Judith Appleby

Born in Dublin in 1952, Judith Appleby qualified as an architect and spent most of her career teaching architectural design. Her masters degree in education developed new ways of teaching creativity. She has a PhD from Nottingham University. Judy took up full-time painting in 2006 and as a self-taught artist has applied herself to studying work of other artists, and discovering her own concepts for painting.

Judy‘s work demonstrates a distinctive style, and she is emerging as a significant artist in the north east of England. Her first solo show was at The Sage, Gateshead in October 2010 and she is currently contracted with the Biscuit Factory gallery in Newcastle where she also has a studio. Her work is in public and private collections in UK, Europe, USA and Goa.

“My paintings vary in character, but many have a distinctive theme emphasising the relationship of natural and man-made structures in the landscape. My work expresses an abstracted interpretation of structure and form in its landscape context.”

In recent years Judy’s paintings have explored the colours and forms of geology and the relationship of man-made structures to the coastal landscape. Harbours and lighthouses are a favourite subject. So too are the whisky distilleries of Scotland: the dramatic contrast of simple, often white, industrial buildings with magnificent landscapes and coastal settings, has provided inspiration a series (27 so far) of distillery paintings.

Judy’s paintings are original works in acrylic medium. Commissions are a possibility.