Painting/Drawing

My work develops in distinct series but commonalities exist around a sense of ‘place’; whether found in woodlands, valleys or hills, former industrial sites, abandoned buildings, temporary shelters or even from a story. Discoveries arrive through physical...

I predominantly create serialised works that combine generative techniques, machines, and traditional tools in varying degrees. I am inspired by the drift in seemingly rigorous, mechanised repetitions; in the tension between control and chaos. Currently I am...

I predominantly create serialised works that combine generative techniques, machines, and traditional tools in varying degrees. I am inspired by the drift in seemingly rigorous, mechanised repetitions; in the tension between control and chaos. Currently I am...

I am a contemporary botanical and natural world artist, a fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists and have been a regular Wirksworth visiting artist. I have exhibited with the Society of Botanical Artists (receiving awards for my artwork), the Royal Society of...

Anne Mathews - Artist’s Statement I work mainly in oil and acrylic paint, but also use a small printing press and sometimes combine the two. I believe that artists should aim to appeal to appeal to, and enhance, the viewers’ appreciation of colour, texture and...

I work mainly in oil and acrylic, but also use a small printing press and sometimes combine the two.  My subject matter varies from still lives to work on social and political themes.  However, there are unifying elements, such as my interest in the shapes 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...

I work from life, from what I see. My subjects are people and places I know and love. Sometimes light falls in a particular way that is like a poem which connects with my unconscious and my imagination. It has an emotional resonance. So while I am rooted in the...

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. ...

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. ...

As a contemporary abstract artist based in South Derbyshire, my work is inspired by the visual ambiguity of the painted surface. Through a performative approach to paint, I create pieces that offer viewers a space to pause, feel, and reflect. Excited by process, I...

I am inspired by natural forms and a sense of place – rocks, trees, the lie of the land – but my primary interest lies in pattern,  abstraction, movement and rhythm. My work often reflects the edges of things, literally as in the gritstone edges around Sheffield or...

I graduated with first class honours in Fine Art in 2007 since when I have worked as a painter and printmaker alongside running my own greetings card publishing business, from which I have recently retired.  Now concentrating on my painting practice I am focusing...

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’m a Nottingham-based artist creating evocative, powerful paintings infused with rich colour. I use acrylics on board, canvas and paper, often incorporating other mark-making media, collage and image transfers into my pieces. I have a deep love of process and am...

I’m a Nottingham-based painter. I work with acrylic and mixed media on canvas, paper and wooden panel. My work carves a path between abstract and figurative with figures silhouetted against painterly landscape-like backgrounds.Transferred images taken from my own...

I am a practising figurative painter based in Edinburgh. I work in oils, charcoal, pastel and ink - my subject is the moving figure; drawn and painted in strong tonal contrasts. I also teach drawing and painting classes for adults and art classes for children at...

Artist’s Statement: My subject is the moving figure; drawn and painted in strong tonal contrasts.

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...

I'm Edwina, a visual artist from Hong Kong, currently based in Nottingham, UK. Drawing and illustrating have always been my means of sharing stories and expressing thoughts. My works are inspired by both the stories of others and my own experiences. I create in a...

My art practice is centred on our connection to the natural world, how we respond to the landscape we inhabit. The paintings I have made are remembered incidences of everyday natural phenomena. I wish to reanimate the wild world we encounter with the colours of...

I work in painting and drawing with a mix of figuration and abstract mark making to speak of power, control, love and identity.  Sometimes there’s an idea, sometimes there’s a phrase, sometimes there’s a sketch.  A lot of the time it’s a feeling I let out and keep...

Informed by my previous career as a nurse, I explore the nature of time and tide, focusing on life's never-ending circle and our place in it. The earth-like texture of oil paints grounds my work. There's timelessness, but also change.  My still life paintings...

My work explores the cycles of time and tide, reflecting life's endless flow and our place within it. Using textured layers of oil paint, I capture the changing sea and landscape, from peaceful moments to the dramatic forces of wind and storm. The process of...

My art practice is centred on our connection to the natural world, how we respond to the landscape we inhabit. The paintings I have made are remembered incidences of everyday natural phenomena. I wish to reanimate the wild world we encounter with the colours of...

Litherland examines our relationship to the natural world by exploring the interconnected threads between painting and the environment He has used slow, pre-industrial craft processes to create natural canvas materials grown from the land and explored using...

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,...

I like to express emotion with colour

I'm a self taught artist and have exhibited in the festival many times. I love colour and try to include it in my paintings. Gardening and walking are two of my interests so I paint a lot landscapes and floral subjects. This year I've taken an interest in still...

Gina Watkinson is an innovative mixed media artist whose work explores the dynamic interplay of texture, colour, and form. Specialising in abstract textural landscapes, she employs oils, acrylics, and Italian plaster to create layered compositions that evoke a...

