Ancient art reveals the joy of nature

A move to the countryside reignited a love of wildlife for artist Kate Kato, who creates exquisite, lifelike sculptures of the flora and fauna growing in her garden and beyond

EMILY PONSONBY’S PAINTINGS STRIP AWAY everything but the essentials: skin, scars and the stories they carry. Using beeswax and oil, she sculpts figures that feel weathered and alive, sometimes faceles

Clutter-free grandeur How the artist changed her untidy ways to create a stately studio workspace

Cecil and his pug dog in his indoor ...

Sitting at the desk in her home studio, botanical wax artist Annette Marie Townsend has the perfect view from which to contemplate her next project. From here, she looks onto her abundant garden, wher

Growing up around her father’s studio in France, Beatrice Cloake was quite literally raised in a world of light and colour. Her father was a stained-glass maker who also painted and taught her from a