Our visual arts section covers painters, sculptors, installation artists, designers, studios, galleries, exhibitions and a variety of information about people who work in the field of visual arts.
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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
Ollie 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
YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS LOOK THROUGH
NATURE'S LENS
Students from Shepshed's Hind Leys College will be showing us the world through "Nature's Lens" at the Pixel and Grain Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall from now until August.
"Nature's Lens" is the title of a stunning new collection of photographs taken by the college's highly talented A-Level photography students and is the culmination of a natural history project undertaken this year.
This project was organised by Leicestershire County Council's Community Heritage Project (CHI), funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Rutland Council.
The first stage of the project was a visit to the Outwoods in Charnwood with renowned naturalist and media personality Colin Green.
This nature walk encouraged the students to look at things in a different way and helped give them a new perspective not only on the natural environment around them but also on their photography.
This was followed by a visit to Leicestershire County Council's Collection Resources Centre at Barrow upon Soar, which offers unique behind the scenes access to the County Council's museum collections.
Here, the students learnt about the natural history collections stored there and the challenges in photographing them.
"Nature's Lens" features a selection of some of the images taken on both of these visits and runs at the Pixel and Grain Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall until August 1st.
For more information on this and future exhibitions, contact Natalie Chabaud at Charnwood Arts on 01509-822558
Views from down under
Unusual Australian website showing photographs of Loughborough -Pomgonewalkabout
Maxine Dodd - Arial online art
This 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.
web site
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.
My 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.
web site
Photographers
Steve 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
As 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
Matthew 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
Photographer 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
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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