Hi! I'm Vanessa and I started my creative journey about four years ago when I discovered Folk Art and Decorative painting and, more to the point, that I was quite good at it! With only few years under my belt I'm very much the 'apprentice' amongst the other wonderful experienced artists that can be found here.
I paint on a variety of surfaces including canvas, card, glass, fabric and furniture with acrylic paints adding mixed-media pieces more recently. Although I'm still waiting for the Shed element of 'The ARC Shed', the plan is for it will be up and running before this summer (2020). ARC simply stands for Art, Rocks and Crafts, with my main activity and first love being painting.
With a passion to encourage others to find their own 'inner artist' and take up a creative activity I run workshops to teach the brushstroke techniques used in Folk Art and decorative painting. I have yet to exhibit my work in a gallery but we all have start somewhere so, who knows what 2020 holds in store. :-)