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 in Oxford 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 and creativity
coach. Samantha has never looked back. She now opens her studio for
exhibitions so that people can enjoy her paintings and see the
environment in which she works. Samantha works and lives with her
family in 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. 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 style 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 paintings are a personal response to what she
sees and the feelings that are generated from that and 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 and incredibly effective teacher. Samantha finds the
combination of delivering courses and one to one creativity coaching
gives her the perfect balance to her creative career. Together they
give a healthy combination of extroverted and introverted time; in
fact she puts so much focused energy into each, that one would be
hard to maintain without the other.
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. |