About

I’m Lou Kirk-Partridge artist and illustrator creating artwork inspired by landscape, local stories and folklore. I am passionate about the natural world and hope that my artwork inspires others to see the magic in nature and feel the connection to our ancient roots. I studied Illustration in London at the University of Westminster where I learnt about visual storytelling, and was especially inspired by Victorian narrative painting.

I work in acrylics, watercolours and mixed media, with stencilling, metal leaf and powders, and carefully applied glitter pieces to create a magical feel. I exhibit my art in exhibitions and galleries alongside prints and greetings cards of my work, and also sometimes take illustration commissions.

I’m also a creative projects designer and workshop leader. My career in Creative Wellbeing, Education and Rehabilitation has seen me designing and working on accessible creative wellbeing and education programmes for adults with a learning disability, disabled military veterans, for schools and for adults. Over the years I’ve keenly become a jack of many trades from traditional art techniques developed through my own art education, to a huge variety of crafts learnt from professionals along the way.

My current passion is for the pegloom and you can read more about The Pegloom Project on my workshops page. It’s a combination of ancient craft, recycling and repurposing and a great social or solo creative wellbeing activity.

I’m currently project manging a community centred, local history documentary series called Tracing the Rails. Photography has run through my career from the start - from event photography, portraits and project photos to teaching the subject. As well as producing the series I am also the stills photographer.

I live in a small village in Sussex, in a river valley in the Downs not far from the sea. An old railway used to run here and is the subject of Tracing the Rails. Walking my dog along the river, and the old railway line, over the hills, through the woodland and along the beach is the main source of inspiration for my artwork, combined with local folk stories heard and read by the fireside on long dark winter nights.

Contact

lou@loupartridge.com

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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Joseph Campbell