Cheryll Kinsley Potter

Tavistock, Devon, United Kingdom

About Cheryll Kinsley Potter

Born in 1950 in Aldershot Hampshire I am a much travelled British Artist, Currently living in Tavistock, Devon. Formerly Toulon, South of France after 12 years in Oughterard, County Galway, at the gateway to the most beautiful place in the world, Connemara, West of Ireland. I spent my most formative years living in Europe and the Far and Middle east. I am drawn to and inspired by trees, their manifestation in the landscape and how they change through the seasons, from Country to country

Education:

I started my formal art training, age 10 at a convent school in Belgium.For one whole day a week I was learning all about light and shade, tone and line, and how to see colours, by a nearly blind Nun!I went to Northwich School of Art and Design at the age of 16 and did a two year foundation course. In 1968 I went to St. Martins School of Art for my Dip AD and graduated in 1971. Exhibitions... Five Women Artists at the Camden Arts centre, London, Mediteranian Landscapes with CCA Galleries, Dover Street,Coincidences at the Europaisches Kulturzentrum, Cologne and Myth and Landscape at the Kenny Gallery, Galway,

Events:

Future Shows: I am in the process of a new body of work featuring the trees in the Tamar Valley, Devon and finishing my work on the parasol pines of the French Mediterranean which I am exhibiting at St Endellion, Cornwall March10 to 25 then on to Truro Cathedral April 08 to May 08

Exhibitions:

St Endellion, Cornwall March 2018 solo
Truro Cathedral April 2018 solo
Currently on Screen at the Saatchi Gallery, Second Floor... mixed

St Nicholas Church Galway City 2004...solo

Kenny Gallery Galway City 2001 ...solo

1990 Mediterranean Landscapes with CCA Galleries 1992..mixed

5 Women Artists in Camden 1988...mixed

Underground Cafe Camden Town....solo

Tiny Tim Restaurant Camden Town....solo