Thursday 28 August 2008
The Directory
The Directory
Billie Willcocks
Painter
Going to Provence a few years back - we discovered the Ochre Quarries at Roussillon. This made a great impact on my painting. The vibrancy and wide range of beautiful pigments gave the life and luminosity to my work that I had been striving for.
The amazing thing is that I have lately discovered that my Great Grandfather also made regular trips to these same quarries in Provence years ago and invented and developed Carpet Dyes using the same pigments I now use. He went to Provence each year, and supported a family of 13 children on the Royalties!
Born and educated in Highbury, North London at Highbury Hill High School.
In her teens, when her family moved to Dorset, she attended Yeovil High School and Yeovil School of Art.
She obtained a teaching Diploma at Bath Teacher Training College, and took Art and Ceramics as main study.
Has shown in many local and national galleries – notably:-
The RWA Bristol,
Westminster Gallery, London
Studio Gallery, Midhurst
Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport
Acanthus Gallery, Wareham.
William Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis.
First-View Gallery, Stourhead, Wilts.
Sadler Gallery, Wells
St. Jude’s Gallery, Axbridge, Somerset.
The Little Gallery, Beaminster
Blue Lias Gallery, Lyme Regis
The Tulips Gallery, Lyme Regis
Eype Centre for The Arts, Bridport.
Has works in collections in the U.S.A, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and Australia
Has participated in Dorset Art Weeks from the start.
Former Member of John Skinner’s 7th Wave
Member of Bruton Art Society and Sherborne Art Club
Member of Eclectic Art Group and Artists of the Jurassic Coast
Coltswood, Bright Hay Lane, North Chideock, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 6JZ.
Telephone: 01297 489827
Email: johnwinton@tiscali.co.uk
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Additional Information
I rarely plan my work, preferring it to develop spontaneously - although I usually have a fair idea of how it needs to take form. When out sketching, I use diagrams of shapes and composition - putting colour and ideas for later work from scribbled memos
My studio is in a beautiful garden where I am fortunate to have plenty of inspiration and tranquillity; I love to work outside, especially along the coastline.
It is a constant struggle to achieve something new and exciting and I try to use different techniques and ideas as much as possible to this end.
Although I work in watercolour, gouache and acrylics - mixed media and oils are my preferred mediums, particularly using pigments from the ochre quarries of Provence!
I seem to have a need to paint, and think myself fortunate to be in a position to do so.
Overall Award Winner of the 2005 Bridport Open Art Exhibition
Award winner at the Royal Bath and West Show.
Award winner at The Town Mill exhibition, Lyme Regis
