Cher Nicholson

I am an East Yorkshire born artist living in the Cotswolds where I paint, draw, walk my German Shepherd Dogs and attend my allotments

I am a self-taught artist and I love to paint portraits, and anything floral and the landscape. My style is detailed and I love the challenge of painting fine feathers, a dog’s coat or leaves from an old oak tree!

My inspiration comes from not only the beautiful animals that I paint, but also from the gentle colours of the Cotswolds and the wilder earthy textures of the East Yorkshire coast.

My mediums of choice are water colour and coloured pencils as these enable me to evolve the painting through layers of washes. More recently, I have experimented more in other mediums such as acrylic and pen drawing and have recently created a number of works that are a little more abstract and whimsical.