Billie Willcocks

Born and educated in Highbury, North London  before moving to Dorset in her teenage years where she studied at Yeovil School of Art and then obtained a Diploma at Bath Teacher Training College where she took Art and Ceramics as her main study.

Billie has exhibited widely both nationally and locally – notably:

The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Westminster Gallery, London
Studio Gallery, Midhurst
Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport
Acanthus Gallery, Wareham
William Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis
First-View Gallery, Stourhead, Wilts
Sadler Gallery, Wells
St Jude’s Gallery, Axbrdige, Somerset
The Little Gallery, Bearminster
Blue Lias Gallery, Lyme Regis
The Tulips Gallery, Lyme Regis

Has works in collections in USA, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and Australia.

Member of Sherborne Arts Club
Member of Eclectic Art Group and Artists of the Jurassic Coast

I rarely plan my work, preferring it to develop spontaneously – although I usually have a fair idea of how it needs to take form. When out stetching, I use diagrams of shapes and composition – putting colour and ideas for later work from scribbled memos. My studio is in a beautiful garden where I am fortunate to have plenty of inspiration and tranquilty: I love to work outside, especially along the coastline. Each year Mike and I try to have a month in Provence, where colours never cease to stimulate me.

I seem to have a need to paint , and think myself fortunate to be in a position to do so.

Winner 2005 Bridport Open Art Exhibition
Award winner at the Royal Bath and West Show
Award winner at the Town Mill Exhibition, Lyme Regis.