I am 45 years old and work full-time as a production editor on nursing journals for the Royal College of Nursing. I've always had passion for art and have been painting in oils since I was 15. I was self-taught until my thirties when I completed a higher national diploma in fine art at Reading College & School of Art and Design (now part of Thames Valley University), which allowed me to explore other mediums.
I still prefer to work in oils, and cover a wide range of subjects from portraits to still life, and more recently landscapes. My paintings are generally representational, which can involve taking images from life and drawing attention to interesting aspects by depicting the subject from an unusual angle. I like to achieve a painterly style; being able to see the brush strokes in a painting is important to me, as I think this adds to a picture's power and enhances the composition. I have been influenced by the work of Lucian Freud, David Hockney and James Dickson Innes.
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Karen Davies
23rd July to 13th August.
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