Painting & Drawing

I paint vibrant contemporary abstracts, exploring energy as a conceptual language and visualising movement and transformation through the interplay of spraying, smearing, and layering. My work invites viewers to immerse themselves in each piece and reflect on how energy flows within and between us.

With a background in Illustration I have been a professional Fine Art painter for many years, mainly concentrating on figurative work in both oils and watercolours. My subjects range from landscape and seascapes to botanical art and architecture and I am particularly inspired by the beautiful Chiltern countryside and surrounding areas.

My abstract landscapes are inspired by the natural world and its textures, colours, movement, and shifting light. I work with bold, expressive marks, combining drawing, painting, and mixed media. Through layering and building rich surfaces, I aim to capture the atmosphere of a place or fleeting moment, translating my experience of landscape into expressive paintings.

As a canoeist on the Thames, I am privileged to see kingfishers and other amazing wildlife. Once on the water and paddling away, you enter a natural realm, becoming immersed and seeing everything from a different, lower perspective. I find the wet-on-wet technique of watercolour, old maps and gold leaf, combine to capture that flash of the kingfisher.

My practice explores biophilia, the innate human connection to nature. I paint adolescents alongside birds, using family members as models to examine the transition from childhood to adulthood. The birds act as metaphors for childhood and emotional states, reflecting themes of vulnerability, growth, and humanity’s instinctive bond with the natural world through figurative, symbolically rich contemporary painting and quiet narratives.

I am an abstract and semi-abstract painter, working primarily with oil paint and some mixed media to create vibrant, expressive work. My mission is to capture the emotion and energy of the subject through bold dynamic mark-making, colour and texture.

I am an expressive landscape painter working outside on location in our beautiful countryise. Using bold brushstrokes and strong colours to translate the landscape into both striking large scale and smaller intimate pieces.
Small still life work, painted from observation also feature in my work, telling a story though nature's bounty.

“A big part of my inspiration comes from the natural world. I like to experiment with bold strokes, blurred lines, and dynamic colours to reflect movement, mood or memory. My favourite subjects are landscapes, forests, oceans or weather phenomena captured in the special moments of the day and witnesses of the progressive change of seasons, where time seems so dilated and almost absent.”

I paint impressionistic urban landscapes using acrylic or oil. I'm particularly inspired by period architecture.
We often find ourselves connected in some way to a location, either as a place of sanctuary or somewhere that triggers fond memories. Others could hurry past. My paintings are an invitation to consider our surroundings, and to contemplate the beauty of the built environment.

I create contemporary art inspired by place, structure and movement. Drawing on my background in architecture, I explore light, form and character through expressive oils, watercolour and mixed media. From local landscapes and architectural studies to iconic vehicles, my work captures atmosphere and narrative, celebrating the beauty found in both the built and natural world.

My collection features a variety of striking oil paintings of wild horses, jungle animals, and birds—some set in powerful scenes, others capturing intricate details of their beauty. I also have prints and paintings of different dogs and cats to showcase my commissions. Joining me are Rhianon, who crafts stunning handmade resin jewellery, and Maria of Wildcoloured, who displays her beautiful botanical prints.

Chantal is a painter and maker with an keen interest in portraiture and the landscape. She is currently undertaking an MA in Fine Art which has given rise to include experimental installations with a lens on the environment and climate change.

I create through fragments:mixedmedia, collage and life drawing torn apart and reassembled. Was shaped by the chaos of 1960’s London, I lived among artists, musicians who rewrote the rules.Returning to Art in the 90’s reclaimed me. My work is instinct, memories and rebellion stitched together, a scrapbook of survival.They are honest, they are mine.

Claire Howlett’s work is rooted in reference to the landscape, sea and light, and the human connection to it. Her expressive paintings draw upon memory and atmosphere to evoke the wild, untamed beauty of the natural world. Painting in acrylic and oil, she creates semi abstract coastal and landscape works on canvas and panel.

I am a land and seascape artist working in all media especially oil , collage and printmaking. My inspirations are the local waterways and countryside and the uk coastline. I work from sketches in watercolour and ink created when I am out in the countryside and at the coast to create my final pieces in my home studio

My inspiration over the years has come from international travel, mostly in Africa, but also from other parts of the world where I have lived. My interests lie particularly in landscapes and wildlife. These have been the motivation for both my paintings and ceramic work. My ceramic pieces are hand built, incorporating movement and character in each piece.

I work predominantly in acrylics on wood panels, creating contemporary seascapes and still lifes. My paintings balance precision and atmosphere, using light, colour and shape to evoke a quiet sense of place. Each piece reflects a contemplative approach to familiar forms and shifting horizons.

