Mixed media animal portrait artist.
I’m a Shropshire based artist who is inspired by nature.

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I’m an artist based in the charming market town of Bridgnorth in picturesque Shropshire. I enjoy working with a variety of mediums, especially watercolours and charcoal. My work is deeply inspired by the beauty and vibrant colours of wildlife and nature.

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I paint mainly in acrylic, and enjoy painting a broad range of subjects, from trains at the Severn Valley Railway, Shropshire scenes like Daniels Mill, The Ironbridge and Blists Hill. Cyclists, Still life, Welsh scenes and native birds. I sell a few originals but mainly prints and framed prints. There are cards of all the above, plus new for this year, comic cartoons, seasonal and special occasion

Victoria is a mixed media artist. She takes inspiration from the local towns and beautiful Shropshire countryside. Equally Victoria delights in painting flowers from her own garden. She can also be seen plein air painting in the rugged Welsh mountains or along the spectacular coastline.

I am a resident Bridgnorth artist and published author of fifteen books: Local History, Football History and Western Novels. I love to produce big vibrant paintings and drawings using a wide variety of mediums such as Acrylics, Oils, Watercolours, Mixed Media, Graphite and Charcoal, applied to canvas and paper, many that are multi-layered, highly textured surfaces created using pencil shavings, dried lumps of paint, sawdust, modelling paste, Gesso, even dried tea leaves. I utilise brushes, pallet knives and an unlimited variety of objects to make lines, marks, and scratching out.
My subjects include: Expressive Abstracts, Abstract Landscapes and loosely interpreted seascapes, both imagined and real, vistas that I have marvelled at and savoured. Also, Figurative Studies, Still Life, Flora, Portraiture, Animals, and Contemporary Art.
My inspiration comes from many sources. For instance, for my landscapes, both abstract and traditional, the stunning Shropshire countryside and the River Severn provide a multitude of subjects, always striving to capture the spirit and energy of the subject, always seeking to draw in the eye to evoke emotion in the viewer.

My work for this Art Trail will be predominantly charcoal drawings, I enjoy painting and drawing wildlife and pet portraits, both in charcoal and watercolour. I have exhibited at several local galleries and am excited to be exhibiting at the International Watercolour Masters Exhibition at Lilleshall Hall this year in May.
Miniature paintings is another passion of mine as I am a member of the Hilliard Society of Miniaturists and have shown my work at the Bankside Gallery in London.

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