Born in 1976, Elaine Claire Geall is a professional artist and a resident of Bournemouth, Dorset, in the south of England.
Elaine's talents for drawing, painting and love for animals were evident from an early age and acquired both her National and Higher National Diplomas for Natural History Illustration at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, Wallisdown, Dorset.
With the aid of optics, a camera and a sketchbook, Elaine's compositions are loosely compiled from her own experiences and knowledge of local fauna and flora, she encounters from her visits to favourite haunts in Dorset and Hampshire.
Regardless of the subject, Elaine is the main influenced and inspired by subtleties of light, colour and tonal details. Beit a commission or not, her objectives have always been the wanting to capture the likenesses and narratives as truthfully as she can and aims for a sense realism in her work, but not photo-realism. ART AWARDS 2010 Ringwood Art Society Award - Certificate of Merit 2007 Wildscape Artist of the Year - ' Highly Commended ' award in the Editor's Selection 2002 Birdwatch Artist of the Year - Finalist EXHIBITIONS (Group)2024 Southern Nature Art Exhibition, Rookesbury Park, Hampshire 2019 CAD Arts Christmas Collective, Hayloft Gallery, Christchurch, Dorset 2015 Southern Nature Art Exhibition, Rookesbury Park, Hampshire 2015 New Forest Open Exhibition, New Forest Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire 2014 Marwell International Wildlife Art Society Exhibition, Rookesbury Park, Hampshire 2007 National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Gordale Garden Centre, Wirral 2002, 2003 National Exhibition of Wildlife, Road Range, Liverpool 2011, 2012 Pinewalk Exhibition, Bournemouth Gardens, Dorset 2000 - 2011 Marwell International Wildlife Art Society Exhibition, Marwell Hall, Hampshire 1999 - 2001 Art in the Park / Barbara Woods Exhibitions, Upton Country Park, Poole, Dorset 1998 Art by the Sea / Barabara Woods Exhibitions, Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth, Dorset
COMMISSIONS
Corporate 1998 Elaine produced bird Identification panels for Farlington Marshes HWT NR, Portsmouth, UK
Private2006 'Bobby, Penny & Susan' dog portrait, Dorset, United Kingdom 2001 'Nusha' dog portrait, 'Jack, Flutter & Bet Oliver' horse portraits, Dorset, United Kingdom 'Lily' dog portrait 'Anna, Charlie & Bizet' dog portraits, Queensland, Australia 'Rebel, Flo & Apollo' horse portraits, Hampshire, United Kingdom 'Wishfall' horse portrait, Dorset, United Kingdom 1993 horse portraits, United Kingdom Collections2006 'Jack' horse portrait - private collection, Dorset, United Kingdom 2002 'Oscar' oval cat portrait 'Tinker' oval cat portrait - private collection, Dorset, United Kingdom 1999 'Otters' - private collection, Dorset, United Kingdom | |