OONA CAMPBELL
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Oona Campbell Biography
Oona Campbell was born in 1967. She studied Visual and Performing Arts at
Brighton College of Art and Design, graduating in 1989. Since then Oona has become an established and highly regarded contemporary British artist. Oona has a deep affinity with Scotland, she is fascinated by the quality of light created by the ever changing weather. Oona visits Scotland two or three times a year in search of fresh source material. Her favourite haunts are Isle of Skye, Mull, Glencoe and Dalwhinnie.
"When visiting these places it always seems like a new adventure and that I am being engulfed by a remoteness. I am drawn towards wild, beautiful, remote and isolated surroundings."
Her technical handling of paint is marvellous. She usually works on several paintings at a time, the layering of pigment taking weeks to dry. She is a master at juxtaposing colours which make the canvas resonate. Being mostly painted from memory in the studio, she encapsulates the feeling and emotion of a place. Many of the paintings depict the often very dramatic interplay of light between water and sky.
Oona revels in the contrast between living in London and long, solitary periods spent in Scotland. In the capital, the Thames is a continued source of inspiration, particularly at dawn and dusk when the light on the river changes so quickly.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
| 2000 | MacLean Fine Art, London | |
| Seascapes and Landscapes - Friends Room, Victoria & Albert Museum, London | ||
| 2001 | Art London with MacLean Fine Art, London | |
| 2002 | New Paintings, MacLean Fine Art | |
| 2004 | New Paintings, MacLean Fine Art | |
| 2005 | Art London 2005, with MacLean Fine Art | |
| 2006 | MacLean Fine Art |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 1998 | Attlee Foundation Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London | |
| City of Westminster Arts Council Annual Open Exhibition | ||
| 1999 | Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition | |
| City of Westminster Arts Council Annual Open Exhibition (first prize) | ||
| The Laing Art Exhibition, London | ||
| 2000 | Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London | |
| 2001 | Royal Glasgow Institute, Glasgow | |
| Society of Landscape Painters, London | ||
| Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London | ||
| 2002 | Joanna Eastwood Fine Art, Winchester | |
| 2003 | MacLean Fine Art, Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London | |
| Royal Glasgow Institute, Glasgow | ||
| Art First, London | ||
| Linton Court Gallery, North Yorkshire | ||
| Lemon Street Gallery, Truro | ||
| 2005 | Joanna Eastwood Fine Art, Winchester | |
| Ainscough Contemporary Art, Dartmouth, Devon | ||
| The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow | ||
| 2006 | London Art 2006, with MacLean Fine Art, Islington, London |
Collections Include
Aon Group Ltd
Centrica Plc
City of Westminster Permanent Collection
Jupiter International Group
Lowry Hotel, Manchester
Morgan Stanley Property Management UK
Royal Bank of Scotland
Saville & Co
SISU Capital
Spirrent PLC
Numerous Private Collections