A member of SAA, Royal Tunbridge Wells Art Society and The British Art Club. I have exhibited at Urban Art Brixton for several years and more recently in the RTWAS Summer and Winter Exhibitions.
Using a distinctive style I paint people and animals and have been doing so for over twenty years. This year I took part in the evening event at the Mall Galleries in London during the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Exhibition. This is a live painting event where you are given around 2 hours to paint a portrait of a model..
Much to my delight I won first prize for the year.
My portraits sell around the world from Africa to the USA and between, I pride myself on gaining a relationship with the client in order to best fulfil their needs. I can work from Photographs but it is great to be able to meet my subject as that way you can add more character to a portrait, I am also happy to paint from life but that can be quite onerous for the sitter.
Now a retiree, albeit an early one, I am enjoying the extra time for art. I attend the Royal Tunbridge Wells Art Society running a portrait group there.
Due to a few enquiries I am trying to gauge the feasibility of running zoom classes on a regular basis. This would allow me to keep costs down, classes small and tailor it to the group taking part. If you would be interested in this please drop me a line by email.
Meanwhile commissions are still available, likely to change once Exhibition season starts for me in June with a South East Open Studios Exhibition in The Pantiles Tunbridge Wells If you are in London please come along to say Hi at Urban Art in Brixton in July. I will then have private Exhibition along with Mike Thomas (glorious landscapes) at RTWAS in Tunbridge Wells
Lynda
Lynda Bell-Mann
Artist