Here we share our ideas

Our Head of Art Luke Baker, recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Little Van Gogh artist Andrea Jenkins to discuss how she hopes that her art can offer an escape from the worries of the world.

For me, painting is not a project with a defined outcome, but an ongoing way of working through perception and experience.

I generally find ideas from either studying or being inspired by other artists, observing colour combinations from nature and all media including film and print.

I find inspiration primarily through time spent outdoors, particularly in wild or overlooked landscapes.

I feel a sense of duty as well to capture landscapes, light, colour as they happen, to recognise that they were there and are part of this strange set of collective circumstances we find ourselves in that led us to all be on this earth at this moment.

I’ve always been creative, since I can remember, and I’ve always had a fascination and curiosity about creating things.

There are two pieces of advice: 1. Learn the rules – and then break them. 2. Just break the rules…

We need to recognise our natural and instinctive connection to nature.

I am an abstract painter. My ideas come from my travels…

Our Head of Art Luke Baker recently sat down with Little Van Gogh artist Ruth Davis,