Tina studied Fine Art at Exeter College of Art and Design, gaining an honours degree in Fine Art and Sculpture
She has been painting and drawing for as long as she can remember. As a young girl, her family say her only interest was playing with a paint brush. With much encouragement even from this tender age, she developed a fine command of both acrylic and oil painting. Acrylic dominates, as it allows her to capture spontaneously the endlessly changing mood and light of the Exe Estuary, which she views from her studio window. This forms a central theme to her work. Her paintings never tire, they are reflective and calming - a perfect foil for today’s stressful world.
"Each day holds a new adventure and a sense of excitement. The daubs of paint on my palette are quickly mixed to create the unique, ever changing atmosphere that lies beyond my window. The powerful skies with the colours and movement, create a frenzy with the paintbrush. My ideal time being early morning with its fresh brightness and evening light with magical sunsets."
Her soft dreamy style and palette is reminiscent of Turner. Tina's paintings never tire, they are reflective and calming - a perfect foil for today’s stressful worlde developed a fine command of both acrylic and oil painting.
Drawn to the coast, you can often find Tina painting ‘en plein air’ or in her studio on the edge of the Exe Estuary, inspired by the ever changing light conditions, she is captivated by the mood and feeling by the sea.
“Each day holds a new adventure and a sense of excitement. The daubs of paint on my palette are quickly mixed to create the unique, ever changing atmosphere that lies beyond my window. The powerful skies with the colours and movement, create a frenzy with the paintbrush. My ideal time being early morning with its fresh brightness and evening light with magical sunsets.”
Her soft dreamy style and palette is reminiscent of Turner. Tina’s paintings never tire, they are reflective and calming – a perfect foil for today’s stressful world.
Elected to The Society of Women’s Artists (SWA), perhaps her greatest accolade was in the winning of the President’s Prize at the 150th anniversary show against 8000 other entrants from around the world. Her work is hung in private collections including that of HRH Princess Michael of Kent and in the Palace of Westminster.
