Gallery Artist Show: Group Show

Gallery Artists 12 – 29 January 2021

featuring new & unseen work by

David Atkins • Gordon Bryce RSA RSW Anne-Marie Butlin • Judy Buxton • Judith Cain Joe Fan RSA • Ralph Freeman • Vanessa Gardiner Anthony Garratt • Iwan Gwyn Parry RCA • Delphine Hogarth Claerwen Holland • Michael Honnor • David Klein MRSS SPS Fiona McAlpine • Christine McArthur • Jennifer McRae RSA Eleri Mills • Carey Mortimer • Lewis Noble Ann Oram RSW • Gareth Parry RCA • Anna Perlin David Smith RSW • Matthew Snowden Ethel Walker • Vivienne Williams RCA

Gallery Artists Group Show

12 – 29 January 2021

The entire exhibition can be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com All work is available to view online and purchase on receipt of this catalogue Please contact us for a Visual Price List

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David Atkins

David Atkins A Norfolk Sky I – oil on board – 25 x 30cm

David Atkins The Sea and Sky, Norfolk – oil on board – 35 x 40cm

David Atkins Brancaster Beach in the Autumn – oil on canvas – 80 x 100cm

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Gordon Bryce RSA RSW

Gordon Bryce RSA RSW Surf – oil on board – 60 x 120cm

Gordon Bryce RSA RSW Edge of the wood, September – oil on board – 51 x 76cm

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Gordon Bryce RSA RSW Deeside Autumn – oil on board – 50 x 85cm

Gordon Bryce RSA RSW Pine Forest – oil on board – 60 x 80cm

Anne-Marie Butlin

Anne-Marie Butlin Late Summer, Still Life – oil on linen – 20 x 20cm

Anne-Marie Butlin Late Summer Garden - Golden Flowers – oil on canvas – 90 x 90cm

Anne-Marie Butlin Blue Anemones – oil on linen – 20 x 20cm

Anne-Marie Butlin October Garden – oil on linen – 70 x 70cm

Anne-Marie Butlin Still Life with Pink Blossom – oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Anne-Marie Butlin Still Life with Calendula – oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Judy Buxton

Judy Buxton Spring Tulips I – oil on canvas – 60 x 66cm

Judy Buxton Windowsill Objects with Roses (Merrymeet II) – oil on canvas – 80 x 80cm

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Judith Cain

Judith Cain Memories Black Tulips – watercolour on paper – 29 x 29cm

Judith Cain Memories Black Jug – watercolour on paper – 26 x 37cm

Judith Cain Memories Red Poppies – watercolour on paper – 24 x 30cm

Judith Cain Memories Red Tree – watercolour on paper – 22 x 30cm

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Joe Fan RSA

Joe Fan RSA A Garden for A.F – oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Joe Fan RSA Leaf Counter – oil on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Joe Fan RSA Last Glance Before Night Falls – oil on canvas – 76 x 102cm

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Ralph Freeman

Ralph Freeman Safe to Fall – oil on canvas – 75 x 86cm

Ralph Freeman Sliding Through – oil on canvas – 61 x 61cm

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Vanessa Gardiner

Vanessa Gardiner Two Headlands – acrylic on plywood – 35 x 106cm

Vanessa Gardiner Tintagel Coast I – acrylic on board – 32 x 61cm

Vanessa Gardiner Godrevy Point – acrylic on plywood – 42 x 106cm

Vanessa Gardiner Harbour Entrance 4 – acrylic on plywood – 30 x 30cm

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Anthony Garratt

Anthony Garratt Autumn Weather Study I – mixed media on panel – 42 x 29cm

Anthony Garratt Autumn Weather Study II – mixed media on panel – 29 x 42cm

Anthony Garratt Moorland Veranda – mixed media on canvas – 120 x 120cm

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Anthony Garratt Between Rocks and Whistles – mixed media on canvas – 150 x 120cm

Anthony Garratt Moorland Drive – mixed media on canvas – 120 x 120cm

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Iwan Gwyn Parry RCA

Iwan Gwyn Parry RCA The Thames Approaches, High Tide – oil on canvas – 84 x 115cm

