Spring News

I am delighted to learn that this years Hilliard Society's annual exhibition of miniature paintings will go ahead this year in June.

The above painting is one of my contribution to this years event and you can visit the show for free.

Full details are on the society's website

Hilliard Society

Some of my miniature paintings have been licensed to Pattern Weights. These are small but highly decorative metal weights used by dressmakers to hold pattern pieces instead of pins. You may have noticed such weights being used on the popular TV series The Sewing Bee.

You can see designs here My Pattern Weights

A New Year and a New Lockdown.

 

I have been getting back to my roots and playing around with pattern design.

You can read more about my recent projects here on my blog Acornmoon.

Stay safe everyone, stay warm.

2020

Due to the worldwide Pandemic it has not been possible to exhibit any of my paintings with The Hilliard Society or The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. Here's hoping for a brighter future for all of us next year!

Royal Society Of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Exhibition 2019

This year I had six miniature paintings and two larger works included in this years RMS show at The Mall Galleries in London.

R.M.S. Annual Exhibition Invitation 2019

It's that time of year again and preparations are under way for this year’s annual exhibition of The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers. Anyone can enter their miniature paintings and full details are on the website.

All entries must be approved after submission, which starts this Sunday November 17^th. I am happy to say that my Fox Mandala painting has already been approved by the committee and will appear in this year’s catalogue.

The Exhibition opens on Thursday 28th November and closes on the 8th December at The Mall Gallery in London. I do hope you will visit, entry free!

To see more of my work please visit my blog or Instagram page, links in the sidebar.

The Hilliard Society, Wells.

Miniature watercolour painting of a Little Owl by Valerie Greeley R.M.S., H.S.

Four of my miniature paintings were accepted into this years annual Hilliard Society Exhibition in Wells. This was my third year to exhibit with the Society and was delighted to have been elected as a full member. I can now add the initials HS to my name. 

This year marks the four hundredth anniversary of the death of Nicholas Hilliard, an occasion which has been marked with several important exhibitions, including one at The National Portrait Gallery in London earlier this year. Hilliard came from Wells, Somerset and became famous for his portraits of Queen Elizabeth 1st and other notable figures. 

Yellow House Art Licensing

Over the last few weeks I have been busy sifting through my archive of work and sending it over to Yellow House Licensing who will now handle my new licensing enquiries.

I am excited to be represented by this company and feel happy to be in good company. You can search my images on their website, look under artist portfolios letter V.