Haidee-Jo is a full-time professional artist known for painting gardens, landscapes and seascapes 'en plein air'. Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil painters (VPROI) and an elected member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) her work can be seen each year at the Mall Galleries in London in these prestigious society exhibitions. As well as a busy painting life, Haidee-Jo is an author of two books on oil painting and an editorial consultant for The Artist magazine, alongside David Curtis ROI RSMA. Her first book, ‘Vibrant Oils’ (published by Search Press), has been reprinted in Spanish, Italian, French and Chinese. Her second book 'Plein air painting in Oils' has been printed in English and Russian language editions. She has produced two popular DVDs with APV films which demonstrate her painting process en plein air. Although oils are very much her preferred medium, in the 1990’s Haidee-Jo produced a large body of work for the Encyclopaedia of Watercolour Techniques and is an avid sketcher. In recent years she has been invited to judge UK and international plein air events, after winning many prizes for her work which features fresh and vibrant brushwork coupled with keen drawing and observational skills. Haidee-Jo gained a degree in illustration following an art foundation course and graduated in 1994. She has been exhibiting and teaching ever since, in recent years having cut back on teaching commitments to focus on painting and writing. She believes very much in continuing to grow and develop, all the while striving to express her personal voice in paint and to do so more and more succinctly.

‘My work is a celebration of light filled moments revealed in rich and vibrant oil paint using my personal visual language of fresh and direct brushmarks. Painting en plein air is central to my practice but I am equally at home working from a model, still life or interior. I find beauty in the ordinary, mundane and intimate rather than the grand vista. Coastal locations, domestic interiors and gardens and allotments provide me with rich and endless subject material.

My approach is one of simplicity and economy, striving to make every mark count in my earnest pursuance of capturing the poetry of a fleeting effect of light.’

AWARDS

2022 Laguna Plein air invitational Architecture Award

2020 Oil painters of America wet paint competition international category first place

2019 Winner of the Dry Red Press Award at the Royal Institute of Oil painters exhibition

2019 Winner of the Great Art Award at Patchings art centre/The Artist exhibition

2019 The Artist exhibition award

2018 The Dartington crystal chalice at the Royal Institute of Oil painters

2017 Artists choice award Paradise Paint Out, Florida

2016 Winner of the Great Art Award at Patchings art centre/The Artist exhibition

2015 Winner of the Great Art Award at Patchings art centre/The Artist exhibition

2014 Winner of the £1000 first prize at the Paint Out Norwich invitational

2014 £200 Rosemary brushes bouquet at A brush with the broads

2014 The Buxton Spa prize plein air competition £5000 first prize winner

2014 The Artist £1800 purchase prize award selected by Ken Howard RA

2014 The Artist exhibition award at Patchings art centre/The Artist exhibition

2014 Pro Arte award at Patchings art centre/The Artist exhibition

2013 Awarded the Royal Talens prize in the annual Patchings/ The Artist exhibition

2013 Honourable mention award at the Forgotten Coast en plein air Quick Draw

2012 Winner of the Royal Institute of Oil painters portrait painting event

2012 Winner of the Making a Mark plein air plus blog award

2012 Winner of The Artist magazine charity Christmas card competition.

2012 Patchings art festival and ‘The Artist’ exhibition awarded the Pro Arte prize.

2012 Awarded ‘Artist of the Year 2012’ by the SAA, Society of All Artists £2000 prize

2006 Young Artist’s award at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters finalist

2005 Young Artist’s award at the Royal Institute of Oil painters finalist

2005 Willoughby Memorial Trust open exhibition professional category first prize

1998 Young Artists Award, Royal Institute of Oil Painters second prize

1997 Young Artists award at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters exhibition third prize

1994 Winner of Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast portrait competition