Deborah Jane Batt NS, NAPA
My work embodies both the abstract and representational and comes originally from the idea of community, the co-existence of our urban life, architecture, nature and the rural landscape. The towns and structures we build and the way we shape and destroy and neglect the natural and urbanised landscape. I hope to show the shape of the environment as it changes, diminishing in one direction, growing in another.
My paintings are composed of layers of acrylic paint, pencil and pen, the abstract vibrant with colour and the representational almost monochrome.
I am a listed artist on the AXIS database and have exhibited at galleries throughout the UK. I am a member of the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers & The National Acrylic Painters Association.
Selected Exhibitions
Cork Street Open Art Exhibition, The Gallery in Cork Street, London ( 2009, 2011,2012)
National Acrylic Painters Association Exhibition (2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012)
National Society Exhibition, London (2009,2010,2011,2012)
Shortlisted for The National Open Art Competition (2011, 2012)
Billboard Art Project, Quincy IL (2012)
Artworks Open, London (2012)
Morvah Gallery, Cornwall (2011)
Richeson 75 Still Life & Abstract Juried Exhibition Richeson Gallery, Wisconsin, US (2011)
Art at the Claremont, The Claremont Hotel, Brighton & Hove
Highgate Gallery, Highgate, London.
Sefton Open, The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport.
Ideas Bank, Exhibition, Slough Museum.
Reorsa Artists Projects, Art walk and Exhibition, Bracknell (2007,2008,2009)
Folkes Miller Fine Art, Little St Mary's, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Riverside Gallery, Barnes, London.
Liberté d´Expression Contemporary Art Competition.
KARAVAN - art in situ - Reigate, Surrey.
Arthousestudios , Nottingham.
Shrewsbury Open Art Competition, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.
Londonart.co.uk, Art of Love Exhibition ,Oxo Tower Wharf , London.
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Bath Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (2007,2008)
Blue Wing Gallery - Padstow, Cornwall.
Love in Art - Arndean Gallery, Cork St, London .
Barriers, Apex Gallery, Portsmouth.
Awards
Shortlisted for London International Creative Competition™ (LICC) (2010, 2012)
NAPA Exhibition, Presidents Award (2006,2007, 2012)
Cork Street Open Exhibition Business Development Prize (2011)
Richeson 75 Small Works Competition 2011 "Meritorious Entry"(2011)
Artslant Juried Winner (2010)
NAPA Exhibition, Pro Arte Award (2006)
NAPA Exhibition Liquitex Award (2009)
Publications
London International Creative Competition 2010 Catalogue
Book Cover . Cengage Learning 2010
Cork Street Open Art Exhibition (catalogue 2008, 2011)
NAPA International Exhibition ( catalogue 2007,2008,2009, 2010,2011)
Shrewsbury Open Art Competition - Future Landscapes - ( catalogue 2005 )
Art of Love (catalogue 2004,2005)
Art Business Today
Artist Newsletter
Galleries
Barriers (catalogue)
Reading Chronicle
Cornish Guardian
Wokingham Times
Basingstoke Gazette
Who's who in Art
BritArt Directory
Cornishman
Memberships