Charlotte Thomson Gallery.

Went to see the Charlotte Thomson gallery at the Upstairs Gallery, Waterstones in Nottingham. Most of her work was based on mythical creatures like Medusa and mermiads. But she added a little sex appeal in to them. For example:

Cheshire Pussy

This image was part of a series of paintings reinventing the characters from Lewis Carrolls' Alice in Wonderland with this particular style in mind. The bold, graphic style lends itself well to logos & print media such as CD covers, posters etc. ~ Charlotte Thomson

http://www.charlottethomson.co.uk/Artworkimages/illustrative2.html

Must of her work is done in watercolours, paint and pencil. Her mixed media blends really well together. She uses dull colours on her work and they come out really nicely.

I don't really like any of her work except for this:

Playing with Stars

Commission Request - Large colourful and positive artwork to be hung within a childrens' residential home in Nottingham. Appealing to a range of ages & both genders.
Commissioned by - Nottingham City Council.
Style - naive animal figurative art, mystical postraiture with attention to colour symbolism. ~ Charlotte Thomson

http://www.charlottethomson.co.uk/Artworkimages/commissions2.html

I really like the use of colours on this and how well drawn the animals are.

For more on her work go to her website here:

http://www.charlottethomson.co.uk/mainpage.html

And her Myspace for people how want to contact her here:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=7421461