Leanne is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer and illustrator based in South London. She has experience working with a variety of clients on anything from flyers, children’s books, wall decals, logos, magazines and more. Using vivid colour and complimentary graphics, she creates attractive and compelling designs, with harmony between imagery and typography.
Ruby has recently graduated with a Fine Arts BA (Hons) degree at the University of East London. She specialises in printmaking, painting, photography, sculpture and installation. Her work intends to trigger ideas around the diversity and history of London from a personal perspective. Her work is celebrating the physical and emotional journey she has undertaken throughout her life.; Art supported her throughout her life in speaking and writing. At the age of five, Ruby was diagnosed with a speech-language impairment affecting her self-confidence. Through the ongoing support of a charity called Contact a Family, Ruby has grown into a strong independent and fearless individual expressed in her prints. Inspired by German expressionist art as she uses shapes, abstract colours and gestural mark-making. She is available for commissions.
My interest is in the play of colour and texture as they revolve around nature and people. I use digital software to re-work sketches, painting and photographic images to explore the play of colour, texture and line that presents itself. It's a multi-layered approach whereby original sketches and photographs may be re-worked, re-painted and then re-worked a number of times till completion of the final image – a process that can take many months. My aim is to delight and surprise the viewer – for them to see and feel an abstraction of the familiar re-presented from a new perspective.
M Dillon is an artist and designer who makes mixed media collage and sculpture that might appear superficially decorative or humorous, but there is a narrative beyond the decoration that aims to provoke a specific response of disquiet.
Lily Mixe is a graphic artist originating from Paris who has now based herself within the creative hot bed of London, UK.
Lily?s artwork moves from paper and canvas, found objects and onto the surface of walls in the street.
At the centre of the work is Nature and in particular the Ocean. The subjects are otherworldly, aliens from our own planet. Specimens that offer reminders of how beautiful and complex life on Earth can be and how much of our own planet is unknown and undiscovered.
Inspired by numerous diving expeditions, and hundreds of notebooks and studies of animals and plants, the work is both familiar and unusual. Lily states, ?The work examines life under the surface, the incredible unseen, silent beings we take for granted. I want to give a visual voice to the natural world. I want to celebrate nature in the same way we value precious stones and rare artefacts, I place nature as the highest currency on planet earth?
Lily?s work mutates. It starts as a sketch, it builds and becomes a form, filling and layering textures and patterns that give it a life of its own. The art lives in books, on paper, found objects and ultimately become fully realised when added to the landscape; pasted to bricks and cement, continuing to change over time, changing with the weather, with plants, pollution, graffiti.
The work really starts to take shape once lily walks away. Making the art is only half of the process, placement of the piece is key to its completion, the transient and brutal spirit of nature frames the work, pasting drawings to a wall is an offering, and a sacrifice, an experiment, to see the drawings grow, change, and often be destroyed by the environment and time.
Stik started painting unofficial, socially conscious murals in his hometown of Hackney, East London in 2001. His simple stick figures wordlessly tell the story of his community and he frequently collaborates with hospitals, charities and homeless organisations. Working from his East London studio, these projects are largely self-funded and he now creates monumental artworks with communities across the world.
Elizabeth Groth is a Texan artist & educator in North Acton, London.
Nudes and nature are my most prominent source of inspiration and subject. I believe that depicting people in their most natural form expresses a sense of honesty and vulnerability. Furthermore, clothes would date the image and constrict the artwork to a precise moment in time. I try to make the era and location somewhat ambiguous and unrecognizable, because I like to create images that are both comforting with their familiarity, but also raise curiosity and questions open to each personal interpretation.
In an aim to rekindle a somewhat lost relationship with something that is fundamental to our survival and well-being, my work focuses on the human relationship with nature. Female forms are reoccurring in my practice as they too have the ability to create and bring new life to the world. For this reason, they play the role of a metaphor for mother nature herself. Furthermore, I often include animals that I have had personal experiences with and enjoy researching their symbolic meaning
I begin by roughly sketching out my idea, and then do a cyanotype print; a photosensitive chemical process which needs to be exposed in the sun. The outcome varies dramatically depending on weather conditions and time of year. I then paint over the print with acrylic paint. The cyanotype stains the canvas, whereas the acrylic sits on the surface, creating a real contrast in textures. Furthermore, it combines a natural phenomenon with a man made medium. I also enjoy playing with scale by having recognisable plants larger than the figures, as it emphasizes how we are a small part of the world and not the center, nor the most significant...
Being both an artist and art psychotherapist, I am interested in the healing capacity of art as well as its role in conveying meaning and communication with both the internal and external words. I draw inspiration for my paintings from my unconscious as it manifests in dreams and visions. I am inspired by esoteric sciences such as Kabbalah and quantum mechanics. My treatment of photography evokes that of painting and is highly experimental in nature. The shots are created with the use of self-made optical devices, which allow me to beguile the camera into shooting abstract images. In more than one way these instruments replace paint tubes and brushes.
Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Ifeoluwa Oluwaseun Olowu is a successful visual artist and entrepreneur whose creative application of Augmented Reality (AR) has won praise from all around the world. Ifeoluwa has pushed the limits of conventional art forms to create a captivating fusion of digital and physical experiences. He has a strong passion for art and a talent for creating captivating art, designs and prints.
Ifeoluwa was born and raised in Lagos, and his early schooling at Yaba College of Technology marked the beginning of his artistic career. His creative spark was sparked as a young child by cartoons, movies, and comic books. By the time he was ten years old, he was already putting his ideas on paper, using comic books and the marvels of nature as inspiration.
Ifeoluwa continued to pursue his love of art by enrolling in the esteemed University of Lagos to earn a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree with a painting major. His artistic approach evolved into an expressionist style over his academic career, combining paints, drawings, and designs to produce visually striking pieces. He developed his skills in printing and design as he became more involved in painting.
Ifeoluwa set out on a mission to explore new artistic dimensions because of his unquenchable curiosity. His interest in augmented reality stemmed from his passion with colors, novel ideas, and unusual shapes. He became an expert at using AR technology to bring traditional art to life in real time after much study and testing.
"Colored Reality," Ifeoluwa's debut collection, is now causing a stir in the art world. He has produced an engaging experience that goes beyond conventional limits by incorporating augmented reality into his artwork. Finland, Paris, Nigeria, Ghana, and the United Kingdom have all had exhibitions by Ife Olowu. In addition to being for sale, these one-of-a-kind and captivating pieces of art are prepared for both private and public exhibitions.
Global attention has been drawn to Ifeoluwa's work because of its excellence. Prominent news organizations like the BBC, CNN, Reuters, Voice of Africa, TV5 Monde, Channels, Vanguard daily, BusinessDay newspaper, Yahoo, and others have prominently featured his artwork. Ifeoluwa Oluwaseun Olowu is redefining the possibilities of art with his innovative approach, captivating audiences worldwide with his stunning creations.