2D Art

Living and working on the Isle of Portland, Lyn works primarily with encaustic wax. First used by the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, Lyn discovered and fell in love with it upon returning to college as a mature student in 2012.…

Helen is a textile artist ( and occasional painter) creating semi abstract , still life images by layering dyed silk to create depth and intensity of colour and ‘mark making’ with hand and machine stitching. Many years ago she obtained…

My mixed media practice combines collage, vintage ephemera, and hand-stitched detail to explore themes of memory, transformation, and connection. Using layered surfaces, found imagery, and symbolic motifs such as birds, flowers, and butterflies, I create textured works that hold space…

Alison holds a Fine Art degree and studied for a post graduate certificate at Goldsmiths, University of London, before developing a career as both an artist and a teacher. Her vibrant artwork explores the interplay of layered colours, with a…

Kevin is a painter whose work explores the aesthetics of nature, celebrating the subtle interplay between place, time, and the act of being present. A graduate of Hull School of Art with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Kevin later…

I’m a Dorset painter. I grew up in Bournemouth and Winchester. I studied librarianship in Manchester and realised early on I didn’t want to be a librarian. Going to life-drawing classes cheered me up a bit. I did a degree…

Cyanotypes (or blueprints) are a creative sideline to her photography, which has now turned into a small business, where she sells prints, cards and a growing number of 70-piece mini wooden jigsaws decorated with her designs, which have now made…

Lucas Greenfield is a 14yo portrait artist whose imagination and curiosity allow him to explore the human features with freedom, beyond any norms of reality to challenge what ‘beauty’ can be. The faces painted are often heavily distorted, sometimes lending…

After retiring from teaching….30 years in Dorset schools, I have very much welcomed the opportunity I now have for my own painting and have enjoyed starting afresh, with new ideas and the time needed to follow my own interests. I…

I was born in South Wales and now live in Dorset. Visual stimulation from different surroundings, colour combinations from nature or photos, or even a piece of fabric can create ideas for inclusion in a painting . I have a…

Pauleen Trim HS GM SBA Fellow Pauleen is a Botanical Artist who lives and works in rural Dorset. On retirement after 25 years lecturing in Art, Design, Textiles, Theatre and Media Make-Up and Costume at the Bournemouth College, she took…

My art journey started in 2024 by winning Art in the Squares in my category, with a watercolour painting of Queen Mother Square. I then went on to win Art in the Sunflowers in my category last year, using acrylic…

Originally from Tyneside but having relocated to Dorset some 30odd years ago, I have all but abandoned my gritty industrial northern lanscapes in oils. Most of my work now is of still life painted with acrylics and occasionally on reclaimed…

Ed Marriott a semi abstract style capturing the towns in Dorset and the Southwest coast line. I am a young local artist from Swanage and have been exhibiting my art work around Swanage since the age of 8 years old.…

I began my artistic journey as a glassmaker / jeweller before turning to paint Initially I painted botanical subjects and representational landscapes. My work is now more abstracted. Light and space play a crucial part in my painting. I love…

My favourite occupation is landscape plein air painting, both at home and abroad. I am fortunate in that I live in Dorset with so many opportunities in the coastlines and countryside of this lovely county. My work is mostly impressionistic…

Brenda has painted for 60 years. Working in all mediums , portraits in pastels and landscapes mostly in acrylic she also has watercolour experience!

Having painted on and off throughout my life, I have been taking it more seriously in the last few years. I find I am still exploring different ways to express my response to a composition of fields or the light…

As a landscape artist, I believe that no place compares to that in which the world has come alive to you, where you know every rock, every path, and all images are held so clearly in your mind. Being based…

I have been painting mainly in watercolour or oil painting for many years and successfully exhibited in Cumbria and Essex when I lived there. I now live in Poundbury and have moved into acrylic painting as well as watercolour.