ARTIST BIO
Charlotte Beare works from her home studio in Martinstown near Dorchester. She paints mainly in oils and acrylics, creating landscapes, portraits and still lifes. She is inspired by the impressionists and loves to paint loosely and expressively, playing with colour, light and shade. She welcomes visitors to her studio - to organise a visit get in touch via the Contact Form on this website.
Notable Commissions
August 2024 - Commissioned by Lord-Lieutenant for Dorset, Angus Campbell to create a painting of Dorchester High Street to be presented as a retirement gift for the Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy
25 May - 9 June 2024, Artist in Residence with Hall & Woodhouse, Sponsor of Dorset Art Weeks - Applied and was chosen for a Commission and Residency coinciding with Dorset Art Weeks 2024. Charlotte created a series of 3 paintings depicting three different Hall & Woodhouse pubs.
Sept 2023 - Commissioned by Kim Slowe, Chair of Trustees at Kennedy’s Disease UK to paint a Christmas Card featuring a winter scene of Queen Square Gardens and the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Awards
June 2023 , Longlisted for Women in Art Painting and Photography Prize
July 2023, Longlisted for Visual Art Open UK & International Emerging Artist Award
October 2022, Shortlisted for VAO Emerging Artist Award UK & International Emerging Artist Award
Charlotte painting at the Duchess of Cornwall, Hall & Woodhouse, May 2024
Exhibitions
Dorset Art Weeks 2024 - Artwey at the Old Town Hall, Weymouth, May-June 2024
“A Sea of Talent”, Jubilee Hall, Poundbury, December 2023
Artwey Summer Exhibition, Weymouth, August 2023
Artwey ‘Home’ Exhibition, Portland, May 2023
“It’s Up to Us”, Jubilee Hall, Poundbury, May-June 2022
Dorset Art Weeks 2022 - The Nothe Fort, Weymouth