I often sketch here. Then I work on my ideas back in the studio. So my work is essentially of the landscape. Inspiration: It's the rocks and the drama of natural and man-made action at work. Also I love the local architecture and the maze of countless footpaths....

I illustrate cute and contemporary products, bursting with colour and humour in the form of delightful puns and whimsical designs. They feature fun and positivity, from cats in the bath, to dogs doing yoga! The focus of design is primarily on our beloved pets....

My work is a reflection and reaction to the places I love, hidden corners of ancient woodlands, concealed rivers and ponds under tree canopies. I often work outside in a loose expressive with watercolours and charcoal, gaining much from being in nature and the...

  My work grows from hidden corners of ancient woodlands, concealed bends in rivers and ponds shadowed under tree canopies, places I love. I draw outside in nature, loosely and fast with watercolours and charcoal. I record colours, vegetation, and marks of...

I have recently become a full-time painter after a long career in the theatre as a set and costume designer. I paint landscapes, flowers and still life, usually working in situ with my subject before me. I love to find the beauty in simple things such as the...

My name’s Karen Johnson and I'm the Derby based artist behind Millie Moth. Inspired by my wild garden, my work falls into 2 styles - one uses alcohol inks to paint vibrant flowers, and the other is created digitally using elements of my paintings, drawings and...

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 make art that celebrates wild places. My joyful landscapes feel alive with dynamic marks, flowing inks and bold colours, they are powered by nature. My paintings help people fall back in love with the wild in the land and in themselves. Created on paper, I use a...

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...

For me, art is an exploration into life’s richness. Working on wooden panels I build layers of paint and collage, which will then be broken through at some stage. Using colour and texture the main theme is often about what is revealed beneath, an uncovering or...

For me, art is an exploration into life’s richness. Working on wooden panels I build layers of paint and collage, which will then be broken through at some stage. Using colour and texture the main theme is often about what is revealed beneath, an uncovering or...

I lived in London for 28 years,  working as a fashion designer and illustrator. Then I moved to Wirksworth and started painting. My work reflects my passion for colour and pattern,  and 'Doodles ' are the beginning of my creative journey. This is also my form of...

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....

My paintings reflect the landscapes that I enjoy exploring, especially wild remote hills and moors. I trudge these places armed with a sketchbook and a few basic drawing materials. Back in my studio I flick through the sketchbook until a drawing or series of...

My paintings reflect the landscapes that I enjoy exploring, especially wild remote hills and moors. I trudge these places armed with a sketchbook and a few basic drawing materials. Back in my studio I flick through the sketchbook until a drawing or series of...

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...

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...

My work explores elements of female experience and archetypes: Maiden, Mother and Crone. I take inspiration from personal and universal stories, using symbolic imagery from the natural world, birds, animals and plants. A sense of women’s strength and ‘wild’ nature...

My work explores female experience, personal and universal combined with my interest and fascination in myth, folklore and identity. Current works use symbolic imagery from the natural world, birds, fish and plants. Nature and the ‘wild self’ is never far away from...

The romantic sublime in nature is a theme I frequent; our place in the grand scheme of things, connection to nature, the power of natural forces. I delight in exploring new processes and materials. Working from photographs and sketches made while walking, as a...

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...

Mark Langley is a multi award winning artist from Chellaston, Derby, later settling and working from Belper, Derbyshire. He is becoming renowned for his captivating pointillist oil paintings now, but was originally known for his exquisite pencil and colour pencil...

Living in the UK, I am fortunate to be surrounded by a diverse range of coastal environments. From rugged cliffs to expansive sandy beaches, each location possesses its own unique character, influenced by the ever changing moods of the sea. It is these shifting...

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...

My paintings and drawings shift between the Neo-romantic (wandering figures on long journeys, aspects of nature as metaphors for human joy and sorrow, animal and human figures expressive of mystery and spiritual longing) and pieces that seek to image theological...

Born in Detroit, I felt so passionately about being an artist that I ran away from home to go to art college. Along the way, I experienced the vast beauty of the American Southwest, I experienced homelessness and poverty, and learned how to live and create with an...

I am known for my bold and colourful acrylic paintings of cats in foliage. My work is can be seen as originals and printed onto giftware and is available from my social media pages or from The Cabin of Makers CIC which is an artists collective shop in Belper. I...

I'm Monster Nip and I paint cats in foliage with a limited palette of acrylics (two blues, red, yellow and white). I love the amount of colour I can achieve from these few paints. For me, painting is like a puzzle which you have to crack by finding which colour or...

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...

I am inspired by the seascapes and landscapes where I draw with mixed media. Then in the studio I use my studies to inspire oil paintings working on paper and canvas. Quotes from a review of my recent solo exhibition by Karen Sherwood from Cupola Gallery: “I see an...

