Alissa Mihai is a Devon based printmaker and illustrator based on Exmoor. All of her printmaking is carried out by hand on her kitchen table. Her whimsical prints depict the people and places that surround her. We now have a collection of new prints showing.

A love of dramatic skies, seas and the play of light provides inspiration for Aly Murray's expansive landscapes. Her careful painting involves rich colours and shapes and considered detailing. Usually painting in larger formats in acrylic, Aly paints mostly from photographs taken during coastal and country walks.

Based in mid Devon, with frequent trips to the surrounding coast, Aly aims to project the wonders of her unspoilt surroundings through her painting.

Aly hasn't taken a traditional route to painting. With a degree in French & German followed by a career in marketing with major brands, she has spent the last 2 decades running an online business. She is also a self taught graphic designer and dabbles in garden design, cooking and triathlon.

Amanda’s abstracted landscape paintings seek to explore the spirit, features and qualities of the places we call home. She paints landscapes she knows well creating remembered experiences, fragments of time, sounds, colour, movement. A recreation of place which is deeply personal.

Amanda is interested in the areas that pull us back, the places we visit over and over and never tire of. The landscapes we carry with us, which hold our memories and fill us with joy. For her these are specific places in her home County of Somerset and nearby Wiltshire, the wildlife marshes around Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire, the coast and wild spaces of Cornwall and the beautiful rural landscapes of Italy.

Amanda works with paint and collage creating mixed media pieces full of colour, bold, sensitive, emotional responses to landscapes forever changing and marked by the human hand, nature and time.

Born in London in 1934, Anne studied Fine Art at Bromley Art School and then took a teacher’s diploma at Brighton College of Art. She now lives and works in Somerset.

“The countryside has been a great influence on my paintings, which are often landscape. I find the contrast of man-made shapes and natural forms exciting, and continually adjust colour and shape trying to capture the essence of my surroundings. My paintings are not abstract, but they are abstracted from the subject. They are based on reality, but they are not portraits of places. There is no hidden message, no social or political statement in my work; just ‘look and see how I feel about where I live’. If the viewer recognises and enjoys something of this, then that is a real bonus.”

Anna is an artist and illustrator.  Her upbringing in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland was surrounded by rural life, which alongside her love for colour, pattern and textiles has shaped her work.

Since exploring these influences at Edinburgh College of Art, Anna has grown her trademark style of colour and humour using a mixture of fabric, feathers, pen, ink & paint. On any given day you'll find her in her studio sketching away or delving into her chest of fabric that she has sourced from varied locations. Animals are her main focus and she uses bold inky lines to capture their humour and character adding fabric & feathers to bring colour & texture to her drawings. If the mood is right the images are signed off with a witty caption adding to the joy of the creation.

Anna now works from her studio, back home where she grew up. Her work has been featured in House and Garden, Country Life and Artists & Illustrators.

'I studied printed textile design at Middlesex Polytechnic in the early 80’s. When I graduated I began to design and hand paint my own ranges of bone china tableware. Then I worked under my maiden name of Doherty. I sold my work in Liberty and Thomas Goode in London, Henri Bendel in New York and as far away as Japan. I also designed exclusive ranges for Marks and Spencer among others.

More recently I have returned to painting, the root of all my design work, and now concentrate predominantly on still life. I work in oils and occasionally watercolour. I like to paint simple objects from my home and strive to capture their essence. I am particularly interested in light and reflection and naturally ceramics feature heavily in my compositions.

Belinda Reynell is an award-winning contemporary artist living and working in Devon. Her Landscape Paintings have a very bold abstract feel often depicting dramatic skies and rugged land. Her beautiful use of colour and powerful brush strokes create fantastic timeless pieces inspired by the Devon coast and moor.

Qualifications include a BA Hons Degree in Illustration at Chelsea School of Art and an MA in Narrative Illustration and Editorial Design at Brighton University.

byMaraca is a one-woman metalsmith business for handcrafted jewellery on the Wirral, UK. The unique pieces, mostly made from silver and brass are designed and handcrafted by Mareike with the aim of creating jewellery that makes the everyday just that little bit brighter!

‘I enjoy making new things and coming up with new designs, while always making jewellery that I would (and do) wear myself. Most pieces start out as metal wire or sheet and once they leave my bench they are a manifestation of my passion. I source UK materials where possible, my jewellery is made in small batches with waste being avoided or reused and everything is shipped plastic-free. My jewellery can also be worn in whatever situation you find yourself in – true versatility!’

