Tag: animal portraits
Lenny Pelling creates highly detailed pencil drawings that blend wildlife observation with storytelling, transforming Australian animals into memorable characters filled with personality, humour, and emotional depth. After leaving a corporate career in 2016 to pursue art full-time, she developed a distinctive practice that combines meticulous draftsmanship with a deep love for Australia’s unique wildlife. Rather than portraying animals as static subjects, Lenny imagines them living rich, relatable lives, whether it’s skinks sharing conversations, birds navigating daily adventures, or wombats going about their routines. Her work balances playful visual narratives with a…
Nayeli Lavanderos creates intricate black-ink animal portraits that exist at the intersection of wildlife art, symbolism, healing, and personal transformation. Born in Mexico and now based in Portugal, her practice is deeply influenced by animal advocacy, shamanic traditions, and the Mexican concept of the nahual—the animal companion or spiritual mirror that accompanies a person through life. Each drawing begins with careful observation but unfolds through intuition, patience, and thousands of meticulously placed marks that slowly bring the animal’s presence to life. Working exclusively in black ink for much of her career,…
Selected for our Faces exhibition, Tanya Shark’s work stood out because it bypasses surface identity. Through animals rendered with quiet intensity, she captures emotional states people recognize instantly but struggle to name. Her late return to painting isn’t a limitation it’s the reason her work carries such depth and restraint.
Five muralists from different backgrounds share how they shape public spaces with care, patience, and a strong sense of place. Their murals appear in airports, schools, city blocks, and small businesses, each shaped by real conversations and grounded attention to the communities they work with.
In this feature, five painters show how abstract work can come from a life fully lived. Each of them looks closely at the world and finds something worth keeping. An afternoon sky. A chance encounter with a famous painting. A familiar shoreline. A color that changes your mood without asking permission. They play, experiment and let curiosity lead the way. Their paintings aren’t puzzles. They are places to rest your eyes and let your thoughts wander. Spend a little time with them and you may notice that you are seeing everyday…
This article looks at the quiet strength shared by five dedicated oil painters. Through patience, steady work, and attention to everyday life, Sarah Sedwick, Jenny Barroso, Kim Smith, Emma Woolley, and Elena Gual show how persistence can turn ordinary moments into lasting beauty. Their stories reveal that creating art is as much about endurance and care as it is about paint and canvas.
Five women talk about how the wild world around them shapes their painting. From ocean shores to open plains, they share how watching animals and light each day turns into quiet, thoughtful art.