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. Starting back 4th Sept.
Well what a summer! It has been a busy couple of months but now I'm back at the easel a little more.
Having passed a certain age it has prompted me to do something rather different. I am a little way into a large series (60) of small portraits. 60 over 60 invisible women, will portray the enormous diversity and energy of women over 60. We tend to fade into the background if we allow it. Hopefully, this series will allow at least some of us to feel seen. The response has been amazing and I'm being sent requests to be included daily. I have included some of those already completed below
Lynda x
Janet
Lynda Bell-Mann
Artist
Cary
Breaking News
On 21st and 22nd Sept I will be found at Art of The Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells on the Lower Pantiles. There will be a special price for a simple one headed portrait painted in 2 hour slots. To book your slot just arrive, book in and have a photo taken.