Gallery

Dermond Ruddock

Dermod Ruddock’s paintings are inspired by light, colour, dramatic landscapes and the wonders of nature. He paints in his studios in Lancashire and North Wales and also ‘en plein air’.

Encouraged by his mother and an inspirational art teacher at secondary school, he’s enjoyed drawing and painting for most of his Life. After careers in graphic design and primary teaching, he chose to make painting his full-time career in 2014. His work has been exhibited all over Great Britain and is held in collections across Britain and Europe and in the USA, Australia and New Zealand.

Dermod’s influences include impressionists, expressionists and colourists, such as Cezanne, Kandinsky, Peploe, Diebenkorn and Hockney. Every painting captures a moment in time. Each is colourful, exuberant, bursting with life…and extremely special…

Kirsten Todd

Kirsten Todd is a Lancashire based artist whose work is all about connection, between people, emotions & the natural world. She paints both expressive portraits & abstract pieces, exploring strength, vulnerability & the energy that runs through everything.

Her portraits often focus on the feminine spirit; intuition, resilience & compassion. Rather than aiming for exact likeness, her figures emerge through colour & movement, sometimes blending into their surroundings to reflect how connected we are to the world around us. Alongside this, her Fragile Earth series is inspired by nature; its beauty, its changes & its vulnerability. These abstract works echo natural processes like weathering & renewal, reminding us of both the strength of the planet & our responsibility to care for it. Kirsten’s way of painting is intuitive and free, allowing each piece to grow naturally. Whether working with faces or abstract forms, her aim is simple: to create a moment of pause & a feeling of connection — to ourselves, to each other & to the wider world.

Jennifer Etherington

Jennifer creates evocative coastal landscapes in acrylic, drawing inspiration from the North West coast where she grew up in Southport, as well as the North East, where she now lives with her family. Her work captures rugged terrain, expansive horizons and dramatic skies, with a particular sensitivity to light and atmosphere.

Through expressive mark-making and layered colour, she seeks to convey the shifting moods and quiet power of the coastline. Painting has been a lifelong passion, offering both creative exploration and a deep connection to the landscapes that inspire her.

Natalie Clarke

Natalie is a Lancashire based Artist inspired by nature and the unique changes each season can bring – a reminder to wind down, or perhaps recharge and a promise that hope, possibility is never too far away. Natalie enjoys bringing these elements into her work; an aim to capture a feeling through these changes in a brush stroke, a sense of movement, texture and colour, whether that be a large landscape or a single flower. Specialising mainly in oils, Natalie enjoys the richness they bring along with the slow drying time, to create a build up of layers and depth within a piece.