Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Solo Exhibition, Thames Quarter Honesty Bakery, Reading, Sept 2026
  • Broadway Arts Festival Art Competition, 25th Sep – 4th Oct, 2026

Finalist in the Broadway Arts Festival Art Competition

My new painting, ‘Sundown Ferns’ has been selected for this exhibition

A painting of the beech woodlands near Checkendon as the sun was going down in Summer. Painted by Oxfordshire artist, Jo Lillywhite. She was inspired by the warm light filtering through the foliage of the trees and catching the tops of the beautiful ferns covering the forest floor.
Image showing that Jo Lillywhite is a finalist in the 2026 Broadway Arts Festival logo

Previous Exhibitions

  • Reading Guild of Artists 95th Annual Exhibition 27th Jun – 12th Jul
  • Woodcote Rally 11-12th July
  • Oxfordshire Artweeks 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019
  • Henley Arts Trail 2026, 2025, 2024
  • Reading Guild of Artists Small Works 31 Oct-2 Nov 2025, 2024
  • Henley Guild May 2025
  • Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize April 2025
  • ‘Common Ground’ August 2025
  • Festival of Arts & Crafts at The Base, Greenham, 13-27 September 2025
  • Solo Exhibition ‘Landscapes of Colour’, The Caversham Picture Framer, Oct 2024. View artist talk here

Shortlisted for Hisense VIDAA Art Competition

“I was shortlisted in 2026 in this competition to have artwork featured on Hisense Canvas TV’s. From hundreds of entries, I made the final 20, judged by Kate Bryan from Landscape Artist of the Year. It was a real honour to have ‘Woodland Rays’ acknowledged”

Jo Lillywhite artist in front of her semi-abstract painting 'Woodland Rays' on a Hisense-Canvas-TV as a finalist in the 2026 competition

This was a collaborative exhibition between myself, Wendy Reed Photographer and Gerry Coles Printmaker, held in Henley-on-Thames, August 2025.

We worked together to interpret 3 shared themes, including wild garlic, foxgloves and poppies especially for this show. And we showcased how our art complements each other with other shared themes of colour and seasons.

We knew each other from taking part in Oxfordshire Artweeks in Watlington in previous years. It became apparent that there were synergies between how we see and capture the world.

We all have a collective appreciation for nature and see similar themes and beauty in the local countryside and wildlife. We capture it differently in our respective mediums and styles but it all starts from a similar place of getting out in nature and looking for places and flora that inspire us.

photo of Jo Lillywhite, Wendy Reed photographer and Gerry Coles printmaker in front of the Henley Old Fire Station gallery in Henley-on-Thames