Shirley Trevena has always tried to break the rules of conventional watercolour painting and over the years she has developed a wonderfully loose way of painting using a dynamic palette of colours. She has an international reputation and is regarded as one of Britain’s most innovative artists in the medium. She has been a member of the Royal institute of Painters in Watercolours since 1994 and is author of 3 best selling books: Taking Risks with watercolour, Vibrant Watercolours and Breaking the Rules of watercolour. Shirley Trevena. 2-clocks-the-pea-pod-man. How and when did you discover that you are an artist? When I was very young all I wanted to do was draw, but somehow my parents did not agree with me going to art school to get a formal art education and so I ended up working in an office. Was it a long way to watercolor medium or it was the love from the first sight? In the 1980’s my husband brought me a small watercolour paint box and I took to it straight away. Shirley Trevena. Blue China. Is your painting process completely intuitive? Having had no formal art training, when I first started painting it definitely was all about intuition, but the more I have learnt about putting paint down the less intuitive the work becomes. I love to work hard at experimenting and moving on to save the work from becoming stale. Shirley Trevena. Black-Gloves-Goldfish Do you use certain rules or you only “break” them? It’s hard not to hang on to your own rules, but I do like to work out of my comfort zone at times. Shirley Trevena. Dilemma Of What To Paint What is more important attitude for the artist: to know how to do or to feel that it won`t work this way? You can learn so much from your mistakes. Even though you know something may not work, it’s good to try it. Is your painting more interpretation than copying the model? The model is just information for me to interpret into my own colour and form. Shirley Trevena. Dark Vase Of Lilies What is your alarm to stop working at the painting? When do you know it is ready? When my eyes can roam around the composition and feel each part is balanced. If my eye jumps to one small part I know something is wrong. Shirley Trevena. Chateau De Castelnaud Dordogne Does your inspiration comes from a model or you get into the right mood and arrange the model for your painting? Inspiration can start anywhere. Just seeing a friend in a purple jacket sit next to a yellow cushion can make me want to use those colours in the next painting. Is there a connection between your painting approach and music? Not generally. Sometimes i get too involved in both and find it hard to separate the emotions. Shirley Trevena. Disguises In Small Houses Is there a special significance of white space always left in your painting? I love the sparkle of small white spaces. It leaves the viewer with a feeling of the picture not quite finished, rather like a drawing, a direct link to the artist. Shirley Trevena. Four Bunches Of Anemones You don`t have much of figurative painting. Do you feel more comfortable in still life? For the first 3 years of my painting life I did figure painting and then moved on to still life. I have just recently completed a few new figurative pieces. Shirley Trevena. Still Llife On C Check Cloth How do you work on composition? I do not draw out a composition on my paper before putting paint down. Sometimes I do a very small sketch. The composition just evolves. Shirley Trevena in her studio. What is more important for the artist while painting: concentration or relaxation? For me there is no such thing as relaxation. When it comes to creating a painting the concentration is intense. Shirley Trevena. Three Friends Do you teach your students some concrete rules or your aim is to make them paint how they feel? I have recently given up teaching, but when I did teach I always wanted the students to express themselves and find their own mark. You can read an article about Shirley Trevena as well as a big publication about Thomas W. Schaller inApril issue of Watercolor Artist magazine. http://www.shirleytrevena.com/
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Shirley Trevenna is a British artist, internationally renowned for her watercolours of still lifes, flowers and landscape imagery. She has a strong abstract approach and seems to me to fit the description, popularised by Kees van Aalst, of ' Realistic Abstracts". She has been in the top rank of watercolour artists for many years, although she might well be also considered a mixed media artist. Some years ago , when I was flitting from artist to artist - I never intended to copy other artists, rather be influenced by them - I soon realised how difficult her style and approach was to emulate. Very feminine also. I have seen a few paintings - not many - by one or two other female artists which resonate with her style. I bought 'Taking Risks with Watercolour (Collins 2004)', both the book and DVD www.townhousefilms.co.uk. The book was listed as being with 'Albert Jackson' and may have been her first (although she is now 79). Other books are ''Vibrant Watercolours (2006), 'Breaking the Rules of Watercolour' (2012) and 'Shirley Trevenna Watercolours' (2015) All still available. There are also more DVDs from Townhouse and Pulsar Productions www.pulsarproductions.com No Craig Young palettes here but