Iwan Gwyn Parry RCA The Thames Approaches IX – oil on canvas – 15 x 20cm

Iwan Gwyn Parry RCA The Thames Approaches IV – oil on canvas – 15 x 20cm

Iwan Gwyn Parry RCA The Thames Approaches VIII – oil on canvas – 15 x 20cm

Iwan Gwyn Parry RCA The Thames Approaches III – oil on canvas – 15 x 20cm

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Delphine Hogarth

Delphine Hogarth Continental – oil, acrylic, ink & pastel crayons on canvas – 100 x 73cm

Delphine Hogarth Origami – oil, acrylic & ink on canvas – 100 x 100cm

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Claerwen Holland

Claerwen Holland John’s Tomatoes – ink & pastel on paper – 26 x 26cm

Claerwen Holland Hips from a rambler Rose – ink & pastel on paper – 51 x 65cm

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Claerwen Holland Old armchair – charcoal & pastel on paper – 61 x 81cm

Claerwen Holland Cherries Outside – ink & pastel on paper – 27 x 27cm

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Michael Honnor

Michael Honnor Loch Sunart, November – mixed media on linen – 56 x 66cm

Michael Honnor Summer Sea – mixed media on linen – 39 x 26cm

Michael Honnor Olmi Capella, Late Summer – mixed media on linen – 49 x 49cm

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David Klein MRSS SPS

David Klein MRSS SPS Running Horse – bathstone – 48 x 55 x 18cm

Detail: Running Horse 35

Fiona McAlpine

Fiona McAlpine Beach Walk – oil on canvas – 38 x 114cm

Fiona McAlpine Blue Door – oil on board – 61 x 122cm

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Christine McArthur

Christine McArthur Orange Vase, Snow outside – mixed media on board – 42 x 59cm

Christine McArthur Limes and Blue Jug – mixed media on board – 42 x 59cm

Christine McArthur Snowhills behind Flowers – mixed media on board – 42 x 59cm

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Christine McArthur Clementines – mixed media on board – 19 x 39cm

Christine McArthur Blue Wild Flowers, September – mixed media on board – 32 x 38cm

Christine McArthur Pears – mixed media on board – 19 x 39cm

Christine McArthur Lemons – mixed media on board – 19 x 39cm

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Jennifer McRae RSA

Jennifer McRae RSA Two Fish on Chard Leaf – oil on linen – 15 x 20cm

Jennifer McRae RSA Treasure – oil on linen – 61 x 81cm

Jennifer McRae RSA The Tear Jar – oil on linen – 36 x 36cm

Jennifer McRae RSA Messager Gabriel – watercolour on paper – 15 x 10cm

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Eleri Mills

Eleri Mills Llyfryniog hill - revisited (Rhiw Llyfryniog - ailymweliad) – mixed media on paper – 58 x 79cm

Eleri Mills In the Valley - through the Trees – Diptych – ink and pastel on paper – 69 x 204cm

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Carey Mortimer

Carey Mortimer Flower of Maryam – egg tempera on gessoed canvas – 31 x 31cm

Carey Mortimer L’altare della cucina – ‘buon fresco’ mounted on ‘alveolam’ panel – 27 x 25cm

Carey Mortimer The Cage – ‘buon fresco’ with tung oil mounted on ‘alveolam’ panel – 40 x 40cm

Carey Mortimer Dress – egg tempera on slate – 61 x 36cm

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Lewis Noble

Lewis Noble Wet Sand, Dark Rocks – mixed media on gessoed panel – 30 x 30cm

Lewis Noble Lindisfarne Bay – mixed media on gessoed panel – 30 x 30cm

Lewis Noble Leaves over Dark Water – oil & mixed media on gessoed panel – 120 x 120cm

