Sylvia Paul studied painting at Colchester School of Art and Hockerill College of Education. She has been exhibiting in East Anglia for over 20 years and has held numerous solo exhibitions.
As a member of The East Anglian Group of Marine Artists she exhibits with them two or three times a year, including biannually at The Mall Galleries.
Although many of her paintings are inspired by the coast, her subject matter covers a broad spectrum. Recently her Japan inspired abstracts have attracted particular interest, one of them being hung in The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009.
Other successes include being accepted for open exhibitions with The Pastel Society. The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Laing Landscape Exhibition and most recently The Royal Institute of Water Colour Artists where tow of her landscape collages were exhibited.
In 2004 and 2005 Sylvia spent a month as Artist in Residence at Burton Agnes Hall a stately home in Yorkshire.
Sylvia has exhibited has exhibited in Osaka, Japan and London with The East West Artists and Culture Club.
Two of Sylvia’s paintings are in the Norwich Union Art Collection and her work is in many private collections in the UK and abroad.
Sylvia continues to demonstrate to art clubs and is has inspired many people with her painting workshops.
Education
Colchester School of Art 1972-4
Hockerhill College of Education 1974-7
Open Exhibitions
The Pastel Society – 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999
Society of Women Artists – 1991, 1992, 1993
Laing Landscape Exhibition Regional and London Exhibitions – 1998, 1999
Royal Institute of Oil Painters – 1999
East West Artist and Culture Club, Kiku Gallery, Osaka, Japan – 2008, London 2009
Royal Institute of Water Colour Artists – 2009
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - 2009
Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh – 2009
Solo Exhibitions
North Peckham Civic Centre – 1978
South London Art Gallery – 1979 (Three Person)
The Haste Gallery, Ipswich – 1996, 2000, 2001
Old Fire Engine House, Ely – 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Snape Maltings, Suffolk – 1998, 1999, 2000
Digby Gallery, Colchester – 2004
Shakespeare House Gallery, Dedham – 2005 (two person)
The Rochester Gallery, Devon – 2005
Artist In Residence
Burton Agnes Hall, Yorkshire – May 2004, June 2005
Colchester Open Studios – September 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Art Societies
East Anglian Group of Marine Artists
East West Artist and Culture Club
Collections
Norwich Union (Aviva) Headquarters
Private Collections
