LESLEY HERD
I am a mixed media and collage artist from Kilmarnock working in acrylics and water-based media.
Self-taught, I began painting in 2018, developing my own intuitive and expressive abstract or semi-abstract style. I’m inspired by nature, especially the sea and rock formations of the Ayrshire coast. I am drawn to weathered materials – eroded stone, peeling paint, rust – as well as typography and found marks. Collage papers are created using gelprinting or collected from vintage ephemera. I love reusing and recycling papers into my work and no piece of paper is safe!
I exhibit in local exhibitions and gallerys, run workshops in gelprinting, collage and abstract painting, accept commissions, and have recently built my dream home studio in the garden.
Equilibrium
Faded Glory
Falling Tide
Floating in Time
The Air Smells Different Here