‘I am never happier than when I am either walking in the landscape or painting it.

I grew up in East Anglia as a member of a farming family, and the love of the natural world that I developed as a child has grown stronger in me as the years have passed.

My paintings are not usually direct representations of a scene; they are mostly semi-abstract works that I use as a way of recording the aspect that remains uppermost in my memory. They evoke the sensation of a moment in time in a particular location. For me, they are more 'real' than a photograph.

I walk each day in the countryside around the Suffolk village in which I live. The familiar fields, woods, paths, animals and birds find their way into the work. I watch the light move across the landscape or through the trees, continually changing the colours and the atmosphere.

I am fortunate enough to have been working as an artist for more than twenty-five years. I exhibit at galleries around the UK and also undertake private commissions. My work has been published as both prints and greetings cards and has appeared in magazines.’

‘I studied at Bournville College of Art and have a degree in Printed Textiles from Loughborough College of Art and Design and a P.G.C.E in Art and Design.

With a background in printed textiles I love pattern, composition and colour. I now mostly create affordable works on paper in low editions that compliment both modern and traditional interiors.

I collect mid century vintage fabrics and this period of design has long been a reference point, but my primary inspiration is the composition and ingenuity of Japanese textiles, although I'm easily inspired by the world around me if I see colours and patterns I like. This year I turned my teeny tiny laundry into a dark room for exposing screens and I happily print 1950s English Rose kitchen.’

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What is a screen print? (sometimes called a silkscreen print)

Screen printing is a process in which ink is forced onto paper through a fine mesh screen stretched around a wooden or metal frame, by pulling a rubber squeegee across it. Each colour is printed one layer at a time, in a predetermined order to achieve different effects.

The design for each colour is put onto a screen by a process of applying a thin layer of light sensitive emulsion, followed by exposure to UV light in a dark room. Areas of the emulsion covered by black remain unaffected by exposure to light. The rest of the emulsion will harden on the mesh. The unaffected areas can then be washed away leaving a design stencil in the screen through which ink can be forced to print onto the paper underneath. A separate screen is made for each colour. Colours are printed individually and left to dry before applying the next layer. A different type of print bed is used to print on paper or textiles, and different types of dyes and inks are used.

Debbie began working life as a professional Illustrator after studying at Harrow School of Art and then at The Royal College of Art. After 15 years she left London in 2003 to renovate a country pub in Somerset with the intention of painting the landscape she loved. However, running a pub left little time to paint! It was 13 years and a further move to Devon before she fulfilled her ambition to paint full time. Returning to painting after an extended break gave Debbie a fresh perspective on her art, resulting in renewed excitement and fascination.

Debbie’s paintings are assembled from the landscapes she encounters on her walks with her dog in Devon. Her joy in the simple process of painting, the act of brushing blobs of varying thickness paints on a surface, one over the other, shines through in her pieces. She makes fantastic use of vivid colour organised around points of interest, usually the details of her muddy treks on coastal footpaths. Trees, gates, vertiginous rolling fields, white painted houses and farm animals all feature.

Debbie’s work offers a fresh and enthralling take on the Devon countryside which is thoroughly contemporary and endlessly engaging.

Dee Nickerson was born in South Norfolk in 1957. From quite an early age she found excitement, challenge and escapism in making art. Influenced by among others, Munnings and Hockney she soon decided she really wanted to be an artist.

Dee has gathered a huge following, with many admirers and collectors of her paintings drawn to her gentle observation of the natural world around her remote home in Suffolk. Her paintings are informed by her deep understanding of everyday country life through the changing seasons. By taking these references, Dee combines memories past and present along with a lifelong love of fashion and textile design to create pictorial stories that lead the observer into a tranquil world.

Lantic is delighted to be showing five framed limited edition signed giclee prints.

Delphine Jones is an Exeter based printmaker. She graduated in Graphic Design and Illustration at Exeter College of Art and Design and is a member of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers. She has worked as a senior graphic designer in the education sector for over 25 years. Delphine is passionate about all aspects of printmaking and is a member of Double Elephant, a fine art printmaking studio, based in Exeter.

Delphine draws upon the natural world for inspiration, documenting the landscape through screen printing. Her limited edition prints are largely created with line and texture. By abstracting and refining her initial observations, her working process begins with a series of sketches, rubbings and photographic references taken from the Devon landscape. At her Exeter studio she then abstracts the scene redrawing the image using the textures and colours that she has referenced from the landscape. This creates a unique vibrancy and contemporary approach to her printmaking.

