About Flora
(Married name Flora de Winton)
Born in 1978 in South west Scotland, Flora Blackett trained for 4 years at the prestigious Charles H Cecil studio in Florence, Italy.
Now living in Oxfordshire she works on both her portrait commissions and her own inspired paintings and drawings. With trips throughout the UK, Europe, America and Africa, Flora continuously searches for exciting new subjects. She captures at first hand, the animals in their surroundings and strives to depict both the immediacy and serenity in every scene.
Flora has had many highly acclaimed exhibitions thoughout the UK and America. Her work now hangs in private collections throughout the world and is now listed in the national archives.
In 2014 Flora combined her love of art and interiors to launch Flora Blackett designs. www.dewintondesigns.com
(Married name Flora de Winton)
Born in 1978 in South west Scotland, Flora Blackett trained for 4 years at the prestigious Charles H Cecil studio in Florence, Italy.
Now living in Oxfordshire she works on both her portrait commissions and her own inspired paintings and drawings. With trips throughout the UK, Europe, America and Africa, Flora continuously searches for exciting new subjects. She captures at first hand, the animals in their surroundings and strives to depict both the immediacy and serenity in every scene.
Flora has had many highly acclaimed exhibitions thoughout the UK and America. Her work now hangs in private collections throughout the world and is now listed in the national archives.
In 2014 Flora combined her love of art and interiors to launch Flora Blackett designs. www.dewintondesigns.com
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In Memory of Susan Blackett 1944 - 2021
Mummy was my best friend and mentor. In 2017 she began to suffer from motor neurone disease. She was never one to be defeated and in 2020 she held an online exhibition of her fantastic paintings. She raised enough money to buy sensory buzzers for suffers, money for the MNDA and most notably an entire stem cell incubator for the incredible MND research programme at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford where she herself was a patient. MND is a horrific disease and no words can describe its brutality. I dream of a day when no one else, or their families, have to suffer from its cruelty. We are so proud of Mummy and her achievements. To continue her legacy and in her memory, I will be donating a percentage of each of my own picture sales directly to this research programme. |
Commissions Include
-HRH Princess Michael of Kent
-Lt Col Sir Malcolm Ross, GCVO, OBE
(Master of the Household of TRH The Prince Of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.)
-Major General Andrew Graham, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Last Colonel of the Regiment, present Colonel of The Royal Regiment of Scotland). Unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen, Stirling Castle.
-Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club, China
-Holland and Holland
Galleries
James Harvey Art, Langton Street, London
Chisholm Gallery, New York State
Iona House Gallery, Woodstock, Oxon
Guggleton Gallery, Stalbridge, Dorset
Artamatoria,Bellevue Crecsent, Edinburgh
WH Patterson, Beauchamp Place, London
Museums
Regimental Museum, Stirling Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Media
www.bbc.co.uk/yourpaintings
Publications
African days by Robin Dean.
Illustrated by Flora Blackett 2011
Churchill at the Gallop by Brough Scott
Cover illustration by Flora Blackett 2017
Editorial
The Resident, October 2001
Coutry Life, March 2005
Horse and Hound, November 2007
The Resident, November 2008
Country Life, December 2009
The Resident, December 2009
Horse and Hound, December 2009
The Times, December 2009
This is London, December 2009
Shooting Times, December 2009
West one Exclusive, December 2009
Country and Town House, December 2009
The Field, January 2010
The Sporting Shooter, January 2010
The Equestrian Lifestyle Magazine, March 2010
The Polo Times, April 2010
Epicurean life, September 2010, www.epicureanlife.co.uk
Art Mag, November 2010
Country life, April 2011
The Scotsman, April 2011
The Herald, April 2011
The Independant, May 2011
Charities regularly supported
Motor neurone disease research
Scottish Countryside Alliance
Countryside Alliance
Heather Trust
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
Welsh Guards Charity auction
Isla Peel Charity
Help for Heroes
RSABI
Welsh Guards charity auction
Links
www.florablackettdesigns.com