Trisha Hardwick - Exhibiting History & Biography

Trisha Hardwick - Artists biography & Exhibition history

Trisha Hardwick - Exhibiting History & Biography

Exhibiting history - followed by Biography

Exhibiting history

Contemporary Fine Art Eton - 'Form London' Olympia Feb

Contemporary Fine Art Eton - '20-21' Int Art Fair Royal College of Art Feb

Wren Gallery - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea March

Wren Gallery - Northern Art Show Harrogate

Contemporary Fine Art Eton - Chelsea Art Fair

Wren Gallery - Bristol Affordable Art Fair May

Wren Gallery - Essentially English - June

Kranenburg Fine Art Solo Exhibition September 2008 'Moments of Magic'

Kranenburg Fine Art - Spring Exhibition

Reubens Gallery - Chester Contemporary

Reubens Gallery - Affordable Art Fair Battersea

Wren Gallery - Newcastle Gateshead Art Fair

Reubens Gallery - Newcastle Gateshead Art Fair

Wren Gallery - Essentially English - June

Kranenburg Fine Art - Summer

Wren Gallery - Solo Exhibition Sept 9

Contemporary Fine Art Eton - Winter

Kranenburg Fine Art - Christmas Exhibition

Wren Gallery - Christmas Exhibitionon

Reubens Gallery - Chester Fine Art & Antiques

Reubens Gallery - Affordable Art Fair Battersea

Reubens Gallery- Affordable Art Fair Bristol

Penman Solent Art Fair - Reubens Gallery

Wren Gallery - Essentially English Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander London - Summer

Kranenburg Fine Art Solo Exhibition 'Lost in the Moment'

Wren Gallery - Christmas Exhibition

Kranenburg Fine Art - Winter Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander London - Winter

Reubens Gallery Affordable Art Fair Battersea

Reubens Gallery Affordable Art Fair Bristol

Kranenburg Fine Art Solo exhibition 'Moments in Time'

Reubens Gallery Cafe 2005 Edinburgh (November)

Kranenburg Fine Art Christmas exhibition (November)

Killarney Gallery Christmas Exhibition (Dec)

Reubens Gallery Affordable Art Fair Battersea

Reubens Gallery Affordable Art Fair Bristol

Llewellyn Alexander, London. Summer.

Reubens Gallery Solo Exhibition 'A Public Show of Affection'

Kranenburg Fine Art Oban - Christmas Exhibition

Affordable Art Fair London, with Reubens Gallery

Chelsea Art Fair, with Reubens Gallery

Affordable Art Fair Bristol, with Reubens Gallery

Kranenburg Fine Art Oban, 'True At First Light' 3 person exhibition

Holland & Holland New York, 'High Stakes & Still Life' 3 person exhibition

Reubens Gallery Solo exhibition 'Up Close & Personal'

Kranenburg Fine Art - Christmas Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander London - Winter Exhibition

Reubens Gallery - Affordable Art Fair London

Kranenburg Fine Art, Oban - Spring Exhibition

Reubens Gallery - Concept For Living - Tatton Park

Llewellyn Alexander - Summer Exhibition

Kranenburg Fine Art Oban - Summer Exhibition

Reubens Gallery - Christmas Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander - Winter Exhibition

Kranenburg Fine Art Oban - Christmas Exhibition

BSP Spring Exhibition (Winning 7th Public award)

Manya Igel Fine Arts

BSP Summer Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander - Summer

Reubens Gallery - Solo Exhibition 'Life But Not Still'

BSP Christmas Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander - Christmas Exhibition

BSP Spring exhibition

Reubens Gallery Leeds - Solo Exhibition 'Colour & Light'

BSP Christmas Exhibition

Manya Igel Fine Arts

BSP Spring - Autumn - Winter exhibitions

BSP G Mex Centre Manchester

Llewellyn Alexander Summer

Gascoigne Gallery Christmas Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander Christmas

Manya Igel Fine Arts

Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

BSP - G Mex Centre, Manchester

Llewellyn Alexander London - Summer

BSP Winter Exhibition

Llewellyn Alexander - Christmas

These five years were taken up with the BSP exhibitions

at Ilkley and completing a vast amount of work commissioned

for prints, cards, plates etc., through her then licensing agent.

The agency also bought for resale, any available originals.

Middlesbrough Art Gallery - Solo exhibition

British Society of Painters - Spring

Solo exhibition -School Aycliffe County Durham

Solo exhibition -School Aycliffe County Durham.

