Irene Brierton
Irene Brierton SWA RMS HS
Derbyshire artist Irene Brierton, very well known for her work with badgers, specialises in detailed watercolours of British wildlife.
Irene's passion for natural history began in earliest childhood. Her natural talent and enthusiasm for drawing and painting was enhanced following a spell in the Art Room of Denby Pottery. Leaving to raise her family, the most natural progression was to go on to develop her career as an artist - British Wildlife being her obvious choice of subject matter. Irene's paintings were soon being exhibited in galleries around Derbyshire, leading on to opportunities further afield, gaining an ever wider audience for her work.
In 1987 following exhibitions with the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour (RI) and the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) in London Irene was invited to become a member of the prestigious Society of Women Artists. She exhibited with the SWA at the Westminster Gallery for the first time in 1988.
In the same year she took part in a BBC Wildlife series where Simon King introduced her, as a wildlife artist, to the art of badger watching. She later pursued this new found interest eventually being elected Chair of the newly formed Mid Derbyshire Badger Group.
As a former Council member of the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust her profile as a keen amateur naturalist, with a special depth of knowledge about badgers, was raised. Irene has been called upon to give many interviews on badgers for local and national TV and radio.
Irene also regularly gives talks on badgers and on her work as an artist to many different organisations, including schools, colleges, art groups, etc.
However painting remains the greatest passion in her life. She delights in her time spent patiently observing her subjects out in the countryside. It is that, coupled with her mastery of technique, that enables her, back in the studio, to depict her birds and animals so beautifully, a study of the individual, capturing a moment in time.
Irene works mainly in large but also in miniature format. In 2008 she was elected to Full Membership of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors And Gravers (RMS) Her miniature watercolours of wildlife are also exhibited with the Hilliard Society, of which she is a member, in Wells, Somerset and at Llewellyn Alexander (Fine Paintings Ltd) 124-126 The Cut, Waterloo, London. (Opposite the Old Vic Theatre), which features a comprehensive selection of miniature paintings throughout the year.
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Limited Edition of 100
Size 31cm x 22cm
Framed Print £185
Sitting Pretty
Limited Edition of 100
Size 34cm x 23cm
Mounted print £80
Full Tilt
Limited Edition of 100
Size 53cm x 31.5cm
Mounted print £95
Framed print £175
March Hares
Limited Edition of 100
Size 53cm x 31.3cm
Framed print £175
A Moments Hesitation
Limited Edition of 100
Size 53cm x 31.5cm
Mounted print £110
Water Vole
Limited Edition of 100
Size cm x cm
Framed print £65
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