Louisa Crispin

Lost in a world of intricate observations from Nature

Entranced by the cycle of growth and decay, Louisa captures the details on beautiful smooth Strathmore paper using ultra sharp pencils and graphite powder. It's quiet in the studio, distanced from the world as she looks ever closer at plants, insects and birds. Texture, shadows, silhouettes and movement created with marks and tone, it's rarely about the colour.

As well as membership of the Free Painters and Sculptors and the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Louisa is a Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists. She has links to the Royal West of England Academy, Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum, the Cranbrook Art Show and Pure Arts Group and currently sells her work mainly through selected galleries.

Her prizewinning drawings are held in private collections internationally and she is regularly accepted to Open Exhibitions in London and beyond.

Gallery representation:

2019                Solo Show : Muse Gallery, Portobello Road, London

2019                Prizewinner : ING Discerning Eye (St Cuthbert's Mill)

2019                Prizewinner : Bath Society of Artists Open (Meltone Framing)

2019                elected Full member : Society of Graphic Fine Art

2019 -              elected Fellow : Society Of Botanical Artists

2019 -              elected Associate member: Wilderness Art Collective

2019 -              represented by NewArtGallery, Alfriston

2019                Petworth Explored by the SGFA at Kevis House Gallery Petworth

2018                Residency :  Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall

2018                Joint Solo Show : Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks (Leila Godden)

2017 -              represented by Kevis House Gallery Petworth

2017                Prizewinner :  PURE Arts Annual Open (Drawing Prize)

2017                Prizewinner : Society of Graphic Fine Art (Staedtler)

2017 -              elected RWA Artist Network member (Royal West of England Academy)

2016 - 2019    elected Associate member : Society of Graphic Fine Art

2016                Prizewinner : Society of Graphic Fine Art (Cult Pens)

2016 -              elected Full member : Free Painters and Sculptors

2016 - 2019    elected Full member : United Society of Artists (disbanded 2019)

2015 - 2016    elected Associate member : United Society of Artists    

2015                Prizewinner : Society of United Artists, Bankside (Strathmore Artist Papers)

2015 -              represented by Rye Art Gallery

2014 - 2019    Partner, Artichoke Gallery

2013                Prizewinner : PURE Annual Open (Drawing prize)

2012 -              PURE Arts Group membership (committee : Creative Consultant)

2012 -              Cranbrook Art Show (committee : treasurer /  web designer)

2012 - 2015     Member : Chalk Gallery (Vice President)

2010 -              network member : Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum

Selected open exhibitions:

Royal West of England Academy : 2016, 2018-2019

Society of Women Artists : 2015-2019

Society of Botanical Artists : 2016, 2019, (2020*)

Discerning Eye Exhibition : 2016, 2018-2019

New English Art Club : 2019, (2020*)

Society of Graphic Fine Art : 2014-2019, (2020*)

Free Painters and Sculptors : 2015 - 2019

Society of Wildlife Artists : 2016, 2017

Pastel Society : 2015 - 2017

Bath Society of Artists : 2019

Royal Society of British Artists : 2020

 

* 2020 exhibitions selected but then affected by the Covid 19 outbreak