About Me
I am a landscape artist, based in West Berkshire.
I take my inspiration mainly from rural and coastal landscapes, and the transformative effects that seasonal and meteorological change have on these. I have a particular fascination with human intervention on the landscape and the resulting tension between permanence and impermanence: ancient monuments and architectural ruins being a favourite theme. I am intrigued by the way these become absorbed into the surrounding environment over time, while maintaining some presence of their own.
I work in oils and acrylics, both in my studio and en plein air. I studied for an undergraduate degree in English with Art at Chichester in the early 1990’s, focusing mainly on sculpture, and only returned to painting in 2020.
I am a member of the Reading Guild of Artists (RGA), the Henley Art and Crafts Guild (HACG) and Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire. I exhibit regularly with the RGA and HACG, I exhibit regularly with the RGA and HACG, and have also had work accepted for exhibition at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance; the Artizan Gallery, Torquay; The Badger in the Wall Gallery, Yorkshire and at the SAA ’Artists of the Year ’24’ and ‘The Artist and Leisure Painter Open’ exhibitions in Nottingham. My painting ‘Wilder’s Folly after the Rain’ was shortlisted for the final round of judging for the 2022 Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition and ‘Castle Howard’ was awarded Artists & Illustrators magazine ‘Artwork of the Month’ in the February 2022 Editor’s Picks competition. My work has also been featured in Leisure Painter magazine (August 2023 and June 2024). In June 2022 I had a fun day out at Royal Ascot participating as a ‘Wild Card’ artist in Series 8 of Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’.’
Exhibitions, Publications and Competitions
Exhibitions and Events
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines’
TALP Open Art Competition exhibition 2025
Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham
27 April – 15 June 2025
with associated online exhibition
PAST EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
INSIGHT Open Studios Exhibition
The Base, Greenham Business Park, Communications Road, Thatcham, RG19 6HN
10th – 26th May 2025
Open Studios: West Berkshire & North Hampshire
Hilltop Studio, 15B Berkshire Drive, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 5JJ
10th – 26th May 2025
Henley Art & Crafts Guild Spring Exhibition
The Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
2nd – 13th May 2025
Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition
Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Uffington, Oxfordshire
26th – 27th April 2025
Artizan Women’s Open 2025
Artizan Gallery, Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon TQ2 5UW
9th March – 13th April 2025
Rotary Club of Pangbourne Art Exhibition and Sale 2025
Pangbourne Village Hall, 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne RG8 7AN
Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th March
English Riviera Winter Open 2024
Artizan Gallery, Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon TQ2 5UW
10th November – 24th December
The Fox & Hounds Christmas Market
The Fox & Hounds, 116 City Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 5SB
Sunday 8th December 2024
Henley Art & Crafts Guild Winter Exhibition
The Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley on Thames
22nd November to 3rd December 2024
Reading Charity Art Fair
Leighton Park School, Reading
26th-27th October 2024
Reading Guild of Artists Sale of Small Works 2024
St Luke’s Church Hall, Erleigh Road, Reading RG1 5LR
1st – 3rd November 2024
SAA Artists of the Year ’24
Winners & Finalists exhibition
St Luke’s House, 71-73 Friar Lane, Nottingham, NG1 6DH
1st – 6th October 2024
Celebrating Yorkshire exhibition
The Badger in the Wall Gallery, Home Barn, Church Avenue, Clapham, North Yorkshire LA2 8EQ
1st – 31st August 2024
Nettlebed Art & Craft Show
Nettlebed School and Community Hall, High Street, Nettlebed
3rd – 4th August 2024
(Open Saturday 12 noon – 6pm, Sunday 10am – 5pm)
The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines’
TALP Open Art Competition exhibition 2024
Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham
11 July – 11 August 2024
with associated online exhibition
‘Collaboration’, The Reading Guild of Artists’ 93rd Annual Exhibition
University of Reading, LO4 Art Building
The Institute of Education, London Road Campus, Reading, RG1 5AG
15th – 25th June 2024
‘Redefining Realities’ exhibition
Arlington Arts, Mary Hare School, Snelsmore Common, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 3BQ
1st May – 21st June
INSIGHT Open Studios Exhibition
The Base, Greenham Business Park, Communications Road, Thatcham, RG19 6HN
4th May – Monday 27th May
West Berkshire & North Hampshire Open Studios
Hilltop Studio, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 5JJ
4th – 26th May (every Saturday & Sunday in May, 11am-5pm)
Henley Arts & Crafts Guild Spring Exhibition
The Old Fire Station Gallery, 52 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames RG9 2AG
27th April – 7th May 2024 (10am – 4pm daily)
Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize Exhibition
Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Uffington, SN7 7RE
27th – 28th April (10am-5pm)
Rotary Club of Pangbourne Art Exhibition and Sale
