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Biography

I help people, who express their individuality through distinctive surroundings, fill their homes with unique art that sparks conversations.

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An artist for over 30 years, I have been a full-time professional since 2009, exhibiting locally and nationally. Additionally, I'm a published author, illustrator, teacher, and tour leader. I've been commissioned to write many articles for Leisure Painter magazine and have also contributed to Artists and Illustrators magazine.

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When not in my studio, you'll most likely find me at the beach, searching for intriguing wave-sculpted treasures, sea-glass, fossils, and rock formations. Outside of my art, I love challenging myself with fiendish brainteaser puzzles, chilling with friends, and binge-watching home-makeover shows.

Selected Career Highlights

Solo exhibitions

  • Nature in Art Museum and Art Gallery, Glos

  • Coningsby Gallery, Bloomsbury, London

  • Falkland House, Westminster, London

  • Cheng Kim Loke Gallery, Slimbridge, Glos

 

Group exhibitions

  • Beckford Fine Art Summer Exhibition, Hereford

  • Gloucestershire Society of Artists

  • Lloyd's Art Group, London

  • Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

  • Royal Miniatures Society

  • Society of Botanical Artists

  • Society of Women Artists

  • Society of Wildlife Artists

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Residencies and Festivals

  • Artburst, Glos

  • Nature in Art Museum and Art Gallery, Glos

  • Art in Action, Oxon

 

Commissions

  • Drawing of Bailey's Hotel in London, presented to the chairman of Copthorne Hotels to mark the company's flotation on the London Stock Exchange

  • Painted commemorative plaques for a state banquet held in honour of the King of Norway, a pair of which were presented to the King by the Lord Mayor of London

  • Commissioned to paint the 2015 Wildlife Habitat Trust Conservation Stamp

  • Commissions for private collectors


Teaching

  • Art Safari Ltd - tour leader 

  • Bloomsbury Summer School

  • Gloucestershire Society of Artists

  • Gloucester Arts & Crafts Summer School

  • Highland Art Week, Aigas Field Centre, Scotland

  • Nature in Art, Gloucester

  • Numerous art societies

  • Private tuition

 

Books & Illustrations

  • The Wildlife Artist's Handbook (authored and illustrated)

  • Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2014 (cover illustration)

  • Birding World (cover illustration)

  • Grouse of the World (illustrations)

  • The Snowy Owl - Poyser monograph (illustrations)

  • The Birds of Gloucestershire (illustrations)
     

Blogs & web features

  • Artsy Shark featured artist

  • Daler Rowney featured artist

  • Jackson's Art blog

  • Winsor & Newton featured artist

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Features and articles in magazines

  • Artists & Illustrators magazine

  • Cotswold Life magazine

  • Countryman's Weekly magazine

  • LandLove magazine

  • Leisure Painter magazine

  • News & Notes, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

  • Penguin News (Falkland Islands official newspaper)

  • The Times of India

  • Who’s Who in Art

 

TV & radio

  • BBC television

  • BBC Radio Gloucestershire

  • BBC Radio Warwickshire

  • Bird-Fair TV (British Birdwatching Fair)

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All images copyright Jacq Garner, except where credited.

All rights reserved.

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Photo credits

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