About Gloria Dean

About the artist.

Norfolk born artist Gloria Dean began her career during the early 1980’s when she declined her place in art school to open a small art gallery, representing her own and other carefully selected artist's work. During this time she held private art classes for both children and adults, and her easy yet enthusiastic style soon established her a loyal following.
Since then her work has spanned sculpture, book illustration, stage sets and the design and restoration of 18th century Chinoiserie, including work for The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Ashmolean Museum.
She has produced commissioned large scale works of up to 17 ft  for private museums and collections.
Animals feature strongly in her work, including the Iberian horse. Whilst travelling in Portugal she pursued her own studies in classical horsemanship, under the tutelage of Lord Henry Loch.
Since then she moved to Coimbra, Portugal and has gone on to produce the dramatic, bold and powerful charcoal studies of bulls that she has become so well known for ... Bulls at peace and at rest.
She has also taken part in many community projects in the UK and the continent.
Demonstrated in these portrayals is her mastery of the art of draughtsmanship which is seen throughout her work, from the large scale dramatic works, to studies of dancers and the relaxed sketches of passers-by.
She has returned to England and now works from her small home based studio in Norfolk, UK.
Her new collection of abstract and quasi abstract work remains based on classical techniques.
Gloria’s work is exhibited Internationally and is held in private art collections worldwide.

Artist's statement :
Essence, body language, and mood.
This Is the basis of every painting.
Life encompasses movement, music, bearing, joy, love, passion, compassion, melancholy and it has been my intention to capture these qualities as I perceive them.
My new collection of abstract and figurative abstract work has technique based strongly on the classical and the simple line drawings evoke a feeling of longing but with a strong positive message of hope and love.

   Exhibition List;
UK.
  Century Galleries, Henley –on- Thames (solo show)
Doric Arts Gallery, Holt (gallery artist)
                        Mistral Gallery, Dover Street, London
Equus Gallery, Newmarket (solo show)
Grove Cottage Art Gallery, Norfolk
  The Mall Galleries, London, with:
The Pastel Society & The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
The Deane Gallery, Co Cork
The Condon Gallery, Theatre Royal, Norwich (solo show)
                        Chimney Mill Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
                        Art in the Park, Croxton, Norfolk
   The King of Hearts Centre for the Arts, Norwich  (solo show)
Norwich Castle Museum. (Vision and Reality) 2011
Appleyard and Co, Norwich. (solo show) 2013
The T Lounge, Ber Street, Norwich ( solo show) 2013
Royal Norfolk Show 2013/14/15/16/17/18/22
Norwich Cathedral, Harefest & Christmas 2018
   Wymondham Arts Centre, Good Hare Days 2018
Portugal; Gois Arte, 2006 2007
Live Arte,2006
Spain. International Oroso, 2006 2007
New York.   Annual Print Exhibition, Arts Centre of the Capital Region, Troy, NY.
2013/2014/2015 /2016/ 2017
Becketts Chapel, Wymondham 2024
Hard Pressed, Harrods of Hingham 2024
Italy
CMC Exhibition Centre, Milan 2024