Painting/Drawing

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’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,...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

Each work I attempt feels like trying to decipher an image through gauzy fabric. The painting journeys toward me; we meet, and we either recognize one another or we do not. If not, I let the painting go. Sometimes, this decision is instant; other times, it takes...

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...

I have been an Artist and Educator for over 20 years. Painting is my Passion. Whether it be Landscape, Seascape or floral, I love to play with the colour, shape and abstraction, adding loose gestural marking to bring a piece alive.

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 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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

Paintings, prints and cards of figurative work.

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 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...

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 find inspiration in the forms and colours of the natural world. Using watercolour, I create bold, large-scale images that reveal details not immediately visible to the naked eye. These artworks uncover hidden secrets and textures, transforming subjects that may...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am interested in themes of childhood and often use photographs as source material. Sometimes I use images of people who have significance to me but also use found photographs from different eras to create a world scape of my own...

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 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 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.

  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...

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’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...

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...

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...

Born in Sheffield, I spend most of my time between Derbyshire, The New Forest and the Highlands and West Coast of Scotland. This gives plenty of inspiration for my art which covers subjects ranging from seascape, countryside and the industrial heritage of the North...

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...

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 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...

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 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...