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At Rydal Water
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TIANA MARIE BIOGRAPHY
1960 Born in South Lakeland
into an artistic family.
1964 Produces her first drawings.
1965-70 Produces her first sketchbooks of animal studies.
1970-78 Attends St. Anne’s School, Windermere.
1970s Tiana’s artistic vision is strongly shaped by the valleys of the Lake District, in particular Longsleddale and Langdale with their powerful weather conditions reflecting the elemental and atmospheric power of Nature, enabling the artist to capture impressions of fleeting images of natural forms.
1976 Introductory and Foundation Course at Lancaster College of Art. Admires the visionary work of Samuel Palmer.
1977 Studies for a B.A.(Hons) degree in Art at Leicester Polytechnic.
1981 Leaves college and returns to Cumbria to earn her living as a professional painter.
1982 Establishes studio at Halfpenny. In October goes on a European drawing and painting tour.
1982 Exhibited first watercolours at the Royal Society of Artists in Watercolour at the Bankside Galleries in London.
THE ARTIST BEGINS HER JOURNEY
1983 First solo exhibition, "Impressions of Lakeland", (75 works), at Brantwood, Coniston, home of John Ruskin. Exhibition opened on May 31st by Lord Lloyd of Kilgerron, CBE QC, (chairman of the Trustees of Brantwood). She is influenced by the philosophy of Ruskin, summed up in the quote: "It is the artist’s responsibility to reveal the beauty of God’s Creation"
First oil painting sold to a New York buyer.
Elected to the Lake Artists’ Society - left 2007.
Tiana Marie in 1985
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TIANA AND THE CRITICS I
1983 The Times describes her as "one of the Lake District’s most promising young professional artists."
The Daily Telegraph records the influence of Ruskin and Turner on her work.
1984 Solo exhibition Lakeland Seasons, (45 works), at Windermere Steamboat Museum. Selling to a growing band of collectors.
Drawing tour of England. Her work at this time increasingly reflects the influence upon the artist of the 'Spirit of Place', a landscape’s mystical, inner and Romantic qualities. Her works become 'pastoral visions' of a landscape’s inner fire and life.
TIANA AND THE CRITICS II
1984 The splendour and drama of Lakeland and its many weathers have been much of the inspiration for Tiana Marie’s painting.
Cumbria Magazine: "Her painting…covers the whole spectrum of feelings that are aroused by the almost unreal beauty of this part of the world, and it is her ability to communicate this other-worldly, dreamlike quality of Lakeland that sets her so dramatically apart from others."
1985 Exhibition of recent paintings at Brantwood, Coniston and Priory Gatehouse Gallery, Cartmel, (70 works). Moves to Kirkby Lonsdale.
1986 Solo exhibition, Moments of Vision, (45 works), at the Priory Gatehouse Gallery, Cartmel. Opens National Trust property, Priory Gatehouse Gallery at Cartmel, as a platform for Cumbria artists and sculptors.
1987 Solo Exhibition, Lost Horizons, (36 works) at the Coach House Gallery, Kirkby Lonsdale, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, (12 works), and the Wolf House Gallery, Silverdale, (61 works).
1988 Solo Exhibition of 26 paintings and first lectures at the Charlotte Mason College, Ambleside about her work, as part of the Lakeland Summer Music Festival.
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TIANA AND THE CRITICS III
1987 Lakeland Magazine: "Some would even say she is changing the concept of English Watercolour Painting with her intensity of expression and fascination for natural power."
1990 Solo Exhibition, Cumbrian Skies: Solar and Lunar Visions, (45 works), at Castlegate House, Cockermouth. Moves to studio in Lancaster.
1991 Solo Exhibition, Shades of Light, (50 works), at Wolf House Gallery, Silverdale.
1991-92 Artist in Residence at the painting studio of the Theatre in the Forest, Grizedale.
1992 Solo Exhibition, The Spirit of Things, (37 works), at Brantwood, Coniston. Solo Exhibition, An Artist’s Harvest, (23 works), at the Theatre in the Forest, Grizedale.
1993 Visits Athens and tours Greece. Inspired by the Greek Myths and the world of eternal myth and imagination. Solo Exhibition Heaven and Earth (34 works), at Castlegate House, Cockermouth. Paintings influenced by the unseen power of imagination. Odilon Redon is revealed as an inner influence at this time.
1994 Solo Exhibition, Our Life’s Star at Stanstead Hall, Essex, (46 works). Solo Exhibition, Clouds of Glory at Hanover Galleries, Liverpool , (37 works). Solo Exhibition, Art & Soul, at the Gig House Gallery, Elterwater, (51 works). Leads first workshop as artist and inspirer, Art and Soul, awakening the individual’s creative spirit.
1995 Moves to Kendal, opens Robin Hill Studio.
1995-97 Art & Soul Workshop facilitator. Workshops: Art & the Imagination, Pigments of the Imagination and Creating with Angels.
1996 Solo Exhibition, Testimony of Light, (43 works), at Oddfellows Gallery, Kendal.
1997-99 Teaching as workshop facilitator and inspirer and accepting commissions.
1998 Solo Exhibition of 15 works at the Heron Theatre, Beetham.
2000 Opens Chalice Arts Studio, Glastonbury.
Solo Exhibition, Land of the Summer People, (33 works), at Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury.
2001 Solo Exhibition of 17 works at the Heron Theatre, Beetham. Tiana presented to Princess Alexandra at the official opening of the Heron Theatre, Beetham on July 12th.
2001 Group Show, Spirit of Place, (34 works), at Wolf House
Gallery, Silverdale.
2002 Solo Exhibition, Visions of
Light, (43 works), at the Chapter House, Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset.
2003 Solo Exhibition, Nature's Invitation, (43 works), at the
Upfront Gallery, Penrith. Group Show, Singing the Land, with writers
and artists, celebrating the recovery of the countryside after
foot-and-mouth, at the Signature Gallery, Kendal as part of Kendal Windows on
Art. Group Show, Spirit of Lakeland, (34 works), at the Wolf House
Gallery, Silverdale.
2004 Solo Exhibition,
Recent Work, (37 works), at the Chapter House, Wells Cathedral,
Wells, Somerset.
2006 - Solo exhibition (25 works) for SAW, Chalice Arts Studio,
Glastonbury, Somerset.
2007 - 2009 - Taking commissions and teaching art courses.
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