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...

My paintings represent direct continuations of location drawings from sketchbooks. These images are observed in places like cafes, pubs and other public spaces. I work initially in pencil on paper, then in oil on board. Often a single figure will be an amalgamation...

Paintings, prints and cards of figurative work.

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...

Artwork exploring the wonder of life in our oceans! Using ink, I create intricately detailed paintings and drawings that celebrate the biodiversity and interconnectedness of our blue planet whilst drawing attention to the threats it faces. I believe art can be a...

Art exploring the wonders of our blue planet! Using ink, I create intricately detailed paintings and drawings that celebrate the beautiful biodiversity and interconnected ecosystems of our ocean while highlighting the threats they face. Grab a magnifying glass and...

‘Fika - Make time to take a break’ is the subject of my latest work which is drawn on an iPad.  This cherished Scandinavian custom is more than a coffee break - it’s about slowing down and finding time for socialising whilst you sip a drink and enjoy a little...

I am a professional fine artist based in the historical town of Buxton. Through the use of vibrant colour, intricate pattern and detailed decoration, I explore and celebrate the richness of our architectural heritage. I believe that my background in design, a keen...

I am a professional fine artist based in the historical town of Buxton. Through the use of vibrant colour, intricate pattern and detailed decoration, I explore and celebrate the richness of our architectural heritage. I believe that my background in design, a keen...

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...

I take a lot of photographs, I collect images from different sources.  Over the years I have developed a method of constructing a painting by collaging different images together, this allows me to invent a story, I consider my work to be narrative / figurative, my...

My work is Narrative / Figurative, I tell stories, my stories are not true stories, they may have echoes of truth, they may remind you of something you have known.  I have just begun a new series of work with the working title of ‘Couples’ these are large scale...

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...

Based in Staffordshire, I specialise in abstract landscapes. My hope is to evoke an emotion, create a connection, or awaken a memory in viewing my work. Using oil and cold wax, I explore the interplay between colour, abstraction, and the natural world. I paint...

My work explores the intersection of nature, the sky, the seasons and the landscape, evoking the viewer’s emotions, creating a connection or awakening a memory. Working predominantly with oil and cold wax, I explore the interplay between color, abstraction, and the...

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 paintings show town and city streets in a new light, from above, where we don’t normally get to see them. I like to paint the hidden parts, the rooftops, and those very top floor windows that you would never normally notice. My degrees are in illustration and I...

I’ve been creating birds eye view paintings for over 15 years after completing my BA and subsequent MA in Illustration. I work in watercolour and ink to create bright and lively views of familiar places seen from a new perspective. I find building fascinating,...

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...

                                              I am a painter in watercolour and oils. Most of my work is  landscaped based although I also paint still...

My Artist statement: "Illustration is my conduit for emotions and thoughts that can't be expressed in words. My creative techniques have developed from traditional ink drawings into a vibrant range of tactile mediums as I aim to improve my visual language. I work...

I grew up in Wirksworth and have a love for the community, architecture, and the people. I express my perspective of this unique town in my art and I've focused on places that are personal to me in this Exhibition.

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...

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...

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 I am a Midlands based Contemporary Artist. I paint in oil and am drawn to using line and colour to convey my experience of my subject. My work is influenced by fauvism and expressionism; being able to convey my connection to my chosen subject is...

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’m an artist and illustrator from Leeds, living and working in Derbyshire. My INKY CONDITIONS combine ink drawings with words; fragments of stories, monologues and mumbled asides. These ‘one-frame storyboards’ elevate and celebrate the ordinary and everyday:...

Stevie Mitchell is an artist and illustrator from Leeds, living and working in Derbyshire. His INKY CONDITIONS combine ink drawings with words; fragments of stories, monologues and mumbled asides. These ‘one-frame storyboards’ frame and celebrate the ordinary and...

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...

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...

My Paintings have always been a response to my immediate environment. It has always been important for me to immerse myself in the landscape, to linger in the edgelands and overlooked spaces. To wander through the spaces and try and represent the essence and energy...

Tim Ball My Paintings have always been a response to my immediate environment. It has always been important for me to immerse myself in the landscape, to linger in the edgelands and overlooked spaces. To wander through the spaces and try and represent the essence...

I'm a painter and printmaker living in Derby. My painting, and drawing, is based on observation, from life. My recent printmaking investigates the possibilities of translation, of altering existing images - both my own and 'found' images - using simple digital...

Childhood is a recurring theme throughout my work. The starting point may be an imperfect familial snapshot, an Edwardian postcard or a detail from an old painting. I like to experiment with oils and pastels and various ideas that surface as I paint. Playing with...