Coloured glass was used for art and decoration in the ancient world by both Egyptians and Romans – and the techniques and materials used in making stained glass windows have changed little since the Middle Ages. Dorset artist Gillian McCormick’s love of the craft was born out of an interest in medieval art. The atmosphere, mystery and otherworldliness of the stained glass she saw in the cathedrals of St Mary’s and St Giles while studying painting at Edinburgh’s College of Art encouraged her to learn more. The essential tools – a glass cutter, grozing pliers for breaking and shaping the glass and a soldering iron – weren’t hard to collect, and Gillian started her stained glass journey by following her initial art degree with decorative glass courses in Bath and Glasgow, learning the skills of painting, staining, acid etching and fusing.

Gillian makes individual fused glass birds that are set in either a square oak wood base or natural log base.
Made by cutting out individual pieces and painting them before assembling on the base glass, with copper leg inserts. Once fired in the kiln to a temperature of 800 degrees centigrade, the little bird is mounted on to the wooden base ready to be displayed on a window sill or shelf.
They look particularly at home amongst house plants. Each bird is individually made so there are always variations, which is half the charm

Hesta is an East Devon artist responding to nature through her artwork which celebrates the turning of each season.

Hesta's artwork is the result of her background in both art and horticulture. It is Hesta's love of the natural world that inspires her to create and this is radiated into her work.

Currently based in his Cardiff studio, Jack Welbourne gained experience both in the UK and Sweden whilst honing his skills in gas-fired, hand-thrown pottery. Inspired by traditional techniques and values, each functional piece is elevated by contemporary designs and mark marking in-keeping with the style of mid-century studio pottery. Working with locally sourced materials such as clay and wood ash he aims to capture a more earthen and elemental feel, allowing you to bring into your home a ‘living work of art’ which excites you with every use.

‘Bright, colourful and uplifting artwork inspired by my love of flowers, flower gardens, meadows, Devon countryside and nature. I have a huge passion for bright colours and colour combinations that create a sense of happiness, warmth and joy.

One of my earliest childhood memories is standing at an easel painting at play school, aged 3 or 4. My love of painting has never left me.

I mostly create on canvas, board or paper artworks filled with beautiful colours, abstract florals, sometimes landscapes and seascapes...wherever my mind needs me to be. I gather a great deal of fulfillment from painting and more besides, when my work is chosen to hang in someone's home.

Jenny Barron lives in Watchet in West Somerset. She was born in the West Country to a horticulturalist Cornish father and an art loving Russian mother. She grew up in East Africa and later The Isles of Scilly and Somerset.

Jenny studied textile design at The Central School of Art in London.

She worked designing textiles and wallpapers, mainly for the American market with Chelsea Textile Designs. Jenny then produced illustrations and designs for kitchenware with Wilscombe Melamine in Somerset.

In 1988  a series of paintings of  rare Magnolias submitted to the RHS won a Silver Gilt medal and led to a first solo show of paintings.

Since then Jenny has exhibited every year at her home in Watchet, sometimes as part of the Somerset Arts Weeks and also in galleries in the UK, most notably the Medici Gallery in London and with Wolsely Fine Art in the Cork Street still-life exhibitions.

The Artist has had pictures selected for the RWA and The Discerning Eye.

Lantic Gallery is delighted to be showing a large collection of rare early work by John Maltby (1936 - 2020) . The majority of the collection is being sold on behalf of a private collector from Scotland who bought the pieces directly from John at Stoneshill Pottery in the 1970s and 1980s.

The collection includes a tea bowl, a trophy piece, a posey pot, two very collectable automatas - one with decorated figures and mirror as well as several exquisite little lidded pots not often seen on the market. There are also two later scupltures for sale including 'The Guardian' made the year John died showing the span of his work. 

Lantic Gallery has been privileged to exhibit the work of John Maltby from 2004 until his passing in 2020 aged 84. John was a prolific maker whose work was inspired by English landscape, the sea, architecture and music. His work is represented in both public and private collections worldwide, including The Victoria & Albert Museum - London, The Museum Für Kunstegewerbe - Hamburg and The Royal Scottish Museum- Edinburgh. He was a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association and is recognised today as one of Britain’s finest ceramic artists.

John Maltby’s distinctive style is loved and appreciated by many who favour a different take on life. His strong themes are mostly figurative, taken from ancient cultures and historical figures, myths and legends, but informed by modern society and current affairs. The use of symbolic animals and creatures can be interpreted as statements of the artist’s view of the world in which we live now, but the interpretation is left entirely to the viewer.

