Bernadette AshBernadette Ash is a British painter.BiographyAsh worked full-time as a professional radiographer until 1973 when she decided to become an artist and enrolled on a year-long foundation course at the Byam Shaw School of Art. Upon leaving the Byam Shaw, Ash then studied at the Camberwell [School of Arts and Crafts] until 1977. Ash lives within the boundaries of the Exmoor [National Park] and the British countryside is the main subject of her paintings. In 1982 she had a solo show at the Woodlands Art Gallery and has also exhibited works with the New [English Art Club], the Royal [West of England Academy] and at the Royal Academy.