Highgate Contemporary Art

Fantastic to collect my large ink drawings from Nathan @fineartisan.london it was great having my creative helpers again Anna and Freddy who helped us select a beautiful border and frame for all the ink drawings which will be soon to be exhibited with @highgateart excited to share more news soon, cheers Roberto #lakecomo #inkdrawings #italianartists #riseart #artoftheday

Tomorrow from 10am, The Alcove opens to the public. A curated collection of small works chosen for their atmosphere, intimacy and presence. Paintings refined in scale, but made to live generously within a space. There is something different about smaller works. They ask you to come closer. To spend time with surface, gesture, colour and detail in a quieter, more personal way. The Alcove brings together paintings that feel considered, collectible and deeply atmospheric. Works for shelves, corners, hallways, studies and rooms that deserve something special. The collection will be live from 10am tomorrow at Highgate Contemporary Art. We hope you find something that stays with you. Exhibiting artists are: @hib31_art @georgiaelliott_artist @lauramenziesart @karinanixonart @boomallinson @rainhamchristopher @parastoo_ganjei_artist @dianewhalley.art @sampeacockart @emmalockart

Sea Ghosts 100 × 120cm Oil and acrylic on canvas Framed in a white woodgrain tray frame A painting that feels suspended somewhere between memory and weather. Sweeping gestures of olive, pale blue and chalky white drift across the canvas like fragments of landscape caught in motion, fleeting, atmospheric, almost tidal in their movement. Created by contemporary British painter Georgia Elliott, whose expressive practice is deeply rooted in the British landscape, the work captures her instinctive response to place, light and sensation rather than a literal depiction. Living and working in the Buckinghamshire countryside, Georgia often paints en plein air, using layered mark making, brushes, rags and even her hands to translate the energy and rhythm of the natural world into paint. 'Sea Ghosts' carries that same untamed spirit, expansive yet intimate, restless yet calm. A piece that changes with the light and reveals something new each time you return to it. Available through Highgate Contemporary Art Swipe through for a little interior inspiration.

The Alcove opens to our mailing list tomorrow!

Less an arrangement, more a slowing down. Edges soften, colour drifts, and the whole thing begins to open rather than hold. Nothing fixed. Just a brief gathering of form and light before it shifts again. A Gentle Unravelling Oil on panel 15 x 15cm Framed 30 x 30cm Available on my website

‘Dusk Drift’ Karina Nixon The Alcove Collector preview 14 May Public release 15 May @highgateart #newwork #artcollectors #interiorart

There is a subtle disorientation here, as though the horizon has shifted and what we expect to sit below us has risen instead. In River in the Sky III, colour becomes structure rather than description. A field of warm coral and burnt orange holds the weight of the composition, while a flash of turquoise interrupts. A moment of clarity, or perhaps memory, before dissolving again into the surface. The yellow form hovers, unresolved. Vessel, sun, fragment. It resists definition, inviting something more instinctive in return. Tabeshfar’s work often speaks to shifting ground between places and states of being, where landscape becomes internal rather than observed. What remains is a sense of something felt rather than fixed. River in the Sky III Oil on canvas 50 × 40 cm, 59 × 49 cm framed by Shirin Tabeshfar Available via Highgate Contemporary Art

Movement, caught just before it shifts again. Twisting and Turning (view from the studio) by Janette Kerr distils the shifting energy of sky and land into a composition that feels both expansive and grounded. Swept blues draw the eye upward, while deeper tones anchor the painting, creating balance and presence within a space. There is no fixed horizon, only atmosphere, movement, and a sense of place that continues to unfold the longer you sit with it. A strong, versatile scale for interiors, equally suited to living spaces, bedrooms, or quieter transitional areas. Oil on board 58 × 58 cm 78 × 78 cm framed (under glass) Available now. DM or email to reserve, or request a video and further images.

Silence, held at the edge of land and weather. In Silence, Skagaströnd, Iceland, Janette Kerr distils a fleeting northern moment into atmosphere and movement. Light breaks through a shifting sky, dissolving horizon and distance into something felt rather than seen. The surface carries that tension, between stillness and force, between what is present and what is just passing through. Painted from memory, sketches and experience, the work speaks less of place as geography and more of place as sensation. It invites a slower looking. A quieter kind of attention. 80 × 100 cm Oil on deep edge canvas Available on our website #janettekerr #contemporarypainting #landandlight #interiorswithart #collectorschoice

Today’s action involves making the template for a more experimental piece for the @highgateart on London ready for their new show coming in May . . . #experimental

A painting with presence from across the room. In Carried Slowly, Rebecca Hardaker builds a dense and instinctive surface where paint, cloth and dried flowers are absorbed into the canvas. Working without preparatory drawings, she allows the composition to unfold freely, so that forms, fragments and colour emerge through process rather than design. There is a psychological charge to the painting, but also a strong physical presence. Bold passages of colour move across the surface while embedded materials catch the light, creating a work that feels layered, unsettled and deeply alive. Rather than resolving into a fixed image, it invites a slower kind of looking. Scaled to meet the body, this is a painting that does not sit passively within a room. It anchors it. Carried Slowly Rebecca Hardaker Oil, cloth and dried flowers on canvas 122 × 150 cm Available through us. View on our website via the link in bio. #RebeccaHardaker #ContemporaryPainting #MixedMediaArt #CollectContemporary #ArtForInteriors

How much difference can one painting make above a sofa? The sofa wall is often the natural focal point of a living room. A single, well chosen painting can anchor the space, bringing colour, movement and atmosphere into the room. In this interior inspiration, A Place to Dream by Laura Menzies illustrates the impact a painting can have when placed above a sofa. Soft washes of colour move across the canvas, with areas of warmth and gentle energy emerging from the lighter ground. The composition feels open and expressive, creating a sense of calm while still holding visual interest from across the room. Placed above a sofa, a work of this scale does more than fill a wall. It gives the room presence and sets the tone for the space around it Laura Menzies A Place to Dream Mixed media on canvas 80 × 100 cm Framed size: 83 × 103 cm Available through our website. Link in bio. #contemporaryart #artforinteriors #livingroomart #interiordesign #artcollectors