Maltby was born in Lincolnshire in 1936 and studied sculpture at Leicester and at Goldsmith's College, London. John went on to teach painting for two and a half years before working with David Leach at Bovey Tracey, whose imagination and philosophy made a profound impression. In 1964 John set up his own workshop in Devon. Having trained with Leach in the Anglo-Oriental tradition he realized on reflection that he had little identification and interest with the great ceramic traditions of China, Japan and the East and was more familiar and excited by Western Artists - Picasso, Klee, Moore & Nicholson and the primitive Wallis. His work went through several distinct stylistic periods taking him away from functional pots towards the making of more individual sculptural pieces.

‘I paint distant views of a landscape peppered with buildings. Water or valleys may divide the dwellings yet they are all connected by the echoing shapes and restful hues of my palette. A foreground detailed with wild flowers accentuates the perspective planes and graphic lines suggest paths and boundaries. 

​My Polish heritage surfaces in my work; my naive, pattern-based painting evolving from the folk art tradition. A recent exploration of the homelands of my family has inspired my latest body of work. Tracing the steps of my forebears I saw the simple wooden houses, once brightly coloured and decorated and heard stories of wolves and forests, the winter freeze and storks in Spring. These visual images now enrich my simple and almost fairy-tale landscapes.

​I studied at St. Martin's School of Art in London and received a travel bursary to study Fine Art at the Warsaw Academy of Arts in Poland. I have worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, textile designer and FE tutor. My clients have included M&S, The Observer Magazine, Harvey Nichols, The Sunday Times, Usborne Publishing, the BBC, Liberty and Macy's.’

Kate was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1970 into a family of Artists. After completing an Art foundation course in Plymouth in 1989, she went on to graduate from Bristol Polytechnic in 1992 with a BA Honours Degree in Fashion/Textiles design. Since then she has developed and flourished creatively as an artist, moving on from her beginnings as a knitwear and textile designer to her current position as a fine artist. Working from photographs, sketches and memory she creates beautiful images based on scenes from the Devon and Cornwall coastline. She has an abiding passion for colour, fabric and texture, which is key to her unique collages. She uses handmade paper, card, pastel papers, cotton, denim and silks, all hand cut, torn, frayed, shredded and burnt to create an image executed with great dexterity and precision. Other ingredients found within the pictures are often sourced and collected on walks in and around the actual location such as lichen, bark, leaves and feathers. Using these organic materials give an authentic quality to her work. ‘The excitement of finding new materials is immense. If you look closely and study a leaf or a piece of bark it becomes so many other things, a rugged cliff, tree or a ploughed field for example. The colours, lines and textures are already there. The ordinary becomes the extraordinary’. It is this innovative approach, attention to detail and the intricate application of the materials that make her work so unusual and exclusive. Kate has fulfilled numerous commissions, has had work exhibited at various exhibitions and galleries throughout the southwest and has produced originals for the DeMontfort Fine Art Whitewall galleries which are nationwide. She was elected as an academician at the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in march 2013 and became one of their Trustees in 2015.

‘My name is Kelly and I live with two big dogs and my husband, in rural North West Devon.

I've been creative all of my life, but until I was 46 it was all done on a 'hobby' basis as I followed a career in other directions. But then one day I decided that it was time to change that and to focus on my love of painting and drawing. Things took off very quickly!

Since that time I have produced thousands of artworks and have built an international business. My art is collected around the world and features in many amazing homes from fabulous Scottish castles to ultra modern Malibu beach houses. I'm lucky to have worked with many of the worlds top interior designers, and have also supplied artworks to film and TV studios, museums, hotels and other wonderful venues around the world. My clients are really very varied!

I've had the privilege of living with many animals during my lifetime and have learned to appreciate all of their unique personalities and funny little quirks, and it's this that mainly inspires my artwork. But whilst most of my artwork is focused on animals, I also have a love of the sea and the natural world around us, and so I have also created many artworks that are botanical or ocean focused.

I work in two mediums; acrylics on canvas and also digitally. Sometimes I use collage techniques as well.

But I dont just paint pictures, I'm also a homeware designer and have created a large range of luxury cushions and very fabulous lampshades, that feature some of my most beautiful designs.

I'm more known in the US where I work under the trade name FabFunky and where we are stocked in around 500 boutiques and shops across every state.’

