WENDY KIMBERLEY ART
Plein Air painter and Landscape Artist
About
Wendy is an award winning landscape painter from Norfolk in the UK and associate member of the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists.
In 2022 Wendy was honoured to be named in HM Queen Elizabeth ll, Platinum Jubilee Birthday Honours. She was awarded a BEM, (Medallist of the British Empire) for her 60 plus portraits for NHS heroes during the Covid pandemic, which she painted whilst also working as a nurse in the community.
Her paintings are held in both private and public collections including HM Queen and The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital . She has had artworks selected for exhibition with the Royal society of British Artists 2021 and 2022 and she has taken part in Sky Arts, Landscape Artist of the Year, as a wildcard
The British coastline, countryside and the power of nature inspire her work as well as the urban footprint we leave on the earth. She paints in different media including traditional egg tempera.
Bio
Painting nature and local landscapes allows me to connect to and explore our relationship with life and wonder at its diversity and fragility. Sometimes the muse in me is attracted to the strange and unusual. The man made occurring in nature, that was once out of place, but now as it ages becomes part of the environment and over time absorbed back into the earth. Things that you overlook every day and never really see or are a little obscure or taboo interest me. I think that they capture a moment time and tell a story of us. Of the world around us, our place in it and the endless cycle of Life.
I use similar techniques when painting in egg tempera (ET) or acrylic although they are very different mediums. First laying down an abstract underlayer and working back into it by adding and subtracting paint. I like to use muted earthy colours with ET whilst in acrylic, I paint mainly in black and white. I use both to create mood, atmosphere and drama using contrasting values and textures. I sometimes use accent colours to highlight something in the painting that I want to draw attention to. Layers are built using abstract marks, paint spatters drips and scratches which I then work back into to leaving glimpses of it showing through.
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Awards
February 2022. 'Looking for Goats' . Royal institute of painters in watercolour award.
Society of East Anglian Watercolourist annual Open Exhibition 2022. Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings , UK.
Judge: Lillias August RI
01/02/21 Black and White semi-Annual Exhibition, Camelback Gallery
NHS heroes painting, Claire, Bronze Award
22/10/20 Society of East Anglian Watercolourist Open Exhibition 2020. Painting 'Were the Light Falls' awarded The Cambridge District Art Circle Award for unique composition.
Judges, Lilas August RI, John Crossley VPRWS, Julia Sorrell RI, Richard Sorrell PPRWS, RBA, NEAC
30/09/20 Visual Arts In the Open 2020. Ditched Painting in traditional egg tempera, Highly commended artist.
Judges, Richard Hopkinson BA, Dr Jeremy Turner BA (hons) Lisa Edwards MA, Emma Rodgers, MA , Fellowship at John Moores university Sculptor. Phil Redmond CBE, Alexis Redmond MBE, Laura O'Hare Director of Chester Art Fair and Visual Artists Association, David Kereszteny- Lewis, Artist and Director of Visual Arts at Grange School.Shirley Anne O' -Neill (MA) Director of visual arts Association and Visual Art Open.
30/10/12019 Paint out Norfolk Gardens, Juried en plein air completion 2019 . Artworks , 'Reflection', 'switching on the fountain' and 'The end of Summer' voted 2nd, 3rd and Joint 4th public's favourite painting
01/10/2019 A brush with The Broads, En plein air competition 2019 'Tanglewood' Awarded 1st prize, for quick draw round, by public vote.
06/07/2019 Paint out Norfolk, Juried en Plein air competition 2019. 'Hidden in Shade' Awarded 1st prize, mixed media Category.
Judges:Sainsburies Centre Director Professor Paul Greenhalgh and eminent plein air artist George Rowlett
Shortlisted and selected Exhibition
9/25-25/9/22. Water ways Exhibition. Society of East Anglian Watercolourists. Babylon Gallery, Ely.
'Summer fruits' and 'Adulting' selected.
29/9/22-Visual Art Open . Longlisted Artist.
'Cough'
23/7/22-30/7/22 Holt Art Festival. Sir John Hurts Art Prize.
'Below the Wall' shortlisted.
1/7/22- 1/9/22 Flora and Fauna selected exhibition. The Yare Gallery, Great Yarmouth.
'Vincent Gogh's Van', 'Sunflowers in a blue vase' and 'Nimueh' selected for exhibition.
3/2/22- 12/2/22 Royal Society of British Artists Annual Open Exhibition . Mall Galleries , London.
'Life and Shit' selected for exhibition
3/2/22-27/2/22 Society of East Anglian Artists Annual open Exhibition . Awash. Handa Gallery , Wells Maltings , Wells on Sea, UK.
'Looking for Goats' and 'Upstream' selected for exhibition.
24/07/21-31/07/21 Holt Art Festival, Sir John Hurts Art Prize.