"My work is a dialogue between the technical discipline of my early photorealistic paintings and the emotive freedom of my later abstract works and sculptures. Throughout five decades of professional involvement—as an artist, educator, and judge—I have remained fascinated by the power of visual storytelling, to translate complex observation and personal experience into a compelling visual language."

I work primarily with acrylics, using bold, dynamic brushstrokes to explore control and the act of letting go. Falling figures, horses, and suspended forms inhabit dreamlike spaces, reflecting vulnerability, movement, and emotional tension. Across subjects, my work seeks balance between melancholy and hope, inviting reflection and revealing beauty that emerges through motion and surrender.

I mostly paint figuratively using acrylics and collage. My subject matter ranges from landscapes to still life and portraits. My history as a graphic designer/printmaker informs my painting. From art college in London to attending courses and workshops locally, I never stop learning. My work has been selected for The Society of Women Artists, The Royal Academy and Mall Galleries.

I work in oils for their brilliance and subtleties of colour. I am interested in the effect of colour on feeling and emotion, and for me the close correspondence between music (especially jazz and classical) and my painting. A general theme is finding unity out of fragmentation.

Eileen is a self taught artist who loves all things paint. She enjoys experimenting with colour, texture & form, seeing where the paint and the mood take her.

Emma is a photo realistic coloured pencil artist. Her recent work explores the visual distortion created by water whilst capturing wildlife within. Emma also offers bespoke pet portraits, creating memories to last a lifetime.

I am primarily a painter in oils, acrylic and mixed media, though I do some mono printing as well. I paint a lot in Cornwall which i love for the colour and light. My work is intimist and as well as landscape I paint figures and animals, especially cats.

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I paint what surrounds me, jugs, bottles, flowers, and fruit from the garden. For me oil painting best captures these everyday subjects but I also work in acrylics, pastels and charcoal. I use my paintings as a source for Art Prints and Greetings Cards

My practice evolves in drawing, colour, and texture, informed by a background in textiles. Influenced by florals and landscape, I build layered surfaces through paint ,collage and printmaking. By creating and disrupting textures, I explore new passages within each work, allowing forms to emerge intuitively through process, material and rhythm.

I am an artist and illustrator who creates beautiful botanical artwork from my studio in rural Buckinghamshire. My original watercolours are sought after by business owners, publishers, stylists and individuals looking to add exquisite botanical beauty to interiors, books and brands.
In 2024 my bee, hand painted in watercolour, was shortlisted for the Royal Academy of art summer exhibition.

My recent paintings fall in two main series. One is landscape based, partly inspired by my rural surroundings, comparing the synthetic and organic, the observed and invented.

The other lies somewhere between illustration and abstraction, making chimera-like forms drawing on certain eclectic sources of meaning and imagery that interest me, while trying to avoid painting any one specific thing.

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Ex advertising Creative Director, turned celebrated cartoonist with work appearing daily in The Daily Mail since 1995. At the Henley Arts Trail he now presents original painted artworks that extend his wit beyond the printed page. Curious visitors are warmly invited to come and see his work.

I am a Swedish-American artist living in the Chilterns, creating feel-good art in oils, acrylics, and the occasional mixed media. I am inspired by Western-Americana heritage and soul, English countryside living, and Scandinavian design to produce storied, richly textured paintings, described as warm, expressive pieces made to bring beauty, character, and joy into everyday spaces.

Jane Schofield is an artist who loves to experiment. She incorporates texture, metal leaf and spray effects into her work. She has collected over a thousand reference photos of trees in all shapes and sizes - they are the inspiration for her tree paintings and work on maps! Multiple layers create depth and she delights in interesting colour combinations.

I am inspired to paint the buildings around me using pen and wash. These pictures are available as original paintings, prints and greetings cards and I also produce a calendar annually. My other main interest is creating handmade journals and sketchbooks from scratch and I enjoy exploring different books structures as well as different materials including paper, fabric and leather.

The inspiration came from seeing Chinese Lanterns (Physalis) in its Autumn form in my garden. Using graphite, rusting the paper, adding various minerals, natural seeds and shells I have enjoyed the process of creating on paper my Elements series.
Also lately using oils in a semi abstract way has been a new way of working.

Jess is a British-born abstract artist working in Oxfordshire. Her intuitive, process-led practice produces richly textured paintings full of colour and emotion. Exploring subconscious inner landscapes and the idea of what lies beneath, she reworks surfaces by layering and scraping back paint, revealing earlier marks and hidden depths that invite close, contemplative engagement with each finished piece.

