I feel a connection to light, shape and colour in nature which is reflected in my work. Using acrylic and mixed media I try to incorporate bright colours and textures into my paintings, which lean toward the semi abstract. Although my subjects are varied I now specialise in marine art. I am a regular exhibitor around Buckinghamshire including at the Obsidian Gallery, the Upstairs Gallery, Bucks Art Society Exhibitions, Bucks Open Studios, Bucks County Museum and various art festivals. I have also exhibited at the Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition and the ING Discerning Eye exhibition, both at the Mall Galleries in central London and the LLewelyn Alexander gallery in Waterloo. I have sold to private collections both home and abroad. I have written a Tutorial for SAA ‘Paint’ magazine. I am a member of the National Acrylic Painters Association, the Buckinghamshire Art Society, and member of the Visual Images Group. I teach a drawing and painting class at the Queens Park Arts Centre and guest tutor at other local groups.

Exhibitions

2015 Creative Connections, Bucks County Museum
2015 Obsidian Poetry Exhibition “Art of Poetry”
2015 Obsidian “Coast and Meadow”, Stoke Mandeville
2016 Obsidian Summer Exhibition, “Coast and Meadow”
2016 Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London
2016 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2017 Obsidian Spring Exhibition
2017 “A Painter, A Printer and A Potter”, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamstead
2017 National Acrylic Painters Association Summer Exhibition, St Ives, Cornwall
2017 Not the Royal academy, Llewelyn Alexander Gallery, Waterloo
2017 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2018 ‘From Sea to Shore’, my first solo show, Claydon Estate, Bucks
2018 Autumn Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
2019 Spring Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
2019 National Acrylic Painters Association summer exhibition, St. Ives, Cornwall
2019 Summer Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
2019 ‘The People’s Landscape’, Claydon House Art Exhibition, Bucks
2019 Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition, Oxford
2019 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2020 Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition, Online
2021 National Acrylic Painters Association Summer Exhibition, Chichester, Hants
2021 Summer Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
2021 ‘Coast and Country’ Solo Show, Three Hares gallery, Olney Bucks
2021 Autumn Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
2022 Elected Chair Buckinghamshire Art Society
2022 Oxford Art Society members exhibition
2022 Obsidian Art Summer Collection Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville
2022 Obsidian Art Autumn Collection Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville
2022 Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London
2023 ‘Earth and Water’, Queens Park Art Centre, Aylesbury (two person show)
2023 Buckinghamshire Art Society Spring exhibition
2023 Oxford Art Society Members Exhibition, Oxford
2023 Discover Bucks Museum Open Exhibition, Aylesbury
2023 Buckinghamshire Art Society autumn exhibition
2023 Obsidian Art Winter Collection Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville
2024 Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London

Regular exhibitor at:
Chiltern MS Centre Art Festival, Wendover, Bucks
Mentmore Arts Festival
Bucks Open Studios/art weeks
Bucks Art Society Exhibitions

Tutorial in ‘Paint’ magazine, by the SAA published January 2021
Feature in Leisure Painter magazine 2023
Tutorial in Leisure painter magazine 2023

Amanda Curbishley NAPA

Judy Cowper

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