Wendy Jones - Artist Profile

Brought up and educated in Cumbria and the Northeast, Wendy specialised in Art while studying in Durham to be a secondary school teacher. After gaining a Distinction, she spent a year in London, studying Art and Pottery while taking a year-long drawing course at Camberwell School of Art.

After qualifying, Wendy soon moved into primary education, eventually becoming a Head Teacher and gaining a MA. Nevertheless she continued to paint and develop her distinctive styles.

Fascinated by design concepts, Wendy has been influenced by patterns and designs in Middle Eastern and Oriental fabrics and carpets, by native Australian dreamtime styles, and lately by the natural world. Her work shows an astonishing diversity of appearance and theme but always celebrates her love of colour - sometimes gentle, sometimes dramatic, always deeply relevant to her subject.

Wendy lives in North Yorkshire, painting with oils, acrylics, and mixed media, and creating her Venetian style carnival masks. Wendy has exhibited in the Northeast, the Midlands and Yorkshire; her work has been sold to private collections in Britain and abroad. She has undertaken several private commissions.

In January 2008, Wendy moved her studio from Farfield Mill Arts and Heritage Centre to Unit A2, Sedbury Hall Stables, near Richmond, North Yorkshire. It is down a drive after turning left off the westbound A66, near Scotch Corner on the A1. Visitors are very welcome, but it is best to phone first to 01765 602680 or 01748 850405 to avoid disappointment.