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Jane Mackay (AG43) exhibition of paintings and book launch for ‘Painting Britten’, Aldeburgh, June 2026

Book cover of Janet Mackay's book, Painting Britten, showing her image of the sun through a hazy sky, her name and that of commentator Andrew Plant

Jane Mackay was at Perse Girls (now Stephen Perse Cambridge) from 1958–65, and now works as an artist painting classical music.

Jane’s project to paint 100 watercolours of works by Benjamin Britten culminates at this year's Aldeburgh Festival, with an exhibition at the Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings (14–25 June, closed 18 June). Her book 'Painting Britten' will be launched on 18 June at Britten's old home, The Red House, Aldeburgh. Free entry; refreshments, music, book & painting sales 10.30–4.30pm. 

The image above shows the cover of Jane’s new book, 'Painting Britten'. It will be sold at the launch on 18 June, and at the Pond Gallery during the Aldeburgh Festival and subsequently via Jane’s website. The 240-page, A5-sized paperback, with all 100 paintings in full colour, with commentaries on the music and on each painting, is priced at £20.

Jane says, “My passionate interest in Britten started when our much-loved music teacher at the Perse [Girls], ‘Miss Davey’ (Angela Greenwood, living in Wells now) introduced us to Saint Nicolas, Noye’s Fludde and A Ceremony of Carols. I was bowled over by singing these pieces at school and never looked back! I have dedicated the book to Miss Davey; her teaching quite literally altered the course of my life.”

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