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I was born in Kent in 1950 and had a passion for drawing from an early age, I benefited greatly from a post-war education that gave time and status to Art .

I studied in Bristol ( Batchelor of Education Honours Degree 1972) and taught in Primary Schools 1972 - 2000. A move to Dorset in 1985 gave me the opportunity to study for  Illustration and Fine Art HNC qualifications at the Art Institute at Bournemouth .

I currently teach Life Drawing and short courses in pastels, drawing and watercolour.

Drawing is fundamental to my work . I draw and paint directly from the subject using a spontaneous expressive line -  editing intuitively.  I am inspired by travel and seeing new places but equally respond to domestic subject matter -  intriguing arrangements, complex interiors and of course the ultimate challenge of figures and portraits.

I am an elected member of the Pastel Society and serve as their archivist, and the Chairman of Bournemouth Arts Club .I exhibit regularly in a number of galleries and Open Exhibitions and have been given awards at the Discerning Eye, New English Art Club and the Pastel Society .

AWARDS

PASTEL SOCIETY:
Gilders Workshop Framing Award
Annie Longley Award
Cross Gate Gallery Purchase Prize
Arts Club Membership Award
Sarah Samuels Gallery Award
Frank Herring Award

DISCERNING EYE :
Meynell Fenton Award

NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB :
St Cuthberts Mill
Award for
work on Paper

SOCIETIES
Pastel Society  -   Archivist
Bournemouth Arts Club -
Chairman
Broadstone Art Society
Poole Printmakers


Juna Mahal

PUBLICATIONS

 
Extract from Artist & Illustrators Nov 2010 'Talking Techniques'

 

THE ARTIST magazine February 2010....  painting & demonstration in Pastel

THE ARTIST magazine March 2010 article on Still life painting in Pastel 

THE ARTIST magazine May 2009 included an article about my figure drawings in pastel.

The Pastel Journal  October 2009 article ' Infinite Variety'

Watercolour Artist  December 2009 article  'Bon Voyage '
One of the featured artists in

‘EXTRAORDINARY SKETCHBOOKS’ by Jane Stobart  published October 2011

Link to Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extraordinary-Sketchbooks-Inspiring-Designers-Enthusiasts/dp/140813442X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319390437&sr=8-1

 
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