My great passion in life is animals, especially horses. I have always needed to be close to them and have ridden them all my life. As an artist it was natural that I should endeavour to capture their spirit through painting.
I work mainly from a combination of life studies and my own photography and hold painting classes throughout the year at various locations in West Sussex, for painters of all levels of expertise.
October 8th 2019 - Trudy takes youngsters on Kingley Vale Art and Nature walk
Trudy is the Resident artist in the South Downs National Park, based at Kingley Vale.DBS checked and risk assessments in place.
Oliver Radlett of Parklands Community primary School writes:
'What a fantastic time some of our lucky children had at the captivating Kingley Vale! We were led by local artist, Trudy Redfern, who guided the children on a fascinating walk showing them how to identify and record elements from our natural environment. It was brilliant to see our children embracing nature and using it as a stimulus for some awesome artwork. The children took part in a range of identification activities, collecting natural resources before using them to create prints and sketches. It goes without saying that our children were left inspired by the many activities they took part in, such as bark rubbing where they used charcoal to sketch over paper creating a beautifully textured image. I think one of the highlights for the children was using a feather dipped in ink to sketch out one of the acorns they had collected! Thank you again to Trudy Redfern for this brilliant opportunity.'
A very successful evening at Wildwood Golf and Country Club in aid of The Racehorse Sanctuary
This event raises thousands of pounds which goes to the rehabilitation and re-homing of ex-racehorses.
'I was very pleased to support it both with the sale of my art and a donation of a painting day which raised £500.'
Trudy discusses her driftwood sculpture with David Shepherd, at The Mall Galleries' 2017 Wildlife Artist of the Year. View sculptures here.
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Trudy with David Shepherd at the 2016 Annual Wildlife Artist of the Year exhibition.
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Trudy beside Huckleberry, the horse she painted for the WHW, at the top of the BT Tower - see story below.
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Trudy exhibiting her driftwood horse at the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year exhibition at the Mall Gallery, London.
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Trudy exhibited on the World Horse Welfare stand at 2016 Badminton Horse Trials - pictures here.
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Trudy's solo exhibition in April at
The Valdoe, Goodwood was highly
successful. The sale of paintings
raised just under £1700 for
The Bob Champion Cancer Trust.
Trudy shares a joke with Bob Champion
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