Natalie Bird

Natalie is a British artist living near Wimbledon in South West London. She paints in oils and pastel. Her aim is to create atmospheric paintings, based on honest observation, conveying a connection to a place she has recently visited. Nature is her primary guide. Daily dog walks are her constant inspiration for painting subjects.

She sketches and paints as much as possible from life, "en plein air," using charcoal, graphite and watercolour, and then returns to the studio to compose larger paintings in oil and pastel, relying on recent sketches, photos, memory and notes.

Natalie takes inspiration from many artists, the main ones being the impressionists/post-impressionists, the Scottish Colourists, Seago and Singer Sargent. A modern inspirational hero is the late Ken Howard.

She has been selected on a number of occasions to exhibit at the Mall Galleries (RBA, NEAC and Pastel Society), and has also had a painting accepted for the RA summer exhibition.

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