and you will find another link to Lorenzo's photographs of Pats life and of her paintings.