Margaret Mee

My formal art training was in Ceramics and sculpture has always been a great inspiration and influence in my work. My work as an art and photography teacher enables me to explore a wide variety of subjects and mediums. This and the young people I work with ensure that I am kept open to fresh ideas and new concepts When I first moved to the Chilterns the landscape had quite an impact on my work and abstract landscapes featured heavily. After a period of reassessment I have returned to working predominantly with the figure which has always been a constant throughout my art career. My drawings concern power and force, capturing strength as well as beauty of the human form. Close interaction of figures creates a powerful intimacy and tension. My starting points vary. Sometimes it will be the sculptural forms created by bone, muscle and sinew other times the raw energy and power of movement are my starting point and the marks I put down on paper echo the force of the opposing players or the intimacy of dance or combat.. The medium of Graphite, pastels and charcoal allows fluid and dynamic strokes whilst allowing me to create an almost physical quality in the definition of the figures. Within my ink and colour work I will often try to ...

EDUCATION/CAREERMember of the Pressmore Studio Art Group. Teacher of Art and Photography Artist Teacher Scheme Oxford Brooks 2008-9BA (Hons) Ceramics University of Wolverhampton, graduated 1995EXHIBITIONS AND WORK AVAILABLE FOR SALENov.2009Windsor Arts FairSept 2009Traces, Ovada Gallery OxfordSpring 2009The House Gallery, OlneySpecial Woods Exhibition, Hat Factory, Luton judged best in exhibitionAtrium Gallery, Uxbridge Drawing Room Gallery CheshamSummer 2008Arts Festival, Eden Centre High WycombeArt In The Town, BuckinghamMarch 2008 Zeros and Ones Fairfields Arts Centre, BasingstokeJanuary 2008Life Force, Solo Exhibition, Wycombe SwanSummer 2007Mill House Farm Artists, Group exhibition Bucks Open studiosSummer 2006Woodley Hill Art, Solo Exhibition, Bucks Open StudiosSolo Exhibition, One Eleven Gallery, Berkhampsted,

2014/15 Here, Bekhampsted
2014 Resonance, Bucks Open Studios
Candid Arts Gallery, London
2013 Insight, Group Show, Bankside Gallery London
Harefiled Hospital, Rickmansworth
Reavel, Group show, Beldam Gallery, Uxbridge
2012 United Society of Artists Open Exhibition, Menier Gallery London
2011 Solo Exhibition Bar Roosh, Uxbridge
The Courtyard Gallery, Wendover
Amersham Art Gallery
United Society of Artists Open Exhibition, Menier Gallery London
2010 Pressmore Studio Group Exhibition
2009 Windsor Arts Fair
Traces, Ovada Gallery Oxford
The House Gallery, Olney
Special Woods Exhibition, Hat Factory, Luton – judged best in exhibition
Atrium Gallery, Uxbridge, Drawing Room Gallery Chesham
2008 Arts Festival, Eden Centre High Wycombe, ‘Art In The Town’, Buckingham
‘Zeros and Ones’ Fairfields Arts Centre, Basingstoke
‘Life Force’, Solo Exhibition, Wycombe Swan
2007 Mill House Farm Artists, Group exhibition Bucks Open studios
2006 Woodley Hill Art, Solo Exhibition, Bucks Open Studios
Solo Exhibition, One Eleven Gallery, Berkhampsted