Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022
Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists
Located on the northern shore of Virginia Water Lake, Surrey.
Image Size: 46cm x 61cm
Art Medium: Oil on Canvas
Original Painting Price: Please Contact the Artist
Commissions Invited
Yana Kucheeva
Ascot, Berkshire
Landscapes, Still Life, Flowers, Pet Portraiture, Beauty of Nature | Fairytale finish - Oil, Acrylic and Coloured Pencil
I always wanted to be an artist and this passion only evolved through my time at an art school for children. However, the time soon came where I had to make a decision for my future. I ended up choosing to study business at university, as it was the safest most secure route to take. Fortunately, after 15 years of forgetting my passion, I found myself wandering back to art.
This reminiscence was pushed by my first pregnancy, where I began to search for creative jobs that I could complete in the comfort of my home. This gave me experience in Photoshop, which guided me to pursue digital artistry. Now, my art has been published in a number of magazines and art-books. This led me to work as a book illustrator.
When I picked up a paintbrush again after a few years, the rush of inspiration forced my hand to return back to traditional art. Today, my biggest aspiration is to become a professional artist and keep doing what I love.
From a young age, I’ve always wanted to be an artist. Forever inspired by the scenic world around me, I sought out a way to recreate and transform the beauty seen into something of my own. I shape my art primarily using oil paints, acrylic paints, and coloured pencils.
Paintings by Ascot, Berkshire Artist Yana Kucheeva
My references consist mostly of natural landscapes, that I have either experienced from holidays, or walks through the forest with my dog, Sunny. These are the times I could see nature in its purest, truest form. I turn these images into paintings; using oil paints to build and add depth, from the breadth of the tree bark, to the veins in the leaves, and the froth of the ocean waves.
I aim to capture the magical essence within nature by using lighting, and a choice of colour scheme that results in landscapes entangled with fairytale qualities. These qualities leave an impact that feels comforting, refreshing, and can serve as a reminder for the eternal beauty that exists around us.
I also paint idyllic flowers; still life, from transforming seemingly mundane things into art; plus pet portraits, that keep memories alive forever.
I hope that my art will bring you the same solace and joy it brought me when creating it.
Exhibitions
Yana will be exhibiting at the following venues:
Sussex Art Fair
13-15 May 2022, Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester, West Sussex
Parallax Art Fair
2-3 July 2022, Kensington Town Hall, London
Her work can also be viewed at Painters Online, the home of The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines.
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists
New Forest Snow
English Countryside: Sunshine on a Winter’s day
Image Size: 50cm x 50cm
Art Medium: Oil on Cradled Board
Painting Price: £150
Commissions Invited
Clare Buchta
Landscape and Seascape Artist working in Print,
Oil, Gouache and Mixed Media
Clare is an award-winning artist who has recently been featured in
Artists and Illlustrators magazine as one to watch.
Clare is a Landscape and Seascape artist who uses innovative methods and media to produce unique landscapes and seascapes. She enjoys painting in a semi-abstract style, including monotypes using oils, mixed media and print methods. The British coast and countryside are the inspiration for these original works of art which although semi-abstract, retain a recognisable sense of place.
Clare has developed a unique style of painting in oils, which uses thin layers to allow light to move through the painting. These works are framed behind glass. Clare also paints on an aluminium-based surface which allows the painting to be hung flat to the wall with no frame necessary. There are also paintings on cradled board which can be left unframed, or presented using a floating frame. She also specialises and tutors in Monotypes, a printing technique, to produce beautiful landscapes.
Art Group / Exhibitions
Clare is a member of the Reading Guild of Artists and regularly exhibits with them and at other venues in the south of England. Her work is in collections in the UK and abroad. For example, in the Obsidian Art Gallery and in the Bygillian Gallery
Clare's art has been selected for many awards, including the SAA National Award for Abstract Painting.
Ken Bromley Cover Competition finalist 2019
Wraptious finalist 2019
Marie Dyson Award 2017
Best in Show RGA Summer Exhibition 2018
Best in Show RGA Summer Exhibition 2017
Best in Show Wokingham Art Society
Friday, January 15th, 2021
Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists
The South Downs
English Countryside
Image Size: 50cm x 70cm
Art Medium: Oil on Canvas
Painting Price: Please contact the Artist
Commissions Invited
Maria Meerstadt
Landscape, Floral and Animal Artist
Painting in Oil
Art Tutor - All Art Mediums
Classes in Maidenhead
Maria has always loved to paint and feels immensely privileged to be a full-time artist.
The ideas for her work are influenced by colour. She never sees a blue sky – only shades of blue, with hints of pink, apricot, maybe grey! Trees are colours created on the trunks and leaves by sunlight, or times of the day.
Maria comes from the beautiful Channel Islands and has been lucky to have traveled extensively, always absorbing different cultures and scenery. Thirty years ago, she discovered Scotland and her main joy is capturing the beauty of the Highlands and Islands.
Art Groups / Exhibitions
Maria is a member of Artists at Goring, Cookham Arts Club and is a Henley Arts Trail Artist. She exhibits regularly.
She teaches all the main mediums to adults, regardless of what stage they are at in their learning. Details are available on the website www.artalivemaidenhead.com
Thursday, December 31st, 2020
Art, Painting Commissions and Prints from Berkshire Artists
Image Size: 70cm x 106cm
Art Medium: Acrylic on Box Canvas
Painting Price: £445
Commissions Invited
David Cotton
Oil and Acrylic Artist
Art Studio in Spencers Wood - Visits by arrangement
Telephone 07768 923234
I work in oil and acrylic and am always looking to exploit the medium – the crispness of acrylic and malleability of oil – sometimes I use both. I try to look for the highlights and emphasise them. Shadows and reflections intrigue me and I look to tell a story. Being a little colour-blind means I see shades more clearly and I try to take advantage of this.
I usually work from my photographs and just enjoy experimenting with subjects and ways of mixing and layering colours on and off the paper. I use big brushes and rollers and at the outset usually have a clear idea of the picture I am trying to achieve; although this is not a rigid plan and I am often surprised!
Art Groups / Exhibitions
I am a member of several local Art Groups and have exhibited at many local exhibitions in Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Oxfordshire including Reading Guild exhibitions, The Reading Art Exhibition, AppART, THAT Gallery and The Reading Contemporary Art Fair.
I am part of the West Berkshire & North Hampshire Open Studios, a member of the Reading Guild of Artists and organised The Reading Art Exhibition for 7 years.
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