Female Beauty...a theme that has proven to be intriguing, challenging and inspiring for many artists, and forever popular with art enthusiasts throughout the ages. I've always admired the masters of this challenging theme their varied and individualistic styled portrayals of females of their time, from realism style classical nude to modern and abstract figurative. I would describe my own work on this theme to be realistic, tasteful, romantic, and sometimes a little sensual, above all a celebration to the outer beauty of women of my own time.

Abstract Painting...we are told represents images portrayed in obscure or unusual angles etc. I feel that it represents a wide spectrum of depiction; an artistic theme that I feel has opened the doors for true freedom of expression and creativity for painters. This is the one category in art that has no real base rules, no set style categories. My own abstracts usually depict a pattern or design idea, then I have fun with paint, texture and colours, I've also done abstracts that represent subjects of nature. All I know is that I enjoy experimenting with various mediums, I mostly work with Acrylics and oils for these paintings, I have great fun trying out different application methods to achieve what I want at the time.

Animals and Pets...as a lover of the natural world and all our wild animals and wonderful pets, I was not able to resist attempting to draw and paint some of them, including my own pets....I hope to try my hand at many more in due course.

Birds...the natural beauty of birds will never fail to inspire me; I am fascinated with the intricate detail and delicacy of their feathers, and the colours and patterns seem sometimes too beautiful to be true. I intend to show many more in this theme. I've displayed a small selection here; the paintings were done in oils, acrylics or watercolours.

Drawing and Sketches...feature in several categories, Drawing is very important to me, because I always aim to achieve detail and form in any image before I set out to paint; I often feel that some of my paintings are drawings that I colour after I’ve created them! Of course the only exception to this is in my abstract work, which is rarely controlled by what I originally sketch, I simply let my brush take control. Whichever of my themes appeals to you, I hope you enjoy your visit....

If you are an artist yourself, please send me a message with your web address, I'd love to see your work, maybe we can exchange links!

Thanks, Hilary Eastment.