Location: United Kingdom
Margot is a British based Artist currently in Herefordshire, United Kingdom. Margot studied a FdA in Creative Art Practice at Hereford College of Art, where she was encourage to research, take risks and be brave. Given the opportunity to explore and experiment with a wide range of disciplines. For example print making, small metals, ceramics, photography, drawing/painting, digital media and textiles has given her the skills and confidence to thrive on the course and beyond. The course gave her time to decide what she wanted to specialise in. She developed an independent practice and her own voice. Margot’s main artistic inspirations comes from the Renaissance Masters in particular, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and Andre Vercocchio. Margot’s medium in her current artwork collection is working with silverpoint. Her themes are exploring the power of the moment - life. Appreciating moments that have passed and preserving her stories through words and drawing.
The ideas I use in mark-making is based on capturing life, my drawings are about capturing a moment, a moment that has gone forever, impossible to reproduce. The characteristics I use in my drawings are descriptive, expressive and conceptual ideas. The drawing techniques used are hatching, cross-hatching, stippling and dabbling, which help with different elements of my artwork to stand-out. I use chiaroscuro, the treatment of light and shade in a drawing. The first lines are very light and darks are slowly built up with overlaying lines and more pressure being used. I made dark tones with intersecting hatched lines. My ideas are based on capturing life, which record likeness, personality and character, with open intimacy. The sitter does not need to be validated, or match any expectation of a patron. I explore intimate emotions and artistic forms in more personal expressive ways. These ideas are present in my recent artwork. “Woman with a Hat” drawing with Silverpoint, watercolour and acrylic on Legion paper. This medium allows me to mark, shape, create line texture, contrast, form, scale and touch.
My inspiration comes from Renaissance Masters: Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and Andrea Vercocchio’s ancient techniques. I find silverpoint drawings are exquisite, intimate artworks, the medium requires a meticulous and detail approach. The medium and the oxidised silver marks have an iridescent sheen when finished that mellow with time. The metal tarnishes and the lines change from the initial soft silver grey to a sepia appearance. There is a strong relationship and connection between the imagery and the medium silverpoint. Particularly in the relationship of the appearance, sensory, tactile and physical experience of drawing with this ancient practice. My idea is to bring back this ancient form of drawing to the viewer, share the excitement and joy I have had in using silverpoint.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). Nobel Laureate. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 was awarded to Rudyard Kipling in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterise the creations of this world-famous author. This piece of artwork draws upon Digital Technology as an essential part of this process. I use Procreate for my digital artwork. Printed on Lambda Print on Fuji Crystal Archive DP II glossy paper framed and ready to hang.
This portrait is made with the use of digital technology, using ProCreate. This digital portrait is printed on Lambda Print on Fuji Crystal Archive DP II.
Heaviness of Heart depicts and expresses sadness and loneliness that we can experience from the loss of a loved one. The young lady is going through a period of mourning after the loss of a family member. The unspeakable pain and grief shows in the face, by the free flowing brushstrokes that portray the imagery of forthcoming tears. The angles, lines and pastel colours reflect the depth of a tragic loss.
Original artwork made by the creative use of digital technology, they are not reproduction prints. Limited Edition is 30.
In this piece the subject interact with their environment in an unreal form, the two worlds create a sense of juxtaposition, creating a scene of surreal magic and wonder between man, the planets and music. Surreal art aspires toward the liberation of the mind and artistic expression. Gustav Holst 1875-1934 was one of the most original composers of his generation. He is remembered today for his popular orchestral work The Planets. Along with many of his contemporaries, Holst drew inspiration from the revival in interest in the English folk music tradition.
Original artwork made by the creative use of digital technology.
Limited edition 30.
Printed on Lambda Print on Fuji Crystal Archive
DP II
• Fuji Crystal Archive, glossy
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. An American leader who fought tirelessly for equality and freedom. He was the founding father whose outstanding contributions to society broke ground, broke colour barriers, and changed the course of history. Frederick was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. He was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. Although both of his parents were enslaved people, Frederick never really knew his mother as she worked on a different plantation, and he never met his father.
