by catherine | May 13, 2013 | Commissions, equine art, oil painting, prints
I’ve been spreading myself far and wide in the past couple of months entering pretty much every art competition going. My painting ‘Stags in Rut’ was awarded ‘Commended’ in its category in the BBC Wildlife Artist of the year, and I was...
by catherine | May 3, 2013 | Commissions, oil painting
It really does feel like that sometimes. I get an enormous boost up the ladder from something – selection as a finalist for the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year competition, or a couple of great commissions, but then the next week, an agent or gallery...
by catherine | Mar 13, 2013 | oil painting
The beginning of the year has been all about entering art competitions; the David Shepherd wildlife art competition, the BBC wildlife art competition, the i-book open submissions. They are a great way of gaining exposure and sometimes creating work that’s...
by catherine | Sep 16, 2012 | Commissions, oil painting
Dogs, dogs, dogs….I’ve had a back log of private commissions to do this summer, and somehow, once I got on a theme it carried on into the gallery work.Up to Yorkshire to paint six of Jim Howard’s working collies, he was the English sheepdog trialling...
by catherine | Aug 7, 2012 | Commissions, oil painting
Presented to H.M. The Queen on 7th AugustAfter six months work, the painting of Her Majesty’s Fell Ponies was finally presented at the Balmoral Jubilee Garden Party. By all accounts, she was pleased with it. It was a privilege to be asked to do the commission...
by catherine | Aug 1, 2012 | Commissions, oil painting, portraits
A week to go before my painting is presented, it’s all framed and the plaque is finished. I’m beginning to feel quite nervous about it…I’ve been working a lot recently (more child care) and have finished a couple of works. I found these...