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Ann Oram RSW

Ann Oram RSW Autumn Fruit – acrylic on watercolour paper onto board – 67 x 101cm

Ann Oram RSW Dahlias and Berries on a Blue Ground – acrylic on board – 30 x 30cm

Ann Oram RSW Roses and other Flowers – acrylic on board – 50 x 60cm

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Gareth Parry RCA

Gareth Parry RCA Summer by the Sea, Incoming Tide – oil on canvas – 61 x 91cm

Gareth Parry RCA Small Town Girls: Friday Night I – charcoal on card – 31 x 38cm

Gareth Parry RCA Small Town Girls: Friday Night II – charcoal on card – 31 x 38cm

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Anna Perlin

Anna Perlin A sense of Autumn – mixed media on canvas – 30 x 30cm

Anna Perlin Snowdrops – mixed media on canvas – 61 x 91cm

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Anna Perlin Reflections (Buttermere) – mixed media on canvas – 61 x 91cm

Anna Perlin Autumn Dawn – mixed media on canvas – 40 x 40cm

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David Smith RSW

David Smith RSW East Neuk Harbour – oil on canvas – 102 x 102cm

David Smith RSW Sea of Green Mackerel – oil on canvas – 51 x 51cm

David Smith RSW Sea of Blue Mackerel – oil on canvas – 51 x 51cm

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David Smith RSW On the Hard, Arbroath – oil on canvas – 102 x 127cm

David Smith RSW Gaff Rigged Trawler – watercolour on paper – 51 x 51cm

Matthew Snowden

Matthew Snowden Mackenzie Country, New Zealand – acrylic on canvas – 41 x 51cm

Matthew Snowden Nelson, New Zealand – acrylic on canvas – 41 x 51cm

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Matthew Snowden Napier, New Zealand – acrylic on canvas – 46 x 61cm

Matthew Snowden Wellington, New Zealand – acrylic on canvas – 46 x 61cm

Matthew Snowden Autumn Glen Tanner, Mt Cook – , acrylic on canvas – 46 x 61cm

Matthew Snowden Autumn Lake Pukaki, New Zealand – acrylic on canvas – 46 x 61cm

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Ethel Walker

Ethel Walker Water’s Edge – oil on board – 46 x 76cm

Ethel Walker Amber Sunset – oil on board – 40 x 51cm

Ethel Walker Sunlight through Cloud – oil on board – 40 x 51cm

Ethel Walker Early April, Loch Craignish – oil on board – 92 x 122cm

Ethel Walker A Moment in the Morning – oil on board – 21 x 26cm

Ethel Walker Morning City – oil on board – 18 x 24cm

Vivienne Williams RCA

Vivienne Williams RCA Natures Table – acrylic on paper – 51 x 41cm

Vivienne Williams RCA Blue Jug with Fruit Bowl – acrylic on paper – 41 x 51cm

Vivienne Williams RCA Summer Evening – acrylic on paper – 41 x 51cm

Selected Biographies DAVID ATKINS (b. 1964)

GORDON BRYCE RSA RSW (b.1943)

David Atkins studied fine Art at St Martins and Winchester School of Art, gaining a first-class honours degree in painting. He has always been a professional painter, exhibiting regularly throughout the UK, along with teaching painting part time in art schools both in London and Bournemouth.

Gordon Bryce was born in Edinburgh. After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art, he moved to Aberdeen, where he was appointed as a lecturer in printmaking at Gray’s School of Art in 1968. He then became Head of Fine Art from 1986 to 1995, before devoting himself full time to his painting. Gordon paints in the Scottish Colourist tradition, and has developed an outstanding reputation for his landscapes and still-lifes.

In 2008, Gordon was chosen to paint the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, for an exhibition in The Mayoral Suites at the Kensington Town Hall. Gordon has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1986 and his work can be found in public collections worldwide.

He lives and works in Dorset having moved from London in 2001

ANNE-MARIE BUTLIN

JUDY BUXTON (b. 1961)

Anne-Marie Butlin is a London based artist, who studied at both Loughborough College of Art, and Middelsex University, and since then has exhibited both in the UK and Internationally. Over the years, Anne-Marie has shown in numerous group exhibitions including; The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Royal Academy, The Royal Watercolour Society, The Royal Society of British Artists and The Royal College of Art. She is a regular contributor to Artists and Illustrators magazine. Anne-Marie paints full-time from her garden studio.

