Lotta Teale AROI

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Upcoming/ current exhibitions and events:

  • Beaux arts Bath, mixed show, may-june 2024.

  • Society of women artists, June 2024

  • Chelsea and Westminster hospital, mixed show with Chelsea Arts Club, April 2023 - 2024.

  • Collins galleries Massachusetts, Summer exhibition.

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, and in 2022 she moved to Jerusalem. In 2023 Lotta was elected Associate member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. In 2021 Lotta won first prize in the British Arts Prize, and in 2022 she held her first solo exhibition in a West End Gallery at Panter and Hall. Her paintings can be found with Panter and Hall (Mayfair), the Jerram Gallery (Sherborne), Beaux Arts Bath, and Collins Galleries (Massachusetts) or bought directly. She is a member of Chelsea Arts Club.

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.

Many of the works on this site are for sale and Lotta also undertakes commissions. Please get in touch for further details. Her works are in private collections in Europe (Italy, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland, Cyprus, Russia, UK), Asia (Pakistan, India, Thailand, Dubai, Israel), Africa (Kenya, South Africa, Sierra Leone), the Americas (US, Canada, Trinidad) and Australia.

Previous exhibitions/ awards:

Solo/ two-person Shows:

  • Panter and Hall, Mediterranean Light (solo show) 5th - 15th March 2024. See catalogue here.

  • ‘Jerusalem: a year in paintings’, Private Studio, Jerusalem, 4th - 16th June 2023

  • 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.

Mixed shows:

  • ‘The Art of Silence’, Mixed Exhibition, Beaux Arts, Bath, 9th Sept - 10th Oct 2023.

  • Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries (2023, 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 (2024, 2023, 2021, 2020)

  • Royal Society of Marine Artists, Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries (2023, 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, (2022)

  • Russell Gallery, mixed shows, Putney, London (2024, 2023, 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 (2024, 2023, 2022) and auctions (2021, 2022)

  • Group exhibition, Fresh Paint, Soho (2022)

  • Green and Stone, Summer Exhibition, Chelsea (2020)

  • Group exhibition ‘Christmas Present’ at Burgh House, Hampstead (2018)

Awards

Training

Lotta is primarily self-trained, but has taken a number of short courses including:

  • The Slade summer foundation course, London (1998)

  • Cours d'Ete at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris (2000)

  • A short course at the Art Student’s League of New York (2018)

  • A workshop with Julian Merrow-Smith in Provence (2018)

  • A short course with the Charles Cecil Academy in Florence (2019).

Bibliography

  • Times of Israel, ‘Artist marks year in Israel with oils of local life and landmarks’, June 9 2023.

  • Substack by Jessica Steinberg, Times of Israel reporter, ‘A different Jerusalem Neighbourhood’, June 2023.

  • Penguin Random House India, book cover, August 2023.

  • Chelsea Arts Club calendar, 2023.

  • Step by Step article in Artist and Illustrators Magazine, October 2022.

  • ‘Art Collecting in the time of Coronavirus’, Sally Middleton, The Artist Magazine, June 2021.

  • Still lifes: putting a shine in your paintings, The Artist Magazine, April 2021 (article available here)

  • Open Art Competition, The Artist Magazine, October 2020

  • Marshwood Vale Magazine, May 2020 Special Issue (available here, p.52)

  • St Marylebone Society Newsletter, Spring 2020

  • The Penguin Collector, 92nd edition, June 2019

A short film about Lotta and her work can be found here.

Notable collections: Lotta's work is held in the permanent collection of Trinity Hall Cambridge.

Collectors’ comments:

“Lotta... you have made me the happiest I have been this year........so delighted with both of them, they lift my gloom every time I look at them. Thank you so much.”

“I am incredibly lucky to have an amazing family and the books you paint convey that perfectly. It’s really hard to articulate but, there is something about the tradition of penguin and the well thumbed yet loved books, and most importantly the way you so expertly paint them that perfectly portrays what I can’t say in words.”

“I am delighted to report that the painting has just arrived safe and sound (and cards of course). And, that the painting is even more beautiful, and looks even better in my space, than I imagined.”

“Your brushwork is exquisite, and such a beautiful delicacy in your tones. Bravo on a fantastic collection.”