Hazel Thomson

Artist Statement:

Hazel's unique style of painting, is classical and contemporary, her scenes are realistic, and full of atmosphere. As she paints in layers with pallet knife and brush her work is textured and detailed.
Multi award winner Hazel Thomson, has been working on landscapes of Cheshire and surrounding areas over the past few years.
As Artist in Residence for the Wirral country park, she has access to live on Hilbre Island over the Spring of 2016.
Also with the help of the Cheshire wild life trust has had access to some of the wonderful projects they have been working on around Delamere forest,
She has gained a true understanding of nature over the last five years and this reflects in her paintings . She has also been recently placed, twice, in the American Art Awards , 2017, first for the category "Worlds Best Artists of Landscape Impressionism, and second for the category "Worlds Best Artists of Realism Landscape, in which, both have separate features in the Huffington post. You can also see her work in The Artist and Illustrators,on line magazine for editor choice for the feature in the Autumn Gallery , 2017, over the past two years she has also picked up three 1st place, peoples choice awards, and three 2nd place, peoples choice awards, from separate open exhibitions.
Allso as one of the finalist of solo art series , on the Light Space and Time ,on line gallery , She will be showcased on the on line home page, from the 1st of Febuary to the 14th of Febuary 2019.

Education:

self taught

Awards & Distinctions:

2022 Grosvenor Museum art open, Highly Commended chester, United Kingdom
2021 Luxembourg art prize Certificate of merit Luxembourg
2019 _ Awarded Artist Showcase Feature | LightSpaceTime.Art
2019 _ 1st Place _ Peoples Choice Award - Stock port Open
2019 _ 2nd place _ peoples choice award - Liverpool Art Fair
2018 – 2nd place – People's choice award - Stockport Open Art Exhibition
2018 – 2nd place - Billy Wilson People's Choice Award – Liverpool Art Fair
2017 – Top 5 - American Art Awards for the for the category "World's Best Artists of Landscape Impressionism"
2017 – Top 5 - American Art Awards for the for the category " World's Best Artists of Realism Landscape"
2017 – 1st place - Billy Wilson People's Choice Award and CASSART prize – Liverpool Art Fair
2017 – 1st place - People's choice – Virgin Art Exhibition
2016 – 1st place - People's choice Kriterion Award – Williamson Art Gallery (Oak Tree)
2016 – 2nd place - People's choice – Williamson Art Gallery (Magical Forest)

Exhibitions:

Grosvenor Museum Open Art Exhibition 2022
Royal Cambrian academy of arts 2020
Malvern Theatres
The Art Gallery Tetbury
leisure Painters magazine Nov issue
Recent Exhibitions from January 2015

Frodsham Arts Centre
The Grosvenor Museum
Open Mind Open Art
Virgin Art
Royal Cambrian Academy 2015
Deeside Open
Artist in Residence At Thurstaston Country Park
Artist Spotlight, House Of Coco . January 2016

Castle Park Arts Centre
8th January 2016
Febuary 21st

Liverpool Art Fair May 1016
Virgin Art May 2016
Artist in residence Hibre Island
Williamson Art Gallery ( The Kriterion award } 1st and 2nd place , peoples choice award. May 2016
Malvern Theatres August 2016

Latest Exhibitions 2017
Royal Cambrian Academy January 2017 to February 4th 2017
Virgin Art Wales [awarded peoples choice prize]
Dot Art Liverpool
Williamson Art Gallery 2017
Liverpool art fair 2017 [ peoples choice award]
Castle Park Arts Centre January 2018 to mid February 2018 [solo]
Stockport Open Art Exhibition 2018
liverpool Art Fair 2018

Artistic Influences:

Difficult to say. I admire any artist whos life work is creativity, as I have experimented over the years and developed my own style.