Nicky May

My work is a subjective take on the coast, fields and lanes near me in North Cornwall. I start from what I see when walking, then the process of painting imbues the work with the colours and feelings that the landscape evokes in me. I work mainly in watercolour and acrylics, with an experimental approach to mark making, and a passion for colour. I have painted since I was small, however my first career was in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as a community worker and later senior manager. I worked in clay for ten years or so but was “called” back to the easel in 2012 and since then have been a full time artist. I show my work in galleries in Cornwall and Devon.