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Samantha Dadd started painting as soon as she could hold a brush. Having won competitions as a young child she was exhibiting and receiving commissions by the age of 14. Later having graduated with a Fine Art Honours Degree and Post Graduate Diploma Samantha lectured at West Surrey College of Art and Design before becoming the artist in residence at St. George’s School, Ascot. In 1989 she took a teaching post and ran a very successful department whilst being the sole exhibitor at Millcot Gallery, Tewkesbury.

By the year 2000 the demand for her work was such that she left full time teaching to devote all her time and energy into developing her career as a professional artist. Samantha has never looked back. She now opens her studio to the public for occasional exhibitions where the public can enjoy her work and see the environment in which she works. Her studio is located at the pretty, unspoilt village of Conderton nestled at the foot of Bredon Hill. It is surrounded by beautiful views and provides a constant source of inspiration for Samantha’s work. An awareness of the changing seasons is always present in her art.

It is evident from Samantha’s accomplished and sensitively observed studies of nature that she has a deep appreciation and love for this wonderful area. A defining characteristic of her work is a feeling of space and depth within the picture whereby the viewer is drawn into the painting. This skilful technique involves an interplay of shifts in scale and tone, linear, aerial and colour perspective. She likes to work from life as her work is a personal response to what she sees and the feelings that are generated from that. She tries to depict the feelings she gets when she is studying the beauty that nature has to offer us. Warm sun, gentle breezes or Autumn mists gently settling and giving way to soft muted hues are all evocatively conveyed. Sunny splashes of colour can be seen in her paintings of daffodils, irises and bluebells either depicted as growing wild within the landscape or close up growing in their natural environment. It is for these very qualities that Samantha’s widely published work has become well known and sought after. Indeed her paintings are held in private collections throughout the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe.

People are not only drawn to Samantha’s paintings but those who have attended her classes also find her to be an inspiring teacher. Samantha still runs workshops. She finds one or two days teaching a month, three exhibitions a year at her studio plus a varied programme of shows provides a good balance to her working life.

Samantha is always happy to welcome visitors to her studio but if you are making a special journey then it is advisable to ring first.