LOST IN A WORLD OF INTRICATE OBSERVATIONS FROM NATURE
Entranced by the cycle of growth and decay, Louisa captures the details on beautiful smooth bristol board using ultra sharp pencils and graphite powder. It’s quiet in her studio, distanced from the world as she looks ever closer at plants, insects and birds. Texture, shadows, silhouettes and movement created with marks and tone, it’s rarely about the colour but always about the environment.
Louisa is a partner at Artichoke Gallery, a member of the Free Painters and Sculptors and the Society of Graphic Fine Art and a fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists. Her prizewinning drawings are held in private collections internationally.
She also has links to the Royal West of England Academy, Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum, the Cranbrook Art Show, Pure Arts Group and Wilderness Art Collective.
She regularly exhibits in London Open Exhibitions and currently shows with the galleries listed below.
She also has links to the Royal West of England Academy, Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum, the Cranbrook Art Show, Pure Arts Group and Wilderness Art Collective.
She regularly exhibits in London Open Exhibitions and currently shows with the galleries listed below.
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(my work may not always be on show, please check before you travel)
Key Exhibitions 2022
(please check back - more exhibitions are added throughout the year)
Finished; Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks TN13 1LQ (26 January - 12 February, artist talks 2 February 6-8pm)
FPS at The Muse, Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road, London W11 1LR (2-20 January Tuesday - Sunday 12-6pm, Preview : 3 February 6-9pm, Artist Talk : 12 February 2-5pm)
Serenity; Pure Arts Group, Bannatynes Hotel and Spa, Hastings (28 January - 8 April)
Drawing Together - Members of the Society of Graphic Fine Art; Watts Contemporary Gallery, Compton GU3 1DQ (18 March – 2 May)
Fifty Bees 5 : ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7NB (9 April - 14 May)
SFSA Drawing Open; No Format Gallery, Deptford SE14 6BN (6-8 May or 11-15 May, PV 6 May 6-8pm)
INSECT ODYSSEY: Insects, Books and the Artistic Imagination, Salisbury Museum (25 June-25 September)
(please check back - more exhibitions are added throughout the year)
Finished; Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks TN13 1LQ (26 January - 12 February, artist talks 2 February 6-8pm)
FPS at The Muse, Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road, London W11 1LR (2-20 January Tuesday - Sunday 12-6pm, Preview : 3 February 6-9pm, Artist Talk : 12 February 2-5pm)
Serenity; Pure Arts Group, Bannatynes Hotel and Spa, Hastings (28 January - 8 April)
Drawing Together - Members of the Society of Graphic Fine Art; Watts Contemporary Gallery, Compton GU3 1DQ (18 March – 2 May)
Fifty Bees 5 : ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7NB (9 April - 14 May)
SFSA Drawing Open; No Format Gallery, Deptford SE14 6BN (6-8 May or 11-15 May, PV 6 May 6-8pm)
INSECT ODYSSEY: Insects, Books and the Artistic Imagination, Salisbury Museum (25 June-25 September)
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Key Exhibitions 2021
Evolver Prize 2020, Ace Arts, Somerton TA11 7NB (6 January - 27 February) More Than, Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum, Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery (5 February - ONLINE) Restriction, Correspondence Collective in association with Clayhill Arts, Somerset (23 March - 6 April - ONLINE) Highgate Contemporary Art Postcard exhibition (2-31 May - ONLINE) Insectarium – Fear and Fascination, Society of Scottish Artists, The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, Waterston House, Aberlady, East Lothian (3 June – 25 July, open Thursday – Sunday 10-4) Plantae, Society of Botancal Artists, (4-18 June ONLINE) Glimpse, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks TN13 1LQ (Solo show - 16 June - 3 July) Centenary Exhibition Unlocked, Society of Graphic Fine Art, Mall Galleries, London (6-11 July) - please check the Mall Galleries website for tickets (viewing also available online) I didn't lick it, Bruton Correspondence School, Bruton Museum, 26 High Street BA10 0AA (24 July - 25 September, open weekdays 11-1, saturdays 11-3, PV 24 July) RWA Secret Postcard Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy (13-23 September ONLINE) Botanicals and Bees, NewArt Gallery, 7 Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne BN21 4PN (Solo show 18 September to 31 October, Meet the Artist Saturday 30th Octover 11-4) Society of Women Artists 160th Annual Open Exhibition 2021 (25 September - 21 December ONLINE) SGFA Members Exhibition at Mandell’s Gallery, Elm Hill, Norwich, NR3 1HN (2-30 October 2021) Bath Society of Artists 116th Annual Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Bath, BA2 4AT (2 October - 20 November, ticketed PV 1 October) Reimagined, Pure Arts Group at Bannatyne Spa Hotel, Hastings (7 October to 9 January and ONLINE PV 7 November 2-5pm MORE INFORMATION HERE) Working from Experience, The Horsebridge, Whitstable (20 October - 2 November, stewarding day 20 October, meet the artists 23 October 2.30-4) Remember This Now, Creek Creative Studios, 1 Abbey Street, Faversham ME13 7BE (2-7 November 10-4) ART360 LIVE - 20 selected artists interviewed live from their studios worldwide. I will be live on 17 November 7.30-8.30) Register here for the live audience FlightPath Community Project, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks TN13 1LQ (main gallery 23-27 November and then moving to the Mezzanine) SVAF Open, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks TN13 1LQ (1 December - 8 January, PV 1 December 6-8pm) |
Evolver Prize 2020
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Key Exhibitions 2020
(please check back - more exhibitions may be added throughout the year) Fifty Bees part 4, Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge Street, Frome BA11 1BB (8 February to 14 March, PV 7 February 6-8pm) Royal Society of British Artists Annual Open 2020, Mall Galleries, London (20-29 February, PV 19 February 11-8) Together, Beauport House Gallery, Bannatyne Spa Hotel, Hastings (15 March - 26 April cancelled after opening) Spring at the Gallery, West End House Gallery, Water Lane, Smarden, Kent, TN27 8QB (contact the gallery) The Second Edition, Emerge Contemporary, at Highgate Contemporary Art Gallery, 26 Highgate High Street, London, N6 5JG (2 April - 24 May : ONLINE) Unframed, Highgate Contemporary Art, (1-31 May ONLINE) Botanicals, The Curlew, Junction Road, Bodiam TN32 5UY (postponed tba) Wilderness Art Collective Landlines, Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2LL (postponed to 2021) Plantae, Society of Botanical Artists; Mall Galleries, London ONLINE 3-30 June : ONLINE) SGFA Annual Open Exhibition, Society of Graphic Fine Art; Mall Galleries, London (cancelled) Wilderness Art Collective Landlines ONLINE (11 June - 1 July, opening events 11th June) Three Contrasts, John Davies Gallery; The Old Dairy Plant, Fosseway Business Park, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9NQ (16 July - 15 August) OPEN by appointment contact the gallery, view the catalog here) PURE360Live with Pure Arts Group - artist talks live throughout September. I am scheduled for 17 September 5.30pm via Crowdcast Society of Women Artists Annual Open Exhibition (22 September - 30 December ONLINE) The Second Edition, Emerge Contemporary, at Highgate Contemporary Art Gallery, 26 Highgate High Street, London, N6 5JG (1 October to 30 November, PV 1st and 2nd October 6.30-8 pre-booking essential) Kent Painters Group; 30 October to 30 November ONLINE Highgate Contemporary Art Postcard Exhibition; 1-30 November ONLINE Bath Society of Artists 115th Annual Exhibition 2020; 2nd November 2020 to January 3rd 2021 ONLINE Miniatures and Masterstrokes at Rye Art Gallery; opens 14 November Drawing from Experience, The Horsebridge, Whitstable (postponed to 2021) |
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Key Exhibitions 2019
SVAF at the Cello Factory, London (6-12 February PV 8 February) Petworth Explored by the SGFA, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth GU28 0AG (2 March to 6 April, opening drinks 2 March 12-2) Affordable Art Fair Stand A11, 4Impressions Gallery Battersea, SW8 4NW (6-10 March) "Never Alone" SOLO Show, Muse Gallery, (14-31 March, PV 14 March 6.30-9) Fifty Bees part 3, The Taunton Brewhouse Theatre & Art Centre, Taunton (11 March to 4 May) SGFA Members Centenary Touring Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham B3 1SA (3-18 May) SGFA 100Years, The Bishops Palace, Wells (22 May - 30 June, PV 21 May 6.30pm) Bath Society of Artists 114th Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (18th May - 29th June, PV 17th May) Fantastic and Strange, Fringe arts Bath (24 May - 9 June) Drawing Now, Rye Art Gallery (1 June - 30 July, opening 1 June 11-1) Plantae, Society of Botanical Artists, Mall Galleries, London (5-9 June, PV 4 June 2-8pm) SGFA Members Centenary Touring Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH (4-16 June) New English Art Club; Mall Galleries, London (14-22 June) Free Painters and Sculptors Summer Exhibition; Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road W11 1LR (15-21 July, PV 16 July 6-9pm) THE SVAF OPEN 2019; Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery (11-28 September, PV 12 September 6-8pm) Society of Women Artists; Mall Galleries, London (24-29 September, PV 25 September - check SWA website for opening times) RWA 167th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX (29 September to 1 December, PV 28 September 3-6) Emerge: The Inaugural show; HIghgate Contemporary Art Gallery, 26 Highgate High Street, London, N6 5JG (3 October - 2 November, PV 3 October 6.30-9pm) PURE Arts Group 10th Anniversary Exhibition; PowderMills Hotel, Battle (5-13 October) Society of Graphic Fine Art DRAW 19, Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark St, London, SE1 1RU (21 October - 2 November, PV 22 October 6-8pm) Kent Painters Group; Sevenoaks School (25-27 October; meet the artists 25 October) Cranbrook Art Show; Vestry Hall, Cranbrook (7-9 November, PV 6 November) ING Discerning Eye 2019; Mall Galleries, London (14-24 November, demonstrating 22 November 1-4pm) |
FlightPath xxi - St Cuthberts Mill Award, ING Discerning Eye Exhibition at Mall Galleries 2019
FlightPath xxvi - Meltone Framing prizewinner, Bath Society of Artists 114th Open Exhibition
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Key Exhibitions 2018
Winter Collection; Gallery57, 57 Tarrant Street, Arundel (20 January - 13 March) Works on Paper Fair, with Kevis House Gallery, Royal Geographical Society, Exhibition Road, SW7 (1-4 February) SVAF OPEN 2018, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks (7 February to 3 March, PVArtistBrief 8 February 6-8pm) Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead with FPS - Hampstead Heath, London NW3 1TH (10-13 May) Fifty Bees, Richard Jefferies Museum, Swindon (1-25 June, PV 1 June 7-9pm) The Other Art Fair, Bristol BS1 6QH (27-29 July, PV 26 July 5-9.30) SGFA at Hull, University Campus, HU6 7RX (26 July to 18 August) Fifty Bees (extension), For Every Cloud, Langport TA10 9PR (4 August to 1 September, PV 3 August 6-8pm) At the Edge, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks TN13 1LQ (8-18 August, artist talk 9 August 6-8pm, demonstrating 11 and 14 August 11-4) with Leila Godden Society of Women Artists; Mall Galleries, London (25-30 September, PV 26 September - check SWA website for opening times) Draw 18, Society of Graphic Fine Art; Menier Gallery, London (1-13 October, PV 2 October 6-8) PURE Autumn Art Fair, Powdermills Hotel, Battle, East Sussex (6-14 October, PV 6 October) RWA 166th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX (7 October to 25 November, PV 6 October) Kent Painters Group; Sevenoaks School (26-28 October; meet the artists 26 October) Cranbrook Art Show; Vestry Hall, Cranbrook (8-10 November, PV 7 November) The Discerning Eye; Mall Galleries, London (15-25 November) Winter Exhibition; 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable, Kent. CT5 1AF (5-18 December Monday - Saturday 9am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 5pm, PV Saturday 8th December 2-6pm) The London ULTRA - FPS Open at the Bargehouse; OXO Tower Wharf, South Bank SE1 9PH (6-10 December) |
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Key Exhibitions 2017
Society of Graphic Fine Art at Black Swan, The Round Tower, Bridge Street, Frome BA11 1BB (4-24 March, PV 3 March) Stewarding 24 March pm) BEeSpecial, Artichoke Gallery, Ticehurst TN5 7AE (13-27 May) sgfa@bankside – the drawing society, Bankside Gallery, London (6-18 June, PV 6 June 6-9pm) United Society of Artists Summer Exhibition; Lombard Street Gallery and Pie Factory, Margate (17-26 June PV 17 June) Fifty Bees - the interconnectedness of all things, ACEarts Gallery, Market Place, Somerton, Somerset TA11 7NB (1-22 July, PV 30 June 6-8pm) Society of Women Artists; Mall Galleries, London (4-9 July, PV 5th July) United Society of Artists 94th Open Exhibition; Menier Gallery, London (5-9 September PV 5 September 6-8.30) Free Painters and Sculptors "Free" Exhibition; Clerkenwell Gallery, London EC1R 0DP (26-30 September, PV 28 September 6-9pm) Draw 17, Society of Graphic Fine Art; Menier Gallery, London (2-14 October, PV 3 October 6-8) PURE Arts Group Autumn Art Fair; PowderMills Hotel, Battle (7-15 October, PV 7 October) The Natural Eye, Society of Wildlife Artists; Mall Galleries, London (19-29 October, PV 18 October) Kent Painters Group; Sevenoaks School (27-29 October; meet the artists 27 October) Cranbrook Art Show; Vestry Hall, Cranbrook (9-11 November, PV 8 November) Winter Collection; Gallery57, 57 Tarrant Street, Arundel (18 November - 23 December and 20 January - 13 March |
