The First One

Chris Odell has lived all her life in Hertfordshire. After gaining an “O” level in art at school, she trained for a career in cartography (gaining an HND qualification) which combined her loves of geography and art.

 

She says: "This career was put on hold in 1985, while I raised my son and daughter. Fifteen years later cartography has become computerised (along with everything else). Now with more time to myself I have returned to the fine art side of my interests in a more serious way, initially developing my watercolour work, striving towards a flowing, loose style. 

 

"More recently I have been exploring the acrylic and oil media, producing abstract and stylised landscapes, worked-up from sketches drawn and painted in the local Hertfordshire countryside."