Growing up in North Yorkshire, Tania’s passion for the countryside and rural pursuits are the main inspiration for her work. Her paintings predominantly focus on horses, hounds and quarry, through which she tries to convey the changing attitudes to rural life. After attending Newcastle College and Northumbria University, she moved to London in 1996 to study at the City and Guilds Art school in Kennington for a postgraduate diploma in Fine Art Painting.
Tania’s paintings can be found in many private collections throughout the UK, Europe, the USA and Argentina; she exhibited in ‘The Dog’ exhibition at Chatsworth House in 2019. She has painted notable horses including Golden Horn, Cracksman, Roaring Lion, Cue Card, Big Bucks and Indefatigable. She has worked with Rountree Tryon gallery since 2021 and through our collaboration, her work now hangs in Palace House, which is part of the National Horse Racing Museum and home of the British Sporting Art Trust in Newmarket.
“I predominantly concentrate on painting horses and hounds. Unless vital to the work, I portray the subjects without a background, as the personality of horse and hound are the main focus of my work. The lack of background also lets the viewer’s eye concentrate on the subjects within the painting. I have a passion for painting on a large scale, as this allows me to explore the anatomy and muscle structure of the subjects, creating a strong narrative.”