Judy Buxton graduated from Falmouth College of Art in 1993, receiving a First Class Honours Degree. She then went on to gain a Masters in Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Over the years, Judy has received several awards, including First Prize, Gold Medal, The Worshipful Company of Painters – Stainers in 1996, Natwest Finalist and Prize Winner in 1997 and The Hunting Art Prize, Second Prize Winner in 2005. Judy’s work can be found in many public and corporate collections, such as Tresco Estate, Swiss Bank, Firmdale Hotel and Connaught Hotel amongst others.

Thackeray Gallery has been representing Judy since 2008.

JUDITH CAIN (b. 1944)

JOE FAN RSA (b.1962)

Judith Cain was born in York. Having studied painting at Leeds College of Art from 1960 to 1964, she went on to do a further year at Goldsmiths College, London in 1965.

As well as holding the post of Painting Coordinator in the Fine Art Department at Leeds Metropolitan for 21 years, Judith has exhibited worldwide including installations at Kew Gardens and Leeds Hospital. She has won numerous awards, most recently The Discerning Eye in 2010, as the Northern Regional Prizewinner. Judith has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1991 and her work can be found in public, private and corporate collections worldwide.

Born in Hong Kong in 1962, Joe Fan came to Scotland in the 1970s to study Graphic Design and continued his studies at Gray’s School of Art, under the tutorship of Gordon Bryce RSA RSW. At his graduation he won the Miller Homes Young Scottish Artist of the Year award and went to Paris to spend some time at the Cité Internationale des Arts from 1989-1990. He returned to Aberdeen and lectured at Gray’s School of Art for seven years. Joe is the winner of many awards, including The Gillies Award, a 2009 and 2010 Prize Winner for the Aberdeen Artists’ Exhibition and the Royal Scottish Academy’s John Maxwell Travelling Award in 2010. Joe Fan has been represented by Thackeray Gallery since 1990.

RALPH FREEMAN (b.1945)

VANESSA GARDINER (b. 1960)

Ralph Freeman was born in London and studied at St Martins and Harrow School of Art from1961-1965. He worked as an artist, musician and art director in London and Europe until 1983 and thereafter painted exclusively and performed with various jazz projects both as composer and pianist. In 1988, he moved to St Ives, Cornwall, and was elected member of the Newlyn and the Penwith Societies of Artists. After spending over twenty years in St Ives, Ralph moved back to London and had his first solo show with Thackeray Gallery in 2013.

Vanessa Gardiner was born in Oxford in 1960. She completed a Foundation Course at Oxford Polytechnic in 1978-1979, followed by a BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree at Central School of Art & Design, London. Her work resides in numerous private and corporate collections and she is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Arts Council South West Fine Art Award.Vanessa currently lives and works in Dorset, England and has been represented by Thackeray Gallery since 2013.

ANTHONY GARRATT (b.1979)

IWAN GWYN PARRY RCA (b.1970)

Anthony Garratt was born in Kent. He studied at Chelsea College of Art and Falmouth College. Anthony was a Director of Jamaica Street Studios in Bristol but now lives and works in Devon. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition as well as numerous other galleries across the country. In 2012 Anthony was invited by the BBC to be one of 12 artists to paint the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant and has since featured on various BBC television programmes including Show Me the Monet (2012) and Countryfile (2016 & ‘18). Since 2015 he has been teaching at Newlyn School of Art, Cornwall. Anthony has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 2011.

Iwan Gwyn Parry was born in Anglesey, Wales. He completed a BA Fine Art Degree at the Cardiff Institute from 1989 to 1992, where he achieved a First Class Honours.

He then went on to undertake a Masters in painting at Chelsea College of Arts from 1992 to 1993. Since 1994, Iwan has been a Fine Art Lecturer at Bangor College, which he continues to do today. His work can be found in many public collections, including the Contemporary Art Society of Wales and Anglesey County Council, as well as many private collections in the UK and worldwide. Iwan has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 2009.