Later, when Frederick married, he chose the last name Douglass after the hero clan in Sir Walter Scott's famous poem, Lady of the Lake.
Printed on Lambda Print on Fuji Crystal Archive
DPIL 30 × 30cm.
Original artwork made by the creative use of digital technology, and they are not reproduction prints.
This artwork is made using the camera and digital art technology which enabled me to create a dynamic pieces of artwork from the photograph, unlike anything I have created before, which focuses on emotion and the expression of it through feeling in an alternate vision. This digitalised artwork was inspired by a walk in the woods, where I took a photo of my daughter hugging a tree, forest bathing. This is a new facet of my art, that has allowed me to branch out. I am exploring the different fine art digital styles and types. Printed on lambda print on fuji crystal archive dp ii paper. Modern Surrealism is about creating unexpected visual juxtapositions to surprise the viewer and pull them into a world of the artist's imagination.
Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962. This pioneering First Lady was an incredible force for human rights and progress for women. This wonderful lady held press conferences, wrote for magazines, hosted a radio show and gave lectures. She even donated most of her income to charity.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman.
We must want our fellow human beings to have rights and freedoms which give them dignity and which will give them a sense that they are human beings that can walk the earth with their heads high and look all men in the face.
She advocated for expanded roles for women in the workplace, the civil rights of African Americans and Asian Americans, and the rights of World War II refugees. Following her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt remained active in politics for the remaining 17 years of her life.
Original artwork made by the creative use of digital technology, they are not reproduction prints.
Lambda Print on Fuji Crystal Archive DP II
30 x 44.5 cm (External dimensions: 30 x 44.5 cm)
Fuji Crystal Archive, glossy.
Issac Newton was born 1642, England. His father died three months before his birth. His mother remarried when Issac was three years old, and she left Issac with his grandparents. He grew up alone. Later he went to Cambridge University, however, in 1665-67 he left Cambridge because of the Great Plague. Legend has it that Newton got his inspiration for gravity during this period. He saw an apple fall from a tree on his farm, which lead him to ask why the apple fell straight down, rather than sideways or even upward. He showed that the force that makes the apple fall and that holds us on the ground is the same as the force that keeps the moon and planets in their orbits. Which lead to the theory of gravity, which I turn helped to explain the movement of the planets and the sun. He is quoted as saying “if I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
In 1727, at the age of 84, Sir Isaac Newton died in his sleep and was buried with pomp and ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.
Lambda Print on Fuji Crystal Archive DP II
40.8 x 30 cm (External dimensions: 42.8 × 32 cm)
* Fuji Crystal Archive, matte
* 1 cm white border
Original artwork made by the creative use of digital technology, and they are not reproduction prints. Number of print is 30
Hoc Age is a Latin phrase for ‘Get on and do it’. Which is the motto of Bradford Grammar School, where David Hockney started his career. David Hockney was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (born 9 July 1937) he is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer and an important contributor to the pop art scene.
This digital portrait, is a painting of Hockney whilst at BGS where he developed his artistic skills. He went on to become a world renown artist studying at The Royal College of Art. Where he did “Get on and do it” as his school motto demanded.
The paper used for prints from this series is: ultraHD Photo Print 30 x 40 cm unframed. • 1 cm white border • ultraHD Photo Print • ultraHD sharpening activated.
Original artwork made by the creative use of digital technology, and they are not reproduction prints.
Framed Painting shipped in a box. The dimensions quoted above are the size of the paper. There is a white margin around the actual image.
Portrait mounted and framed. Size 44cm x 52cm. Ready to hang. Certificate of Authenticity is enclosed.
“Rudyard Kipling”
“Heaviness of Heart”
“Gustav Holst 1875-1934”
“Frederick Douglass”
“Into the Forest”
“Eleanor Roosevelt”
“Issac Newton and Apple”
“David Hockney”
