Camilla Dowse works mainly in acrylic on gesso panels, her impressionistic urban landscapes explore the beauty of the built environment.

Her work has been selected for exhibition by the New English Art Club, the Bath Art Society, the Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, the Society of Women Artists, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the ING Discerning Eye and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She’s a member of the Oxford Art Society and has been invited to exhibit at the Mall Galleries by the art collector and critic John Penrose.

"Urban areas are busy and densely populated. They’re places we mostly hurry through and rarely stop to consider. My paintings are an invitation to look beyond the fast pace of life in order to contemplate the beauty of the built environment. Like the subjects I paint, my work is constructed, from the wood surface to the layers of gesso which are sanded to a smooth finish before applying saturated colour to carve areas of light and shadow. By removing the transient elements that are a feature of urban living I hope to create a theatrical impression with narrative potential."