Born in Rochdale in 1947, Beverley Anne Little attended Rochdale College of Art before studying for a Fine Art degree at Loughborough College of Art. She went on to gain an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, tutored by celebrated artists including Peter Blake, Sandra Blow, Peter de Francia, Ruskin Spear, Carel Weight, Donald Hamilton Fraser and, occasionally, David Hockney.

After graduating in 1972, Little left London for Huddersfield, where she continued to paint voraciously. It was here that she started a family – giving birth to two daughters and gaining her own experience of the theme that has so informed her work.

Little is now the respected Pathway Leader for the University of Huddersfield’s BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting & Drawing course, inspiring a new generation of young artists.

Solo exhibitions
1972 Erica Bourne Gallery, Golders Green, London
1973 Zella 9 Gallery, Chelsea, London
1973 Cambridge Graduate Centre. University of Cambridge
1975 Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, Lancashire
1977 Wakefield Gallery, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
1975 Huddersfield Polytechnic, School of Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
1995 Retrospective of works produced between 1965-1995. Lawrence Batley Theatre Gallery ,Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
1997 “The Female Experience” The Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse, West Yorkshire
1997 “The Marvel of Life and the Wonder of the Creative Process”
The Lawrence Batley Centre Gallery, Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire

Selected mixed exhibitions
1971 Summer exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London (prize awarded)
1970 “The Young Contemporaries” 21st anniversary exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London (two paintings accepted)
1970 The Royal College of Art Gallery, Kensington Gore, London
1974 Prints exhibition, Zella 9 Gallery, Chelsea, London
1975 Erica Bourne Gallery, Golders Green, London
1976 Kirklees Art Action Group, Huddersfield Sports Centre Gallery,
1983 Harrogate City Art Gallery, Harrogate, West Yorkshire
1986 “The Circles Artists”, Huddersfield Art Gallery
2002 “Nokia Art” Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore

Commissions
1970 Commissioned to paint a full life-size figure for the promotion
of the film “Crucible of Terror”, released in America and England, also shown on television. The painting was reproduced as a poster to promote the film.

1970 A collection of paintings loaned to Shepperton Film Studios
for the making of the film “Crucible of Terror”

1969 Commissioned to illustrate a series of the Ladybird
children’s books.

1998 Commissioned by the Masonic Lodge, Sheffield, to paint
The Grand Provincial Master of Derbyshire

1965-. Commissioned to paint numerous portraits and
to date landscapes.

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