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“I think the addition of cows always makes
for a very English landscape”
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Weymouth, Dorset
Landscape, Seascape, Still Life and Abstract Paintings
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Email: chriscotes@btinternet.com
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I enjoy painting landscapes most of all. I have travelled a great deal and take photos wherever I go. As well as Europe, I have visited Japan, India and Canada and I have painted many scenes from these countries.
I like to experiment with various media and colours and have completed a number of abstract and semi-abstract works. If I succeed in painting a picture that is pleasing to the eye, I am satisfied.
Scotish Highland Cow
Art Medium: Pastel
Original Painting: Sold
Prints Available: Please contact the Artist
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Award-Winning Pastel Artist
Abstracts in Acrylic and Ink
Phone: 07962 176546
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Email: jenniferthorpeart@gmail.com
Website: jenniferthorpeart.com
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"I only found my love for painting five years ago, I’ve always been creative in one way or another but never in my wildest dreams thought I was capable of producing a painting that others would appreciate, let alone win an award in a pastel exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London in my first year.
Free from the rigours of any formal training I’ve spent many hours perfecting my skills with soft pastels and love painting on large pieces of paper, the bigger the better. You get a real sense of being immersed in the moment if a painting is big and commands your attention. I love painting water; its multifaceted properties keep me curious and addicted to exploring my ability to capture it.
My inspiration is fuelled by nature and its cycles, from day to day, month to month, it never fails to disappoint. I am very lucky to live by the beach in Hill Head on the South Coast of England. I walk every day come rain or shine and each time I’m filled with excitement and anticipation; camera in hand, I take hundreds of photos every week. I already have a lifetime of material, but I just can’t stop collecting moments.
I’m always looking up or looking intently at the colours emerging through the crest of a wave, or at a sunset reflecting in wet sand. There’s always something wonderful to see and this, I think, is why I love to replicate what I see realistically. I feel like I’m cheating nature if I don’t get the exact exquisite colours. I harness my ability to see the subtle changes in colour and pick them out in my paintings. This is not to say I don’t go mad with colour and produce some crazy abstracts from deep within occasionally."
As a child, Jennifer spent a lot of time with her family at the beach, not in the water with the others, but hunting for treasures in the rocks and sand. Her fascination with nature then was in the detail of a shell or the pattern on a feather. Now, her passion for the natural world runs much deeper and she wants to share what she sees with everyone. Art touches and reaches people more than we realise and Jennifer hopes that she can give pleasure whilst stirring a deep passion in people to cherish, be grateful and thankful for the amazing planet on which we live.
Living by the beach on the south coast of England, Jennifer has a fascination and an insatiable desire to paint water in all its forms (clouds, water and ice). Light provides the ever-changing ingredient to enhance and display water in all its glory, so whether it's the sea providing the biggest mirror to reflect and flaunt the magnificent colours in a sunset, or light illuminating the neon blue in icebergs, or the sun shining through the crest of a wave, Jennifer loves to capture all these beautiful images with her unique way with soft pastels.
"When I prepare for one of my pastel paintings, I take a long time blending colours together on test paper to get the right tones and won’t begin the painting until I’ve at least got the colours for half the painting ready. I then take a mid-tone pastel on my white paper and begin drawing and mapping out the painting, filling in the respective darker and lighter areas carefully so I don’t lose the light of the white paper in the areas where I want maximum light. This very first thin layer is rubbed in well and creates the base layer to build on. I then go in with a second layer of pastel and build up the depth and colour, finishing with the final layer which picks out the detail and highlights. There’s not much room for error, once the tooth is full, its full and you can’t apply any more colour.
For the very detailed parts of my work I break the pastels into tiny shards and use the edges for the fiddly bits. Pastel pencils at this stage just slide over the top and don’t make an impression. To seal the finished painting I use a supermarket own brand hairspray. Because it’s a cheap version, it doesn’t have any additives and is basically a spray glue. In my experience some expensive fixatives tend to darken the painting.
I think I’m drawn to soft pastels because it’s an immediate medium, there is no mixing on a palette, no brushes to find, you just pick them up and off you go. I get stuck in with my hands, I use my palms for the larger areas that need blending and my fingers to rub, dab and manipulate the pastels on the paper. You have to be careful with soft pastels not to mix the light and dark colours if you want vibrancy, it’s a delicate process which takes patience, some days I have loads and other days I get distracted easily. I tend to have a podcast or an audio book playing in the background."
Royal Society of British Artists, The Pastel Society and Bursledon Art Society.
