Lockdown Girl Eight

A colourful, illustrated portrait of a young woman with red hair and horns, wearing a polka dot coat, against a star-filled background.

Available as prints at A5 and A4 sizes. Watch an overview of the painting at the bottom of this page. The original painting has sold.

During the Covid-19 lockdown, I started to paint as a creative outlet that didn’t require staring intently at a screen all day.

I wanted to use bright colours in unusual contexts – and to explore what I could achieve without an Undo button. This is the eighth painting in that journey.

I started to stipple when I discovered – gasp! – that I couldn’t magically paint exactly how I wanted to, without years of practice.

The stippling process continues throughout this series of painting, and changes as I experiment with the style.