Diana Mead - Fine Artist

Commissions are undertaken for paintings in oils, watercolour and pen and watercolour. Prices for commissions will vary according to the medium chosen, size of picture and travel/costs involved.

Commissions are accepted for landscape, architecture and flowers. Buildings can be public or private - house portraits are a popular subject.

Pictures can be commissioned for many reasons -

Christmas card for Friends of Dyffryn

                         Snow at Dyffryn Gardens                                         

I feel honoured to be commissioned to design the

first  ever Christmas card for the Friends of Dyffryn Gardens in 2010. The commission was for a pen and watercolour design featuring an aspect of the gardens. The clock tower is a favourite of mine and this gave me the perfect excuse to study it more closely.

The building is an old stables and I have seen several versions of this leadwork clok tower design on stable buildings in stately homes and large estates. It is fascinating to see how designs travelled from place to place. I suppose visitors couldn't resist copying their host's ideas when they got home! It was built in the Nineteenth Century. The clock tower is now home to a bat colony.

The cards will be sold in packets of 4 cards with envelopes at the Friends of Dyffryn events.  A5 prints, mounted to fit a standard 10 x 12 inch frame can be collected from me direct for £12.00 or by post for £15.00, cheque payable to Diana Mead. 

Private commission, Llansannor Court, Llansannor    

         Llansannor Court, Vale of Glamorgan (pen and watercolour)                        Carved wooden screen

              Tudor Doors at Llansannor Court           Plaster frieze                                          Tudor window

    Llansannor Court was a very special commission          These illustrations formed part of a book    

    involving a beautiful Tudor Manor House in                      recording the history of Llanannnor which was 

    Llansannor, Vale of Glamorgan. The commission           published in 2000.  

   included the external façade and historic internal         

   features. It was a great privilege to experience the        A second commission for the owner's Tuscan

    wealth of architectural detail at close quarters.                villa was completed the following year - a most

                                                                                                   enjoyable experience!

Commission for the Governers of Cadoxton School, Barry

                                                                  Cadoxton School, Barry  (watercolour)

            Preliminary sketch                                                                               Preliminary sketch 2

    The illustrations show a finished commission of             viewpoint, time of year, favourite items (trees,