“With each image I create I strive to embed a sense of tranquility and serenity as well as monolithic stillness and presence, which I hope can be strongly be felt. As well as being conceptually layered, much of my work is also physically layered and explores the inherent qualities of the materials I use. I […]

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions: Sara Willett The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks; “What do you do?” […]

Making studio visits to our artists and seeing how their practice is developing is a treat. From visiting Ed Saye’s studio recently, it was clear that his practice has reached a pivotal point, a stage where he has found a subject and established a way of working that he can momentously build upon. This follows […]

“I would define my work as a continuous searching that becomes frustrating some times; I’m a little obsessed about reaching some way to represent things and matter satisfactorily and definitively.” – Carlos San Millan Photos: Laura Braun.

“Portraiture offers as a genre in itself – it can create a window into memory allowing a moment to be captured and represented in a way that is not as direct as photography for example. The moment is accessed and re-processed, memory and fantasy can become mixed in and what is created isn’t a factual […]

“I try to maintain a direct use of colour and to reference the materials being used. Drawing is an essential process for me, charcoal an important medium and life drawing a basic discipline.” – Stephen Todd See into the world of Read about his artistic journey

“My work documents my interest in the lost and the found, what is passing out of memory and what is synthesized as trace in the landscape. Exploring lost places and capturing the essence of a moment of abandonment has been part of my practice since my earliest work, photographing the post-industrial landscape of the North […]

“In my work, I try to recapture the hidden past of lost possesions. People who have commissioned me to paint their precious objects are often overcome with emotion when they see the finished work.” – Keren Luchtenstein

“Precious moments, perpetuated by painting the light surrounding us and beaming through or within us. Water is especially suitable to make this play of light visible.” – Brigitte Yoshiko Pruchnow See into the world of

“I create other-worldly oil paintings that reflect my interest in story-telling, but in a narrative form where the meaning is not fully explained – the power lies in its enigma. The depictions deal with themes of powerlessness – the feeling of being at the mercy of forces far larger than any individual.” – Scott Whiteman […]