A Multidisciplinary Artist, Director of the Henley School of Art, Lecturer, Tutor & Art Mentor, Jo has been a practising Artist for nearly 30 years & is now based at her studio in Henley. She has formal training in Fine Art & Illustration and loves to integrate the 2 disciplines in her work, telling stories with the marks she makes.

I am inspired by the local landscape and nature. I interpret scenes onto canvas using bold colour choices and atmospheric light. I enjoy enhancing and combining colours to create mood, drama and visual interest in the work. I will be exhibiting brand new originals plus a range of prints, greetings cards and homeware.

I make abstract paintings exploring the idea of process as a metaphor where the essence of life lies in complexity and there is always sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Choices available, Decisions made and Chance events are Key
Essentially, I make it up as I go from a set starting point, sometimes reworking as necessary and always finishing with chance.

I am an oil painter creating expressive portraits that feature iconic figures from music and art, including David Bowie and Frida Kahlo. My work explores longing, identity, and emotional connection through bold colour, layered paint, and gestural mark-making. Alongside original oil paintings, I produce more affordable limited edition prints.

I paint found moments from real life. Using oils, my realistic style captures the relationship between ambient interior light and shadow, and the ethereal quality they can give mundane objects. Ultimately I wish to invite the viewer to enjoy these beautiful, peaceful moments - happened on by chance - and that sit in plain sight every day.

I specialise in painting livestock, taking sketches and photographs and then working from them in my studio. I work in oils on thick boxed canvases which have several layers of gesso applied to them. More recently I have enjoyed returning to painting still-life with bread, cheese and fish particularly as subjects. These are painted in oil on clayboard.

I am a Henley based artist enchanted by nature - from the microscopic to the magnificent and everything in-between! I explore ways to portray the exquisite detail of colours forms and elements of landscapes that are unique to particular places.
I use mainly acrylics, inks and collage on canvas, wooden board and paper. My works are usually multi-layered, colourful and textured.

Hand drawn pen and ink and watercolour urban sketching and house portraits. Views that evoke memories. I am inspired by the historic architecture and vernacular building styles that surround us in the beautiful Thames valley and beyond. What could I draw for you?

A collection of desirable artworks inspired by precious objects, Henley, Cornwall and beyond. Fresh modern views of the river, seascapes and collaged still life incorporating vintage music scores, world stamps and maps. New expressive layered canvas works include large florals embellished with gorgeous gold leaf. Good fun, gifts, cards and a few surprises guaranteed. Come early to find a bargain!

Lauren Hawkins creates raw, cinematic mixed-media paintings where portraiture, symbolic figures and cityscapes collide. Using charcoal, collage, spray paint, and oils, she explores memory, identity, and longing. Her work treats people, animals, and place as emotional landscapes rather than literal subjects, leaving space for viewers to bring their own experiences into each piece.

I produce semi-abstract paintings using water based mixed media. Layering watercolour and acrylic and different paper surfaces, I push the boundaries of traditional technique to create richly textured works inspired by the landscape. I regularly exhibit my paintings in London.

I also create digital artworks. I handwrite code that generates images to print. This results in complex geometric abstractions.

Liz works mainly in ink and watercolour.
“I create art to remind us of the wonder in the world—the quiet resilience of nature, the deep connection we share with animals, and the endless possibilities for renewal.”
She runs workshops, shares her watercolour passion on YouTube and has authored five practical art books.

Lu Willis studied at Chelsea College of Art, London. Her work examines the sculptural forms of beautiful flowers, their colour, form and space. Described as ‘flower portraits’ they are an intimate expression of each bloom. She has shown widely in London and in Europe and is collected across Britain. This is the third year Lu has shown at this venue.

Lucy Ryan MA is a visionary artist and experienced curator with over 30 years of success leading public exhibitions. Experienced in delivering workshops, 1:1 or group, combining creative practices and over a decade of therapeutic training. She is passionate about wellbeing and the power of creativity to enhance and shape our everyday experience in an increasingly changing world.

I like to play with varied colour combinations to reflect life’s many nuances and presently is interested in the relationship we have with birds and wildlife. Relating to the themes of joy and peace at present, I work mainly in acrylic and mosaic and offers workshops in either.

The colours and shapes of life are the inspiration for my paintings.

My work is contemporary realism in oils, grounded in traditional painting techniques and supported by meticulous observational drawing. I utilise a representational style to capture the texture, material and essence of my subjects and enjoy creating portraits of often overlooked everyday items, arranging them in deliberately considered, often whimsical, compositions to evoke a sense of daily life, past or present.

