artists
ADRIAN SMART
Adrian was born in 1963 in London. He has always had a passion for art and specifically bird related paintings being influenced by artist such as Ray Harris Ching, Audobon and the photorealists John Salt and Rod Penner. Adrian’s works are held in private collections and originals can be purchased directly from his agent, The Plus One gallery in London.
Adrian’s art fits within the genre of Hyperrealism where each highly detailed watercolour appears to contain a lifelike quality almost appearing to jump out of the very paper upon which it is painted.
Adrian currently lives and works in Oxfordshire.
TIM WIDDOWSON
Tim Widdowson is a specialist perspective artist, as well as a landscape painter, who has been producing interior & architectural perspectives in watercolour for the last fifty years. After qualifying as a furniture designer, he worked as a staff designer for several well known London design & architectural practices, before going freelance in 1972, specialising in producing high quality illustrations to help promote projects for various designers, architects, developers, etc.
He is used to working to tight deadlines, setting up loose sketches, to highly finished perspectives, from plans, elevations, samples, photographs, etc., which can be normally emailed direct to him at his studio & in turn the completed artwork can be emailed back to the client by return. His work is often regarded as art & can be seen hung in clients' offices.
Tim lives in Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire, & works from his adjacent studio overlooking the Thames.
LINDA BENTON
I am a professional artist and illustrator living and working in Oxfordshire.I studied Drawing and Painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee.
I have exhibited at:
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Society of Botanical Artists
The Royal Scottish Academy
Oxford Art Society
Llewellyn Alexander gallery, London
Wren Gallery, Burford
Other Oxfordshire galleries.
My paintings are in collections worldwide.
I was delighted to receive Llewellyn Alexander Masters Awards for sets of miniatures and the Town Council People's Choice award for the Didcot Montage.
Some of my work is handled by Bridgeman Art Library and has been published in books and magazines, on cards and calendars, and educational products.
ROBERTA TETZNER
My aim is to create works of art that allow personal interpretation and that through their imagery highlight and represent some of the beauty of the landscape and our experiences within it.
The purpose of my work is for you to feel immersed in this vitality, positivity, joy and wonder in your own environment.
My surroundings (South Oxfordshire and various travels) are the starting point for my work. I draw from both the macro and the micro images of the landscape; from the map-like, large-scale images of a particular piece of land, through to the detailed images of a garden or a particular plant. My work strikes a balance between abstraction and realism, while my most recent work explores the uplifting effect of light, particularly on water and encapsulates the prismatic effect with shape and colour. As I live next to the Thames, this is a great inspiration and source of imagery.
Previously, my work has been widely exhibited globally, and can be found in both private and public collections in the UK, USA, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain.
CAROLYN TYRER
Studied art and painting at:
Great Yarmouth College of Art and Design
Central St Martins, London (formerly London Central)
Sir John Cass, London
Suffolk College of Art and Design
Inspirational tutors at these colleges were:
Nick Ward
Geoffrey Patterson
Barry Drake
Jerry Hough
Carolyn draws her inspiration from The Group of Seven who painted the Canadian scenery in oils and produced very innovative work in wonderful colours.
Her paintings are in collections worldwide.
Produced paintings for many publishers including:
Ling Design
Royle
Woodmansterne
Hallmark Cards
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
Heron Arts
W H Smith
Taught art at:
Suffolk College
Red Lion at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (Pub of the Year South Oxfordshire 2012)
Langtree School