My background is in community education as a tutor for over twenty years alongside being a studio based artist. For many years based in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. I have exhibited and worked collaboratively as an artist and tutor and designed and delivered many courses.
The pandemic and subsequent lockdown brought all this to an end. This prompted new ways of working in which I designed and delivered on-line courses Art & Nature, Painting & Drawing from the Land, Mixed Media techniques and Drawing. This situation also rekindled my dream of living in the highlands, a place I left part of my soul in over thirty years previously, of being in a wild place to be creative and to share this with others through my teaching.
A deep connection with nature is the cornerstone for my artistic practice and expressing this creatively, the basis for my teaching. Walking the hills, telling the stories of place, working with the land, making my own paints from pigments, charcoal from the willow I grow and ink from foraging. I hold creative space for others to explore materials and techniques, to connect with nature and their own creativity in this wild and magical place.
“So, here I am. I am honoured to be able offer courses and workshops from my studio here on the beautiful Isle of Skye.”
– Karen Davies –
