Delia Cardnell RI is a British painter. She was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (2000) and voted to serve on the council (2001-2005) and (2010-). She frequently demonstrates painting techniques and writes articles for magazines.

Cardnell paints in watercolours and oils; rich textured abstract and semi-abstract landscapes, portraits and detailed still life. She mainly paints wild flowers and exotic foreign plants, incorporating paintings within her paintings, views through windows and a variety of furniture. Details often relate or are deliberately repeated within her paintings.

Her watercolour, 'Snowdrops' was used as a Christmas card supporting the Artists' General Benevolent Institution

Artists' General Benevolent Institution

The Artists' General Benevolent Institution is a British charity assisting professional artists in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are in financial difficulty due to illness, old age or accident. It was founded in 1814, being incorporated by Royal Charter in 1842. It is based in Burlington...

, the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House.

In 2009, two of her paintings, 'Late Winter' and 'Honesty' were used for cards in support of the charity Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières

' , or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland...

 (Doctors Without Borders).
Please see the external MSF link below to view MSF cards. Please note that Delia's cards for 2010, 'Hellebore' and 'Mid February' have already sold out.

Olivia Cardnell, Delia's younger sister, is an abstract and semi-abstract painter.

Exhibitions

• Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
• Royal Watercolour Society
  Royal Watercolour Society
  The Royal Watercolour Society is an English institution of painters working in watercolours...
  
  
• Royal Society of British Artists
  Royal Society of British Artists
  The Royal Society of British Artists is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy.-History:...
  
  
• New English Art Club
  New English Art Club
  The New English Art Club was founded in London in 1885 as an alternate venue to the Royal Academy.-History:Young English artists returning from studying art in Paris mounted the first exhibition of the New English Art Club in April 1886...
  
  
• South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts
• Society of Women Artists
  Society of Women Artists
  -History :The Society was founded in 1855 as the Society of Female Artists and held its first exhibition two years later. The Society has since held an annual exhibition in London of work by women artists....
  
  
• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters
  Royal Society of Portrait Painters
  The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a British association of portrait painters which holds an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London...
  
  
• An RP exhibition of selected paintings held at the National Portrait Gallery (London).

Awards

• June Stokes-Roberts Bursary by the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
  Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
  The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. An organisation of stainers, or painters of metals and wood, is known to have existed as early as 1268. A similar organisation of painters, who generally worked on cloth, existed as early as 1283...
  
   (1995)
• The RI Winsor & Newton
  Winsor & Newton
  Winsor & Newton manufactures a wide variety of fine art products including: oils, alkyds, watercolours, acrylics, pastels, brushes, canvases, papers, portfolios, and distributes the Derwent pencil sets.-History:...
  
   Young Artist first prize winner(1999)
• Winner of the Laing Art Competition (1999) (John Laing plc)
• Frank Herring Award for still life (2000)

External links

• MSF Two cards by Delia Cardnell
• Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours Mall Galleries site
• Delia Cardnell RI Mall Galleries webpage
• Profile at Marine House
• Artists General Benevolent Institution
• Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
• The Artist magazine
• Paintings at Studio18
• Gallery Le Fort Fine Arts
• Arlesford Gallery
• Delia Cardnell Website
• Illustrations for Christoher Long (journalist/foreign correspondent
• Russell Gallery, London
• Mid Cornwall Galleries
• Visions of Watercolour, Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany
• Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers