Nature printing

Cat Croxford found her voice as a painter in the trees. A self-taught artist, she starts every canvas with black, and from that darkness emerge luminous treescapes built with broken brushstrokes. “The

I STRUGGLED INTO MY LAYERS, picked up my light sketching kit and off I went up into the hills behind where I live. I wasn’t the first to arrive; halfway up the hill I could already hear the cries of e

Autumn brings a splash of golden warmth, when leaves start transforming from green to rich golds and russet reds. It can be quite daunting to know where to start when interpreting a mass of foliage wh

This article has been one of the most ‘mind-searching’ artistic journeys I’ve done! I felt that the idea of combining both the celebration of life and contrasting it with the eventual natural act of d

Every painting’s varying subject matter and scale offers us distinct opportunities and challenges. Before I start any project, I like to consider what I want to convey, what opportunities and challeng

THIS PORTRAIT BEGAN LIFE as a pile of old magazines: pages full of colour, text and typography just waiting to be reimagined. I’ve always loved how collage can transform the ordinary into something co