I have been painting for 25 years following 20 years working as a retail designer. I specialise in local landscape paintings, but have recently been commissioned to create three large paintings for the Corbett Historical Museum in Oregon, USA. My passion for colour and light help me create an optimistic feel to my work.

I work in a loose, gestural and emotive style, exploring the tension between focus and defocus, detail and abstraction. This tension allows the subject to breathe beyond the canvas. Inspired by colour, portraiture, and flowers, I use bold contrasts and unblended brushstrokes. Through shifts between colour contrasts and wet and dry strokes, my work conveys nuanced emotional and cognitive expression.

Predominantly, I work in oils, and charcoal. The common thread that connects my work is that it’s produced primarily from life. To my mind true observation, and so authenticity, only comes from spending time examining the subject directly in front of you. Nonetheless, I am in fact trying to find a way to authentically incorporate photography into my own work.

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Inspired by nature & wanderlust, my work is an intuitive exploration of marks and textures. I have a background in Print Design, which influences my process & shaped my deep passion for colour.
Favouring gouache & acrylics for contrast, I work in layers to create emotive abstracts & collages, mostly on paper & wood panel.

A self taught watercolour artist my creative voice is rooted in years of working as a florist. My love of florals inspires my creative journey and unlike the fleeting beauty of fresh blooms my flower paintings can stay permanently in peoples lives. Figurative paintings and seascapes also feature in work explore other mediums like acrylics, pastels, pens and chalks.

Everything I create is handmade with care, designed to be as unique as you. I use recycled sterling silver and traditional hand tools to bring both mine and my customers visions to life. I take inspiration from nature, especially plants and their life cycle; from seed through to flower. My style blends raw elegance with meaning and individuality.

Using found tools and veils of acrylic paint,I build layered surfaces that echo qualities in nature.Working with a limited palette,I create harmony through an expressive approach.Inspired by my dog walks in meadows,lanes and woodlands.I observe the complexity and beauty of evolving life within nature's overgrowth and undergrowth,capturing the evanescent rhythm of changing seasons.

My painting and mixed media work is rooted in watercolour, using intuitive wet-on-wet techniques to let colour move, bleed, and soften. After fifteen years as a fashion photographer, I no longer document what I see, but reimagine it by capturing atmosphere, emotion, and beauty rather than form, through a layered, intuitive mark-making process.

Underpinning the imagery in my work is the idea that familiar, prosaic objects are always interesting, and can evoke something extraordinary.
Using watercolour, I paint everyday things such as cutlery, household equipment and vintage tools. I aim to portray each object as a stand alone piece of work - making the finished image a collection of homogenous, small individual paintings.

I am a mixed media artist and I enjoy playing with the balance between figurative representation and expressive mark-making. I seek inspiration in the places and countries I have lived, worked and travelled through and I am drawn to colour, abstract shapes in nature, and recording human civilisation in landscapes.

I work as an oil painter, capturing wild and natural spaces around the British Isles. Original as well as Limited edition prints and cards available to buy.

I gained my NDD in 1965 at the Byam Shaw School, London
I lived in Toronto for 17 years Toronto where I exhibited at Gallery 306. also in Montreal and Bahrain.
I am a member of The Henley Arts and Craft Guild and The Reading Guild of Artists.
I lite to paint places I know well , working in water colour.

After earning my Fine Art degree from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, I combined my passion for painting and sculpture through expressive palette knife techniques. Using thick oil paint, I create bold, textured pet and animal portraits. My work captures character and emotion while celebrating the unique bond between people and animals.

My work reflects the places I have visited and I try to re-create the atmosphere I felt at the time. My art is a fusion of nature, colour and emotion seeking to evoke not only the landscape but the feeling that goes with it.

I create miniature fineliner pen drawings from imagination on specifically selected handmade paper giving each piece a unique feel.

I am inspired by the world around me, and my love of bright colours is apparent in my artworks. I paint in both acrylics and oils, and cannot describe the joy I get when a painting is going well.

My work explores the relationship between inner landscapes and the natural world. Through layered mixed-media painting, I use paint, ink, drawing and collage to build intuitive surfaces shaped by memory, place and mythology. These works act as quiet sites of reflection, where the everyday and the symbolic meet.

I use oil, watercolour, pastel and charcoal with various subject matter; landscape, portraiture and still-life. I work en plein air where possible, enjoying the challenges of changing light and weather conditions. I believe the experience of full emersion in my surroundings, taking in the sounds and smells, along with direct observation, helps me capture the atmosphere for my painting.