Pangbourne Village Hall, 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne RG8 7AN
20th – 21st April (Saturday 10-5pm, Sunday 10- 4pm)
University of Reading Winter Festival : Festive Market
3Sixty, Reading Students’ Union building
Friday 1st December 2023, 5pm – 8pm
Henley Art & Crafts Guild
Autumn Exhibition
The Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
6 – 10 October 2023
Small Works 2023
Reading Guild of Artists)
The Turbine House, Reading
22 September – 1 October 2023
The Reading Guild of Artists 92nd Annual Exhibition 2022 ‘Continuum’
The Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
21 July – 1 August 2023
The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines’
TALP Open 2023
Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham
13 July – 13 August 2023
with associated online exhibition
Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize exhibition
Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Uffington, Oxfordshire
22-23 April 2023
with associated online exhibition
RGA Royal Berkshire Hospital Corridor Exhibition No.28
Reading
6 March – 29 April 2023
Penlee Inspired 2023
18 January – 22 April 2023
Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance
RBSA Prize Exhibition 2022
RBSA (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists) Gallery, Birmingham
15 September – 15 October 2022
Small Works 22 (Reading Guild of Artists)
The Turbine House, Reading
23 September – 2 October 2022
RGA Royal Berkshire Hospital Corridor Exhibition No.27
Reading
4 July – 27 Aug 2022
The Reading Guild of Artists 91st Annual Exhibition 2022 ‘ART Works’
The Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
21 July – 4 August 2022
The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines’
TALP Open 2022
Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham
14 July – 14 August 2022
with associated online exhibition
Reading Charity Art Fair
Leighton Park School, Reading
29 – 31 October 2021
RGA Royal Berkshire Hospital Corridor Exhibition No.26
Reading
5 July – 28 Aug 2021
The Reading Guild of Artists 90th Annual Exhibition 2021 ‘Reconnected’
The Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
Fri 16th – Tue 27th July 2021
RGA Online Exhibition “Celebrating our Town – Discover Reading” Summer Supplement
June 2021
RGA Online Exhibition ‘while we wait‘
March 2021
Publications featuring my work
- ‘Local artists Simon Pink and Kerry Webb invite you to their upcoming open studio event in May’, Pangbourne Village Magazine, May/June 2025, p.53
- ‘Spencer’s Angel’, Stanley Spencer Gallery Newsletter, Spring 2025
- ‘Reading artists to take part in Open Studios 2025 event’ – Elizabeth Scott, Reading Chronicle, 26 April 2025
- ‘Art lovers have chance to visit Hilltop Studio in Tilehurst next month’, Reading Today, 21 April 2025
- ‘Local artists share their love of the natural world’, Sulham with Tidmarsh Parish Magazine, Spring 2025, pp.12-13
- Leisure Painter (June 2024), Vol.58, No.6, Issue 650, p.78 ‘Chun Quoit‘ features in the ‘Art clubs’ section
- ‘Artists Kerry Webb and Simon Pink open show in Tilehurst’ – Katie French, Reading Chronicle, 09 May 2024
- ‘Painting the Captain Cook Statue at Whitby’, Cook’s Log, the journal of the Captain Cook Society (January 2024), Vol.47, no.1
- ‘Arts and crafts guild in the pink after 70 years’ – Natalie Aldred, Henley Standard, 29 September 2023
- Leisure Painter (August 2023), Vol.57, No.8. Issue 640, p.88 ‘Online gallery: Jane Stroud’s selection of works from the Painters Online gallery’ an article about my ‘Spencer’s Angel, Cookham‘ painting
- Reading Guild of Artists Annual Review 2022-23 , pp.10-11 ‘The Girl, the Horse, the Mouse(hole) and the Sea’ by Kerry Webb
- ‘Why the corridors of Reading’s RBH are a hotspot for art’ – Phil Creighton, Reading Today, 16 March 2023
Competitions
The Sleeping Angel, Oil on canvas board (60cm x 30cm)
SAA Artists of the Year ’24 – Finalists’ exhibition
‘Highly Commended’
In Memoriam I, Acrylic on canvas board (30cm x 42cm)
Selected for exhibition in The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines’ TALP Open Competition 2024
Wilder’s Folly, after the rain, Acrylic on canvas board (51cm x 41cm)
Shortlisted for the final round of judging
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2022
Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year, Series 8 (filmed June 2022, aired January 2023) Participated as a ‘Wildcard’ artist at the second Royal Ascot heat
Poenari Fortress, Oil on canvas board (35cm x 25cm)
Selected for exhibition in The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines’ TALP Open Competition 2023
St. Clement’s Isle, sunset (2022), Oil on canvas board, 20cm x 13cm (10″ x 5″) & Mousehole Harbour (2022), Oil on canvas board, 40cm x 30cm
Selected for Penlee Inspired 2023
Cookworthy Knapp (nearly there), Oil on canvas (40cm x 50cm)
Selected for the RBSA Prize Exhibition 2022
RBSA (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists) Gallery, Birmingham
15 September – 15 October 2022
Corfe Castle, Acrylic on canvas (50cm x 20cm)
Selected for exhibition in The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines’
TALP Open Competition 2022
Clouds over the Cobb, Oil on canvas (50 x 40cm)
Selected for the Artists & Illustrators magazine ‘Editor’s Pick Portfolio landscape gallery 2022′ : July 2022
Castle Howard, Acrylic on canvas board (60 x 30cm)
Awarded Artists & Illustrators magazine ‘Artwork of the Month’ Editor’s Picks ‘Reflections’ competition: February 2022