Jo Beer

I am based in .
Taught by Vincent Wilson ( Penryn & Newlyn school of artists) my work has self developed since A level.
I love to paint people. There's no such thing as an ordinary person, everyone has something extraordinary about them... something that makes them stand out from the next person.
Always in oil, I love the silky fluidity of the paint. I also love detail, the little quirks that turn a portrait into a study, pattern, tattoos, piercings, lines.
I enjoy the unconventional, people that grab my attention, unusual composition, sometimes with plain background, sometimes with a pattern that I choose. I paint everyday folk that I stumble across, and celebrities that I admire.

I regularly undertake private commissions and these can easily be arranged, for more details please email curator@saatchiart.com

I have twice featured on Sky Art's Portrait Artist of the Year resulting in my work being featured in their book A Little Book of Portraits produced from that series.

Thank you for looking.

Saltash, A level Art, taught by Vincent Wilson ( one of the Newlyn Sch of artists) - self developed since then.

2022 October- mid December 'Tom, Dick & Harry' solo exhibition Theatre Royal Gallery, Plymouth. UK
2019 October 'On The Face Of It' solo show TRP Gallery, Devon, UK 2018 September. Atelier an der Donau, Ybbs, Austria...residency
2018 9th July - 14 August 'Future Pathways' Cube 3 Gallery,Portland Sq, Plymouth, Devon.UK
2018 April 19 'Celebrate Life', The Harbour House, Kingsbridge, Devon. UK
2017 July ' String of Theories' Cube 3, Gallery, Devon UK. 2016 August 'Fleshy' solo exhibition. Theatre Royal Plymouth, Devon.
2016 July Forms of Consciousness, Cube3 Gallery, Devon. 2015 July 'Unconscious Dialogue' exhibition, Cube3 Gallery, Plymouth.
2015 March 'Portraiture' juried exhibition, Linus Gallery, Pasadena,CA
2014 Sept - Nov'Plymouth Adorned' Theatre Royal Gallery, Devon. Solo portrait exhibition.
2013 July - finalist in Sky HD Portrait Artist of The Year 2013 June - The Saltash Ferryman unveiled. Jo is part of the team that created a Heritage Lottery Funded public sculpture to conserve the history of the f...