I came across Hulda Guzmán’s work for the first time at Turner Contemporary in Margate, and it felt like a surprisingly refreshing discovery. Please awake – asked Nature kindly is Guzmán’s first European institutional exhibition and brings together a decade of her…
Walking into the “June-July-Summer-2026 Exhibition” at Creek Creative as an artist and painter myself, I was immediately struck by the sheer volume of creative energy filling the room. Salon-style group shows are always a beautiful challenge to digest. With such a massive,…
A celebration of the work and life of Vivien EversCreek Creative Studios, Faversham This week Creek Creative Studios hosted a moving Memorial Exhibition, Still Lives, a solo show of paintings and mixed media works honouring and celebrating the life of the…
“Just Add Water” Howard J Cooper’s solo exhibition on view at Creek Creative Studios in Faversham from Tuesday 10th to Sunday 29th March. It is a quietly compelling and cohesive exhibition that explores the waterways and built edges of the…
The current group exhibition at Creek Creative Studios in Faversham brings together an impressive breadth of fresh work by local artists. They are unified by a simple but effective premise: every piece on display is new to the venue. The result is a show…
The Evolving Language of Landscape: Tradition, Atmosphere, and Abstraction The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury The Language of Landscape brings together four artists whose work spans a century of change in how landscape is seen, painted, and understood. From…
People often look at highly realistic paintings from art history and ask a familiar question: Why don’t artists make work like this anymore?The most common answer is quick and convenient — because photography was invented. But this explanation barely scratches the surface,…
Light and shadow are the language of the figure. They give form to flesh, suggest emotion, and create the atmosphere that transforms a painting from a representation into an experience. As a figurative painter, understanding and manipulating light and shadow…
Figurative painting—art that represents the human figure—has been at the center of visual culture for as long as humans have made images. Long before abstraction, the figure was a way to understand identity, power, emotion, and the body itself. To…
For a long time, I painted exclusively with acrylics. Like many artists, I was drawn to their practicality—quick drying time, easy cleanup, and a sense of control. Acrylics allowed me to work fast, build layers quickly, and respond intuitively to the…