The number of paintings produced each year is not huge - due to the time it takes to complete a painting. Demand, which has been growing steadily over recent years, often exceeds the amount of work available, and commissions can rarely be undertaken.

Materials are carefully chosen and sourced. Paint is of the finest quality and often includes rare and genuine colours such as Vermilion, Lapis etc. Fine linen and cotton are used for stretched canvases and the specially prepared panels, and sometimes, copper. The paint is built up in layers over many days or weeks, resulting in the paintings which incorporate detailed realism with painterly qualities, and stop short of photorealism.

Size of work is normally from 9"x7" up to approximately 30"x36", and on occasion, larger. Colour and light play a large part in the paintings, and although the work is firmly rooted in traditional methods and materials, it is very much 'of this century' being brought into present day focus by various degrees of modern colour combinations and subject matter.

It is always the intention that the paintings will invoke positive emotions and feelings with the viewer.

Trisha was born in North East England in 1949 and from an early age, drawing and colouring became a favourite pastime and most successful subject in school. This was, at that time regarded as a leisure pursuit.

However, her parents seemed to know that she would eventually do something artistic or classical -

as was the case with a lot of small girls, she attended ballet classes in the junior school years, and was later sent to piano lessons, which proved not to be her 'forte'.

As she was a highly regarded member of both school and church choirs, her parents were delighted to have her accepted for voice training, something at which she excelled and thoroughly enjoyed. It was hoped that, with luck, she would one day sing at Covent Garden Opera. It was not to be - the music revolution of the sixties, and all that went with it, plus the meeting of her future husband distracted her from opera & classical music.

A brief and disillusioning encounter with art college led to a clerical career that progressed to the position of company buyer. It was just before Christmas 1984, shopping for gifts to give to her two sons, that she saw a starter set of paints and was given them as a gift from her parents. Painting, from that Christmas Day, became addictive and by the end of 1985 those early efforts resulted in colleagues ordering small paintings as Christmas gifts for the princely sum of £10. At this point, she would never have imagined where this would eventually lead.

Now married for over 40 years with two adult sons, it was her husband who, in 1989 persuaded her to give up regular paid employment to develop her painting skills - quite a risk at the time, but one which has never been regretted, as each succeeding year has seen steady progress.

During this time, she has explored many different mediums, materials and subject matter. In the beginning it was almost like the children's story 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' - selling a painting would provide the materials to paint and frame two more and so on. Friends arranged a local solo exhibition which was a great success, as was an exhibition at Middlesbrough Art Gallery.

She began to exhibit with The British Society of Painters at their Ilkley exhibitions in West Yorkshire, quickly becoming a sought after artist at their various shows, and winning a record 7 awards for best artist.

She was accepted by a licensing agent within 6 months and for many years produced a varied range of work for greetings cards, prints, collectors plates etc., all of which sold extremely well, and her style became easily recognizable.

It became apparent that her use of colour and light were the true strength in her still life paintings, and early in 1998 began to develop the now familiar, more simplified compositions that have led to such successes as having work accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and various prestigious galleries throughout the UK, USA and Europe.

Her first major solo exhibition was at Reubens Gallery, Leeds in the Autumn of 2000. A tremendous experience, with some visitors vowing to be outside the door for the opening of the next exhibition.

The second solo exhibition, arranged for October/November 2001, was an even greater success than the first. People did indeed arrive early to the preview, where over half of the paintings on show were sold within a few hours, and by the end of the exhibition almost all of the paintings had been sold.

A 3rd Solo exhibition: 'Up Close & Personal' which also featured the first nine larger than life fruit paintings opened in October 2003, and was an unprecedented success

In September 2003, her work had it's first appearance in New York at the Holland & Holland Store Gallery.

The October 2004 4th solo exhibition 'A Public Show of Affection' had a queue forming before the preview opening, and saw 3/4 of the paintings sold in less than an hour.

In 2005 & 2006, Oban in Scotland was the venue for the 5th & 6th solo exhibitions, at Kranenburg Fine Art, with another opening in September 2008.

The 2007 solo exhibition was with Wren Gallery in September 2007 - a second being scheduled there for 2009.

Details of venues can be found on the EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES page. Images of paintings to be shown will be added whenever possible.

Work is produced in oils on linen, canvas, board and occasionally, copper or heavy quality paper. Subject matter is usually still life incorporating fruit, china and, less frequently at present, flowers.

The paintings appeal to a wide audience, as depending on the approach to each new piece, together with the frame; it can sit quite comfortably in both modern and traditional settings. See Reviews 'Fruits of Labour'

The paintings are in collections worldwide.

and may not be used in any form without permission