Nel Whatmore

Nel Whatmore is married to the writer Mark Morris and they have two children David and Polly. Mark writes in the mornings and Nel paints in the afternoons, the rest of their time is divided looking after their children.

Music and colour form an integral part of her work. The former she finds focuses her mind, the latter is her main inspiration.

Although she uses pastels predominantly she has recently introduced watercolour into her work. "I feel as though my work has developed greater fluidity and vibrancy through the use of watercolour."

"Each painting is a puzzle. There are many ways you can try to fit the pieces together but only one way they really look right. Sometimes you find what you are looking for, other times it remains elusive."


"Across the Sea" by Nel Whatmore


1991 - Became one of Ling Cards main artists.
1992 - Joined Washington Green Fine Art Publishers.
Finalist in Yorkshire Television's Enterprise.
1993 - Started exporting to galleries in the USA and Japan. Women in Art Exhibition - Halcyon Gallery, Birmingham.
One-woman show, by invitation only - SELLOUT.
1997 - The painting "Pansy Trio" becomes Ling Cards' bestselling card. The Sunburst cards, the bestselling range.
New seascape studies receive great reception at Battersea Contemporary Art Fair.
1999 - "Light and Landscape" Halcyon Gallery, I.C.C., Birmingham

Selfridges, London.
Forest Gallery, Guildford.
Tidal Wave Gallery, Hereford.
Launched at ART EXPO, NEW YORK '99.
Wentworth Gallery, Miami, Florida.