Artist’s Talk by Simon Davis, Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Simon Davis trained in Technical Illustration in Leamington Spa and then Graphic Design at Swindon. After a brief time working in design studios, he began illustrating for the iconic British comic 2000ad and continues to do so after 25 years. Simon […]
Susanne du Toit is an artist living and working in Berkshire, UK. She has worked in a wide range of media during her career, particularly etching and oil paint. In recent years her practice has become focused on portraits, and in 2013 she won the BP Portrait Award. Since then, she has been featured in […]
A whole host of Heatherley students, staff and alumni are exhibiting work at the Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition this year, including Celia Normand, Eva Ti, Lucy Heath and Eve Pettitt. Congratulations go to Marie Coccolatos who won the printmaking prize. The show is on at the Chelsea Old Town Hall until Monday the 30th […]
JASON BOWYER NEAC RP PS A Special Studio Exhibition Celebrating Twenty Years of Painting and Drawing at the Steam Museum Private View Thursday 12th October 6pm – 8.30pm Open on Friday 13th – Sunday 15th October 2017 11am – 5pm and then appointment Studio no 7 The London Museum of Water and Steam Green Dragon […]
Valuing yourself and your work In the busy, highly-competitive climate of the contemporary visual arts, artists may find it hard to assess and assert their own value. For visual artists, the opportunities which present themselves are diverse, ranging from community projects to festival fringes, from commissions for permanently-sited works to experiments in participatory practice, and […]
Jason Bowyer, Alex Fowler, Paul Gildea, Daniel Shadbolt, Melissa Scott Miller, Hero Johnson, Antony Williams, Daphne Todd OBE, Tim Benson, Adele Henderson, Jonathan Farningham and Ilaria Del Turco all have work in this year’s NEAC annual exhibition. Congratulations go to Paul Gildea who won The Doreen McIntosh Prize for his painting ’Night Watch’. The Mall […]
An Interview with Lewis McNaught the CEO of the Mall Galleries, home of the Federation of British Artists as well as a major London gallery for figurative art and figurative art competitions. Lewis will be discussing his career in art and the challenges over the past 10 years of running a major gallery. He will […]
James Lloyd graduated in the 90s from the Slade School of Fine Art with a Higher Diploma following a BA in Fine Art from Coventry and a Diploma from Blackpool College of Art and Design. He teaches at the Royal Drawing School and has won numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, Paul Smith […]
