Tiana Marie
Born into an artistic family in South Lakeland, Tiana’s artistic vision was strongly shaped by the valleys of the Lake District with their powerful weather conditions reflecting the elemental power of Nature.
She studied art at DeMontfort University and gained a B.A. (Hons). After leaving college she returned to Cumbria to earn her living as a professional artist and established a studio at Halfpenny.
She exhibited her first watercolours at the Royal Society of Artists in Watercolour at the Bankside Galleries in London, and held her first solo exhibition in 1983. Impressions of Lakeland produced 75 works and was held at Brantwood, Coniston, home of John Ruskin. The Times describes her as "one of the Lake District’s most promising young professional artists." The Daily Telegraph records the influence of Ruskin and Turner on her work.
Since then Tiana has had many shows inspired by the English Lake District and the Northern Counties, selling to a growing band of collectors worldwide. She has also been Artist in Residence at the painting studio at Grizedale Forest, working on the Silurian Way in the Lake District National Park.
Tiana was a member of the Lake Artists Society from 1983-2007 and is featured in the book by Jane Renouf, The Lake Artists Society - A Centenary Celebration. She left Cumbria in 2007 to live and work in Somerset.
The splendour and drama of Lakeland and its many weathers has been much of the inspiration for Tiana’s paintings, but she continues to portray the spirit of place, a landscape’s inner qualities in her paintings of the West Country. She has also shown her work at the Society for Women Artists in London.
Tiana now lives and works in the counties of Cumbria and Somerset and exhibits in both. She has held 28 solo exhibitions and 14 group shows in 33 years as a practicing artist based on the themes of light in the Romantic Nature tradition.
Tiana works in art education supplying learning for life courses with the WEA South West Region, including artists' walks and plein air workshops at historic venues like Glastonbury Abbey.
As a creative educator she also teaches residential courses at Higham Hall. The next study break is Studio Painting: Connecting with the Elements helping individuals discover their creativity.
Tiana has written articles about the making of art in the British landscape. Since 2015 she has been writing a series of books about painting with light, the creative spirit and the imagination.
