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Kerry Harding
The best work comes when your shoulders are down and the hours disappear, not as easy as it sounds as most artists will tell you and so its been one of the guiding principles in my approach as a tutor. After over a decade of teaching I have also most enjoyed the process of helping students find their own voice, its already there and so hugely rewarding to help with this discovery.
In Harding’s works seemingly familiar scenes are distorted, their elements manipulated such that they cannot be pinpointed in reality. She plays with perspective using a variety of techniques and the key to their creation is that the paintings have lived many lives, canvases are reworked often over several years. Living on and inspired by the north Cornish coast the centuries of erosion and deposition shaping this coastline are mirrored in this physical working and reworking of the surface.
Kerry holds a BA in Fine Art from The Ruskin Oxford University (1991-94) and an MA in painting from Falmouth (2000-03), she exhibits widely and is currently represented by Candida Stevens Gallery in Chichester and London.
See more images at kerryharding.co.uk
What our students say
Stimulating, challenging, well organised and varied. I was looking for a new direction for my painting and this has given me a plethora of possibilities. Thank you!
If you want a course with excellent tuition, a well planned fast moving course – choose this one! It’s the best course I’ve been on. I’ve learnt so much in four days. Thank you Kerry and Marion.
It completely transformed my understanding of painting. From working obsessively on single canvases in a derivative realist manner, I’ve been given the confidence to experiment with techniques completely new to me. It was an incredibly rich and exciting experience.
It completely transformed my understanding of painting. From working obsessively on single canvases in a derivative realist manner, I’ve been given the confidence to experiment with techniques completely new to me. It was an incredibly rich and exciting experience.
Kerry’s enthusiasm was amazing – she engaged with everyone giving great instructions and good one to one advice. The location is faultless and workshop space wonderful to work in.
Kerry is a fun, helpful, encouraging and enormously talented teacher!
I’m glad I came, the course was challenging and fun and the facilities were great.
Courses with Kerry Harding
Contemporary Landscape
Art Courses - Oil - Landscape
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Active Instance: a02Nz00000FvPXKIA3, 09-Jun-2025
Learn to use diverse techniques and innovative painting exercises to explore your own personal approach to landscape painting today. We will look at a range of contemporary landscape painters and how they use paint to explore their individuality within this genre.
Contemporary Landscape
Art Courses - Oil - Landscape
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Course ID: a00w000000i3ctX
Active Instance: a02Nz00000FvFrPIAV, 06-Oct-2025
Learn to use diverse techniques and innovative painting exercises to explore your own personal approach to landscape painting today. We will look at a range of contemporary landscape painters and how they use paint to explore their individuality within this genre.
Poetry of Process
Art Courses - Oil - Abstract
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Active Instance: a02Nz00000FvFg4IAF, 17-Mar-2025
This mixed media course liberates you from expectations and encourages you to embrace the happy accident. Develop your painting in several directions through the act of painting itself, treading that fruitful bridge between intention and invention.
Poetry of Process
Art Courses - Oil - Abstract
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Course ID: a00w000000bCVjf
Active Instance: a02Nz00000FuyYwIAJ, 08-Dec-2025
This mixed media course liberates you from expectations and encourages you to embrace the happy accident. Develop your painting in several directions through the act of painting itself, treading that fruitful bridge between intention and invention.