this image is not that recent. In the first book she lists her basic kit as Artists Quality watercolours - Daler Rowney are shown in the photographs - but emphasises she is flexible , is no restricted palette supporter and particularly likes the then new synthetic watercolours being introduced for their intensity and brightness. I imagine she may well be into Daniel Smith these days. She used water soluble inks as well. Her brush choices are rounds , nothing larger than a number 10 but also cheaper brushes including Chinese. I have noticed that Rosemary is offering a Shirley Trevenna Kolinsky Sable set. Four short handled Series 22 (Rosemarys top range) sizes 2,4, 6 and 8 for £75. This is actually slighter cheaper than the prices of the four individual brushes. She also uses pencils, oil pastels, pens and drawing sticks and texture medium.You get the picture - breaking the rules! Many of her paintings are obviously mixed media but watercolour predominates. In a later video she is using Winsor & Newton watercolours and has made up a large series of swatches, What more can I say? She likes good quality paper for the 'majority' of her paintings 140 to 300lb. I should think a not surface, but likes smoother paper for drawing. I think I will leave it there as there is a mass of material about her on the web, youtube etc, including a huge number of her paintings so you are spoilt for choice if you wish to explore further. Like many good artists I am sure she has continued to evolve so some of the information above may have been superseded. Enough to wet your appetite?
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Gallery The Rutland Gallery Exhibition - 1st to 29th June 2024 The paintings will be available to purchase online from 10.30 on Saturday 4th May 2024 at https://www.rutlandgallery.com/shirley-trevena-exhibition Retrospective
Working like Shirley Trevena: Breaking the Rules... Last Tuesday the Aquarellistas started with the first part of a DVD that Agnès kindly lent us. A film in which we see the lovely Shirley Trevena set up a watercolour painting, in her own, breathtaking and unconventional style. Part of the still life we used After the first chapters of the film (we'll see the other part next time) we set out working in the same, free style, meaning that we skipped 'drawing first', as well as the idea that everything needs to be neat, or planned... ...we sprinkled paint and water on things, we combed, brushed and sponged our work, we used plumes instead of brushes, we dabbed with kitchenpaper, we scratched with watercolourpencils over sanding paper, on our work... ...well, I can't remeber it all, but we got dirty and clearly we all had a great time experimenting and purposely messing around with the materials! Also, we concentrated on composition, in the Shirley-way: we didn't care about perspective, but made our composition work for us, using colours, contrasts and shapes from a still life as our leading principle... The first results (but, like Shirley we will work long hours on this project to get everything out of it) are exciting! We have not taken the work home like we usually do, to finish it there, no we left it in the Hangar and will go on nex time. We'll see the rest of the movie - which deals with finishing your painting, finishing the composition by 'destroying' parts and more... The pictures shown here are just parts of the paintings that have been created As you can see they are all interesting and full of contrast and spontaneous shapes. And still very different from each other! They will change completely in the coming weeks...
The artist presents a selection of her works, discussing her sources of inspiration, her painting techniques, and the methods by which she builds her compositions and creates her unique color combinations.
Gallery The Rutland Gallery Exhibition - 1st to 29th June 2024 The paintings will be available to purchase online from 10.30 on Saturday 4th May 2024 at https://www.rutlandgallery.com/shirley-trevena-exhibition Retrospective
Painting of many long-stemmed Poppies in warm tones against a neutral background.
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Shirley Trevena is a much loved mixed media artist, tutor and writer of art books. She has worked as a professional painter for 25 years having quit her job in local government in order to pursue her real passion of painting. Her works are stunning, colour filled expressions of a love of life. The exuberance that bursts out of the work is the child of a relentless curiosity to always break the rules and ignore the conventions of traditional painting. She constantly asks herself ‘what will happen if I apply the colour like this?’ or ‘what happens if I lay this colour with this colour’ and more often than not the results are exciting, distinctive, and captivating. Shirley has been a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour since 1994 and regularly exhibits at the Mall Galleries in London. She is the author of 3 best selling books: Taking Risks with Watercolour, Vibrant Watercolours and Breaking the Rules of Watercolour, and has also produced 3 DVDs ‘Taking Risks with Watercolour’, ‘My World of Watercolour‘ and ‘Breaking The Rules of Watercolour‘. Lisa: Were you keen on art as a child and have you always painted? Shirley: Drawing was about the only thing ...
