Join us for online conversation between Wendy Barratt and Jake Spicer, talking about her paintings and artistic practice.
About this Event

Our second artist interview in our winter ‘oil painting’ term will be with the artist Wendy Barratt. The event is free and everybody is welcome, so please feel free to share this link as widely as you would like.

About Wendy Barratt

Wendy Barratt is an artist who is fascinated with representing the human - both in portraiture and life drawing. Her portraiture is made primarily in oil paint whereas life drawing becomes an experiment in mostly dry media.

She studied graphic design in Manchester back in the early 80's and has been working ever since as a designer… up until recently when she launched herself as a full-time artist. Throughout her career, she has spent a lot of her spare time in the life room honing her artistic skills as well as passing on her love of drawing and painting onto others through teaching.

Taking inspiration from people whom she draws in the life room, people encountered both in real life and through found images, Wendy's portraiture is led by the shapes and connections she sees in her subjects as well as the emotion, expression and human connection between artist and sitter.

The early days of her career as an artist have seen her paintings accepted for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition for 2 years running as well as being selected for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Awards exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. She was elected a member of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters in early 2024. She is also the winner of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2023 Series (10) and her winning commission of Dame Jane Goodall now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.

How to join
If you'd like to join the online talk via Zoom you just need to book a ticket here or click on this link HERE - your image will not be visible on screen and you will be able to type questions for our guest artist.

Past ETC talks
You can find all of our past interviews on our YouTube channel HERE. Thank you to our Patreon supporters for providing the support and funding for these free talks!

Supporting the sessions
Draw's ETC programme of artist talks are free to attend and are funded by the Draw Patreon, with the artists paid for taking part. If you enjoy these talks, and would like to support them to continue, why not become a supporter by signing up to the Draw Patreon from just £3.60 per month. You’ll get the in-person concessionary rate, plus Patreons get tiered access to a wealth of resources including our extensive artist’s photo reference library, live online life drawing & portrait drawing classes, online recorded courses and much more.