Despite her success in diverse mediums, Kelly's true love lies in painting with acrylics. In her studio she enjoys working with large canvases to produce vibrant, expressive paintings that capture the essence of her natural surroundings in North Devon. We are so thrilled to be showing a collection of Kelly’s original paintings at Lantic.

‘Growing up as the daughter of an artist, the smell of turpentine and oil paint has been a constant presence in my life. I am so grateful to have lived in this creative environment and to learn how a subject can be portrayed, recreated and made into a beautiful piece of art work.

I work in oil or watercolour. Each of these mediums offers its own unique qualities and challenges. I adore the richness and texture of oil paint. I equally enjoy watercolour for its translucency and the way it surprises me with unique and interesting effects. I love to create depth in watercolour by painting many layers.

I have the privilege of living and working in a stunning part of Mid Devon. It is my passion and a constant source of inspiration for my landscape work. I am a mother and part time farmer with my husband, as well being an artist. A great deal of my work is individual commissioned pieces. I really enjoy working with my customers to bring their ideas to life.’

After training at Falmouth and a short spell at Spike Island in Bristol, I have lived and worked in Devon. I’ve always responded to changing colours in sunlight and walk every day in my local area. I started printmaking about 20 years ago and now use the reduction method to create layered coloured prints with textures and some elements of monoprinting along the way.

For a long time, I have wanted to create a contemporary view of the countryside and make prints of places I know well. I enjoy going back and back to the same places, noticing changes and appreciating the seasonal rhythms of the countryside. I play with colour and patterns which I hope draws you in to the view. As do many artists I thrive on observing and love that prints can explore a view again and again.

I believe in looking as a meaningful, political, emotional act of agency where ideas and feelings can come together. I think of the countryside as an important part of our contemporary physical environment and something that can be savoured and discussed. I hope you can enjoy my journey into our rural landscape (as much as I enjoy making the prints).

Winner of The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2019.

Leo studied at Falmouth College of Art in Cornwall. He now lives and works in his home town of Minehead in West Somerset where he has his studio/gallery.

Constantly inspired by his Exmoor and West Country surroundings, Leo's paintings change in style and feel as often as his subject. From the meticulous to the abstract, Leo refuses to settle on any particular genre of painting and continues to explore and develop ways of seeing and defining his landscapes through his works.

Leo has shown at the Royal West Academy, Royal Watercolour Society, and Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. He has won The Evolver prize as well as numerous other prizes and been shortlisted in The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition in 2012,13,14 and 17 and won the competition's Smith and Williamson Cityscape prize in 2015.

We have a good stock of prints however can always order in various sizes if unavailable in the Gallery.

Les Grimshaw lives in Plymouth. His jewellery is unique, organic and timeless. Les specialises in contemporary jewellery and creates designs using silver, rose, yellow and white gold, often incorporating diamonds and other precious stones. Les has a reputation throughout the UK as a jeweller with creative integrity and over the years has become renowned for his skilled craftsmanship. Lantic has a large selection of the jewellers rings as well as necklaces, bracelets and earrings. The Gallery arranges commission pieces especially for Weddings and Engagements. 

Liese is an abstract painter living in Devon. Rich in layers and with an authentic surface each of her paintings has its own story to tell often inspired by the Devon landscpae and coast.

The process of creating work is very important to Liese with her starting point often the colours and shapes she sees around her. Initial sketches and photos are collected on location and taken back to the studio to use as starting points for her paintings. Shapes appear on the canvas as she starts to work on the first layers and colour is laid down. Liese works on as many pieces as she can fit in her studio at any one time, each piece informs the next.

Lily Faith has grown and developed organically since, Lily graduating with a first in Surface Pattern Design from Swansea Metropolitan University in 2008. With a passion for colour and texture and a desire to embellish everything, her work explores different materials and outcomes. 

“My love of colour and pattern is informed by my surroundings. Having grown up in and around Devon, natural form inspires my collections, I can never come home from a dog walk empty handed. But also travels afar have established a catalogue of sketchbooks that I later glean for information.”

Currently Lily Faith is exploring a series of wreaths and sculptures, all adorned with intricate hand painted and printed birds, these are a play on the drawn line, and the silhouettes in hedgerows, and how these can invoke quiet contemplation of the outside. 

Louise Waugh is a painter and printmaker. Her still lives and landscapes have been exhibited throughout the UK and also in America, Spain, Italy and Ireland as well as showing regularly in the R.A. Summer Exhibition.

