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1st & 2nd August 2026
LEAMINGTON SPA
10am-6pm
Cathy Renken and Neil Adcock
Website:
cathyrenkenartist.com
https://facebook.com@cathyrenken
Floating Boats
Aerial Rocky Cove
Standing Proud
Biography
My mission is to create contemporary paintings that capture the beauty of the natural world. Painting and drawing landscapes and seascapes that show the presence of light, highlighting form and shape in all the fine details which define my personal style. Being open to travel, to explore new landscapes, and try new mediums to keep my work relevant.
My vision to become a professional artist full time and develop my textiles input. Have solo exhibitions selling in galleries across the country. Scaling up my work to incorporate more, textiles, montage, and stitching, to create texture and meaning.
Vision to run more workshops and continue teaching more painting, drawing, and textiles with monthly workshops.
inspiration
I take inspiration from natural landscapes and interpreting what I see. I’m often seen outdoors sketching, paintings, and photographing woodland trees, branches, fields, meadows, and gardens full of flowers.
I’m especially drawn to the sea so, travelling to coastal regions is very important to my work. Recent drone footage has inspired me to paint the crashing waves and rock formations, from an aerial perspective. My graphic design background makes me want to focus on highlighting details such as, the way sunlight exposes different colours in the rocks and the way light and shadow shimmers across deep waters and surfaces.
medium
I paint using thin layers of acrylic to build up depth of colour gradually with a brush, Increasing the intensity of colour, especially when working on aerial seascapes onto linen canvas. I'm beginning to do larger pieces and have started to incorporate texture using textiles, montage, and stitching to add texture and depth.