ANN WITHERIDGE
FOUNDER

Ann studied Art History  at Christ’s College, Cambridge before moving to Italy to study art full-time. She has been teaching drawing and painting in the atelier tradition for nearly twenty years; first at Charles H. Cecil Studios, subsequently as co-founder of Lavender Hill Studios, and now at London Fine Art Studios.

CLARE WITHERIDGE
DIRECTOR

Clare studied French & Italian at Durham University. She spent 20 years working in marketing, during which time she was the marketing director at Lacoste UK. She has joined London Fine Art Studios to develop collaborations with other companies who have the same vision as LFAS and to bring fine art to a wider audience.

SCOTT POHLSCHMIDT
SCULPTURE TUTOR

Scott studied Liberal Arts & Science with a focus on Art and History of Art at DePaul University.  He won the Dean’s Art scholarship and was also sponsored to study in Florence as part of his degree. Scott has taught and run art studios for over twenty years. He worked with Charles Cecil in Florence for nearly ten years before moving to London to co-found Lavender Hill Studios. He is now focuses on the studios’ art shop, Lavender Hill Colours, and runs the sculpture programme.

HELENA BOASE

MARKETING MANAGER

JONI DUARTE
SENIOR TUTOR

Joni Hirata Duarte, began his studies in art at Lisbon Art University and completed his MA at City & Guilds London Art School in 2012. He is now Senior Tutor at London Fine Art Studios and continues to work as an independent artist, receiving commissions and leading workshops at home and abroad.

NNEKA UZOIGWE

TUTOR

Nneka has been training at London Fine Art Studios since 2015 and now works as a full-time artist, taking on commissions. She was awarded the De Laszlo Scholarship over three terms and has exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and Society of Women Artists at the Mall Galleries. She continues to develop her work with a particular interest in flora.

JILL HOOPER
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

RUBENS AWARD

Jill has been the recipient of the International Artist in Residence Award/Rubens Award in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 offering masterclasses in composition, pen & ink, and oil painting. She has apprenticed with artists both in Italy and the US.  Jill has been the professor of drawing at the American College of the Building Arts for 7 years.  She has completed a project and currently working on a mural for the St. John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem with the Order of St. John.