Zoe Nicholson North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Zoë has a Master’s in Creative Practice. The main body of her research and work is predominantly influenced by the landscape's environmental and ecological changes, particularly depicting Yorkshire rivers, springs, streams fosses and tributaries, exploring the mythological connections to these locations.

Zoe has a Master's in Creative Practice. The main body of her research and work is predominantly influenced by the landscape's environmental and ecological changes, particularly depicting Yorkshire rivers, springs, streams, fosses and tributaries while exploring mythological connections and the Pagan wheel of the year. The aim is to invoke a better understanding of nature while discovering our connection to the Earth, celebrating and honouring nature with respect for living and non-living - a human-to-nature connection.

Bold gestural layered mark-making can be seen within each chosen medium to respond to the subject, whether she uses charcoals, watercolours or oils.

Zoë explains that when you stroll along the river or hike to a hidden Tarn, you are surrounded by a living landscape, from the rocks and the earth beneath your feet to the wide-open canopy of an ancient tree that balances beside the river bank. We are part of nature, and nature is part of us. Be part of the landscape and contemplate the environmental path we tread.