TALK
‘Wild Wood Art’
with TANYA HINTON
Free to members | £3 Guests
Includes hot drinks and biscuits.
Please arrive early and be seated for a 10:00 start.
Tables are available for the Friday Art Club painting during the talk.
Tanya is a full-time artist who paints birds and wildlife on reclaimed wood at her studio in Bull Mill Studio Gallery, Warminster. She also has a naughty habit of painting birds and animals on boarded-up shop windows in Warminster to the delight of everyone who lives there. She will give an hour-long talk about her work and methods, and bring in some samples for everyone to see.
“ Legends, mythology, and Norse myths especially inspire me. Sometimes there is a direct link between the animal I paint and the legendary character I name them after; other times, I just feel the essence of such a character is suggested in a certain creature. ”
About Tanya
I was brought up in a very creative ‘Bohemian’ household. My father was an artist who established a highly successful business, sculpting and manufacturing model soldiers. Under his guidance, I learned about handling paint, colour mixing and attention to detail at a very early age. My mother was an artist’s model, and many of my parents’ creative friends would visit. Often left to my own devices in our ramshackle, rundown house by the Thames, I learned to entertain myself, and that has stayed with me. Certainly not a conventional upbringing by any stretch of the imagination! Since then, I have always been involved in creative work: painting, ceramics and as an artist’s model.
Having painted on canvas for many years, I discovered working on wood around eight years ago and have not looked back. Each piece is a ready-made landscape. I take the wood, see the landscape presented and paint what I feel is appropriate for the wood. A habitat for a wild and beautiful animal.
Whilst many of the creatures I paint are British, I am increasingly inspired by the Arctic and by Norse legends. The wood is all found, discarded or donated. Some pieces are hundreds of years old. Whilst the animals could possibly be painted again, each piece of wood is unique, with its own history. This means every piece is a complete one-off!
I have exhibited my work at various galleries and events, including Wylye Valley Art Trail; Fisherton Mill, Salisbury; Dorset Art Weeks; Shaftesbury Art Centre; First View Gallery, Stourhead: The Art Agency Gallery, Esher, John Leach, Somerset.
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