“Everything has beauty if you look close enough, even slime mould”
Hi I’m Amy!
Here’s a bit about my art:
My drawings are in permanent, water & fade proof fine line pens, alcohol markers and paint markers on smooth Bristol Board or canvas. I’m currently experimenting with paint markers on canvas with the vision of creating a large scale collection. Recently I have developed my interpretive abstract work to directly reflect my surrounding landscapes and close up images of flowers.
It feels almost magical that by putting seemingly plain objects together, like pens and paper a new thing is created that wasn’t in existence before, that came from my mind and my hand. I find this exciting and extremely satisfying and always look forward to seeing what comes next.
I started drawing this way in 2019 when I longed for a personal form of art therapy, a time to immerse myself, relax and escape. The repetitive immersive process offers me complete escape, I find it meditative and calming, almost hypnotic. It helps quiet my overthinking mind, the perfect antidote for the stresses of life.
Around this time I discovered the work of Ernst Haeckel by chance after finding a selection of his prints in a second hand shop (this was before they were popular and sold everywhere). I thought his detailed illustrations of the natural world were incredibly beautiful (thats when I discovered slime mould). This ignited my curiosity into looking at the natural world close up. These prints now hang in my bathroom.
This took me on a deep dive into the world of plant cell micrographs and I was hooked. I felt an immediate connection to the shapes and patterns and the colours used were so uplifting. I was excited to find something so beautiful hidden in the natural world unseen by the naked eye.
I became fascinated by the complex and intricate patterns in nature and excited to find so much beauty hidden beneath the surface. I soon began to notice patterns and shapes in my natural environment, on walks in forests, beaches and heathland, even in my own garden. Valuable sources of inspiration include, lichen and moss, shells, water and shapes on the shoreline, flowers and trees, tree lines, hills and rock formations. I now see patterns everywhere!
All my drawings are influenced by these patterns, shapes or colours. Every time it’s about letting the inspiration and feelings come through as I’m drawing, never knowing exactly what will happen.
I often listen to music when I draw, it sets the rhythm, allowing my mind time to wander, shapes to form organically and colours to be chosen intuitively.
It’s important to me that my artwork is uplifting and makes people happy so I like to use bright uplifting or calming colours.
A selection of my drawings have been featured in ‘The Women in Art’ exhibition at The Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth ‘24, The May '25 edition of ‘Artist Close Up’ contemporary art magazine, Long Listed for the VAA Open 2025 and Shortlisted for the VAA Art500 INTERNATIONAL ‘25.
I’m continuing to build my collection for private sales and future exhibitions and am excited about producing large scale statement pieces.
To see how my drawings have developed over time you can visit my Instagram account where I have shared some of my art since I first started in 2019. Find it here @circlesdotslinesdesigns
…and a bit about me
I’m the other side of 45 but still feel 21, I’m a mum of two teens who keep me on my toes and married to my best friend who’s a filmmaker. I love adventure, loud music and sunshine!
My first love was nature! I was born in The New Forest, Hampshire (UK) and spent my early years climbing trees, examining bugs up close and exploring the ancient forest through the gate at the end of my garden or beach combing for shells at local sea shores.
My second great love was drawing, as a child it gave me a great sense of satisfaction and I found peace in the process. After working and living in London, backpacking in faraway places I went full circle and moved back to Hampshire with my own family. It was then as I drew pictures for my young children to colour that my creative curiosity was reignited and my drawing style developed.
