When I first met Claudia back in 2014 her confidence, within drawing and art, had taken a bit of a knock, she had the skills, the vision and the ideas, just not the self belief. I spent a few short hours with Claudia, going through her Art Portfolio and listening to her ideas – I […]
On the 1st August (2015) I was invited to be the Official Photographer at a very special event. Spartans Academy of Krav Maga were hosting a Krav Maga ‘Weapons’ Seminar run by Itay Gil and felt hiring a Yorkshire Artist to capture the action was a great idea – they like to support local businesses. […]
… just keep on selling! It’s fantastic! To sell a painting is great, the best feeling in the world, but to sell Limited Edition Prints is just as good. The Girl with Plaited Hair is a painting I could have sold a million times and the Limited Edition Prints, and cards, are particularly popular because […]
You’ll remember a News article called Yorkshire Artists at York Open Studios that I posted on here back in April, and under the subtitle: Talented Young Artist, I described how I had met an exceptionally talented young lady, but I couldn’t remember her name, she hadn’t got in touch, etc, etc, you get the picture… WELL, Anna, contacted […]
Drawing from life … arrhhh… yes, some of us love it, some of us hate it. I had a severe dislike of drawing from life and Life Drawing. Drawing from life made me feel like I couldn’t draw ANYTHING and a Life Drawing class either had me in fits of giggles (at the naked person before […]
I was ever so pleased to complete a beautiful portrait painting of a York based lady’s Three Daughters. Every commission is different and it was great that this customer required a portrait very much in the style of my own artist practice and studio work i.e. the lighting effect being a focus of the painting. To explain […]
Hello! I am back! Since May I have been exceptionally busy but now I have finally found the time to update my website. Over the next 10 weeks I am going to be posting one News article per week to inform you of all the exciting things I have been up to… First post: Artist and Designer. Back in May […]
Portrait Painting Progress Yorkshire Artist, Hannah Ostapjuk, has been painting in public during York Open Studios, working on a portrait of Colonel Edward York (previous Vice Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire). “I thought it was important to add to the ‘open studios’ part of the event – make it feel like an artist’s studio and to […]
Yorkshire Artists: Hannah Ostapjuk Paints Portrait Live It’s the first time I have painted a portrait in public! I have done demos and run art workshops but never worked on my own studio art or commissioned portraits while other artists and the public looked on. I didn’t really think about it until someone said they were […]