Interior paintings

Now that school is out, the next best place to read a book is at the beach, on a hammock, in the garden, or outside on a starry summer night. And here are the drawings and paintings to prove it.

Although still very young, artist Eleanor Ray has already established herself as an important voice in modern painting. What contrasts with her critical success are the unassuming subjects and the tiny size of her canvases: all that she paints are minuscule familiar landscapes, interiors, and...

Mike graduated from the Manchester College of Art and completed his post graduate studies at the Royal College of Art in London. He established his reputation in film and television design in the 1970s and 1980s during which period he also undertook various painting commissions. His work is exhibited in galleries around the country and is represented in private collections in Scotland, France, Los Angeles, New York, Germany and the Home Counties

Painter Emma Creasey invites us into studio to learn more about her narrative-fulled, distinctive painting style.

In my works, I like to resort to minimalism, leaving space for the viewer, thus increasing the emphasis on the characters and their emotions. My paintings are about us, about people, about the state we are in, about the body language.

Wraparound factory windows drench the interiors of this three-bedroom Brooklyn loft in light while framing views of the DUMBO waterfront. The 1,733 sq ft Brooklyn loft sits in the corner of the 100-year-old former daylight factory in the waterfront neighbourhood, which undergone an immaculate conversion by Alloy Design alongside the adjacent redbrick 1891 Masury & Sons Paintworks. Photo: Sotheby's International Realty #interiors #minimalistkitchen #design #interiorstyle

Almost every new work, I start with children: they help me work on the initial layer of the painting. For me, it’s a technical layer, and for them, it’s an opportunity to contribute to creating something great and important. They sense my trust in them and are happy to be involved in my work 💔

Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) was a Danish painter known for his low-key atmospheres and his very limited palette of grey tones and mostly desaturated hues used to depict architecture, landscapes and portraits. However the artist is mostly celebrated for his interiors, enfilades, contrejours...