Hester Berry - About Page


	As I was brought up in North Devon, and am now spending most of my time in Wales, the landscape has always made a huge impression on me. I use oil colours, applied with a brush or a knife, in an attempt to capture as respectfully and accurately as possible not just landscapes as scenes, but the countryside as an environment which has, at least at one time in my life, had a great impact on me. I paint from sketches made on the spot and always try to work intuitively and fluidly to express how a place felt to me at one particular point in time, and to show that although some aspects of nature are delicate and ephemeral, the enduring landscape dominates any man-made efforts and will last forever. hesterberry@hotmail.com www.hesterberry.co.uk Born 16th July 1987, Devon Education 2005 - 2008 BA hons, School of Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 1996 - 2005 West Buckland School, West Buckland, Devon 1992 - 1996 Filleigh County Primary School, Filleigh, Devon Qualifications 2004 - 2005 A levels: 1A (Art), 2Bs (French and German), 1C (General Studies), AS level: 1C (English) 2004 Grade 8 Piano 2003 GCSEs: 5A* s, 6As, 1B 2002 Basic Food Hygiene Certificate 2000 Grade 4 Violin Exhibitions 2007 4 Works, Westward Ho! And Bideford Art Society 85th Summer Exhibition 2007 Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon 2007 Solo exhibition at the Rising Sun Inn Umberleigh, Devon 2007 Organised and exhibited 3 works in the Student Art Society Exhibition in Oriel Cambria, Tregaron 2006 4 Works, Westward Ho! And Bideford Art Society 84th Summer Exhibition 2006 Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon 2006 4 Works, Cambria Arts, Tregaron, Wales 2006 3 Works, Tokos Gallery and Craft Shop, Aberystwyth, Wales 2006 4 Works, Church Fete, Chittlehampton, Devon 2006 7 Works, Rising Sun, Umberleigh, Devon 2006 1 Work (sold privately to raise money for Leukaemia Research) Dovetails Gallery, Ilfracombe, Devon 2005 Joint exhibition with Edward Crumpton, Swimbridge Village Hall, Devon Memberships 2006 Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society Interests I enjoy walking in the countryside Playing violin and piano I listen to Irish session music in pubs, etc. I'm an active member in the environment group, People and Planet, in my university I like visiting all types of art gallery Click here to download my curriculum vitae. To view some of the past exhibitions I have been involved with, click here ©2007 Hester Berry Site Designed by James Merriman

As I was brought up in North Devon, and am now spending most of my time in Wales, the landscape has

always made a huge impression on me. I use oil colours, applied with a brush or a knife, in an attempt to

capture as respectfully and accurately as possible not just landscapes as scenes, but the countryside as an

environment which has, at least at one time in my life, had a great impact on me. I paint from sketches made

on the spot and always try to work intuitively and fluidly to express how a place felt to me at one particular

point in time, and to show that although some aspects of nature are delicate and ephemeral, the enduring

landscape dominates any man-made efforts and will last forever.

hesterberry@hotmail.com
www.hesterberry.co.uk

Born
16th July 1987, Devon

Education
2005 - 2008    BA hons, School of Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
1996 - 2005    West Buckland School, West Buckland, Devon
1992 - 1996    Filleigh County Primary School, Filleigh, Devon

Qualifications
2004 - 2005    A levels: 1A (Art), 2Bs (French and German), 1C (General Studies), AS level: 1C (English)
2004               Grade 8 Piano
2003               GCSEs: 5A* s, 6As, 1B
2002               Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
2000               Grade 4 Violin

Exhibitions
2007               4 Works, Westward Ho! And Bideford Art Society 85th Summer Exhibition 2007 Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon
2007               Solo exhibition at the Rising Sun Inn Umberleigh, Devon
2007               Organised and exhibited 3 works in the Student Art Society Exhibition in Oriel Cambria, Tregaron
2006               4 Works, Westward Ho! And Bideford Art Society 84th Summer Exhibition 2006 Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon
2006               4 Works, Cambria Arts, Tregaron, Wales
2006               3 Works, Tokos Gallery and Craft Shop, Aberystwyth, Wales
2006               4 Works, Church Fete, Chittlehampton, Devon
2006               7 Works, Rising Sun, Umberleigh, Devon
2006               1 Work (sold privately to raise money for Leukaemia Research) Dovetails Gallery, Ilfracombe, Devon
2005               Joint exhibition with Edward Crumpton, Swimbridge Village Hall, Devon

Memberships
2006 Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society

Interests

I enjoy walking in the countryside

Playing violin and piano

I listen to Irish session music in pubs, etc.

I'm an active member in the environment group, People and Planet, in my university

I like visiting all types of art gallery

Click here to download my curriculum vitae.

To view some of the past exhibitions I have been involved with, click here

Site Designed by James Merriman