Artwork Description:

Title: Moss & Lichen Studies

These studies were painted from life, viewed through a stereo microscope to capture the fine details of the moss and lichen.

I was  attracted to the colours and textures of the specimens and how when viewed so close-up, they are like looking into a small world, capturing intricacies which are so often missed by the naked eye.

Oil paint on individual circular boards

 

Artist Bio:

I am a Derbyshire-based, artist/illustrator and art tutor.

I have a degree in textile design, and a masters from Central St Martins in Communication Design/Illustration.

My inspirations include natural history, explorers and naturalists, Hitchcock films, kitchen sink dramas, ghosts & haunted houses  and Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier novels.

I am currently working on a series of Shackleton illustrations which evoke the foreboding atmosphere and historic accounts of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, as well as developing an idea for a graphic novel inspired by Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.