Anita Saunders – a passion for print As a painter printmaker, Anita spends her days creating original artwork inspired by the natural world around her, from her studio in The Cotswolds. “Even if my walks take me on the same well-trodden footpath or bridleway, there’s always something...
"On the Somerset levels" Soft pastel painting "What motivates you to create?" I think what inspires me, put simply, it is the beauty of rural and coastal Britain. When I arrived in the UK in 2008 I had more or less given up on painting and concentrated...
"Corfe Castle" "What are you currently working on?" .I'm currently working on a small painting in oils of Portland Bill Lighthouse from a photo taken Easter weekend. Viewed from a rocky high point looking down from the landward side with the lighthouse and buildings backlit by the...
"Autumn Days" Oil painting on canvas "What are your biggest artistic influences?" My biggest artistic influence is the landscapes and seascapes all around where I live. I find peace and happiness whilst out in the local environment, woodlands, the coast and up on the moors. I love...
"Wild Flowers 1" Working from my home studio in Ottery St Mary, I am drawn to the untamed landscapes surrounding me – the Jurassic coastline with crumbling cliffs, the vastness of Dartmoor and the exquisite Devon countryside. I am inspired by the textures, changing tones and...
"Cornish Harbour Homage to Troika" "Cornish Harbour Homage to Troika' makes reference to the distinctive style of the famous Cornish art pottery. What drew you to creating this work and has Troika been influential to your practice?" Although i now live in Somerset , Cornwall still plays...
"In the Bleak Midwinter" How important is the landscape of Dartmoor to your work? Can you tell us more about your painting 'In the Bleak Midwinter'? Dartmoor is incredibly important to my landscape work, as I say on my website it offers inexhaustible inspiration and a discovery...
Martin Leighton is a Dorset based artist known for his striking figurative paintings. "Lost in Thought" "Is there a particular artist or artists that have influenced your figurative work?" I feel that all artists are influenced in some way by other artists work & I am no exception....
Camilla Gardner is an artist based in Hampshire who specialises in animal portraits, name pictures and house portrait commissions "Cassoway" Do you have a favourite subject to draw? I don’t really have a favourite subject as there are always so many things I see that inspire me and not...
Barry Hibbert is a contemporary landscape artist living in Somerset. "Coastal Cottages on Bryher, Scilly Isles" " Tell us more about your oil painting 'Coastal Cottages on Bryher, Scilly Isles'. How important is travel to your practice?" My wife and I spent a week in the Scilly Isles in...
