Naomi Tydeman

Naomi Tydeman is a self-taught watercolourist who explores the qualities of the medium through continual experimentation, pushing its boundaries and making innovative use of light and texture. She opened her own studio-gallery in Tenby in 1998, where the natural beauty of Pembrokeshire provides much of the inspiration for her work. Travels around the world have also formed the subject of many solo exhibitions, while her ‘Evensongs’ collection toured Italy in 2015. She has written numerous articles and was featured in all six episodes of the television production The Harbour.

Her awards include the Turner Watercolour Medal, Winsor & Newton Prize, John Blockley Prize, Debra Manifold Memorial Award and Welsh Artist of the Year Watercolour Prize. She has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, including in Shanghai, Taiwan, Bulgaria, New York, Spain and Greece.