I create large statement paintings in various styles , from almost pointillist atmospheric woodlands, to heavily textured impasto wild gardens and seascapes . Depicting nature in all her guises and capturing lifes light and beauty with both energy and calm. Most of all , I hope to make you smile.

My art is shaped by resilience and renewal, created through and beyond cancer recovery and rooted in a deep connection to landscape, light, and quiet moments in nature. Working with acrylics, I explore atmosphere, season, and emotion through a vibrant palette. Each painting reflects a pause—a moment to slow down, observe, and find calm within the natural world.

I appeared on Portrait Artist of the Year 2025 and won the People’s Choice Award for Artit’s Floral Artist of the Year. Working in oils, I blend classical techniques inspired by the Dutch masters with a modern sensibility. My florals and portraits seek delicate beauty, strength, and stillness, inviting reflection and introspection.

I paint in oils, often working en plein air or directly from life to capture landscapes and interior spaces. At the heart of my practice is a fascination with light and the fleeting moments it creates. Whether I’m painting the natural world or the quiet corner of a room, it is always the quality of light that draws me in.

Shilpa’s work is rooted in attentive observation of nature, shaped by nature journaling, brush painting, and materials sensitive to the environment. Influenced by years spent in Japan and having trained in Chinese brush painting , her intuitive, paper-based practice explores presence, impermanence, and human connection with the natural world through spontaneous, intentional mark-making.

I seek to capture those fleeting moments in nature that make me gasp with delight, typically - but not always - with charcoal or pastels, and using what I call '2-D sculpting' to meld the medium in conveying through art the joy and energy that experience has brought to me. Trying to evoke the spirit of the sea is my particular passion.

I love colour, especially in my acrylic paintings. I enjoy working not only with acrylics but also with pastel pencils and collage. My inspirations in painting come from my travels and the vehicles involved in travelling.

I paint in Acrylics mainly and oils. I am inspired by landscapes and seascapes , colour and light attempting to create an atmosphere. I have tried to be more semi abstract but usually produce realistic paintings.

working mostly in acrylics and oils. Landscapes and abstracts. I have a love of bright colours and experimentation and enjoy trying to capture the feeling of somewhere I have seen and transfer it onto canvas, perhaps using collage , paint or ink. My best pictures have always come from being inspired by and idea and following through. I welcome people to my lovely studio in Lower Shiplake.

Sue is a portrait and still life painter and tutor based in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
Working in oil on canvas, carefully layering colour and finishing with soft translucent glazes to add a depth & quality only oils can achieve.
Sue paints in a representational style mixing contemporary style with traditional technique.

I’m passionate about trees and their importance to our planet. Trees can grow to be amongst the largest and oldest living things on our Earth. They breathe life-giving oxygen into our atmosphere and without them we would perish. By painting trees I hope to share some of their beauty and significance with you.

I am a multi-disciplined contemporary painter who favours a bold, expressive and vibrant colour palette. I love to experiment with different styles and media but predominantly paint with acrylics.

My subject matter is varied but leans towards Faces, Figures and Fizz!

Tim Slatter is a master etcher, after studying Illustration at Kingston University he did his apprenticeship with Piers Browne. A traditional printmaker - line etching and aquatinting into steel and zinc, using oil based inks. His work depicts landscapes and city scapes, his style frequently compared to Arthur Rackham with a Japanese leaning.

As a figurative artist, printmaker and illustrator I always have a sketchbook with me, especially on my travels. I enjoy the process of designing a page and my many sketchbooks and photos provide the inspiration for my prints and illustrations. When painting I mainly use oils but I enjoy experimenting with other mediums. My subjects are largely still lifes and landscapes.

I make intricately textured abstract, drawings and mixed-media works exploring time, memory, and perception. My practice is process driven where meticulous layering and removal of materials have become integral to my work. In 2024 I won the Purcell Paper Prize at the Royal Scottish Academy, in recognition of my drawing.

A fine artist working in watercolour, now expanding into acrylics and oils, with a focus on African wildlife, portraits, and diverse subjects. My style is loose yet realistic, balancing observation with expressive freedom. Increasingly drawn to abstraction, my work explores light, movement, and atmosphere while retaining a strong connection to the natural and human world.

Zosia’s work combines elements of landscape, architecture and nature with richly textured gold leaf. Bringing tactile organic surface together with multiple layers of gilding, her paintings are a celebration of the decorative object.

Sue specialises in contemporary, highly colourful, loose, quirky animals and flower painting in watercolour. Recently Sue has been combining her florals with her bonkers animal collections to make really interesting unique pictures available in various sizes, including cards, and postcards.

Sue's latest artwork is inspired by her travels across the Caribbean .