For the Love of Nature features artwork from local artist Deborah Crofts.
The body of work in this exhibition covers a period over the last two years, with a few exceptions created prior to this. Chosen to complement each other but also to show specific areas of nature and expression that Deborah is fascinated by.
Individual works selected embrace at least one creative method and sometimes more than one. They include observation, imagination, remembered objects, shapes and different sensations that she has experienced in response to nature – plus a few that include printing or embossing with natural objects themselves.
Recurring subject matter included are fungi, trees, seaweeds. More recently, Deborah has focused on teasels, with an appreciation of the significance of these organic lifeforms. Every piece on display is also for sale.
About the Artist
A Folkestone based artist, Deborah Crofts predominantly uses inks, watercolours, mixed-media and printmaking within her arts practice. Having completed her studies in Fine Art, at the University of East London in 1996, she then went on to practice art at the Bow Arts Trust, London for 9 years until relocating to the Kent coast in 2006.
Deborah currently works both as a practicing artist and arts workshop facilitator within Folkestone’s Creative Quarter. She has exhibited her artworks both in galleries and community venues. Venues include: kollectiv, Folkestone Art Gallery; Pie Factory, Margate; Devon’s House Gallery, Candid Arts Trust, and the Nunnery Gallery, London.
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