‘I have painted all my life and continue to do so and celebrate and enjoy the beauty I see in the world, from the landscapes in West Somerset to Bali, Morocco and wherever my travels take me as well as everyday objects and people in my life.

​Creating art has always been core to my being, and from my early days when I studied etching in Granada, Spain, I have always taken the path of the artist that defines who I am. Largely self taught having trained as a teacher in Bath, I began exhibiting at 20 and my first exhibition was at the then Bristol Arts Centre where I exhibited large woodcuts and linocuts. My life continued as an artist choosing not to teach and I exhibited both here and abroad over the following years.

I now work in a rural studio in West Somerset painting primarily in oil and acrylic. My practice is to draw and sketch on location as well as painting, and I then return to my studio to bring another dreaming element from my imagination to the work.

​The subject matter that interests me are the shapes and movement within a landscape, sometimes with a human element included. I am drawn to Cornwall and the sea, and wild places as well as a recent trip to Italy last summer.’

‘I am a Londoner and I graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1989 with a Masters degree in Illustration. After leaving the RCA I engaged in both editorial and advertising work with jobs that ranged from book covers and magazine work to packaging and advertising; having work published nationally and internationally.

I also had the pleasure and privilege of teaching in colleges and universities for over 30 years, a rewarding time seeing students develop new and exciting work.

I have now relocated to Devon where I have a studio and spend my time totally immersed in the most beautiful landscape with plein air painting. I feel my illustrative background gives my pictures a narrative slant. Painting is a necessity and I have a natural curiosity for creating pictures that evoke a sense of place, capturing moments in time.’

Lynsey Pickwell lives in East Devon. The artist enjoys the practical process of creating unusual marks, textures and images using a range of printmaking techniques. Traditional lino cut relief printing, intaglio, etching and embossing are used.

Lynsey rarely goes anywhere without her doggy companion and muse who is a great inspiration for her work. ‘As any dog owner knows our animals are a constant source of amusement and fascination – the way they unconditionally love and find fun & comfort in the most mundane objects.’

Oil based quality printmaking inks are used on 100% acid free cotton rag paper to ensure the quality and longevity of all Lynsey’s original pieces.

Archival quality reproductions are also available.

A painter and printmaker Mark Hearld was born in 1974, and based in York, Hearld studied illustration at Glasgow College of Art before completing an MA in natural history illustration at the Royal College of Art.

His work is based on his observations of the natural world, influenced by mid twentieth century Neo-Romanticism and the gaiety of 1930s Modernism. He is inspired by British artists such as Eric Ravilious, John Piper and Edward Bawden.

Hearld's work is now exhibited all over the UK and commissions include set design for 2005 film Nanny McPhee and a range of ceramics for The Tate.

Taking his inspiration from the flora and fauna of the British countryside, Mark works across a number of mediums, producing limited edition lithographic and linocut prints, unique paintings, collages and hand-painted ceramics.

Lantic is delighted to be showing two limited edition signed framed prints taken from ‘A First Book of Nature’, written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Mark.

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Marina has a BA Honours degree in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Then followed a career as a set decorator in the film industry.

Having moved from London to Devon 12 years ago, she has once again resumed her first love - painting.

Her abstract landscape work is an immediate and intuitive response to the forms and structure of the local Jurassic coastline beside the Devon hills and fields where land andwater meet, captured on walks with charcoal sketches, evolving to paintings in the studio. The same exploration of shapes and colour interacting with marks and texture plays in the still life paintings.

We are so delighted with the successful Exhibition and Book launch that was held in September 2023 for the artist Mary Sumner.

Lantic Gallery was Mary’s home gallery as she lived not far away in Westexe, Tiverton. As an artist and friend she holds a special place in our hearts after exhibiting her work for several years with sell out shows. We loved having her paintings on the walls once again, showing a collection of original paintings, lino prints and limited edition signed giclee prints as well as the very beautiful recently published book – ‘Mary Sumner’ The exhibition was a sell out , with queues out of the door and some customer’s waiting for six hours outside to secure their painting at the Private view with nearly 100 people attending - an amazing evening!

Mary agreed to the book which celebrates her life and work before her untimely passing in 2016. It is a tribute to her love of the countryside and the plants, flowers and creatures that live within it. For the reader a glimpse into her world of beautifully observed details, transformed by her gift of colour and composition and capturing so perfectly the essence of everyday life with uplifting spirit. We still have books available at the Gallery and a few original lino prints. From time to time we have an original painting in that we may be selling on, but this is vey rare.

