Val Hughes works in both 2D and 3D. Her pet portraits, flowers and local scenes are painted digitally on a laptop before the originals are printed and framed. It’s a medium she has found easy to transport and is mess free!
“I love animals, and cats in particular, although I am allergic to them so I think that’s why paint I them!” she laughs. You’ll also find a range of robins, blackbirds and hares carefully sculpted from wire, as maybe even a peacock with a real peacock feather tail. “I love the way that from something as simple as a single strand of wire you can create a 3D representation of an animal and capture its character,” she says. “I have also started using aluminium tin sheet with the wire and have a new range of sea-inspired pieces inclduing small shoals of mackerel, a more masculine John Dory and a dainty seahorse too."