Pauline Blackett

Pauline was born and raised in London and moved to Canada in her early twenties where she had two children and lived for eight years. On returning to the UK Pauline lived in a village in Oxfordshire and it was there, after a serious operation, that she started to paint to aid her recovery. At that time Pauline mostly used watercolours.

Later in life Pauline moved to the mountains in Andalusia in Spain where she lived for twelve years and probably painted most prolifically. She also discovered an artist called Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923) whose paintings she found inspirational and his house and paintings are now a museum in Madrid which she has visited a number of times.

While living in Andalusia a Spanish artist, Jose Miguel who had a studio locally was also Pauline's inspiration and she found it was the most wonderful environment to be creative in. Pauline also took up pottery and sculpting with a wonderful artist called Diego.

On returning to the UK a few years ago, for relaxation and fun, Pauline has enjoyed dabbling with different media and at the moment she is working with charcoal and ink and experimenting with pastels.

The Milton Abbas Art Group is a great place to be among other like minded, friendly people who enjoy Art of every form.