Clive Meredith
Hampshire-based Clive Meredith has been a professional artist since 1993 and specialises in portrayals of nature from Britain and abroad.
Working in pencil, oils and mixed media each painting or drawing is created over many hours with meticulous attention to detail, aided by an extensive knowledge of the wildlife subjects and many hours spent in the field observing and recording them to achieve the stunning realism that I’m renowned for.
Travelling extensively in pursuit of new subject matter and experiences, it was during a trip to the Far East in 2016 that I was introduced to a master goldsmith working within the Thai royal palace in Bangkok creating, conserving and designing works for the Thai king. I spent some time learning gilding techniques with this artisan and was inspired to incorporate precious metal leaf into my wildlife art, developing my own unique approach to mixed media works. My goal in creating these pieces is to isolate the subject from its natural environment, presenting it instead in a contemporary style with a nod to age-old techniques and styles. Focussing on the beauty and complexity of the subject against a highly decorative background of distressed precious metal leaf and colour.
With many years spent working exclusively for a well-known British publishing house, over 80 of my works have been released as limited edition prints and both prints and original artworks have been exhibited widely at annual events including the Royal Windsor horse show, Badminton horse trials, EWA, New Forest and Hampshire county show and The London International Horse show, Windsor Contemporary art fair, Reading Art fair and the Affordable Art fair Battersea to name but a few.
Works have made regular appearances in the DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year competition at The Mall Galleries in London gaining a ‘highly commended’ award. I was also named Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 by Wildscape magazine after winning the prestigious annual competition with the stunning drawing ‘The Egret Pool’.
Work has been featured in many publications including Wildscape magazine, Hampshire Life, Solent Life magazine and Artist’s and Illustrator’s magazine.
Exhibitions
2001 Collier and Dobson, Fordingbridge – solo
2001 Banham zoo – Mixed exhibition
2002 Collier and Dobson, Fordingbridge – solo
2002 Cherry creek gallery, Oxted – solo
2002 (and annually until 2016) Bath and West show, Shepton Mallet – Collier and Dobson stand
2003 (and annually thereafter) Artist in Residence,Nature in Art museum, Twigworth
2003 The Wildside gallery,Great Malvern – solo
2003 The Whitgift galleries,Croydon – mixed exhibition
Annually until 2017 Badminton horse trials – Collier and Dobson stand
Annually until 2017 Royal Windsor horse show – Collier and Dobson stand
Annually until 2017 The South of England show, Ardingly – Collier and Dobson stand
Annually until 2017 The New forest show, Brockenhurst – Collier and Dobson stand
Annually until 2017 The Game Fair – Collier and Dobson stand
Annually until 2017 Gatcombe horse trials – Collier and Dobson stand
Annually until 2017 London International horse show, Olympia – Collier and Dobson stand
2010, 2012, 2013 DSWF, Wildlife artist of the year competition, The Mall Galleries
2010 Wildscape magazine Wildlife artist of the year competition – Winner
2015-2018 Annual Hampshire Open studios event
2016 Collier and Dobson gallery, Fordingbridge – mixed exhibition
2016 The White Dog gallery, Southsea – mixed exhibition
2016 The White Dog gallery, Lee on solent – mixed exhibition
2016 Hardings Gallery, Warsash – mixed exhibition
2017 Collier and Dobson gallery, Fordingbridge – mixed exhibition
2017 The White Dog gallery, Southsea and Lee on solent – gallery artist – mixed exhibitions
2017 Hardings gallery, Warsash – gallery artist – mixed exhibitions
2017 The Gosport gallery, Gosport – joint exhibition
2017 ‘Wildlife and Wilderness’, Lee on Solent – mixed exhibition
2017 EWA(Exhibition of wildlife art), South Wirral – mixed exhibition
2017 ‘Our world imagined’, Romsey mixed exhibition
2017 Framemakers galleries, Cirencester, solo show
2017 Windsor contemporary art fair, Windsor racecourse
2017 Bell Fine art, Winchester, mixed exhibition
2017 ‘Sketch for survival’ auction Royal Geographical Society
2018 ‘Our World imagined’, Romsey mixed exhibition
2018 Store street gallery, London – gallery artist
2018 The White Dog gallery, Southsea and Lee on Solent – gallery artist
2018 Reading contemporary art fair
2018 Hampshire Open studios event,Great Abshot Barn-mixed exhibition
2018 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2018 The Frame gallery, Odiham – gallery artist
2018 ‘Sketch for survival’ touring exhibition & auction
2019 March Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London – London contemporary art stand
2019 The Oxmarket gallery, Open exhibition
2019 Artist in residence, Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester
2019 EWA Exhibition, Burton, The Wirral
2019 Hampshire Open studios event, Great Abshot barn – mixed exhibition
2019 October ‘Our world imagined’, Romsey mixed exhibition
2019 October Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2019 ‘Sketch for survival’ touring exhibition & auction
2020 EWA Exhibition,The Wirral,Merseyside
2021 & 2022 Hampshire open studios,Great Abshot barn,mixed exhibition
2022 Our World Imagined,Romsey
2021 Sketch for Survival
2022 AAF Hampstead
2022 October AAF Battersea
Representing Galleries
Bell Fine Art, Winchester, Hampshire
White Dog galleries, Lee on solent & Southsea, Hampshire
Hardings gallery, Warsash, Hampshire
The Frame gallery, Odiham, Hampshire
London Contemporary Art, Denbigh St., Pimlico
Framemakers galleries, Salisbury, Marlborough & Basingstoke
Hatton House Art & Design, Dunkeld, Scotland