Hester Finch is an English painter

Painting

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 and portrait

Portrait

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 artist.

Finch was born in Ealing

Ealing

Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...

, London

London

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 but moved to the East Midlands

East Midlands

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 in her teens.

After schooling at Loughborough High School

Loughborough High School

Loughborough High School, also known simply as LHS, is a selective, independent, fee-paying British Public School for girls in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It is one of three Private Schools known collectively as the Loughborough Endowed Schools, along with Loughborough Grammar School for...

, Finch progressed to study fine art at The Ruskin, Oxford University in St Edmund Hall College.

Finch is represented by the Bridgegate Gallery in Battersea

Battersea

Battersea is an area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is an inner-city district of South London, situated on the south side of the River Thames, 2.9 miles south-west of Charing Cross. Battersea spans from Fairfield in the west to Queenstown in the east...

, London

London

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Biography

After graduating from The Ruskin Finch spent three years in London creating paintings, running a life drawing class and working for the art dealers Simon C. Dickinson Ltd in the Post-War & Contemporary and Modern & Impressionism

Impressionism

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 departments. This was followed by a mural commission for a chateau renovation project in the French Alps in Spring 2006 and then eight months living in Barcelona.

Following her return to London in 2007, Hester completed numerous painting and pencil commissions whilst also working as an architectural conservator on important historical buildings, such as Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London; it has not been inhabited by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames...

 and The Tower of London.

Since April 2008 she has turned her attentions to painting full-time.

Solo exhibitions

2009 Paintings by Hester Finch, Gallery 18, Loughborough


2004 Nudes, Catlin Group Ltd, Lloyds Building, London

Group exhibitions

2009 Granger Gallery, Whitstable

2008 The Edinburgh Art Fair, Bridgegate Gallery, Scotland

2008 The Affordable Art Fair, Bridgegate Gallery, London

2005 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

2003 Surface Gallery, Nottingham

2002 Ruskin Degree Show, Oxford University

2001 St Edmund Hall, Oxford University

2000 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University