VERYAN GALLERIES - Key Persons

After completing a foundation year at Falmouth, Daniel trained as a scientific and natural history illustrator at Blackpool School of Art. For the last 28 years he has worked as a professional artist / illustrator. Working mostly in the field of Natural History his work has been used by clients in advertising and publishing all over the world, most recently for the BBC. He is a long time member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and his wildlife paintings have won several awards , most recently the Swarovski Bird Artist of the Year 2016 at the Mall Gallery. Daniel also paints striking landscapes. Working in his studio using many field sketches, he takes the strong lines and colours of the Cornish landscape and supercharges them to produce dramatic works of art.

Jenny was one of the youngest members ever at the time of her election to both the New English Art Club (1983) and Royal Watercolour Society (1984). Trained at West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham, Surrey, she has been painting professionally ever since she graduated. Over the years she has exhibited at most of the prestigious joint shows and competitions including the Royal Academy Summer Show, the Scottish Academy and the West of England Academy, as well annual solo shows in major London galleires and abroad. She has also been the Artist expert/judge on two series of Channel 4's Watercolour Challenge Her work focuses on colour and composition and a working from paintings done in situ to studio works where she tries to distill the essence of place using her plein air studies and drawings alongside the passage of time and memory. The final images will hopefully convey her emotive response to the landscape, relationships, ideas and environment. Her work is held in many public and private collections worldwide including that of HM the Queen, Maltese Government, Pace Petroleum, John Lewis offices and stores nationwide and St Thomas's Hospital.

Karen McEndoo was born in Carsholton in Surrey but her early life was spent in Africa which has had a tremendous influence on her work, inspired particularly by the rich colours,designs and the music. She trained as a graphic designer/illustrator in Taunton but her work has evolved into a more expressive and abstract form of painting. Science and nature are huge influences and she is an avid lover of nature, being a founder member of Terramater Art, whose fundamental aim is to herald the protection of nature and our planet. ' ...I prefer to allow the work to develop its own language. Colour is everything to me and I spend a good deal of time mixing the hues and tones until I have arrived at a coherent palette, something I find a genuine pleasure. The rest is generally, albeit an oxymoron, ordered chaos.