Jennifer exhibits her work in a number of locations.
Harbour Lights, Solo Exhibition 31st January - 26th February 2020
Hampshire Open Studios 17th - 26th August 2019
The Accessible Art Show - Day of Art - Southampton 23rd March 2019 - The Spark (Solent University Conference Centre) Live Auction and Art Exhibition.
Hampshire Open Studios August 2018
The Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition, Mall Galleries 2018 presented by Philip Mould
Oxmarket Gallery Chichester 2018
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2018 Mall Galleries London presented by Rupert Maas
Oxmarket Gallery - Open Art Exhibition, October 2017
New Forest Centre- Open Art Exhibition, October 2017
Hampshire Open Studios - August 2017
The Pastel Society 118th Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London, Award winner, presented by Michael Portillo (Unison Colour Award) London - March 2017
Image Size: 60cm x 60cm
Art Medium: Acrylic
Painting Price and Availability: Please contact the Artist
Range from £200-£500
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Phone: 01983 873351
Mobile: 07989 266323
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Email: becky@beckysamuelsonfinearts.co.uk
Website: beckysamuelsonfinearts.co.uk
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Becky is primarily a painter of seascape and landscape subjects principally in oil, acrylic and watercolour. She is based on the Isle of Wight with her studio / art gallery in St Helens which is open for visits and she has been painting full time for 33 years.
The Isle of Wight is a special place to live and paint and Becky’s inspiration comes from the amazing island coastline and landscape plus her travels abroad. Light and colour are integral to her work and painting en plein air gives her the most satisfaction and connection with her subject.
Becky has a range of Giclée Prints and Greeting Cards to compliment her original work.
Becky is a member of the Society of Women Artists and her paintings have been exhibited widely, through galleries and exhibitions.
Situated in South Devon, captures the beautiful scenery
Devon has to offer.
This piece is carried around the edges and has a combination
of different techniques, to create a distinctive effect.
Image Size: 60cm x 60cm
Art Medium: Acrylic
Painting Price: £150
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Oil and Acrylic Landscape and Abstract Artist
Phone: 07511 280423
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Email: info@mahmoodart.com
Website: mahmoodart.com
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Mahmood is an artist living in Portsmouth by the sea in Hampshire.
Originally from Iran, he paints scenes from across the south coast of England, with unique and original interpretation, using both oil and acrylic with a variety of subjects he loves.
He puts his passion and inspiration into his art to give you delicate, fine, bright, happy, warm paintings, to cheer you up any time you look at them!
Now, he works in his studio in Petersfield, Hampshire, which is the perfect place to paint and enjoy the scenery.
Petersfield Arts and Crafts Society
Petersfield Arts and Crafts Society Exhibitions and Art Exhibitions at the Flora Twort Gallery, Petersfield Museum.
In 2018, one of the paintings I exhibited in Petersfield was Highly Commended by the judges.
I also won the Petersfield Visitors Choice Award 2 years in row, in 2015 and 2016.
Petersfield Arts and Crafts Society
Petersfield Arts and Crafts Society Exhibitions and Art Exhibitions at the Flora Twort Gallery, Petersfield Museum.
In 2018, one of the paintings I exhibited in Petersfield was Highly Commended by the judges.
I also won the Petersfield Visitors Choice Award 2 years in row, in 2015 and 2016.
Image Size: 90cm x 90cm
Art Medium: Oil and Cold Wax on Wooden Cradled Board
Painting Price: £1125
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Mixed Media Artist
Landscapes and Seascapes
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Email: kaz.reed@icloud.com
Website: kareneamesartgallery.co.uk
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Based in Chalkhill Studio, Oliver's Battery, Winchester, Hampshire, Karen originally trained and worked as a nurse. She always painted in her spare time.
Karen achieved her lifetime dream when she had the opportunity to study Fine Art at Winchester School of Art and Design. She has exhibited throughout the UK and beyond. Her love for painting continues to develop and her work is often expressive, dreamlike and captures a sense of place. Karen enjoys working across media, especially cold wax medium. Her work uses colour, texture and form to capture semi-abstract landscapes and seascapes. The texture is created in layers and she experiments with many different mark-making tools. She explores painting from a deeper level, often relating to personal, visual experiences of her everyday life.
Karen’s painting has a more intuitive approach, which she develops through self-reflection and spending time walking her dogs. She works in sketchbooks on site and completes the paintings in her studio.
Karen has exhibited throughout the UK and beyond.
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