BIO
About Felicity Talman Fine Art
Felicity Talman is an award winning British artist currently living in rural West Wales. Her practice is predominately inspired by nature and more specifically natural forms. Working with soft pastels on sanded pastel paper, she examines the slow decay process of largely overlooked subjects. Felicity incorporates themes such as the passing of time, New Materialism, the ephemeral and the abject, within her work.
Felicity was awarded “Best Young Still Life” and “Best Young Animal/Wildlife” in the SAA Artists of the Year competition 2020. In 2021 she was shortlisted as a finalist in the SAA Artists of the Year in the Professional Abstract category.
Felicity is a juried member of the Pastel Guild of Europe.
CV AND ARTIST STATEMENT
ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice is predominately inspired by nature and more specifically natural forms. Working with soft pastels on sanded pastel paper, my current body of work explores the Hollyhock plant, and more specifically the seed-heads. Since late September, the Hollyhock flowers growing around my garden have started to slowly transition from their vibrant velvety petals to weathered, earthy toned seed-heads. Suspended in an in-between state, the seed-heads simultaneously suggest deterioration and new life. It is this process of deterioration, which is often disregarded, that I am interested in exploring. Working from life and a selection of my own reference photographs allows me to respond to the subject as it continues to transform.
EDUCATION
2019 - Present: University for the Creative Arts (UCA)/The Open College of the Arts. (OCA) – BA (hons) in Fine Art
AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS
2024: The Pastel Society 125th Annual Exhibition
2022: 6th Annual Pure Color International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings
2021: SAA Artists of the Year 2021 - Shortlisted in the Professional Abstract Category
2020: SAA Artists of the Year 2020 - Best Young Still Life Award Winner
SAA Artists of the Year 2020 - Best Young Animal/Wildlife Award Winner
MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS
2022: Work Featured in Creative Crawley Winter Drawing Workshop Brochure
2022: Featured in Artist Talk Magazine - Issue 20 (https://www.artisttalkmagazine.com/magazine-archive#&gid=1960309628&pid=20)
2021 - 2022: Featured in OCA social media platforms and in social media partnerships between OCA and the Leisure Painter and The Artist Magazines