The theme that runs through my life and therefore my work, is the marriage of our spiritual and physical realities. This line of questioning is very weighty stuff, however I know that it also child’s-play. Therefore, I try to approach my work with an openness that allows my subconscious, non-judgemental mind to operate.

I like the electric buzz of working from the model. Using an alchemical process involving ink, acrylic, emulsion, pastels, and sometimes fresco, I add and subtract to make expressive paintings which combine observation, memory, humour, culture, the history of art and a touch of autobiography.

Michelle has been woodturning for over 30 years from her workshop in Devon. Her main products are intricate pieces for table legs, stair spindles and newels as well as finials for curtain poles and staircases.

A couple of years ago she found a source of reclaimed Oak retrieved from Plymouth Docklands. The beautifully weathered wood inspired her to create a series of lamp bases. It displayed a beautiful pattern of cracking and colours as it had been submerged in seawater for years. Where the oak had come into contact with iron a chemical reaction had occurred leaving beautiful blue and black markings. Each base is completely unique and results can only be revealed when they are turned.

Please ask at the Gallery for available lampbases. Standard size - £295

Nancy Pickard was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1963. She was raised and educated in the Channel Islands and then at the Central School of Art, London and University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. She moved to West Cornwall in 2002 and made her home in a 200 year old converted Wesleyan Chapel. Nancy is now based in Buckfastleigh in Devon.

An all-round artist who cannot be categorised – painter, artist, jewellery maker, sculptor, ceramicist – Nancy finds the history and landscape of the region a great inspiration. Her sculptural jewellery is made by enamelling onto hand cut pieces of silver. Each piece is unique and she never makes two pieces the same.

We hold a large collection of Nancy’s jewellery, please visit or contact the Gallery for more details and avaliable items as all are completely unique.

Lantic is delighted to introduce the work of Devon Artist Pete Greenslade. These unique fish sculptures are one offs and entirely hand cut from two halves of steel, the shape then formed and beaten in with a hammer. The joints are welded and polished with a heated colouring and finally a coat of hard lacquer is applied to seal and preserve the steel finish.

The striking, cleverly balanced pieces beautifully capture the movement of these magnificent creatures, the reflective smooth colour gleaming on the surface.

Prints by the Bay is the printmaking practice of Nicole Revy, an illustrator and printmaker from Dorset.

The Artist trained in Illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth, spending several years after graduating in 2007 creating murals and art for live events and festivals. Nicole started experimenting with the linocut technique back in 2019, and quickly fell in love with the process. Nicole’s work in print examines connections between people and place; often dealing with the female experience. Much of her work addresses ideas of nature, climate, and the human connection we have to our environment. The printmaker creates all her print work in her home studio in Bridport, Dorset, printing with a Gunning etching press. Nicole has worked on many commercial illustration projects for big name brands, and exhibits around the world.

Rachel Grant is an artist, illustrator and surface pattern designer based in 'The Potteries', the creative county of North Staffordshire in the UK.
'My artistic practice is grounded in the meditative process of painting, combining collage, acrylic and gouache to create textural, often detailed, compositions that are inspired by simple things and slow, quiet living. I am interested in our connections to home, heritage, seasons and the natural world, always seeking to capture an atmosphere of peace and harmony in everything I do; quiet, still moments in an otherwise chaotic world.'

Please contact the Gallery regarding prints in stock. Prints can be ordered in.

Based in the Cotswold countryside Sam Wilson creates bold linoprint designs inspired by her printmaking and illustration background. With designs such as Owl & Fox, Running Hare and Through the Fields, Sam has created a range of rustic homewares for the Modern country home.  With her husband Mark and a growing team they run the expanding business together.  

Working from her hillside studio in the tiny hamlet of Saintbury, just below the Cotswold Edge, Sam has sheep at her window and a hedgerow full of blackbirds. “ I’m  so lucky to live in this beautiful countryside.  I love capturing its essence through my work.”

Made by small firms in the UK, including textiles from Lancashire and ceramics from Stoke on Trent, Sam is passionate about keeping up her links with the British manufacturing heritage.

Sam & Mark are delighted to have won the Home Retailer category, in ‘country Homes and Interiors, my Country Business Awards 2017’

Please ask in the Gallery for prints in stock. Prints can be ordered in.

Exeter based Jeweller Sara Berry makes beautiful contemporary, often geometric jewellery made from brass and ecosilver ranging from £14 - £26.

