paintings

Meet Susan Betty, an artist based near Angus in Scotland who creates original paintings inspired by the Scottish landscape and coast.

Meet Janice MacDougall, an artist based in County Durham inspired by the countryside of north-east England, who also enjoys the sustainable slow crafts of spinning and weaving.

Meet artist Lisa Le Quelenec from Seaside Studios UK – a painter and printmaker who uses a combination of techniques to capture the essence of the ocean, seasonal reflections and the life of the shoreline.

Everybody who was anybody in late 16th Century Italy wanted their portrait painted by Lavinia Fontana, a talented artist who understood how her high-society sitters wanted to be seen, and was able to support herself, her husband and 11 children.

Have you ever heard of the female scientist who helped develop the polio vaccine? As part of her illustrated series, artist Trudi Murray introduces us the story of Japanese American Dr Ruby Hirose.