Shazia
Spring 2025
Much of Shazia’s inspiration stems from her childhood recollections. Whether reflecting on fond memories or dreams, she paints each figure with distinct qualities to create deeply emotive portraits. Each figure she paints possesses a palpable presence suggesting a deeper story lies beneath the canvas.
With an acute awareness of subtle details in both appearance and personality, Shazia instils the very essence of a person into each of her paintings. The unfaltering gaze of her characters has an almost haunting quality, locking eyes with the viewer and drawing them into their world.
Shazia’s gift for storytelling allows her to paint children with immense character. She recreates the characters with an ethereal quality that captures the viewer’s imagination. Although Shazia paints people from her personal experiences, she understands that the paintings take on new meaning when shared with the viewer.
Shazia | Limited Edition
Shazia | Limited Edition
Shazia | Limited Edition
Spring 2025
Shazia
The artist
Shazia
Shazia began her career in a greetings card company, then went freelance and started a family. She is now a full-time artist, famed for her perceptive paintings of children and young people. The bright and cheerful colours she uses in them are inspired by her travels in South America, where she took a trip after university with her now-husband Ian. 'We'd gone to Mexico and I was at Frida Kahlo's house where everything is really bright; there's nothing that's not colourful. I think I try to bring that into my work, with the children with red hair and bright, stripy t-shirts and things like that.'
30 years of fantastic art
In 1995, we opened our first-ever gallery in Stratford-upon-Avon. With just one goal in mind - to make our art accessible to all - our fledgling company began to spread its roots.
Craftsmanship and Quality
Every piece of art is mounted, glazed or framed by hand, with our bespoke framing service selected by our creative department.
Built to last
Our foundations are built on a passion for art, and many of our staff (and collectors!) have been with us from the very beginning.
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