Granary No.4
I have been a member of West Norfolk Artists Association since 2005. At the time I was taking part in a series of Sunday Workshop sessions at King’s Lynn Arts Centre (The Fermoy). A number of other artists on the course were already members of WNAA and encouraged me to join. I’m so glad they did… Read more …
Out On The Fen
Hi, I’m Ian and I make photographs.
My love of photography started with my dad encouraging me to take family photos with his Kodak Box Brownie and then an Ilford Sportsman at the age of 8. The results I saw when the photos came back from being developed and printed were terrible but with further guidance and help from my dad I discovered that I loved taking photos, which still continues. Read more …
Baroque fumigation
Judith Tyler Hills has shared this fascinating account of what inspires her art, particularly items from her collection of medical instruments and equipment!
SHAPES, CURES AND QUACKS
An enduring fascination with shapes and form colours the way I see and represent the world around me. From the magnificence of mountains, cliffs and crashing waves to the leafy splendour of pines, the lattice work of branches and the delicate veining of leaves. Read more …
Cast of Crabs
I am a pastel artist, and I work in a traditional, realistic style, almost exclusively drawing animals. I live in West Norfolk, although I grew up in Kent. I have always been an animal lover; I grew up with lots of small pets and my mum worked with horses. I have also loved drawing since I was very young – my favourite place to visit on my birthday was always the Natural History Museum. Read more …
Horses rolling , Iceland
I was given my first camera, a Brownie 127, at the age of eight, and a lifelong passion began. My well-worn early photo albums display tiny black and white images of family and friends, a succession of pets, and memories of Cornish beach holidays with crooked horizons and eyes squinting against the sun.
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‘Leaving Lines’ acrylic and graphite on paper
I was a kid who was always drawing, and it sometimes got me into trouble. It was compulsive and at school my ‘doodles’ were not appreciated especially when they appeared on a variety of surfaces. Though later art teachers were more encouraging. I left home and school and only occasionally drew or painted thereafter. I have a BA in film and photography but life took many different turns.
‘Impermanence’ from ‘Permanence — Impermanence’ Wighton 2024
I love anything that is new and different. That said, I love sculpting in any of the traditional ways. When I was at university, I wanted to learn everything — every style, every technique. I remember mentioning this to one of my professors. His horrified response was, “You’re talking about a universal education!” “Yes,” I thought to myself.
‘Gilbert and Sullivan were here, Thumbing’
My artistic journey, like many has been long and varied, I don’t remember when I first picked up a brush, for a long time I painted the usual subjects, landscapes and seascapes but never felt entirely satisfied, I had always studied art and been interested in the European and American modernists, then in 2013 our youngest daughter died, this altered my course entirely Read more …
I have always been drawn to creative pursuits; I am happy making and doing! I have never had any formal training in art & picked up inspiration from many places, some of the old Dutch masters or classical animal artists, and my dad. Dad is an accomplished artist and helps and inspires me more than he knows. Anything creative has always been outside of my day job which began as a Grenadier Guardsman in the British Army, where I would draw during quiet evenings.
Distant trees
Initially, when I was asked to write a piece for the WNAA newsletter, I was slightly alarmed, but then I realised it is good to seize the opportunity and share a flavour of my day as an artist, digging down a bit, into what it feels like to stretch my skill set daily and hopefully help someone else along the way.