Painting/Drawing

Lucy Stevens is a multidisciplinary British contemporary artist whose work explores our relationship with the natural environment. She draws inspiration from ornithology and colour theory. Her projects often include working in collaboration with experts including...

I have been exploring various methods of mark making and media over the last 10 years. I currently work in oils on board or plywood. My paintings represent a continuation of location drawings from my sketchbooks. These images are usually figures observed from...

Some of the imagery in my paintings and drawings is an imaginative distillation of memories and sensations of the gardens, orchards, fields and lanes of my childhood in Derbyshire. This work has obvious links with British Neo-romanticism; wandering figures on long...

Inspired by memories of familiar places, seasons, the weather, light and sense of place, my work aims to capture the innate qualities in the landscape, reflecting how it has been altered and reshaped over the passing of time.  Using a process of layering and...

I am an artist based in Staffordshire and I hope to provoke an emotion, create a connection or stimulate a memory through my paintings. I paint intuitively with oil and cold wax, exploring colour, abstract and the landscape. My approach is to freely apply the...

I am an artist and illustrator from Leeds, living and working in Derbyshire. I combine ink drawings with words; fragments of stories, monologues and verse. Under the collective title, INKY CONDITIONS, these ‘one-frame storyboards’ seek to amplify, elevate and...

Recent bandes dessinées inspired work includes a full length comic book featuring my creation Herman Rickety, an undeservedly successful sleuth. Other subjects are classics of folklore, literature, including science fiction, and caricature: political, often retro,...

I work in both oil and water colour. My main concern is with Narrative Figurative images. The people I paint are not real but imagined. I use observation, sketchbooks, photographs and collected images to compose collages, on which I base my paintings. I currently...

Drawing is the central tenet of my practice and for the past five years I have  worked on large drawings (150 c.m. square), each developed over several months, being visual meditations on Time, Memory, and our place within nature.  In a search for simplicity, I...

I am passionate about exploring the future of cities and promoting the use of traditional architectural drafting techniques. In my artwork, I strive to create compelling visions of what the cities of tomorrow could look like, incorporating elements of advanced...

My expressive abstract paintings are an interpretation of how I encounter the world, combined with my desire to explore the painted surface. With each layer, I focus on creating the illusion of light and movement, eluding to a feeling of landscape or architecture. ...

The inspiration for my paintings comes from walking the land especially remote hilly areas. I enjoy exploring wild, undiscovered places where weather, time and the rhythms of the seasons mould and change the landscape. I record these experiences in my sketchbook....

I paint mostly using oil paint on canvas but also use watercolour, acrylic and pastels. My paintings are usually based on realistic subjects but I like to experiment with colour, perspective and layout to add emotion and rhythm to the painting. Inspirations,...

Much of our experience, our being, is wordless, intangible, transient and this mystery moves me to create abstract oil and wax paintings as objects of contemplation. The movement of a mark or gesture, the layering of paint and wax, the scribed line, all point to...

My work has always been influenced by my surroundings. My main influences more recently include the coastal areas around my home town of Lymington, the beautiful New Forest and the Peak District and occasionally I can’t resist the old steel works in...

My work explores elements of female experience and archetypes: Maiden, Mother and Crone. I take inspiration from universal and personal stories, using symbolic imagery from the natural world, a sense of women’s strength and ‘wild’ nature is never far away from the...

I am a professional artist based in Nottingham, a painter with a background in textiles and illustration. My current work represents a culmination of elements that have been present in my work over many years, a sort of melding of past and present. I combine a...

I explore the wonder of life in our oceans in intricately detailed paintings and drawings. A keen scuba diver, I draw upon my experiences underwater to inform my imaginative compositions. My fine liner pen drawings and colourful ink paintings celebrate the...

I am a painter whose main inspiration is the British landscape and how it is affected by human activity, seasonal change and associated light conditions..Working en plein air where possible my watercolour method is the traditional technique of overlaid washes...

Working with a limited palette of acrylics I enjoy trying to create vibrant and cheerful images. Inspired by the illustrations from my seventies childhood story books,seasonal foliage and of course, cats. Aswell as painting originals I also have my work printed...

Lattice Labyrinths are  mathematical art, patterns repeating like wallpaper designs. Each  is based on just two numbers (e.g. your birthday) and yet can be dazzlingly intricate. Applications have included giftwrap, fabric design, household tiling and a spectacular...

My artwork is a mixture of traditional landscapes together with a more abstract view as seen in hedgerows, woodlands and other wild places. These interpretations are often derived from ideas and observations whilst out walking. As the seasons change our visual...

I am continually inspired by the beautiful land and seascapes of the British Isles. My acrylic and mixed media paintings are expressive and colourful, with loose gestural mark making that create a sense of atmosphere. Whether it's the windswept beaches of...

I paint landscapes using mainly watercolour. I aim to retain a sense of place with recognisable elements. I look for unusual vistas, working outside and in the studio. I am inspired by the Derbyshire Dales with its undulating shapes and ‘lived-in’ views where green...

Artist Statement For me, art making involves stepping into the unknown with a sense of curiosity and experimentation. My work is abstract using acrylics and other mixed media. I work on wooden panels and use paper from my childhood encyclopedias  to build layers...

Vitor Azevedo Painter and curator, Studied Fine Art at the University of Derby. His work is inspired by his own personal history, stemming from a background of religious symbolism, family values, a love of the sea and the traditions of Portugal. His desire to...

‘Moments/ Where do we go from here?’ In March 2021 I moved to Belper from Derby. I have always made work which relates to the place I am in, whether living or regularly visiting. Since moving, what caught my attention was the colour, interwoven movement, and moiré...

I am inspired by the local Derbyshire environment near my home in Belper and my work reflects the landscapes, buildings and animals of the area. Although I am best known for my highly detailed and realistic pencil and colour pencil drawings of architecture and...

My practice includes drawing and painting from life, imagination and memory. My subjects are people and places that have special meaning for me. I am always reaching for an image that has some emotional resonance – a combination of a momentary experience and an...