Louise Balaam
Louise Balaam is known for her dynamic landscapes representing the wilder areas of the British Isles - moorlands, marshes, and the rocky coastal areas of Cornwall, Pembrokeshire and the North-West Highlands of Scotland. Her work is concerned with an emotional response to the elemental opposition of land and sky, and the quality of light in the landscape.
Balaam is a member of the NEAC and the RWA. Her work is in many private collections in the UK and internationally, and has been shown in a number of open submission exhibitions, including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Threadneedle Prize and the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize.
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Edge of the land, Cape Cornwalloil on canvas80cm x 80cm (31.5" x 31.5")
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Water and light (coast)oil on canvas50cm x 80cm (19.7" x 31.5")
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White Highlands sky, Januaryoil on canvas60cm x 60cm (23.6" x 23.6")
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Bright sky (Carn Ingli)oil on panel70cm x 80cm (27.6" x 31.5")
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Pink and gold, soft eveningoil on canvas90cm x 100cm (35.4" x 39.4")
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Sudden light, Carn Breaoil on canvas80cm x 90cm (31.5" x 35.5")
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Cloud sweep, blue mistoil on canvas80cm x 80cm (31.5" x 31.5")
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Deep turquoise (Bojewyan)oil on canvas70cm x 70cm (27.6" x 27.6")
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Grey-green light, Hebridesoil on canvas55cm x 60cm (21.7" x 23.6")
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Heading North, sky lightoil on canvas150cm x 180cm (59.1" x 70.9")
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Higher Bojewyan, peachy skyoil on canvas70cm x 70cm (27.6" x 27.6")
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Last light, Wheal Bal Farmoil on canvas55cm x 60cm (21.7" x 23.6")
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Marshes and grey-blue cloudoil on canvas100cm x 120cm (39.4" x 47.2")
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Mudflats, pink skyoil on canvas100cm x 100cm (39.4" x 39.4")
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Pearly light at Carn Breaoil on canvas40cm x 75cm (15.7" x 29.5")
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Porthminsteroil on canvas122cm x 122cm (48" x 48")
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Sky clearing over the estuary, herons (Pembrokeshire)oil on canvas100cm x 110cm (39.4" x 43.3")
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Sun on the sand, Dinas Bayoil on canvas60cm x 60cm (23.6" x 23.6")
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Sweeping cloud, bright edge (Porthledden)mixed media on canvas100cm x 110cm (39.4" x 43.3")
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Towards the river, marsh countryoil on canvas60cm x 60cm (23.6" x 23.6")
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White surf, Cape Cornwall from Carn Breaoil on canvas110cm x 130cm (43.3" x 51.2")
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April, luscious greenoil on panel60cm x 80cm (23.6" x 31.5")
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Bamaluz deep blueoil on canvas152.5cm x 152.5cm (60" x 60")
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Between two riversoil on canvas140cm x 180cm (55.1" x 70.9")
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Evening light, towards the estuaryoil on canvas120cm x 130cm (47.2" x 51.2")
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Freshwateroil on canvas51cm x 51cm (20" x 20")
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In the reedbed, quickening mudoil on canvas120cm x 110cm (47.2" x 43.3")
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Salt Fleetoil on panel60cm x 80cm (23.6" x 31.5")
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Slanting light at Zennoroil on canvas110cm x 110cm (43.3" x 43.3")
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West Kennett dark dooroil on panel61cm x 80cm (24" x 31.5")
Head of Painting, The New School of Art
Academician of the Royal West of England Academy
Member of the New English Art Club
Education
2007 MA Fine Art, Christchurch University College, Canterbury
2002 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury
Solo Exhibitions
2019 "The Colour of Light", Cadogan Contemporary, London
2015 "Painting a Space", Cadogan Contemporary, London
2014 John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
2013 "Cornish Light", Cadogan Contemporary, London
2012 John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
2011 Cadogan Contemporary, London
2010 Cadogan Contemporary, London
2008 Trinity Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
2007 "Response", Ashford Library Gallery
2005 "A Sense of Place", Portico Gallery Sevenoaks
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, London
2018 RWA Annual Exhbition, Bristol
2017 New English Artists, Linden Hall Gallery, Deal, Kent
2016 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2016 New English Arts Club
2016 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2016 20/21 Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2016 Summer Show, Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
2016 New English Arts Club
2016 Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2015 White Space Art, Tones, Devon
2015 Josephine Harpur, Bury St Edmunds and Aldeburgh
2015 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2015 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2015 "Quintet", White Space Gallery, Totnes, Devon
2015 "Little Gems", Mall Galleries, London
2015 Hilton Fine Art, Bath
2015 Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2014 Josephine Harpur, Bury St Edmunds and Aldeburgh
2014 Summer Show, Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
2014 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2014 New English Arts Club, London
2014 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2014 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2014 New English Arts Club, London
2014 Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2014 Russell Gallery, Putney, London
2013 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2013 Josephine Harpur, Bury St Edmunds and Aldeburgh
2013 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2013 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2013 New English Arts Club, London
2013 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Cadogan Contemporary, London
2013 Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2013 Russell Gallery, Putney, London
2012 Hilton Fine Art, Bath
2012 Josephine Harpur, Bury St Edmunds and Aldeburgh
2012 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2012 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2012 New English Arts Club, London
2012 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2011 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2011 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, London
2011 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2011 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2011 New English Arts Club, London
2011 Royal Society of British Artists, London
2011 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2011 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2010 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2010 Two-person show, Ruthven Gallery, Scotland
2010 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2010 Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale
2010 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2010 New English Arts Club, London
2010 Royal Society of British Artists, London
2010 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2010 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, London
2010 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2009 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2009 Two-person show, Ruthven Gallery, Scotland
2009 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2009 Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale
2009 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2009 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2009 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2008 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2008 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2008 Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale
2008 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2008 Contemporay Work on Paper Fair, Royal Academy, London
2008 Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale
2008 Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Sussex
2008 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2007 New English Arts Club, London
2007 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2007 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2007 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2007 Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale
2007 New English Arts Club, London
2006 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2006 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2006 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2006 Contemporay Work on Paper Fair, Royal Academy, London
2006 Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale
2006 Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, London
2006 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2006 White Space Art, Totnes, Devon
2005 Contemporay Work on Paper Fair, Royal Academy, London
2005 Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Sussex
2005 New English Arts Club, London
2005 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2004 New English Arts Club, London
2004 RWA Exhibition, Bristol
2003 "Fresh Art", Islington, London
2003 "Fresh Art", Islington, London
Awards
2010 Odin Trust Prize, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2007 Highly Commended, Chichester Open Art Exhibition