Chair of Sidmouth Arts Society and former Vice President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) Lynda Kettle was also Membership Secretary for the Birmingham Watercolour Society (BWS) before she relocated to Devon. She is still a member of the Birmingham and Midland Pastel Society, the Birmingham Watercolour Society and the RBSA. A landscape artist, Lynda is a graduate of Birmingham College of Art. Following a successful artistic career in theatre and BBC Television Lynda paints in her studio at The Loft Studio, Libra Court, Fore Street, Sidmouth and exhibits her paintings, runs art courses and gives demonstrations to art societies. "My life in TV has influenced my painting style," says Lynda, who has a studio at Libra Court, Fore Steet, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 8AJ - a few yards from the seafront. "I aim to show the effect of light with elements of drama using bold colour."