Keith Nash

Whilst born in the South of England, Keith Nash’s career in environmental engineering brought him and his wife to Norfolk in 1975, where they settled in the village of Little Dunham near Swaffham. The big skies and changing colours and light of the seasons soon led to a fascination with the Norfolk landscape and coastal marshes, which are famous for their wildfowl sanctuaries.

Work commitments took him back to Surrey in 1982 and there he stayed to raise a family. As an admirer and collector of landscape watercolours he started painting about eight years ago, initially for pleasure and guided by numerous “teach yourself to paint” books. Perseverance paid off and it soon became serious with several galleries selling his work and holding exhibitions. He was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2004.

With the youngest of his daughters recently leaving for university, he decided it was time to move back to his adopted Norfolk in order to further his interest in landscape, wildfowl and seascape painting. Since then his work has been accepted in a number of galleries and is selling extremely well.

In addition to gallery sales, Keith has started art workshops for those wishing to learn about landscape and marine painting. His medium is watercolour with touches of gouache for effect.