- Delia Cardnell
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Delia Cardnell RI (born in Islington, London) is a British painter. She was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (2000) and voted to serve on the council (2001-2005) and (2010-). She frequently demonstrates painting techniques and writes articles for magazines.
Cardnell paints in watercolours and oils; rich textured abstract and semi-abstract landscapes, portraits and detailed still life. She mainly paints wild flowers and exotic foreign plants, incorporating paintings within her paintings, views through windows and a variety of furniture. Details often relate or are deliberately repeated within her paintings.
Her watercolour, 'Snowdrops' was used as a Christmas card supporting the Artists' General Benevolent Institution, the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House.
In 2009, two of her paintings, 'Late Winter' and 'Honesty' were used for cards in support of the charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). Please see the external MSF link below to view MSF cards. Please note that Delia's cards for 2010, 'Hellebore' and 'Mid February' have already sold out.
Olivia Cardnell, Delia's younger sister, is an abstract and semi-abstract painter.
Exhibitions
- Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
- Royal Watercolour Society
- Royal Society of British Artists
- New English Art Club
- South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts
- Society of Women Artists
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters
- An RP exhibition of selected paintings held at the National Portrait Gallery (London).
Awards
- June Stokes-Roberts Bursary by the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers (1995)
- The RI Winsor & Newton Young Artist first prize winner(1999)
- Winner of the Laing Art Competition (1999) (John Laing plc)
- Frank Herring Award for still life (2000)
External links
- MSF Two cards by Delia Cardnell
- Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours Mall Galleries site
- Delia Cardnell RI Mall Galleries webpage
- Profile at Marine House
- Artists General Benevolent Institution
- Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
- The Artist magazine
- Paintings at Studio18
- Gallery Le Fort Fine Arts
- Arlesford Gallery
- Delia Cardnell Website
- Illustrations for Christoher Long (journalist/foreign correspondent
- Russell Gallery, London
- Mid Cornwall Galleries
- Visions of Watercolour, Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany
- Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers
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