Lot 73 - Bess Harding - Not The First
Lot 73 - Bess Harding - Not The First
Lot 73 - Bess Harding - Not The First

Lot 73 - Bess Harding - Not The First

Oil Paint on Paper

2022

A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork

Signed on Verso

ARTIST INFO

 

About 

 

Bess Harding is an artist and illustrator, based in Worthing, West Sussex. Always creative, it took a few years of experimenting with different media to find her niche. 
 
She has been painting with oils since 2016, and is most interested in still life, with the odd seascape and landscape, and a more recent foray into semi-abstract work. She seeks to capture a feeling of calm grace and quiet composure no matter what the subject. 

 

Education 

 

Self-taught 

 

Select Exhibitions/Awards 

 

Columbia Threadneedle Art Prize (2018) 
Society of Women Artists annual exhibition (2019) 
Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition (2020) - Dry Red Press Award 
ING Discerning Eye annual exhibition (2021) 
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2022) 

 

Gallery Representation 

 

Carina Haslam Art, Buckinghamshire 
The Mulberry Tree Gallery, Dorset 
Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Hampshire  
The Art Buyer, Surrey 

 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork   

 

Part of an ongoing series of 'Stolen Stems', flowers pilfered from gardens & hedgerows, and taped to a wall to sit for a portrait. 

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