Aubergines – Still-Life Oil Painting – Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society member Fred Bennett

Aubergines – Still-Life Oil Painting – Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society member Fred Bennett

Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists

Artist: Fred Bennett

Artist: Fred Bennett

Aubergines - Oil Painting - Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society member Fred Bennett

Aubergines

Still-Life

Image Size: 24cm x 30cm
Art Medium: Oil on Board
Original Painting Price: £150

Commissions Invited

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Fred Bennett

Wokingham

Still-Life and Flower Painting, Portraiture and Figure-Drawing

Phone: 07748 986019

Please mention the Berkshire Artists website

Email: fredbennett.art@gmail.com

Website: fredbennettart.co.uk

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About The Artist

Fred paints what is around him; that is still-lives of the jugs, bottles, fruit and such in the house, or flowers from the garden. For him, the best way to capture the nature of these things is to employ the expressive possibilities provided by oil painting.

Fred is also attracted to accuracy and detail which can often be achieved through drawing, so working in charcoal or pastel pencils is also important for him.

A concern for understanding the inner workings of things has always motivated Fred and this was evident in his studies. Gaining a B.Sc in Physics took him into the Aerospace industry and then looking for more insight, a Ph.D in Engineering took him into computing. On retirement, Fred wanted to take these concerns into the area of artistic activities and he realised that realistic painting in the traditional “atelier” manner would satisfy him best. This traditional approach to art allows a wide range of expression with great concerns for form,colour and tone.

Fred gained experience in painting and drawing by attendance on courses at various specialist Art Schools. These studies also created a fascination with both portraiture and figure-drawing, which he has maintained.

Berkshire Artist Fred Bennett - Morning Coffee in my Studio

Berkshire Artist Fred Bennett - "Morning Coffee" in my Studio

Art Groups / Exhibitions

Fred displays his works regularly at various shows and art-society exhibitions. He has recently exhibited successfully with the Mall Galleries-based ING Discerning Eye.

ING Discerning EyeExhibition 2020
AppArt Godalming
Chertsey Artists Ltd
Wokingham Art Society
Crowthorne and Sandhurst Art Society
ArtFest (Wokingham)
Jelly (Reading)
Rotary sponsored exhibitions in Pangbourne, Streetly and Reading

Courses Attended

The London Atelier of Representational Art
Heatherlies School of Fine Art
The Art Academy (London)
The Sarum Studio (Salisbury)
The Barnes Atelier
The Phoenix Studio in Towersey

Marmite Painting – Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society member Berkshire Artist Fred Bennett

Marmite Painting – Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society member Berkshire Artist Fred Bennett

Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists

Artist: Fred Bennett

Artist: Fred Bennett

Marmite Painting - Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society member Fred Bennett

Image Size: 20cm x 20cm
Art Medium: Acrylic on Board
Original Painting: SOLD

Commissions Invited

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Fred Bennett

Wokingham

Still-Life and Flower Painting, Portraiture and Figure-Drawing

Phone: 07748 986019

Please mention the Berkshire Artists website

Email: fredbennett.art@gmail.com

Website: fredbennettart.co.uk

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About The Artist

Fred paints what is around him; that is still-lives of the jugs, bottles, fruit and such in the house, or flowers from the garden. For him, the best way to capture the nature of these things is to employ the expressive possibilities provided by oil painting.

Fred is also attracted to accuracy and detail which can often be achieved through drawing, so working in charcoal or pastel pencils is also important for him.

A concern for understanding the inner workings of things has always motivated Fred and this was evident in his studies. Gaining a B.Sc in Physics took him into the Aerospace industry and then looking for more insight, a Ph.D in Engineering took him into computing. On retirement, Fred wanted to take these concerns into the area of artistic activities and he realised that realistic painting in the traditional “atelier” manner would satisfy him best. This traditional approach to art allows a wide range of expression with great concerns for form,colour and tone.

Fred gained experience in painting and drawing by attendance on courses at various specialist Art Schools. These studies also created a fascination with both portraiture and figure-drawing, which he has maintained.

Berkshire Artist Fred Bennett - Morning Coffee in my Studio

Berkshire Artist Fred Bennett - "Morning Coffee" in my Studio

Art Groups / Exhibitions

Fred displays his works regularly at various shows and art-society exhibitions. He has recently exhibited successfully with the Mall Galleries-based ING Discerning Eye.

ING Discerning EyeExhibition 2020
AppArt Godalming
Chertsey Artists Ltd
Wokingham Art Society
Crowthorne and Sandhurst Art Society
ArtFest (Wokingham)
Jelly (Reading)
Rotary sponsored exhibitions in Pangbourne, Streetly and Reading

Courses Attended

The London Atelier of Representational Art
Heatherlies School of Fine Art
The Art Academy (London)
The Sarum Studio (Salisbury)
The Barnes Atelier
The Phoenix Studio in Towersey

Crab and Shrimps – Oil Painting and Giclée Prints by Coastal Artist Karen Davies

Crab and Shrimps – Oil Painting and Giclée Prints by Coastal Artist Karen Davies

Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists

Artist: Karen Davies

Artist: Karen Davies

Crab and Shrimps - Oil Painting and Giclée Prints by Coastal Artist Karen Davies

Crab and Shrimps

Coastal Still Life

Image Size: 24″ x 16″
Art Medium: Oil on Canvas
Painting Price: £250

Commissions Invited

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Karen Davies

Landscape and Animal Artist using Oils and Acrylics

Phone: 01628 520579

Please mention the Berkshire Artists website

Email: info@karendaviesart.co.uk

Website: karendaviesart.co.uk

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About The Artist

I live in Cookham, Berkshire and tend to paint landscapes and animals using Oils and Acrylics.