DELPHINE HOGARTH (b. 1976)

CLAERWEN HOLLAND

Delphine Hogarth was born in France in 1976. She studied History of Art in Bristol, followed by an Arts Foundation Course in from 1998 – 2000. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Paris and London, and is the recipient of a number of awards including the Threadneedle Prize in 2010. Delphine has been represented by Thackeray Gallery since 2014.

Claerwen Holland was born in Radnorshire, Wales. She studied at Byam Shaw School of Art, under the direction of Maurice de Sausmarez who awarded her the Principal’s Prize for ‘landscape in oils’. She completed the National Diploma for Fine Arts and won The David Murray studentship in Landscape Painting, awarded by the Royal Academy, London. She is predominately well known for her domestic still lifes and landscape, the kitchen gardens of Wales, or the sandy beaches of the British Coast. More recently, Claerwen has been painting people, going about their everyday lives with charming results. Claerwen has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1996.

MICHAEL HONNOR (b.1944)

DAVID KLEIN MRSS SPS (b.1962)

Michael Honnor was born in Dartmoor, Devon. He left Devon to study English at Oxford University and then painting at Hornsey College followed in turn by a year at Byam Shaw School of Art, London. In 1978, Michael returned to Dartmoor, basing himself on the edge of the Erme Valley. It was at this time his involvement with Dartington Hall began and he set up their renowned print workshop and was the Director there for over thirty years. Michael has exhibited widely in the UK and his work is in many public, private and corporate collections worldwide. Michael has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1988.

David Klein started his working life in engineering, during which time he met sculptor John Jennings and later became his assistant. This experience led him to realise his passion for sculpting by doing a Fine Art Degree at Staffordshire University from 1992 – 1994. He continued his studies with a postgraduate course in figurative sculpting at The Frink School of Sculpture from 1994 – 1996. In 2007, David showed his work at the V&A Museum and in 2010 was elected a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (MRBS) and the Society of Portrait Sculptors (SPS). David has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 2002.

FIONA McALPINE (b. 1961)

CHRISTINE McARTHUR (b.1953)

Fiona McAlpine was born in 1961 and graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London. She paints with a gift for pattern, integrating jugs and flowers into the natural rhythm of the Welsh landscape. Fiona has been involved in numerous solo and group shows across the UK and has been with Thackeray Gallery since 2015.

Christine McArthur was born in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow and studied at The Glasgow School of Art from1971 – 1976. After graduating, she taught and produced book illustrations, until the demand for her work enabled her to paint full time. She was awarded Scottish Education Department Travelling Scholarships in 1975 and 1976 and was elected a Member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1990. In 1995, she was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. Christine has exhibited throughout the UK and her work can be found in many collections worldwide.

JENNIFER McRAE RSA

ELERI MILLS (b.1955)

Jennifer McRae studied painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen from 1987 – 1992 and received a First Class Degree in Fine Arts. In 2002, Jennifer moved from Edinburgh to London after being offered a bursary place at the Prince’s Drawing School. Jennifer has won multiple prizes and awards, including the BP Portrait Award, the Hunting Art Prizes, the Singer Friedlander and Kauphting Watercolour prizes, the Morrison Scottish Portrait Award and most recently the Worshipful Society of Painter Stainers. Her latest portrait commissions include Dame Judi Dench and Sir Chris Hoy. Jennifer has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 2007.

Eleri Mills was born in Wales and grew up on the family farm, developing her love and engagement with the land. In 1977, she went to Manchester Art School to study Art and Design. Her time in Manchester gave her a new perspective and deeper understanding of the history of Wales, which has clearly inspired her work from then on. Eleri’s work has been exhibited throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. In 2009, a 4-piece installation was exhibited at the National Assembly for Wales. In 2010, Eleri won the Creative Wales Ambassador Award by the Arts Council of Wales. Her work has been exhibited at Thackeray Gallery since 2000 and is in many public, private and corporate collections worldwide.

CAREY MORTIMER (b.1962)

LEWIS NOBLE (b. 1967)

Carey Mortimer was born in London. After studying Decorative Arts at the City & Guilds, London Art School from 1984 - 1986, she travelled to Italy, completing a further years study, specializing in Fresco technique. Following this, she achieved a Masters in Public Art and Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee.

