I’m a covid artist and just started painting 3 1/2 years ago. I love painting portraits in oils and especially dark complexions as I spend a few months a year in St Lucia.

Gerry discovered and fell in love with printmaking after visiting an exhibition of relief prints in Bath in 2012. She works solely in linocut enjoying the mindfullness of mark-making and rigorous process of printmaking, most often using the reduction technique to produce multi-layered multi-coloured prints. Her work typically depicts her fondness for British wildlife; birds, flowers, countryside and above all, colour.
She is a member of Oxford Art Society. Gerry teaches Linocut workshops at her home studio. She exhibits and sells at local exhibitions throughout South Oxfordshire, including Thame Art Crawl, Henley Arts Trail and Oxfordshire Artweeks. She also sells online in the UK and internationally. Her print “Clarinet; Lines and spaces” was selected for Royal Academy summer exhibition in 2024.

I studied Graphic and Advertising Design at the Berkshire College of Art in the exciting years of late 60’s
I made a career in advertising and since retirement I have joined HACG enjoying many workshops and exhibitions , learning and being inspired by others. I enjoy working in all media and always carry a camera on my travels, finding my own photographs a great inspiration to paint. I would describe my work as ‘loose’ probably learnt from my training as a visualiser rather than an illustrator.

I have been drawing and painting all my life, I studied at Oxford Brooks University and have a degree in Graphic Design which was my profession before I retired.

I've been with the HA&GG for over 30 years a Full member with the RGA for about the same time.

Painting with oils is now my favourite medium, but also love mixed media and pastels when experimenting.

I've been a member of the Society of Equine Artists for nearly 10 years and every year go on a week long workshop painting horses either in Porlock, Durdham or at the Munnings Museum in Dedham Suffolk. We keep in touch throughout the year on a monthly painting challenge with zoom and our facebook page.

I go to a friend's studio every week when possible in Henley painting large landscapes.
At home I paint for myself or on commissions painting horses dogs or any animal is fine with me.

I was the slightly awkward, partially sighted kid who was quick to defend others but crumbled when comments were aimed at me, no self-confidence. I was very aware that I see the world so differently from those around me.

Then, at college, my art teacher told me not to worry so much about it as “most people just look but only a few really see”. Thanks to her, I started to learn to really see the world around me.

Then in October 2015, my perspective on life changed dramatically. Cycling home one day I was knocked off my bike by another cyclist and was knocked out cold. I had suffered a TBI, a traumatic brain injury. After years of recovery focusing at first on learning to talk properly again and basic things like remembering to eat and wash, I started to loose myself in my art again.

Art was my escape, a chance to forget about what had happened and put the day-to-day slog of dealing with chronic fatigue to one side, and just be me. I learnt to slow down.

Now I want to share my story and hopefully my art will encourage others to follow their passion. And just maybe this shy girl has had a little confidence knocked into her! Welcome to how I see the world. I hope you like it.