\n Alex McGarry, an award-winning artist known for her wildlife paintings, held an exclusive exhibition on the P&O Britannia cruise ship.\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition featured 37 new paintings and was held in the Clarendon Gallery on the ship.\n<\/p>\n
\n McGarry’s works were met with enthusiasm, resulting in 24 pieces being sold within just two days\u2014a career-best for the artist.\n<\/p>\n
\n The artist said: “The exhibition was really well received; I couldn\u2019t believe the reaction to my paintings and the number of sales in such a short space of time!”\n<\/p>\n
\n Guests on the cruise were treated to a private viewing of McGarry’s paintings, followed by two live painting demonstrations.\n<\/p>\n
\n These demonstrations, which were held in the ship’s theatre, attracted hundreds of spectators.\n<\/p>\n
\n McGarry, who has no formal art training, comes from a background rich in wildlife painting.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her father, Pip McGarry, is a renowned wildlife artist, and he encouraged Alex to paint her first subject\u2014a baby deer\u2014when she was just nine years old.\n<\/p>\n
\n This early experience foreshadowed the passion that would shape her career.\n<\/p>\n
\n After spending years as a successful interior designer, McGarry decided to follow her passion for art and opened her own studio in Andover, Hampshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since then, her career has flourished.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2019, she was named ‘Up and Coming Artist of the Year’ by the Fine Art Trade Guild.\n<\/p>\n
\n She is now represented by De Montfort Fine Art, the UK\u2019s leading distributor of original paintings.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her work is featured in galleries across the UK and on luxury cruise ships including P&O and Cunard.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2023, McGarry was appointed Artist in Residence at the Hawk Conservancy Trust, a charity dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her art has raised tens of thousands of pounds for the cause.\n<\/p>\n
\n Last year, she joined TV wildlife presenters Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin at a ‘Night of Nature’ event, where she created a live painting of a barn owl at sunset.\n<\/p>\n
\n This painting was raffled, with all proceeds going to the Trust.\n<\/p>\n
\n McGarry will next appear at the Hawk Conservancy Trust\u2019s Art Weekend on Saturday, August 9, and Sunday, August 10.\n<\/p>\n
\n More details about the event can be found on the Hawk Conservancy Trust’s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex McGarry, an award-winning artist known for her wildlife paintings, held an exclusive exhibition on the P&O Britannia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-15024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}