Vandy Massey

Like poetry, every painting has a story. And the story is subtly different for every viewer.

I find it thrilling when a picture demands attention. Watching images emerge on the paper is something I find captivating. This is the aspect of watercolour I find the most enthralling, and the reason I am drawn to it’s freedom and flow.

I grew up in South Africa, a place that still influences my painting in discernable ways. I am fascinated by pictures that capture light, and I am drawn to strong colours. My landscapes evoke feelings of space and often include an element of scale. Floral and abstract paintings in my portfolio have an energy which comes from their vibrant colours, and way the pigments blend on the paper.

My paintings are part of private collections in France, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

I am a member of the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists. I take part in Cambridge Open Studios, and exhibit in the United Kingdom a few times each year.

University of South Africe - Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, Industrial Psychology, Information Management.

Society of East Anglian Watercolourists - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
(Tindalls Award 2015) (Tindalls Rosebowl Award 2018) (Society of East Anglian Watercolourists Award 2019)

Awash, Wells-next-the-Sea - 2018, 2019

Babylon Art Summer Exhibition - 2017,2018

Foxton Art Exhibition 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
(Sue Collins Award 2017)

Cambridge Open Studios - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019