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Visual Arts in Leicester and Leicestershire

This is the home page for the Visual Arts Section

Pages in this section:

Films and cinema in Leicester

The City Gallery - Leicester Museums and Galleries

Made in Leicestershire - a showcase for the rich range of handcrafted work by local artists and designer makers.

See more Leicester Artists on the Contemporary Art Group site

Andrew of the Displacements by Ollie MillingtonOllie Millington

A Leicester live photographer who has a superb collection of shots of the best bands to have played in Leicester.

His work ably captures the mood and atmosphere of a gig and his studies of musicians and singers in performance brings out the character and personality of the artist.

With a portfolio of some of the top rock bands in the UK, Ollie's work has been published in a variety of magazines (including Noize Makes Enemies and Sandman Magazine) and he has residencies for ‘The Venue’ at Leicester Uni, Sumo and The Charlotte.

His collection on Flickr (see below) has an impressive quality, depth and variety.

The photo shows Andrew Stone from the Displacements at The Venue on 13th February 2008. © Ollie Millington. All rights reserved. Use without permission is illegal 

Ollie Millington's collection

Views from down under

Unusual Australian website showing photographs of Loughborough -Pomgonewalkabout

Maxine Dodd - Arial online art

painting of evening lights by Maxine DoddThis is a new gallery space which sells a range of paintings and drawings in a variety of media, which are in both contemporary and traditional styles. 

The gallery offers original works for sale, plus a range of high-quality, limited edition giclée prints.

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Richard Freer

Visual Artist from Leicester

I am a painter based in Leicester. My work is exhibited in art galleries throughout the country, I also create work for a number of art consultancies. I work on commission and sell work through my website or by people visiting my studio. My work can also be leased for a period of time.

painting by richard freerMy paintings are oils on canvas, I also produce pastel drawings and graphite work.

The subject for my work is normally skyscapes, beaches, landscapes or scenes in nature.

My work is semi abstract and plays with the boundaries between representation and abstraction.

While creating my work I am referring to the subject and trying to capture its characteristics, but at the same time I am developing unique relationships between colours and textures on the canvas and allowing the work to partly develop its own atmosphere and character separately from the subject.

My paintings reflect as much about themselves as they do about the scenes they are based on.

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Photographers

Steve Hodges PhotographySteve Hodges

I am primarily a black and white documentary photographer.

I also specialise in macro and landscape photography with my work focusing on the objects, moments and essence of life that people often bypass during their day-to-day lives.

I exhibit my work throughout Leicestershire and sell fine art photographic prints to the public.

Please get in contact (via my web site ) for further information, and to view my full portfolio.

Steve Hodges' Photography

Maxine Beuret

Photo of railway carriage interiorAs a photographer, I explore different cultural environments in the context of time passing - in particular looking at fading aspects of life and human activity. This is expressed through a focus on design and aesthetics. My intention is to articulate my emotional response to a chosen space.

Finally it could be said that my work involves a certain aspect of preservation, based in a need to document places that may be disappearing.

Maxine Beuret web site

Matthew Locke

Photography of a crater by Matthew LockeMatthew Locke is a young Leicestershire photographer who graduated in photography and fine art at Nottingham Trent University. For two yeras he worked on a substantial project called "Tresspass on Forgotten Souls".

He became interested in the art of Urban Exploration after seeing a Documentary on Channel 2, and has always been interested in exploring places that used to have a meaning too but now stand alone, un loved by the people who once used them.

The erie presence you get from being in a place that was once inhabited by people going about their business is the main driving force for producing this Exhibition.

Matthew Locke

Ben Ravilious

Photo of seats by Ben RaviliousPhotographer in Leicester

The majority of my photographs are of Leicester where I live.

Others are from such far flung places as North Devon, Scotland and Singapore.

My aim is to take straightforward pictures that capture the essence of a place, person or thing.

Website: www.benravilious.com

 

Terry Davies The BoatmanTerry Davies

I am a fine art landscape photographer based in Leicestershire.

I exhibit and sell large images of Leicestershire, North Yorkshire and the Brecon Beacons.

If you would like to see my work my web address is www.lens-scape.co.uk.


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