Stacey Gledhill is a New Zealand-born painter based in Oxford, UK.  She uses oil and brush on canvas, linen, paper and wood. Gledhill’s work comes from paying close attention. She paints and draws from observation and personal experience as a starting point, often abstracting or introducing elements intuitively from imagination as the work develops. Her paintings span subjects including landscape, light, people and moments of reflection and solitude. She is most interested in creating work that explores the relationship of people to land and nature. Ultimately, Gledhill’s work springs from a way of life that prioritises time in nature, slowing down, and connecting with oneself, each other and surroundings.

After studying Geography in New Zealand, Gledhill moved to the UK in 2010. She pursued an art education at London Fine Art Studios, where she gained four years of formal training in painting and drawing within the figurative tradition. She has exhibited with the Federation of British Artists, at the Mall Galleries in London, and at Leighton House Museum.  Gledhill has been featured in Artists and Illustrators magazine (Oct 2021) and in 2019 she was shortlisted for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize.  Since 2021 she has been a visiting painting tutor at Balliol College, Oxford University, where she introduces students of all academic backgrounds to the craft of oil painting.