I am an artist and photographer from Essex, now based in Honiton in Devon. Having had a very varied career and spent much of my life as a photographer I eventually undertook a degree in fine art in my 60s. My passion is for nature, especially the changing colours of the Devon countryside and coast. I am so lucky to be near the Jurassic Coast with its wonderful scenery. The woodlands  here are particularly lovely in spring when the bluebells bloom and the colours of the sea around Sidmouth are perpetually changing. My paintings  inspired by the Devon countryside are often mixed media using acrylics, inks collage and watercolours, occasionally oil paint. During the Covid lockdown I took the opportunity to learn to paint in watercolour, this has been an obsession for the last couple of years. Currently I have found a new obsession in a return to mono printing.

 

I am planning a series of Gelli Printing workshops next year in Honiton. Please contact me if you would be interested

Please contact me if you would like to buy any of my work. You will find prints and gift items to purchase in my SumUp Shop  

Artist's Bio

 Norma Walton BA Fine Art

Email: normawalton@gmail.co.uk

Blog: http://normawalton.blogspot.com/

Web:  http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/94338

Instagram: @normaw2015

Facebook @NormaWaltonArtist

 

 

 

Professional Experience and Education

 Ongoing- there is always more to learn

2008-2011 BA Fine Art with Plymouth University

Short courses in etching and printing

2007-2008- Access to Art & Design Course

1995-2005-Photographers agent with Carter Represents

Participated in and curated exhibitions at the AOP London and in various group exhibitions with Carter Represents and Flowers & Foliage Library-London

Short courses in Darkroom Printing and Photoshop

1985-2007 professional photographer, written articles on photography for online publication, lectured on photography for photographic clubs.

Participated in various national and local group photography exhibitions

Early career- included several years working in window display

 

Art Practice

 

Painting, Mixed media, Printing,Textiles and Book Making

 

Exhibitions

2024  August Solo Exhibition planned- Bridgwater Arts Centre, Date TBA

2024 Feb- March Art Gallery SW online exhibition for Alzheimers

 

2023 November/January 2024  Artizan Winter Open

2023 October "Our Amazing Planet" Shared Exhibition, Illminster Arts Centre

2023 September Devon Open Studios- Libra Court, Sidmouth

2023 August OVAS Exhibitio, Kennaway House, Sidmouth

2023-June Sidmouth Festival of Art, Kennaway House, Sidmouth

2023 May Unamed Arts Festival - Tiverton

 

2022 21-23rd October-Doddiscombesleigh Art Show

2022 - Aug 2023- Honiton Wine Bar 

2022 12th July - 5th August Art Open, Illminster Arts Society

2022 1-13 June- Sidmouth Society of Artists- Kennaway House

 

2021 12th to 23rd September, Forests & Feasts at Powderham Castle

2021 12th t0 29th August, Bovey Paradiso Open

2021 20th July to 13th August,  Annual Open Exhibition, Illminster Arts Centre

2021 July- Festival of Art, Sidmouth Society of Artists

 

2019 Annual Christmas Exhibition,  The Burton at Bideford

2019 Solo Exhibition, Beehive Honiton

2019  Oct, Doddiscombesleigh Art Fair

2019 Seasons- Shared Exhibition Illminster Arts Centre         

2019 Art Open, Illminster Arts Society

Photography

2019 Creative Photography Open Exhibition, Illminster Arts Society

2018 "Flowers- A Different View" Solo Exhibition,Photography,  Boston TeaParty , Honiton

2016- September-DAN Open Studios-Honiton, Photography

2015  DAN- RAMM Cafe Exhibition

2014- September-Creative Photography Open Exhibition-Illminster

2013- July/August-Evolver Exhibition-Honiton

2012- Art For Life-The Plough Arts Centre-Torrington

2012- July-Flameworks Summer Exhibition- Plymouth

2012- Sept- Devon Open Studios-Plymouth

2012- July -Thelma Hulbert Open Exhibition-Honiton

2011- October- Islington Contemporary Arts Fair- London

2011- September – Candid Arts Photography Exhibition-London

2011- June- Final BA degree Show- Brewhouse- Taunton

2010- May – Foundation Degree Show- Pilton

2003 Carter Represents Photo Exhibition- Portobello, London

2002  Carter Represents Exhibition- AOP London

Flowers & Foliage Exhibition, London

Solo Exhibition SWA Exeter

Solo Exhibition Taunton Library

 

Published Works (Personal)

 

2011-Captive, Vanitas, Ageless Beauty

2010- Sweet Decay