After completing her studies at Homerton College, Cambridge, Nola found the teaching of art and craft to children highly rewarding during her professional career. She started painting for her own pleasure about twelve years ago and particularly enjoys the varied approach of mixed media. Exciting colour is an important feature of her work and she has been much influenced by the late John Blockley RI, PPPS, NEAC in the development of her bold and impressionistic treatment of floral and still life subjects.
In 1999 she held a highly successful solo exhibition at the Showcase Gallery in Bramley, near Guildford, leading to a commission for a series of paintings of wildflowers in the French Alps and regular sales to a local gallery.
She is an exhibiting member of Guildford Art Society and has had paintings in their annual exhibition for the past ten years, winning the prize for the best flower painting on three occasions. She is also an exhibiting member of Farnham Art Society.
As an exhibiting member of the Society of Floral Painters her work is shown regularly at their exhibitions at Mottisfont Abbey, Hilliers Arboretum and elsewhere.
Her paintings have been accepted for the Pastel Society annual exhibitions at the Mall Galleries, London, for the past seven years. She has also exhibited with the Society of Botanical Artists and in the Christmas Exhibitions in St.David’s Hall, Cardiff.
In June 2005 she was invited by Salisbury Playhouse Theatre to hang twelve paintings in their Summer Exhibition. In July 2007 she was invited to hold an exhibition at the Lewis Elton Gallery in the University of Surrey with two other artists as part of the Guildford Arts Festival. For the 2007 autumn exhibition of the Society of Floral Painters one of her paintings was selected for their posters and publicity. Many of her paintings have also been used by leading greetings card publishers including Medici, Woodmansterne, Museums & Galleries, Camden Graphics and Clinton Cards. Her paintings are in many private collections here and abroad.
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