About the Artist

Tess spent her childhood in a landlocked inner city environment but lived for her school holiday escapes to Ireland and family farms where she was free to roam, hiking and drawing from an early age. A love of art and nature became a clear path to enrolling at Bournville School of Art and then studying for a BA (Hons) in the rolling countryside of Bath Academy. She went on to complete Masters in Fine Art and a postgraduate in Art History, combining her practice with lecturing in colleges in the Midlands and on the South Coast. For a few years,…

Find out more about Tess Gartland-Jones