Bernadett Timko was born in Hungary in 1992. Aged 19, she moved to London and studied for diplomas in painting and then sculpture at Heatherley School of Fine Art.
Bernadett has won a number of major art awards, including first prize in the Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ annual exhibitions in 2015 and 2019. In April, her first solo show with London’s Panter & Hall gallery, These Days, was staged online. www.bernadetttimko.com
BEAUTY IN THE EVERYDAY
Many of the paintings were painted since the lockdown began but I don’t think you can tell as this situation really didn’t change anything for me regarding my inspiration. I didn’t have to look for things to paint – beautiful moments are presenting themselves to me all the time. I don’t see how anything could be more special and inspiring to paint than people close to me, my husband, our rooms, our pets, our things, our daily life that we share. This is what I know and appreciate and see the most beauty in and what I feel the most comfortable painting. It just blows my mind that things can be so simple yet so complex and full of emotions. I just paint life, as it is, with its perfect imperfections. I don’t think too much about what I’m trying to capture – I just look up and immediately see something as a painting. It just appears as a strong vision and I don’t question it.
This story is from the July 2020 edition of Artists & Illustrators.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the July 2020 edition of Artists & Illustrators.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Still life IN 3 HOURS
Former BP Portrait Award runner-up FELICIA FORTE guides you through a simple, structured approach to painting alla prima that tackles dark, average and light colours in turn
Movement in composition
Through an analysis of three masterworks, landscape painter and noted author MITCHELL ALBALA shows how you can animate landscape composition with movement
Shane Berkery
The Irish-Japanese artist talks to REBECCA BRADBURY about the innovative concepts and original colour combinations he brings to his figurative oil paintings from his Dublin garden studio
The Working Artist
Something old, something new... Our columnist LAURA BOSWELL has expert advice for balancing fresh ideas with completing half-finished work
Washes AND GLAZES
Art Academy’s ROB PEPPER introduces an in-depth guide to incorporating various techniques into your next masterpiece. Artwork by STAN MILLER, CHRIS ROBINSON and MICHELE ILLING
Hands
LAURA SMITH continues her new four-part series, which encourages you to draw elements of old master paintings, and this month’s focus is on capturing hands
Vincent van Gogh
To celebrate The Courtauld’s forthcoming landmark display of the troubled Dutch master’s self-portraits, STEVE PILL looks at the stories behind 10 of the most dramatic works on display
BRING THE drama
Join international watercolour maestro ALVARO CASTAGNET in London’s West End to paint a dramatic street scene
Serena Rowe
The Scottish painter tells STEVE PILL why time is precious, why emotional responses to colour are useful, and how she finds focus every day with the help of her studio wall
Bill Jacklin
Chatting over Zoom as he recovers from appendicitis, the Royal Academician tells STEVE PILL about classic scrapes in New York and his recent experiments with illustration
