🎨 Artist. 🐘Specialising in wildlife in oil. 💫I lead a wonderful life of Creativity. www.louiselutonart.com 👩‍🎨I create beautiful oil paintings inspired by light and nature. 🖌My work is in galleries across the UK 🖼My prints are in various retailers including John Lewis 🦌I love animals and am inspired by British animals and get loads of my reference material from the New forest. 🦁I love working on endangered species and adore using my own references material gained on safari on the Masai Mara 💕I’m passionate about how the arts can help with our mental health and wellbeing ✨I am happy to share my story of how art helped me overcome my anxiety and change my life. ☀️ I love sharing positive stories about living a creative life and earning a living doing what you love. 🏆 In 2019 I won the SWBOYA Woman in business award. 🎧 I’d be happy to guest on your podcast. ✅ Come and join the Creative Cafe Club for chat about life in any of the arts, living a creative life and to make connections with other creatives. A kind, friendly club creating relaxed rooms about the arts. 📍🇬🇧🇪🇺I live and work in Salisbury, United Kingdom. Very near Stonehenge! 👩🏻‍🎓After being a full-time teacher of art and drama to 11 - 18-year olds for 20 fabulous years. I decided to give it all up and become an artist! I have been a full-time artist for 7 years and I’m loving every second. Things I love: ☕️A really good proper coffee 🥃Single Malt whiskey 🌊Sitting by the sea 🌿Walking in the countryside (with my sketchbook of course) 🎼Music (punk, folk, jazz, blues, classical, and singing) 📚 English literature, the classics and a good thriller 🎭Live theatre. 🏁 F1. 🔬But most of all, I love my lovely husband Phil, who is a fabulous scientist. I’m on insta, and Twitter with the same handle @louiselutonart