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.

*Queen Square Gardens in London, home of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Painted in September 2023 for KD-UK*

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 to Marilyn Porter, Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy

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

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.

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

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