Katherine Tyrrell writes and curates information about art for artists and art lovers. She is the “go to” person for many artists with a query; also delivers talks and workshops on art business topics for artists to various organisations. ‘The Artist’ Magazine published a series of 10 articles in 2016 on cost-effective ideas for artists. […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Linda Nugent. She died at home in France on the 3rd February having battled with cancer for the past 18 months. She was a well loved member of staff and a greatly intelligent influence on students over the many years of her involvement with […]
Congratulations to Fay Brown who won The Heatherley School of Fine Art Prize at the Royal Watercolour Society Exhibition last night. The exhibition continues at Bankside Gallery until the 15th March.
Our wonderful model, ’Lady T’, has been featured in the latest issue of Oh Comely magazine. In it she says: ’I’m a trained architect but I started modelling five years ago. I saw an advert on Facebook, looking for models. I’ve always liked performing – I used to play bass in a band. When I […]
A huge congratulations to Antony Willliams who has come third in this year’s BP Portrait Award. The exhibition is on at the National Portrait Gallery until the 24th September.
The prints are outcome of the work with Hilary Daltry over several weeks in our print room (the students 16-18 yearswere studying for GCSE and A level Art). They explored how observational drawings can be translated into print in a creative way with great results!
Congratulations to Rydal Hanbury who has won the Mr Heatherley Composition Prize. The challenge is to include at least three figures in a single painting. The piece must be made with oils and not measure less than 1000 square inches. The competition is organised every year by our Professor Emeritus, John Walton, who won the […]
Artist’s Talk by Simon Davis, Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Simon Davis trained in Technical Illustration in Leamington Spa and then Graphic Design at Swindon. After a brief time working in design studios, he began illustrating for the iconic British comic 2000ad and continues to do so after 25 years. Simon […]
Susanne du Toit is an artist living and working in Berkshire, UK. She has worked in a wide range of media during her career, particularly etching and oil paint. In recent years her practice has become focused on portraits, and in 2013 she won the BP Portrait Award. Since then, she has been featured in […]
A whole host of Heatherley students, staff and alumni are exhibiting work at the Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition this year, including Celia Normand, Eva Ti, Lucy Heath and Eve Pettitt. Congratulations go to Marie Coccolatos who won the printmaking prize. The show is on at the Chelsea Old Town Hall until Monday the 30th […]
