Ann with her award winning painting at the Pastel Society UK exhibition

Ann trained at Oldham School of Art and Manchester College of Art before taking up a career in teaching. Living and working in the Midlands for many years she was elected as a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1998 and the Pastel Society UK in 2005.
Ann has exhibited in one man and shared exhibitions through out the Midlands and recently in the South of England. In 1996, 1997 and 1998 she spent periods of time in Oman teaching, painting and exhibiting her work.

She exhibits regularly with:

The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
The Birmingham Pastel Society
Pastel Society UK

 

Born in Belfast in 1927 but raised in Cheshire, Judith Moy cannot remember a time when she did not paint. Both parents were keen amateur artists and holidays were spent in North Wales where she mainly used watercolour and gouache. She went to Sir John Deanes Grammar School, Nothwich and then to Bedford Froebel College where she specialised in Art.
She taught in Colchester and London before marrying a farmer/company director in North Essex where she settled for the next 30 years. During this time she exhibited widely in East Anglia and was a committee member of the Colchester Art Society.She took to painting in oils which slowed her down and gave her time to consider the mechanics of her work. In 1980 she moved to Rutland and later started and managed the Uppingham Gallery, the forerunner of the well known Goldmark Gallery. She also painted and exhibited in the area.
In 1989 she retired to Shrewsbury to paint full-time. She turned to the relatively new medium of acrylics which she found very difficult to master at first. But most of her work is in this medium now, In the comfort of her studio but all the preliminary work is done on the spot in Shropshire, Wales and wherever she finds herself, and she makes dozens of drawings in pencil charcoal and ink to capture the immediacy of her subjects. She also finds time to do some teaching and demonstrating; she has been a committee member of the Shropshire Art Society and of the Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury.

Studied Fine Art at Leicester College of Art & Design. After graduating she spent 18 months in Mauritius with the International Voluntary Service as an artist. On her return to England she established a partnership working in property renovation and interior design using her skills to produce the architectural drawings and artists impressions of projects undertaken.

In 1982 she formed a business in conjunction with her sister, a silversmith, working closely with her producing a range of etched brass bowls, door plates etc. A bowl produced by them was accepted by the Victoria & Albert Museum for its permanent collection.

In 1990 in commemoration of the evacuation of Dunkirk she produced a Limited Edition of 150 pairs of brass etched coasters. Edition No. 2 was presented by her at the opening of the Dunkirk Exhibition in Dover to Winston Churchill MP grandson of the late Sir Winston Churchill. Edition No. 3 was presented to Major General Ramsay son of the late Admiral Ramsay who masterminded the Dunkirk Evacuation in 1940. Edition No. 1 was accepted by H.R.H Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh.

Cheryl lives in Sandwich where she has a custom built studio in her garden. Most of her work is inspired by the countryside around her home where she spends many hours walking with her English Setter.

In June 2003 she was elected as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and in March 2004 was elected a member of the Pastel Society UK.

 

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