Featured work by Kerry Darlington

Born in a coastal town of North Wales, Kerry’s passion for art was inspired by a love of beautiful old picture books (Rackham, Dulac and Beardsley were favourites and later on, Klimt and Millais). This developed into a degree in illustration in 1996, originally intended to lead to a career in book illustration. Following University she worked in S.America before returning to the U.K. to work as a designer and illustrator for an exclusive company, specializing in sculptured clay murals for private residences in the Middle East, United Arab Emirates and the U.S.A. Kerry now works independently from her studio at home in North Wales, using all of these influences and her flexibility to create pieces of art in a variety of subjects

Kerry worked for years perfecting her many line drawings, before diversifying into watercolours. She now works with a variety of mediums, acrylic and oil. Following her experience with the clay murals, she became interested in painting upon heavy textures and experimented widely to produce original effects. Her acrylic paintings are uniquely formed upon board or canvas first, using texture and gessos. The colour is then built upon in layers to create depth. Her abstract pieces were initially based upon satellite photographs of Earth which created the 'Volcanic' Collection in 2005/2006. This has since diversified to include contemporary landscapes and figure-work, all carrying her unique style.

Her work has become increasingly sought after by collectors, and in 2007 she was a finalist in the 'Best Up-and-Coming Published Artist' category in the Fine Art Trade Guild Awards, as voted by sales in UK Galleries. A selection of her commercial paintings and designs are available as open edition prints and posters represented by Canadian Art Prints with some limited editions available direct from the artist. Her work continues to evolve, and she is currently experimenting with figurative oil paintings, using her contemporary style alongside realistic figure painting and portraits.