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Shirley Trevena is a much loved mixed media artist, tutor and writer of art books. She has worked as a professional painter for 25 years having quit her job in local government in order to pursue her real passion of painting. Her works are stunning, colour filled expressions of a love of life. The exuberance that bursts out of the work is the child of a relentless curiosity to always break the rules and ignore the conventions of traditional painting. She constantly asks herself ‘what will happen if I apply the colour like this?’ or ‘what happens if I lay this colour with this colour’ and more often than not the results are exciting, distinctive, and captivating. Shirley has been a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour since 1994 and regularly exhibits at the Mall Galleries in London. She is the author of 3 best selling books: Taking Risks with Watercolour, Vibrant Watercolours and Breaking the Rules of Watercolour, and has also produced 3 DVDs ‘Taking Risks with Watercolour’, ‘My World of Watercolour‘ and ‘Breaking The Rules of Watercolour‘. Lisa: Were you keen on art as a child and have you always painted? Shirley: Drawing was about the only thing ...
This listing is for a print of my original watercolor painting of a young sparrow. Paper Size: 5" by 7" Portrait orientation This print is printed on matte fine art 64lb paper with pigment inks. Paper has 100% Cotton rag content and is acid free. Print easily displays within a standard 8 x 10 inch mat. Any watermark shown will not appear on your print. Reference photo for original watercolor painting by Aschi. Please note: Colors will vary slightly due to calibration differences in monitors. Print is not matted or framed. It is signed on the back by myself. This print will be shipped in a padded envelope with a backing board and clear protective sleeve. Thanks for looking!
This listing is for a 5x7 inch print of my original watercolor painting of a Sandhill Crane titled "Flounce." Photo reference for original photo by Dana C. Print has portrait orientation and is cropped to fit standard paper/mat combination. Size: Paper Size: 5 by 7 inches - print is borderless. Print fits a standard 8 x 10 inch frame with mat. This print is printed on matte finished fine art paper with pigment inks. Paper has 100% Cotton rag content and is acid free. Any watermark shown will not appear on your print. Please note: Colors will vary slightly due to calibration differences in monitors. Print is unmatted and unframed. It is signed on the back by myself. Thanks for looking!
11 x 8.5 Mixed Media on Paper
Part 2 of the Watercolor Cocktails - including Espress Martini, Dirty Shirley, glass of white wine and many more-, all painted in Procreate. This colorful set will make a great Cocktail Menu and can be used on a variety of products! In case you need another drink - please let me know and I will paint it and I will create it for you for 15 EUR. I T E M • D E T A I L S Digital download - after the purchase, you will receive the link to download 19 files PNG files without background (no physical items will be sent). Resolution of each image is a least 1500 x 2000 pixels (usually more). Please note that for instant downloads refunds are not available. 300 DPI, RGB T E R M S • O F • U S E You can create products for personal use. For Commercial use, please purchase Commercial Licence: You are not allowed to share, resell or distribute graphics on a standalone basis.
Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa), by Rosie Sanders For more info or to download the catalogue: http://www.jonathancooper.co.uk/exhibitions/8/overview See the Press Release here.
Meet the Artist I was born in Brixton, London. My mother and her mother were both dancers and singers. My father worked in the making of fantastic films and television. My background as
Dirty Shirley? Art Print is a print of a my hand drawn, watercolor painting featuring six dirty Shirley cocktails in ornate glassware and the text, “Dirty Shirley?”. It is printed on a cold press, watercolor textured paper. Acid free, archival, and very sturdy with a matte finish. They are quickly shipped in both a plastic protective sleeve and a rigid mailer to ensure its safety during shipping. Each print is made to order- printed, cut, and packaged by hand in my home. Sizes: 5x7, 8x10, 11x14Please note! No frame is included- they are just the physical print but are ready to be framed in your own style of frame.*This is a reproduction of the original watercolor painting. Colors may differ between screens among screens and monitors.*
