My Art, Your Wall
Hi, Welcome to PotterArt!
I have separated all my art into seven categories that I call the Seven Lives of PotterArt. Maybe you would like to buy some of these paintings or, maybe, you’d like to ask me to create something especially for you? If so, contact me using the contact page. Enjoy!
Click on the “Lives” below to discover more art in each category,
Dramatic Lives
Life stories can be dramatic, scary, joyous and uplifting. It’s a wonderful challenge for me to capture a life story in one image. Using photos and stories from the subject directly, and sometimes from friends and family, I create a painting that captures the pivotal life changing moments that take you from despair to hope, fear to confidence, mouse to lion.
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Passed Lives
When the chance to capture new photos have gone, it’s an honour for me to create a portrait of a loved one for you. I love to be a little surreal, placing the person into situations or locations that suit their personality. Using photos and stories gathered from the people that knew the subject best, I use their favourite colours, items and locations to create a new image that’s a positive, joyous and fun reminder for those left behind.
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Abstract Lives
Sometimes we need to “feel” a painting rather than immediately understand it. An abstract painting can take a lot more effort to look at than a standard painting. That can be the very reason to have an abstract painting – you may say its better value for money because everytime you look at it you see something different,
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Plant Lives
Have you ever looked really closely at a flower or a tree? Many times I have zoomed in to discover miracles of nature that would otherwise have passed me by. The leopard spots on a Rhododendron, the exquisite 1mm orchid flowers on a weed at the side of the road, the five fingered hands that make the leaves of an acer. I capture these marvels for you to enjoy magnified to large scale.
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Read my Blog…
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- What Price Art?People often ask me “What do you charge?” It should be a simple question. I should know that answer. But I like to charge according to your ability to pay and to my own enjoyment of the challenge. Realistically a… Read more: What Price Art?
- Pool: The Otter OneNew Commission from a relative who really liked a particular artist but could not afford their prices. So she asked me to paint in a style inspired by that artist. Oh…and I also would like it in green…. Oh…and I… Read more: Pool: The Otter One
- What’s in a Category?Usually, it seems straightforward to categorise a painting. There are many ways to do it of course, you could group the art by the medium it is created with or the medium it is painted on. You could categorise it… Read more: What’s in a Category?
- So, what else do you do?I’m often asked “So what else do you do?” as if being an artist wasn’t a full time job!
- New Paper – New LifeI managed to find a really cheap Watercolour Cartridge Paper which was a fraction of the cost of my usual. Its still 300gsm and textured beautifully and I couldn’t wait to try it! I wanted something quick to trial it… Read more: New Paper – New Life