Felicity Flutter RI
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Statement
Felicity is primarily a watercolour painter, living not far from the coast near Rye, she finds inspiration in the sea and all its many moods and changes of weather. She has a degree in Graphic Design, is a member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art which holds both regional and London exhibitions. A member of the Wilderness Art Collective, a group of creatives, artists, explorers and environmentalists whose work discusses the natural world and promotes preservation and care through art and other creative endeavours.
Methodology
“I work from a small initial sketch and photographs often taken on the beach during a gale; back in my studio, I compose my work in Photoshop, splicing and manipulating my images and adjusting tone, colour, light and shade. From this reference, I then start painting, building up many thin glazes of transparent paint, using both wet into wet and wet on dry techniques, giving a sense of colour and depth, often finishing with a dry brush and opaque white wave highlights and splashes. I often combine pencil drawing with my watercolours to create extra random marks.”
Bio
2004 - present day - exhibited at the Mall Galleries with the Society of Women Artists, RI Water Colours,
ING Discerning Eye, Royal Society of Marine Artists.
2009 - 21st Century Watercolours - Open Exhibition, Bankside, London.
2014 - present day - Member of the SGFA exhibiting at the Menier Gallery, Bankside and Mall Galleries / RBSA / Kevis House Gallery, Petworth / Black Swan Arts, Somerset / Hull University Library / Bishops Palace, Wells / Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich / Watts Gallery, Guildford.
2016 - SGFA Associates Award for Best Painting.
2018 - 2022 - Patchings Festival Nottingham, Bath Society of Artists, Royal West Academy Bristol, Rye Society of Artists and Kent Painters Group.
2019 - 2022 Group exhibitions at the Gallery Holt, Norfolk.
2020 - Six page feature in Artist & Illustrators Magazine.
2020 Accepted Member of the Wilderness Art Collective.
2021 - ‘The Sea’ group exhibition at Portside Gallery Bristol.
2022 - First Prize Winner International Watercolour Masters.
2022 - Elected as a Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
2024 - Elected as Council Member of Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
2024 - May, International Watercolour Masters, Lillishall Hall, Shropshire.
2024 - September, Exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society with Wilderness Art Collective.