'As Above So below' shortlisted
17/05/21-12/09/21 East Anglian Art Fund, Somewhere unexpected Exhibition. Norwich Castle Open Art Show.
'Man Cave' selected for exhibition. Exhibition selected by , Amanda Geitner, Dr Rosy Gray, Henry Jackson Newcomb and Danny Keen.
15/04/21 Royal society of British Artist Annual Exhibition 2021
'As Above, so Below' accepted into the RBA annual exhibition
Mall Galleries in London.
25/09/20 Sir John Hurts Art Prize 2020. Urban Foot Print , Short list and Final Shortlist.
Judges, Award winning artist, Susan Gunn, Adrian Hill, publisher and gallery owner, Architectural art historian, Nichola Johnson.
28/10/2019 Institute of East Anglian Artist Open Exhibition 2019 . Artwork 'Summer Fruits' selected for exhibition.
01/04/2019 Visual Arts In the Open,Art competition. Entry, 'SunRaze' selected for second round of judging.
12/04/2019 Jackson's Art supplies Competitions. Artwork 'waiting for May' selected for Long list
Solo and Group Exhibitions
23/9/22-25/9/22 Surrey Contemporary Art Fair, Sandown Race Course, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey. KT109AJ
13/5/22-`15/5/22 Sussex Art Fair. Goodwood Racecourse, Selhurst Park Road, Chichester, West Sussex. P0180PS
3/3/22-4/3/22 Surrey Contemporary Art Fair, Sandown Race Course , Portsmouth Road, Esher , Surrey. KT109AJ
Public and Private Collections
Holt Ward. The Norfolk and Norwich University Trust
HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd
Galleries
The Gallery Norfolk, 3 Church Street, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9ER
The Gallery at ICE 8, High Street ,Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1LD
Exhibitions
3/2/22- 12/2/22 Royal Society of British Artists Annual Open Exhibition . Mall Galleries , London.
'Life and Shit' selected for exhibition
3/2/22-27/2/22 Society of East Anglian Artists Annual open Exhibition . Awash. Handa Gallery , Wells Maltings , Wells on Sea, UK.
'Looking for Goats' and 'Upstream' selected for exhibition.
17/05/21-12/09/21. Somewhere Unexpected: Norwich Castle Open Art Show. East Anglian Art Fund. Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk.NR13JU
15/04/2021- 24/04/2021. RBA annual exhibition. Mall Galleries/ Federation of British Artists.
17 Carlton House Terrace, London. SW1Y5BD
05/03/2021-14/03/2021. The Surrey Spring Online fair. Contemporary Art fairs.
22/10/2020 -12/2020 -The Society of East Anglian Watercolourists A Online Exhibition
13/11/2020-15/11/2020. Windsor Contemporary Art fairs online Exhibition.
02/10/2020-04/10/2020. The Surrey Autumn online Art Fair. Contemporary Art Fairs.
16/07/2020-23/07/2020. Paint Out Norfolk Pop up Exhibition.
The Flint Barn Cafe. Whittlingham lane , Norwich Norfolk NR14 8TR.
13/03/2020- 15/03/2021. The Surrey Contemporary Art Fair
Sandown Park Race Course, Portsmouth Road Esher, Surrey
10/05/2019- 12/04/2019. The Newbury Contemporary Art Fair, Newbury, Berkshire, UK
24/04/2019- 29/04/2019. The Spring Art Fair, Norwich Forum.
01/03/2019-03/03/2019. The secret Art Fair. The Minories Gallery , Colchester, UK
09/11/2018 - 11/09/2018: The Windsor Contemporary Art Fair.
Windsor Racecourse. Berkshire, UK
17/10/2019 - 28/10/2018: Paint out Norwich Art Exhibition.
Norwich, Cathedral Hostry. Norfolk, UK
21/09/18 - 31/010/18: The Munnings Art Museum Spirit of the Stour Paint Out exhibition,
Munnings Art Museum, Dedham, Suffolk, UK
01/09/2018 - 08/09/18: Paint out Norfolk Art Exhibition.
The Tide and Time Museum, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
21/07/2018: Windsor and Eaton En Plein Air Pop up Exhibition.
Windsor town Centre, UK
11/12/2017 - 13/12/2017- Christmas Art Fair.
Norwich Forum, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
18/10/2017 - 31/10/2017 Paint out Norwich En Plein Air 2017 Exhibition.
Norwich Cathedral Hostry. Norwich, Norfolk, UK
17/09/17 Wells Paint out 2017 Pop up Exhibition.
The Buttlands, The Green, Wells on Sea, Norfolk.
15/12/2015 - 29/12/2015 The Art of Norwich Exhibition.
St Margarets Church of Art, Norwich, Norfolk, UK