ABOUT CHALLONER
Artist Biography
Challoner Spokes is a British painter living and working in Oxfordshire. Her paintings are full of colour and contrasts, depicting themes of pattern, nature and memory.
Challoner was born in Hertfordshire and has a BA Hons degree from University of Kent. As well as an experienced visual artist, Challoner specialises in creative education and training for adult learners. With well over a decade of experience, she is passionate about arts and helping others develop their skills. Since 2013 she has been delivering comprehensive art courses, workshops and demonstrations covering drawing, oil pastels, watercolours and acrylic painting.
Challoner’s original paintings and fine art prints are held in private collections in the UK, Netherlands and USA.
Artist Statement
Using bold colour, my work is concerned with the line that interrupts hues to define shape and objects. My oil paintings are representational though not bound by reality.
My work is responsive to the feeling of a moment. Colours and perspective are shifted to express the emotion of an experience.
I’m also very interested in the visceral qualities and repetitive shapes that appear in the displays that humans create to sell their wares. Sometime accidental, but usually on purpose, traditional retailers create fascinating displays and just as interesting is the reaction that the customer has to the shop window or stall. Butchers and Fishmongers provoke particularly fascinating reactions. A consumer can be horrified or rapacious over the same subject.
THE SEASONS ART CLASS
I'm delighted to be working with The Seasons Art Class. The wonderful 14 week programmes of art classes are for Adult Learners (Beginners and Improvers) and covers everything you need to know to be able to draw and paint. Have the best fun ever and create the art you've always wanted to with your supportive tutor and friends.