Collection: Debra Stroud

 British Contemporary artist who was born in Guildford, England and remains firmly rooted in Hampshire.  Her studio is based not far from the sea and the picturesque South Downs. She’s clearly in love and awe of her surrounds and speaks in excited tones about walking over the great rolling hills which characterize this neck of the woods between Sussex and Hampshire; paying specific respects to Butser Hill and The Trundle and describing in detail how Debra Stroud is permanently inspired by the way in which the sun beams down its shafts of light out onto the distant carpet of sea. Indeed, it’s these rich and opulent colours which most influence the strident hues and saturated colours which habitually reside in her finest landscaped moments on canvas; these brilliant blues that are almost tangible.

Photography is key too, as Stroud confirms that she facilitates her camera as a pivotal part of her whole design process, citing how she develops much of her final illustrative flourishes from the strong chromatic colours which are presented in transparency form. And again Stroud borrows, begs and steals from her camera days when stressing how she’s equally influenced by the minimalism more often than not depicted on film. Clean, crisp, uncluttered, clear lines as Debra Stroud refers to them as, ultimately representing this  non chaotic symmetry seldom furnished by contemporary landscapes.