Carey has had multiple public commissions, as well as her work being collected privately and corporately worldwide. Carey divides her time between Sardinia & the UK, and has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1994.

Lewis Noble was born in London but has lived and worked in Derbyshire since 1996.

He studied for a Fine Art degree at Birmingham Margaret Street from 1989 to 1992 and has exhibited extensively across the UK in a variety of solo and group shows. He was the recipient of the Vickers Art Award in 2001 and his paintings lie in public and private collections in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, America, Australia and Asia.

ANN ORAM RSW (b. 1956)

GARETH PARRY RCA (b.1951)

Ann Oram was born in London in 1956. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art between 1976 and 1982 and became a part time lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art between 1983 and 1985, and again in 1991 to 1993. Ann was elected to RSW in 1986. Following that, she was a visiting lecturer at the University of Northumbria in 1988. She has been involved in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the UK and her work resides in many collections worldwide.

Gareth Parry was born in the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales.

After leaving school he went on to study at Manchester College of Art in the late 1960s. He then worked at a local mine for two years before starting to paint once again., embracing all that came his way, illustrating, or undertaking commissions as varied as landscapes, portraits and still lifes. Gareth has exhibited over many years in both London and Wales and his work can be found in public and private collections.

Gareth has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 2007.

ANNA PERLIN (b 1979)

DAVID SMITH RSW (b. 1957)

Anna Perlin grew up in rural Oxfordshire, giving her a love of the countryside & British landscape which inspires much of her work. Graduating in Textile Design & Marketing in 2001, Anna initially started working in retail whilst exploring her love of painting through joining a local art society and taking part in evening art groups.

After beginning to exhibit and winning several awards, she followed her passion and became a full time artist. Her work has been exhibited widely including at the Mall Galleries, and following on from reaching the semi-finals of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2016, Anna won Artists and Illustrators Artist of the Year 2017. She creates her distinctive work from her studio in Hertfordshire where she now lives with her husband and two children. She has been with Thackeray Gallery since 2017.

Born in 1957, Dunbartonshire, David Smith is a Scottish Contemporary artist. Working en plein air, David creates distinctive landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, Island and the coast The palette and inspiration for his work comes from his love of the Scottish outdoors. He has travelled extensively hill-walking and mountain climbing across the world, but he always returns to paint in Scotland.

David was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 2011.

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MATTHEW SNOWDEN (b. 1969)

ETHEL WALKER (b.1941)

Matthew Snowden was born in Heswall, Merseyside in 1969. He studied at Withens Lane Art College, 1989 followed by Industrial Design (BA Hons) at Teesside University, 1990-93. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions from 1999 across the UK and his work resides in collections in UK, Europe, USA, China, South Africa and New Zealand. He has been with Thackeray Gallery since 2016.

Ethel Walker studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1959-1964. She is a highly established Scottish Artist, famous for her interpretation of light and weather. Her work is collected all around the world. Ethel exhibits regularly in both London and Scotland and her work is in Private Collections worldwide. Her Awards include, The Anne Redpath Award in 1982, The Glasgow Herald Painting Competition in 1986, the Alva Computers Purchase Prize and The Whyte & Mackay Group Award both in 1995, the Scottish Provident Award in 1997, Barclay Lenney Award in 2000, and Mabel McKinlay Award in 2002. Exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1982.

VIVIENNE WILLIAMS RCA (b. 1955) Vivienne Williams was born in Swansea in 1955. She studied English Literature at Reading University taking a Masters Degree in ‘The Literary Response to the Visual Arts’ in 1978. She spent the next five years abroad, teaching English in Venice and Padua and working in an art gallery in Sydney, where she began selling her work for the first time. Returning to the UK in 1983, she spent the next seven years studying and working in a Buddhist Community, before returning to Wales in 1990 and committing to painting full time. Over the last twenty years she has acquired a large and loyal following with regular solo and group exhibitions across the UK.