2D Art

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.

I’m a Ukrainian-born artist and software engineer based in Poole, Dorset. Growing up in Odessa, the sea shaped much of my life and continues to influence my work along the British coastline. Watercolour is my main medium, though I also…

Painting has always been my passion and I finally achieved my goal of going to art college in Bristol as a mature student. I graduated with a 2 i Honours degree in Graphic Design. Part of my degree involved creative…

I enjoy playing with shape and colour, sometimes to represent the striking landscape around me, and sometimes more to express the feelings evoked by a place. I use a variety of media, often on the same piece to create texture…

My work is influenced by my background as a Textile Designer. My work is multidisciplinary and includes: Paintings in Gouache and Mixed Media Mixed Media Photoshop Prints using Adobe Photoshop Colour and design are very important aspects of my work.…

Julia is a Dorset-based Artist, originally born in Epsom, Surrey. She brings a sensitive eye and a versatile hand to her art, moving fluidly between mediums and styles. Experimentation lies at the heart of Julia’s practice. She embraces the freedom…

I am predominately a self taught artist living in the beautiful county of Dorset where much of my inspiration comes from. During lockdown I was able to spend more time on my art and although still working part time as…

An art enthusiast who, over the years, has taken many classes both in watercolour and oils.

Jenny Monds lived for a number of years in Dorset. She now lives just over the border in Wiltshire, but loves to return. She works in her home studio on mainly abstract or semi-abstract paintings, usually with acrylic and mixed…

I was a secondary teacher for over 30 years before becoming more involved in the art world. When I started painting, I very quickly realised that soft pastels was the artform which excited me – I love the immediacy of…

I originally painted watercolour – having various books published by Search Press and selling widely in and around Surrey and the southeast. Having retired and moved to Poundbury I now paint in oil and mixed media mainly for pleasure. I…

I spent most of my working life as an Engineer in the automotive and aerospace industries; whilst always an interest in art, but it was not until 2000 that I found time to take up painting, since then I have…

I paint in oil and mixed media, often using collage and palette knife techniques. My paintings often evolve from memory and in response to the mood and atmosphere of a place, landscape or feeling. They are semi abstract and, I…

During my 50th year I completed a botanical illustration course at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London. It gave enormous pleasure and led to a number of exhibitions as well as fulfilling my desire to learn how to paint. Twenty…

I enjoy painting in oils and sketching. Various ….anything that stays still.