Josephine Wall (British, 1947)

"The art of painting is more than a career to me", she says, "it is an all consuming obsession and a love of colour and form. In fact, if I am away from my easel for too long I become restless and anxious to paint again" - Josephine Wall.

Wall's paintings are mainly influenced and inspired by Arthur Rackham, with lesser influences from surrealist artists such as Magritte and Dalí, and the romanticism of the pre-Raphaelites.

A number of her works were exhibited in Teheran and Tokyo during 1974 and her first solo exhibition took place the following year in Swindon. Josephine and her paintings were the subject of a special feature on Southern Television in 1990.

Following a visit to the Spring Fair in Birmingham in 1993 she signed contracts with firms in Britain and Switzerland to publish her work as prints, posters and cards for worldwide distribution.

Her originals and limited edition prints by are often sold through Courtenay's Fine Art and Courtyard of Romance.

In addition to a range of Limited Edition Prints, Josephine Wall continues to work with her exclusive licensing agents Art Impressions in California who began licensing her work around the world in 1996. They are responsible for finding the contacts and setting up licensing deals.

Apparently there is a rush to see who will get new images as they appear! It has been used for greeting cards, calendars, posters, stained glass, craft transfers (“T” shirts), journals, stationery, cheques and cheque covers, mugs, magnets, suncatchers, treasure boxes, wall murals, scrapbook paper sets, fabric squares, figurines, and puzzles.

In 1998 five original works were selected for an exhibition at London's Mall Gallery entitled “Art of the Imagination”.

Josephine has subsequently joined the circle of artists in the society of the same name.

Since then her works have been selected by Ron and Yvette Emard (Founders of Courtyard of Romance) for exhibitions at New York Art Expo and have been the subject of a book “The Fantasy World of Josephine Wall”, jointly published by the artist and Courtyard of Romance.

In 2008, Sunbeams Initiatives, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida was chosen as Josephine's Official International Marketing Group and "One Stop Shop" source for all of her art.

This includes retail and wholesale sales of original paintings, prints, games, greeting cards, books and other quality products which carry her name.

The company is headed by Dr. Patricia Sager as it's President and CEO. Dr. Sager personally handles much of Ms. Wall's personal appearances and event planning worldwide.