Lotta Teale
Lotta paints figurative oil paintings, and is inspired by early 20th Century painters such as the Scottish Colourists and William Nicholson. For the last few years she has lived between Islamabad, Tuscany, Bangkok and London, moving to Jerusalem in 2022. In 2021 Lotta won first prize in the British Arts Prize.
Raised in London and attending St Paul’s Girls’ School and the University of Edinburgh, she trained as a barrister and worked for 14 years in law and development, living for many years in Sierra Leone and Pakistan. She now does animal law one day a week on a pro bono basis. Having painted since she was young, in 2018 she started painting professionally, and has developed a practice focusing on still life and plein air, with a particular interest in gardens and architecture.
Primarily self-trained, she aims to paint loosely, with accuracy of colour and drawing, while maintaining a certain liveliness. Lotta enjoys painting silver and iridescent ceramics which reflect the light and colours of the room, and she offsets them with something alive – a simple fruit or vegetable, or an egg. Her paintings often evoke memories of a calmer time and allow the viewer a moment to breathe.
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Summer Show
29 Jun - 31 Aug 2024Summer Show 2024 New Paintings by Michael Ashcroft, Jo Barrett, Ruth Brownlee, Alex Callaway, Daniel Crawshaw, Andrew Crocker, Linda Felcey, Nathan Ford, Jenny Pockley, Nicholas Middleton, Harriet Porter, Helen Simmonds...Read more -
Classical Roots
Mix Show 18 May - 15 Jun 2024A Selection of New PaintingsRead more
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Jerram Gallery, Lotta Teale and Sonia Barton, Still Life, Sherborne, 15th April – 3rd May 2023.
‘Concise Vignettes’, at Panter and Hall in Mayfair, London, June 2022.
‘Breakfasts in Bangkok’, 340 King’s Road, London, October 2021.
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018)
ING Discerning Eye, Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries (2021)
New English Arts Club, Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries (2021, 2020)
Society of Women Artists, Annual Open Exhibition (2021, 2020)
Royal Society of Marine Artists, Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries (2022, 2021, 2020)
Royal West of England Academy, Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol (2019, 2020-21)
Panter and Hall: Christmas show 2022, Affordable Art Fair Autumn 2022, London.
Chelsea Arts Society, Annual Open Exhibition (2022, 2019)
London Art Biennale, Chelsea Town Hall, King’s rd, London (2021)
Jerram Gallery, mixed summer show, Sherborne, July – August (2022).
Russell Gallery, mixed shows, Putney, London (2022, 2021, 2020)
Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, mixed shows, Hampshire (2023, 2022, 2021)
Chelsea Arts Club, mixed show, London (2022)
Art on a Postcard Winter Auction (2022)
Art for Charity Collective show (2023, 2022) and auctions (2021, 2022)
Group exhibition, Fresh Paint, Soho, – September (2022)
Green and Stone, Summer Exhibition, Fulham Road, Chelsea (2020)
Group exhibition ‘Christmas Present’ at Burgh House, Hampstead (2018)
AWARDS
Won first prize in the inaugural British Art Prize 2021, hosted by Artist and Illustrators magazine, Panter and Hall and viking cruises (2021)
Hollybush Emerging Woman Painter Prize, finalist (2020, 2018)
Winner of both the Royal Talents Award and an Exhibition Award, The Artist and Leisure Painter Open Exhibition (2020)
Selected as a finalist at the Marshwood Arts Awards with exhibition at Bridport Arts Centre (2019)