Welcome
Wendy Drew was born in Ireland. She came to live and work in London and had a successful career in Marketing during the 1980s while continuing to study painting. In 1990 she met Peter Drew OBE at a life class in Sir George Frampton’s studio, the regular guest tutor was Stella Marston. They married and shared a studio in their home in the Dockmaster’s House, St Katharine’s Dock and later on in Bury St Edmunds where Wendy continues to work.
After moving to Suffolk, Wendy studied in Cambridge with James Horton, Past President of the Royal Society of British Artists. Wendy made regular painting trips to the Suffolk Coast , Venice , the Italian Islands, Africa , India, and the Far East. In recent years she travelled with her late partner Stuart Johnson to Kenya and also returned to a number of European destinations including Sicily. One of her Kenya oil paintings was shortlisted for the RA Summer Exhibition 2024. While Wendy spent time with family in Santa Fe during 2024 she completed a number of large pastel landscape commissions. She works primarily in oil and pastel and accepts landscape and portrait commissions.
Wendy is an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of World Traders and continues to travel between Suffolk and London where she is proud to support the Royal Academy of Music and the Art Academy , Wendy is also an Ambassador for Browns Hotel in Mayfair, London . In the past she served as Chairman of the St Paul’s Cathedral Concert and Gala Dinner Committees and for many years also sat on the International Fund Raising Committee for the British Red Cross , she also served for 12 years as a Vice President of the East Anglia Charity , Ormiston Families.
If you would like any further information please contact Wendy and we hope you enjoy perusing some of her work . Thank you.
