| Jean Rees studied at Hastings School of Art
where she took a course in Industrial Design. She specialised
in Textile Design obtaining a National Diploma after which she
embarked on a four year Open Scholarship to the Royal College
of Art.
Following freelance textile designing whilst she brought
up three children she later turned to painting. One of her
main interests was in the pattern and colour of the landscape
around her, its textured surfaces and atmosphere. She found
both Greece and the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall very stimulating
environments.
She was elected to the council of the RWA in 1988 and in
1989 she was elected Artists Chairman a position that she
held for three years. She was a founder member of the Bridgwater
Arts Centre of which she became Chairman and later President.
She was also Chairman of 'Artists 303' and Vice- Chairman
of the Chandos Society of Artists.
Jean Rees exhibited her work in numerous galleries such as
The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, New Grafton
Gallery, Medici Gallery, Bruton Street Gallery, Bristol Guild
and the Business Design Centre in Islington. Her work has
been purchased by Bath University, the RWA permanent collection,
Somerset County Museums and Schools Art Loan Service, and
is is many private collections in Europe and the USA.
Jean Rees had a major retrospective 'A Vision of Landscape
and Light' at the RWA in June 2006, two years after her passing
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