My work has become looser and more painterly over time, using thicker layers of paint. I am happy to work from good photos and accept commissions. The starting price for my artwork is £180 for smaller works. I also have high-quality Fine Art Giclée Prints of some of the paintings, which cost £40.

Karen Davies Cookham Art Studio
I have been painting in oils since I was 15. In 2003 I completed a HND in Fine Art at Reading College of Art and Design (now TVU), which allowed me to explore other mediums such as etching, ceramics, photography and screen printing. I prefer to work in oils and like being able to see the brush strokes in a painting, because I think this makes it more powerful and enhances the composition.
Daffodils - Spring Still Life - Maidenhead Artist Karen Davies
A Spring lockdown Still Life, ‘Daffodils’ (Oil on Board, 30 cm x 40cm). I thought the creamy yellow of the flowers contrasted well with the blue of the tablecloth. I made up the green background though; it just reminded me of Spring.
Kitchen Table ...Prints ready to go!

Kitchen Table...Prints ready to go!

Peony in Vase Still Life – Berkshire Artists Gallery – Wendy Mercer

Peony in Vase Still Life – Berkshire Artists Gallery – Wendy Mercer

Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists

Artist: Wendy Mercer

Artist: Wendy Mercer

Peony in Vase Still Life - Berkshire Artists Gallery - Wendy Mercer

Peony

Floral Art

Image Size: 40cm x 40cm
Art Medium: Oil
Original Painting: Sold

Commissions Invited

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Wendy Mercer

Artist in Oils

and Art Tutor

Please mention the Berkshire Artists website

Email: wmercer81@gmail.com

Website: wendymercerartist.co.uk

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About The Artist

I have always been drawn to painting, but my interest in Art changed dramatically twenty years ago, when I became involved in the use of art therapy, working with young people with educational needs.

In 2013, I exhibited successfully for the first time and have continued to do so. I particularly enjoy showing my work in an environment where I am able to meet the public and discuss aspects of not only my work, but art in general.

My work captures the world around me, family, friends, nature, scenery – I love being able to put what I see and feel onto paper or canvas and watching a picture evolve.

Growing as an artist is very exciting. I love bold colours, and the natural world always inspires me. With this I mind, I’ve ventured into looser, abstract and mixed-media styles.

Art Group / Exhibitions

I am based in Maidenhead, Berkshire and exhibit locally.

Wendy Mercer Maidenhead Berkshire Artist

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Chinese officials order vegans’ salads (9,3,5,4) – Newspaper Crossword – Oranges Watercolour Painting by Reading Guild of Artists member Richard Cave

Chinese officials order vegans’ salads (9,3,5,4) – Newspaper Crossword – Oranges Watercolour Painting by Reading Guild of Artists member Richard Cave

Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists

Artist: Richard Cave

Artist: Richard Cave

Chinese officials order vegans' salads (9,3,5,4) - Newspaper Crossword - Oranges Watercolour Painting by Reading Guild of Artists member Richard Cave

Chinese officials order vegans’ salads (9,3,5,4)

A Still Life of spherical objects and an exercise in direct and reflected light and how this defines spherical objects. The main subject is the mandarins and their brilliant colour provides the focus of the picture. The title is a simple crossword clue, the purpose of the crossword in the picture and the picture in the visual clue.

Image Size: 39cm x 31cm framed
Art Medium: Watercolour
Painting Price: £300

Commissions Invited

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Richard Cave

Watercolour Artist

Art Tutor

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Email: richardccave@btinternet.com

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About The Artist

I have been painting watercolours seriously for over 30 years, initially as a facility to illustrate my own work as an Architect which developed into providing that service for others. An interest in the built environment, landscape and setting focussed interest of early paintings on buildings in landscape and townscape, inevitably leading me to a traditional taste in subject matter. Although such subjects from real life are still an inspiration, my work over the last ten years has been orientated toward effects of light and the development of a technique which captures this.

Subject matter is often the depiction of life ‘en plein aire’, instigated by the quality of light and form. To capture the moment, watercolour is the ideal medium and my approach has been traditional, even to the extent of not using white body colour (this is a personal preference, because of the ‘alien’ effect of body colour in a transparent medium rather than a criticism of those who use it). I also try to avoid the use of masque but this is mainly because the essence of ‘plein aire’ is usually a fleeting quality of light which does not allow the time necessary for the use of masking mediums.

Studio paintings are different, but even in in these circumstances I prefer to preserve white surfaces while painting or to lift colour in the process. I also tend to use natural earth colours as much as possible; this is partly because they best suit my normal subject matter but also because, unlike a staining colour, they can be lifted when dry to create ‘whites’. I also tend to use a heavy, rough watercolour paper as my support, which lends itself to techniques for manipulating colour including scratching to produce highlights.

One cannot practise watercolour painting and be unaware of the many great practitioners of the art, both alive and dead. One can admire some, such as John Yardley whilst recognising his approach would be impossible for me, whereas examples from John Blockley, Trevor Chamberlain, Lucy Willis and even Russel Flint and Rowland Hilder have all contributed to my own technique.

Richard Cave, Berkshire Artist

Art Groups / Exhibitions

I have occasionally submitted works to national exhibitions and have had works accepted on several occasions by the Royal Society of Marine Artists. This is valuable as a means of getting work seen by a wider audience, but the high percentage of sale taken by the gallery does not make this financially advantageous. I therefore prefer to exhibit where my work can be presented for what I consider to be a fair price, without the need to overprice to meet the gallery commission. I also provide watercolour tuition to local groups and occasional commissions.