Debi Roberson
I’m fascinated by the way people shape their environment. As a relative newcomer to Yorkshire from the flat landscape of East Anglia I love the mix of industrial and natural landscape that you can see from the top of … Continued
I’m fascinated by the way people shape their environment. As a relative newcomer to Yorkshire from the flat landscape of East Anglia I love the mix of industrial and natural landscape that you can see from the top of … Continued
My artwork draws upon the landscapes of Yorkshire, The Lake District and Scotland. I spend time within the setting looking, thinking and recording what I see through the use of photography and sketching. I am engaged by the textures, colours … Continued
Since leaving teaching, I have worked as a freelance artist for over two years now. Much of my large oil paintings are inspired by landscape, specifically trees: their very presence, the way they sited within a landscape and the fact … Continued
I work in pastels, paint and fabric. I draw exclusively from life without the use of photographs. I sketch outside in fields and at the seaside in the summertime. Two distinctive subject matters: (1) landscapes and seascapes and (2) from … Continued
I work mostly in traditional print media, covering intaglio and relief, etching, linocut, mono-printing and collage. I use photographic references but mostly rely on drawing and watercolour, working to explore and expand initial ideas. My subject matter is grounded in … Continued
Since before I could pack my own school bag, I’ve been cramming ideas into shoe boxes and pasting trinkets into notebooks. It’s creative hoarding really! But once at art college, my extraordinary textile teacher told us that we could make … Continued
Since starting MA Fine Art at Leeds University immediately after last year’s Art Trail, Helen’s practice has altered radically. By engaging closely with the materiality of her work, she has arrived at an exposed narrative which ultimately examines human … Continued
In portraiture, I aim to capture the essence of the sitter. Life size oil commissions usually involve preliminary drawings and as many two hour sittings as possible. Commissions have included eminent members of our clergy in Rome, plus distinguished … Continued