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Hall of Fame Opens Two Exhibits in Aiken
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame hosts an open house on Sunday March 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. featuring English artist Peter Howell with racing area paintings and local artist Polly Sears displaying Aiken horse, track and barn scenes at Hopeland Gardens on Whiskey Road. Howell, a Wales native, became a painter after a career in racing and he and his wife Joanna live in Wiltshire with daughter Geraldine. Sears, new to Aiken from near Boston, paints horse portraits from race photos using acrylic washes and pen and ink. The museum is on the first floor of the C Oliver Iselin estate carriage house and is open daily 2-5 except Monday.
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Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Peter Howell
England
France
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Polly Sears
Aiken Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Whiskey Road
Dupree Place
Museem
C. Oliver Iselin
Howell
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Camel Art Society
Joanna
Newmarket
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Wiltshire
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Polly
Richard) Sears
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