Emma Lumley is a contemporary jewellery designer trading as 'Silverdarling Jewels'. Originally from the UK she lived and worked in Queenstown and Wellington, New Zealand for 9 years. She now lives in West Somerset. Primarily trained as a silversmith, she was always more inclined towards the delicacy and intricacy of jewellery making.

Emma's work is described as gentle and feminine with an emphasis on delicate, organic and natural forms. She loves the beauty of simple, organic shapes.

"My work tends to create itself stemming more often than not from an already existing design and so the flow continues from one form to another. I liken it to a natural progression. From this perspective, my work is quite an intense reflection of my personality and character."

Emma’s work is widely distributed in a variety of acclaimed New Zealand stores and in the UK and Europe. She has created jewellery and body adornment for 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy and has been involved with the film industry for a number of years.

Emma has been interviewed for The Sunday Star Times, life and Review section(NZ), The Arts Programme on National Radio(NZ) and various British newspapers, as well as Tatler Magazine.

Further items available at the Gallery. Stock always changing. Please call for updates.

Sue Gardiner is a felt artist from Ashill, Devon. She makes exquisite hand felted birds carefully set on beautiful pieces of wood. 

Sue was brought up on a farm in Devon. She studied Wildlife   Illustration at Dyfed College of Art in Carmarthen, Wales. Initially painting wild flower and insect illustrations in watercolour, but now enjoying making life size needle felted native birds.

'Needle felting begins with a small bundle of carded wool and is gradually formed into a basic bird shape using a barbed needle, which tangle the wool fibres together as you jab the needle in repeatedly, becoming firmer and more condensed. Further layers are added to refine the shape and add the colours to create a life like representation. It is a very slow ,but pleasing process!'

Tilly has been making pots for almost 30 years, starting at art school and then working in Japan, following the footsteps of Bernard Leach. She discovered first hand the respect that the Japanese hold for craftwork made with expertise – ‘the material guides the maker’; and the glazed domestic earthenware she produces shows that these Japanese standards that she holds as her ideal have been reached.

This is an example of Tilly’s work, please contact the Gallery for items currently in stock.

Vanessa Cooper is a Dorset based Artist who studied at Portsmouth University and first exhibited her work in 1987.

Vanessa has built a strong reputation as a bold, imaginative artist with a deep love of colour, taking her inspiration from nature and family life. Her art is spontaneous, life-affirming, often quirky. Her glorious vases of flowers surrounded by fluttering birds are extremely charming. When she paints animals she captures their innocence, personality and spirit. Often categorised as a 'naïve' artist Vanessa works principally in oils as well as a variety of other mediums, redrawing her compositions over and over again to pare down the picture's content to its most basic elements.

‘I like to make people feel good when they look at my paintings. For me, it’s colour that does it every time, to make a painting resonate, you have to understand colour. Mine is very basic and I’m still learning. I was taught that colour is a language with its own psychology and vibrations and to observe the shades nature puts together when you are looking for inspiration. Nature is so powerful, it stills your centre and is very inspiring. Colour is very healing and energising’

Prints can be ordered framed or unframed subject to edition availability, please contact the Gallery for prices.

Victoria Owen is an Artist Printmaker based in rural North Devon, UK. She draws and prints the figures and forms of the natural world and creates intricate woodcut and linocut prints exploring organic rhythms, patterns and narratives. The detail and attention to each leaf, petal, and drop of water in my work endeavours to foster a tangible connection to nature and remind us to honour and delight in what is essential to us all.

Violet Astor is a Devon based conservation artist who produces large and detailed charcoal drawings combined with natural pigments foraged from the environment of her subjects.

She travels to the wild corners of the planet to collaborate with governments and conservation projects with the aim of raising awareness and funding to support the survival of endangered species. Violet is a self-taught artist who discovered drawing during the years she was chronically ill with Lyme Disease, which in turn became an integral part of her healing.

A vital part of Violet’s artwork has been to integrate conservation efforts into everything surrounding her work. This includes only using natural and ethically sourced materials, making her own charcoal, collecting soil and rocks to make paint and drawing on paper recycled from coffee cups.

Importantly, Violet donates a percentage of proceeds from sales straight to conservation in order to protect the species that she draws. She also holds talks around her exhibitions to celebrate and promote the protection of the environment. This includes visiting local schools to talk to children between the ages of 8-12 years to help encourage interest in their natural heritage as well as inspiring the critical conservation of the environment.