Maxine Wade
Award winning artist & teacher

""My prime interest is strong lighting contrasts and texture in my subjects. I always look for a dynamic composition. The mystery in the many coloured shadows contrasted with a strong light source really excites me..."

Award winning artist Maxine Wade has been teaching painting and drawing to adults for the past 9 years and is a qualified Art teacher (B.Ed Arts) with many years of teaching experience.

Maxine lead a very successful painting holiday and workshop to Italy in 2011.
"My prime interest is strong lighting contrasts and texture in my subjects.

I always look for a dynamic composition. The mystery in the many coloured shadows contrasted with a strong light source really excites me ... I like to employ a variety of watercolour techniques to achieve lots of differing textures.

The colour and atmosphere of the location becomes absorbed into my work. I have also been using water
soluble inks with water colour techniques as a quick onsite medium for studies ... the sepias were perfect for
the colours of Tuscany.

I am excited about trying them out in Siem Reap”.