Jo Beer

Joined Artfinder: May 2015

Artworks for sale: 186

(56)

United Kingdom

Updates from Jo Beer's studio

  • Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition

    Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition

    Very excited to share that my painting Papillon has been selected for the Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition in London. Exhibition runs from 26 Feb - 7 March, Mall Galleries, London.

    16 January 2026
    Tyson ( commission)

    Tyson ( commission)

    Portrait of a lovely Frenchie Tyson ( a little less grey) Do you have someone that you would like captured in a moment of time, a precious somebody that could grace your walls?... Commissions are very easily arranged via Artfinder ( or directly with me) , just message with an idea, and we can chat about it.

    25 December 2025
    Not just a pretty landscape

    Not just a pretty landscape

    Exhibition, Exeter UK, January. I live in a very beautiful part of the UK ( Cornwall), the downside of that is that galleries and their customers expect to see landscape and seascape paintings/ fishing boats/ cattle/ hedgerow. So, this exhibition will showcase art that is none of those things - and therefore, should be quite refreshing. My aim, as always, is to put people on the map. Pop along if you're in the Southwest, we would love to see you.

    16 December 2025
    Tyson... oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm

    Tyson... oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm

    Commission of a very cute little Frenchie on a Cornish cliff top. Commissions are very simple to arrange, either with me directly ( preferable) or through Artfinder, and I am always happy to discuss ideas.

    24 November 2025
    Inspired

    Inspired

    oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm. This is my art teacher, and he is the reason that I do what I do. Let me explain... Vincent was my A level art teacher. In lessons, I would generally paint whatever object I could find on the art room shelves - potted plants, bits of wood,, sheep skull, mechanical components. Vincent suggested that I ought to paint people, I'd possibly be good at it. He asked if I had ever heard of Lucien Freud, to which I responded "No, who are they?" thinking that he had said Lucy & Freud :). He took me into his office of books and flicked through a Freud book, he talked about the skin tones, the huge variety of colours in flesh...I had never seen anything like it. So, I started to draw/ paint people and seemed to find it easy. He then made a comment which has stayed with me for 40 yrs..."I get so excited when a pupil shows promise, I imagine what they could become, but when I bump into them years later and ask what they're doing, they say that they're a nurse, policeman, plumber etc but never an artist, and that makes me sad". In that moment( and I can remember it as if it was yesterday) I made a decision to be just that, so that when he bumps into me one day, I can tell him that I'm an artist and it will make him happy. That one comment has been my inspiration ever since. Vincent is a successful artist, a member of the Penwith Society in St Ives, has shown in the Royal Academy. I go to his exhibitions, and he comes to mine. When I try to explain how significant he is to my art career, he always says " I was just a teacher". At the age of almost 92, he was finding it difficult to access his studio to paint so offloaded his stretched canvases to me. This portrait is painted on one of those, on the back he had written 'Towards Bolventor'. As this canvas had originally been designated to have that view on it, I have painted his own painting of Bolventor behind him. So, we are looking at Vincent and also looking towards Bolventor.

    13 October 2025
    A Glass Full

    A Glass Full

    An unusual commission 50 x 60 cm , oil on canvas. Loved every minute of painting this one.

    25 September 2025
    National Portrait Gallery London

    National Portrait Gallery London

    Popped to London to visit the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award exhibition again at the weekend, bit of a trek from Cornwall so this was only the second time that I'd been able to get there since the Private View event, so delighted to have my work featured in this fabulous place. Anyway... exhibition runs until October 12, so do call in...free entry. It will then travel to Laing Gallery, Newcastle next year.

    15 September 2025
    Studio

    Studio

    An image from a recent studio photoshoot

    03 August 2025
    Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award

    Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award

    I am delighted to have been selected for this year's exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London. 46 exhibiting artists selected from 1300+ submissions from 68 countries. Road to Me, oil on canvas, will be exhibited from July 10 - October 12. Thrilled to have work shown in this spectacular venue.

    29 May 2025
    In progress...

    In progress...

    Something I'm working on, a beautiful William Morris background has been pretty time consuming, but it will be worth. Watch this space!

    01 May 2025
    Phoenix Hall ( commission)

    Phoenix Hall ( commission)

    Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm For a regular collector.

    18 April 2025
    Sting ( commission)

    Sting ( commission)

    Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm Commission of a very beautiful fresh faced Sting. Fell a little bit in love painting this one.

    01 April 2025