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Draw 17 Highly Commended Drawing Prize
PURE Arts Group Autumn Art Fair 2017 Drawing Prize
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Society of Graphic Fine Art "Draw 16", Menier Gallery
Highly Commended Drawing Prize
Society of Women Artists 2016 Mall Galleries
Free Painters and Sculptors 2015 at Menier Gallery
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Key Exhibitions 2016
The Pastel Society; Mall Gallery, London (23 February - 5 March, PV 22 February, Art Event 1 March) Society of Botanical Artists; Westminster Central Hall, London (15-23 April, PV 14 April) UA Annual Members Exhibition; Bankside Gallery (26 April - 2 May, PV 26 April) Free Painters and Sculptors Members Exhibition; Fitzrovia Gallery (22-29 May, PV 26 May 6-9pm) Society of Women Artists; Mall Galleries, London (28 July - 7 August, PV 27th July) Brighton Art Fair 2016; The Corn Exchange, Brighton, East Sussex (23-25 September) Draw 16, Society of Graphic Fine Art; Menier Gallery, London (3-15 October, PV 4 October) RWA 164th Annual Open Exhibition; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol BS8 1PX (9 October - 27 November) PURE Arts Group Autumn Art Fair; PowderMills Hotel, Battle (22-30 October) The Natural Eye, Society of Wildlife Artists; Mall Galleries, London (26 October - 6 November, PV 25 October) Kent Painters Group; Sevenoaks School (28-30 October) The Discerning Eye; Mall Galleries, London (17 -27 November) Cranbrook Art Show; Vestry Hall, Cranbrook (10-12 November, PV 9 November) Free Painters and Sculptors Winter Exhibition; Menier Gallery, London (5-10th December, PV 6 December) |
SGFA Draw 16 Prizegiving
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Royal West of England 164th Annual Open Exhibition 2016
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Key Exhibitions 2015
The Pastel Society; Mall Galleries, London (23 February - 7 March) Society of Women Artists; Mall Galleries, London (5-13 June, PV 4th June) UA Annual Members Exhibition; Bankside Gallery (7-12 July) The September Art Exhibition (3-13 September, PV 3 September) Chalk at the Towner Gallery; Eastbourne (1-14 October) Draw 15, Society of Graphic Fine Art; Menier Gallery, London (5-17 October, PV 6th October) Pure Autumn Art Fair; PowderMills Hotel, Powder Mill Lane, Battle (24 October - 1 November) Kent Painters Group (30 October - 1 November) Cranbrook Art Show (12-14 November, PV 11th November) Free Painters and Sculptors; Menier Gallery, London (30 November - 12 December, PV 1st December) svaf Open, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks (1 December to 31 January) |
The Pastel Society 2015, Mall Galleries
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Society of Women Artists 2014, Mall Galleries
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Key Exhibitions 2014
Masters in their Field; Wing Gallery, Wadhurst, East Sussex (22 May - 12 July) The Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent (5-21 June) Society of Women Artists; Mall Galleries, London (26 June - 5 July) Seeart Fair, Tunbridge Wells (9-13 July) Pure Arts Group Autumn Show (12-20 September) Brighton Art Fair 2014; The Corn Exchange, Brighton, East Sussex (26-28 September) Draw 14, Society of Graphic Fine Art; Menier Gallery, London (6-18 October) Kent Painters Group (31 October - 2 November) svaf Open, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks (5-15 November) Cranbrook Art Show (6-8 November) |
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Key Exhibitions 2013
The Reference Section; The Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent Drawn Together; 1066 Arts Academy, Battle, East Sussex Brighton Art Fair 2013 Pure Arts Group Autumn Show; Powdermills Hotel, Battle, East Sussex Strarta Art Fair; Saatchi Gallery, London |
Lichen on Gleditsia iii ~ Best Drawing Award, Pure Arts Autumn Fair
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Society of Women Artists 2015, Mall Galleries
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Society of United Artists 2015, Bankside
Strathmore Artist Papers Prize
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