Trudy MONTGOMERY
Trudy Montgomery was born in Bristol and lived in California for 14 years before returning to the UK in 2012. In 2016 she settled in west Penwith and completed the One Year Mentoring Course at Newlyn School of Art. She has a BA (Hons) degree in Economics from Exeter University and studied art while in California.
She has participated in artist residencies in India and Australia. Her work has been exhibited throughout the UK, as well as Germany, Dubai, Canada and the USA, and has been included in private and corporate collections such as Hard Rock, Laing O'Rourke and Nordstroms.
Her tendency towards pure, bold colour on an immersive scale is influenced by the light and space of both the Californian and Cornish coasts, and the artist's own spiritual landscapes.
media
Painting in oil on canvas, acrylic on wood panel
exhibitions
2016: Newlyn School of Art 'Canopy' Mentoring Course Show, PZ Gallery, Penzance (25-27 Nov)
2017: St Ives Society of Artists Spring Open Exhibition
2018: Circle Summer, Circle Contemporary, Hawksfield, Wadebridge (30 June-22 Sept)
2018: Mothers & Daughters, Circle Contemporary, Hawksfield, Wadebridge
2018: CYPHER, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Gulval, Penzance
2018: KOBER, Heseltine Gallery, Truro School, Truro
2020: Open Studios Cornwall (postponed)
memberships
Chelsea Arts Club
Newlyn Society of Artists
Penwith Society of Artists (associate)
references
Cornwall Living (Jan 2017) 'Masters in the Making' by Mercedes Smith
Cornwall Today (Aug 2017) 'Dazzling West Coast Colour'