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DECORATOR’S ADDRESS BOOK

Original pieces elevate a home – here are the artists we are watching, whose prices are appealing

FEATURE AMY MOOREA WONG

Mafalda Vasconcelos’ oil paintings
PHOTOGRAPHS (MAIN IMAGE) DERCIO COSSA
Various artworks by Amelia Rose Potts

AMELIA ROSE POTTS

London-based painter Amelia Rose Potts’ figurative works are bold and playful, imbued with emotion and energy in a rainbow of acrylic, pencil, ink and gouache.

From £180, Instagram @ameliarosepotts

Anuk Rocha’s work, available from partnership editions.com

ANDREAMONGENIE

Parisian artist Andrea Mongenie’s calm, colourful pieces rely on a sense of ritual, each the product of a balance of interacting forms, light, texture and movement in acrylic, oil paint, pastel and mixed media including sand.

From £120, andreamongenie.com

ANUK ROCHA

Known for painting an array of wide-eyed multicultural figures, from circus performers to sailors, Marseille-based Anuk Rocha evokes a sense of mystery and otherness in her work.

From £650, anukrocha.com

Moment by Andrea Mongenie

BEC KIRBY

The delightfully tactile textiles of Manchester-based artist and painter Bec Kirby – also known as soosumsee – are made up of deadstock yarns and wool fleece, and investigate the relationship between space, object and emotion.

From £95, soosumsee.com

Seven Avenues by Bec Kirby
The Scent of Wild Lilies by Camilla Perkins

CAMILLA PERKINS

Camilla Perkins summons an exuberant, lively world with oil pastels and paint from her East Sussex studio, transporting viewers to a sun-soaked, joyful realm defined by surreal shades, tempting textures and gestural mark-making.

From £300, camillaperkins.com

CUTTS & SONS

Kent-based Cutts & Sons uses traditional textile techniques to explore form and colour with sustainable natural fibres. The patchwork and quilted constructions are sewn from a combination of new, upcycled and clothing offcuts, and are often improvised for a charming, organic feel.

From £150, cuttsandsons.com

DALIA JAMES

London-based handweaver Dalia James uses organic fibres to navigate the relationship between colour and geometry, her pieces taking influence from the portfolios of William Morris and Josef Albers.

From £250, daliajames.com

Violet Shadows by Eleanor Woolley

ELEANOR WOOLLEY

Expressionist figurative and landscape oil painter Eleanor Woolley takes inspiration from the rural setting of her Gloucestershire locale, capturing moments that would otherwise be forgotten in a free, spontaneous style.

From £150, Instagram @woolleyellie

Yellow, Red, Blue Study V by Dalia James
PHOTOGRAPHS (DALIA JAMES) JAMES CHAMPION; (ELLEN MAE WILLIAMS) JESSIE WILLIAMS

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