Chiara Mensa is a Bristol-based printmaker whose linocut work is rooted in a deep appreciation for the natural world and the quiet act of observation. Her practice revolves around capturing the intricate details of animals, plants, and found...
Mostly abstract and minimal in composition and colour palette, I hope my paintings offer a moment to pause and a sense of calm. Created with acrylic, ink, charcoal, and oil sticks, using a variety of tools to create marks and textures that have...
You’re beginning to fade, you know - and then one can’t help one’s petals getting a little untidy.” - the Rose to Alice in Through the Looking-Glass. Based in South Bristol, I’m a mostly self-taught printmaker and visual artist working in relief...
I’m drawn to cities for their energy, their complexity, and their messiness. I like to draw the places where people spend time — it’s less about the buildings themselves and more about celebrating the life that happens between them. My drawings...
All my work are based on original photographs. They represent images of “ Unseen” surfaces discovered, captured, explored and extracted during particular moments on a variety of journeys around the World No titles , only numbers , are given to...
I create lightbox art using old 35mm slides with various coloured icons and was inspired during my time in the Royal Navy, serving in ships and submarines where natural light was often lacking. The lightboxes acted as an artistic centre piece as...
Sonja is a print maker, muralist and facilitator. Her style is born from foundations in, and a love of, Illustration. Sonja captures domestic life and explores questions around home and belonging in her posters, narrative booklets and wall...
I am an intuitive abstract artist, working primarily with oils. I am endlessly fascinated and inspired by imagery, imaginings and similarities of life on both microscopic and macroscopic levels and how their recurring energies, formulas and...
My work is inspired by a deep emotional connection to landscapes, especially the moors and coastlines of North Cornwall and, more recently, the rich, varied terrain of Spain. Through mixed media and printmaking, I explore the dialogue between...
Years ago, as an art teacher, I yearned for the freedom to create my own art. Moving from Lancashire to Bristol unlocked this dream. Inspired by Bristol's creative community, I explore nature's beauty through my creative practice and painting...
I have always ‘done’ art and studied Art and Drama in York wayback in the 1970s. but it was during Lockdown it became a much more central part of my life. Since then I have enjoyed exhibiting with the Friends of RWA, Aga Kubish Gallery, Studio...
Melanie is a lino printer based in Bristol. Trained as an Illustrator she has been carving out lino hares, cats, spiders, plants and otters ever since. Melanie’s printmaking is based on drawings – sketching regularly and trying to capture ideas...
I do love a good story. And a bad one. My work is nearly always attached to an on-going narrative, often that is clear and obvious in the titles or body of work, at others its vague and doesn’t even get a mention. Always though, i find it helps...
Exuberant gestural painterly images full of movement, weather, air and space. Sensitive colour is used to explore the emotional landscape through imagined and unseen places. Aiming to offer a sense of perspective, invite reflection and utilise...
I lived in Africa which inspired the bright colours I use in my work. I developed this style of painting when I lived in Cape Town and I term it Line Art or PopArt. I have recently discovered the artist Michael Craig-Martin and his wonderful use...