| Patricia Buckley |
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Born in sussex but I have lived in the london area most of my life. Also I have made many painting trips to Italy. I travelled solo to Australia via America and did small paintings en route.
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| About the Artist |
I enjoy painting from nature and also using my imagination.I like painting window views which combine symbolically the interior life and the outer world.I love Italy and the renaissance. Artists I admire are Piero della Francesca, Morandi,Balthus, Gwen John ,Turner,Samuel Palmer and Odelon Redon. |
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Ricmond,The Still Pond with azaleas
2006 acrylic/oils 29cms x 34cms |
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I made eight visits to paint the pond in the Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park walking 2 miles each way across the park. The azaleas reflected in the pond in April and May are beautiful. |
Thamesview with geraniums and the obelisk near Teddington Lock
2001 oils on canvas 72 cms x 61 cms |
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I painted this view from my window soon after moving from North London to my riverside flat near Twickenham. The obelisk opposite marks the end the Thames tide. Rubble from London war bombed buildings is buried in the land opposite and is now a flourishing nature reserve. |
Sussex woods with bluebells
2006 watercolour and gouache on blue paper 20 x30 |
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i visited the woodland in sussex by train from london twice to paint the bluebells near the sussex downs |
Balcony view with primula North london
1998 oils 60x40 |
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I painted this view from my flat in North london over several months |
White poplars and olives near Poggio paradiso Treggiaia Tuscany
1997 oils 14" x 18" |
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I painted this about a mile from the house where i stayed i could see the beautiful poplars from my kitchen window |
Montecastello Tuscany
1998 watercolour 13" x 15" |
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Treggiaia village Tuscany in September
1999 watercolour 14" x 20" |
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I painted this watercolour on the spot over several weeks I saw blue and orange bee-eaters flying over the valley as i worked The villagers bought prints of my painting when I showed it in the village shop |
Montecastello Tuscany
1998 soft pastels 14" x 16" |
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La Bella Vista from the cucina
1997 oils 20 x 16 |
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I exhibited this painting in the 1998 Royal Academy Summer Show where it was sold I painted it from the kitchen of an apartment in the Tuscan countryside between Pisa and Florence I loved the view with the pink house on the hillside and the golden poplars and olives beyond I liked the shutters and reflections in the windows The the virginia creepers perfectly complimented the view and white acacia blossom edged the windows |
Glass cup of carnations with prismatic colours
1998 oils 14 x 10 |
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This is a second version of an earlier painting shown at the Royal Academy |
Oriental lillies with morrocan cloth
1998 oils 14" x 10" |
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Piktors Metamorphosis
1984 etching and aquatint 8 x 9" |
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Inspired by a short storey by Herman Hesse It is a beautiful storey about the flux and changes of life and nature using symbolic images |
Tuscanyview with poplars and pink house
1998 oils 14" 10" |
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Tuscany view with poplars and pink house
1999 watercolour 13" x 15" |
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Irises Regents Park
2002 soft pastels 9" x 6" |
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Thamesview with the obelisk ,heron and concorde Twickenham
2003 oils on canvas 7" x 9" |
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I painted this small oil from my window opposite the obelisk on the Thames riverside in the flat where I live at Twickenham The trees are part of a Ham nature reserve below which is buried rubble from ww2 bombed London houses.The obelisk marks the end of the tidal Thames. I used to love seeing concorde fly over Twickenham and miss seeing its bird like white shape zooming by. This painting is in the Royal Academy Summer Show 2009 |
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| Education and biography |
BA hons in Fine Art painting Kingston University 1987
One person Exhibition Inst.of Education University of London 1979 Mixed exh. Piccadilly Gallery Lodndon W1 1982/83 and 1987 Royal Summer Exhibition :1979,1984,1985,86, 1992,1995,1998,2000,2004,2009 The Discerning Eye Nat. Art Comp.exhibitor 1991,2003,2004 The Hunting group Nat. Art Exhibition 1987,1990 Christies Art for life Exhibition London SW1 2004 |
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| Future shows |
| One person exhibition to be arranged |
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Website: www.patriciabuckley.co.uk |
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