Living Artists Celebrated at the RA Summer Exhibition 2021
The annual Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is a celebration of living artists, with art by members of the public and famous artists hanging side-by-side. This year I was lucky enough to have a painting selected for inclusion in the show. What a great experience.
Focus on Female Artists — How One Robin Hood’s Bay Artist Finds Her Inspiration
In this Focus on Female Artists blog, I meet Louise Connell, a watercolour artist and sculptor working mainly in recycled materials. Louise’s love of making is an integral part of her life. I asked her to tell me a bit about her work and what inspires her.
Buy Original Art Online – How do I Buy Original Art Online?
Art is very personal. We each respond differently to different work. And because art is not just decorative, it’s personal in the way we choose to display it, to live with it and to buy it. This might make you question whether it’s a good idea to buy art online. Surely you need to see the work in person first to really get a sense of it?
Contemporary Female Painters - Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Tate Talk
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a British artist and writer, and one of the most prominent contemporary female painters. She’s best known for her enigmatic portraits of fictitious people.
Focus on Female Artists - Art and Life… A Very Personal and Practical Tale…
In this focus on female artists, current female abstract artist, Anita Davies, describes how she developed her practice and what drives her to create.
Female Artist Focus: Jenni Watters Explores the Inner Child and the Perception of Mature Women
Jenni is in the third year of a fine art degree at University Centre, Somerset, and produces bold, exciting pieces that examine and defy stereotypes about women. I find her output enormously expressive and powerful.
Intuitive Painting - The Blue Origami Crane: Responding as an Intuitive Artist to a Changing World
Working as an intuitive artist, my paintings follow a process. While I’m never sure what they will contain in terms of either subject or symbolism, the image and its accompanying narrative emerges as I paint.
Female Artist Focus - Lilly Andréasson on why, “Creation is Meditation”
In this guest artist ‘female focus’ blog, I ask Swedish artist Lilly Andréasson about Vedic art. Lilly’s work in this field is fascinating to me, as I have practiced Vedic meditation and yoga for many years. I’m also drawn to contemplative processes. I’ll let Lilly tell you the rest…
Women Artists: Female Artist Focus on Moira Beaty
I discovered Moira Beaty on eBay. I know that doesn’t sound very auspicious, but I like to spend my evenings scrolling through art online, and occasionally I’m moved to buy something to add to my small collection - which mainly consists of work by women artists.