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Bostal: Nick Bodimeade's paintings that celebrate the views of the Downs

What exactly is a bostal? According to Sussex dialect, it's a "small road leading up a hill". As in Sussex Gorse: The Story of Fight (1916) by Sheila Kaye-Smith: "...it was still light, and Robert and Bessie turned inevitably along the little bostal that trickles through the fields."

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And it's also mentioned in Before the Lamps Went Out (1965) by Geoffrey Jules Marcus: "...up the chalky bostals over the Downs from the secluded villages and hamlets."

This forms the inspiration behind Bostal, a new series of paintings by British artist Nick Bodimeade that covers the stretch of Downs from Steyning to Lewes; views that are familiar to many and much loved.

Bostal will go on show at a new exhibition at the Zimmer Stewart Gallery in Arundel, West Sussex from 6 to 27 May 2017, open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm. To find out more about Nick's work, visit nickbodimeade.co.uk.

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