loz atkinson who? what? and why? 

ahoy hoy and thank you for visiting me.

i'm loz, i'm an artist. thats me in that picture.

i was born in inverness, but have lived all over the UK and have strong roots in north yorkshire. but now i have settled and work in leicester.

i've loved art, in its many forms, ever since i can remember. always creating something, even if most of the time it was just a mess. my interest at school turned into a passion with the freedoms of college and despite advice to the contrary, away i went to continue my love affair with art at university. i graduated from De Montfort University in 2007 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art.  and ever since then i've been making, exhibiting and taking on commisions in my great endeavor to keep creating.

but all art and no play makes loz a dull girl. i enjoy other such activities as travelling, nature, company of close friends and relatives, film, history oh actually maybe i am dull hehe.

now a little bit about my practise.

my preferred method of working is digital media, where i create 'digitally constructed' scapes, from many different digital photographs and found images. in a similar way film uses green screen to create fantastical worlds. but my work takes inspiration from many subjects and processes. i seem to always return to and explore the themes of sex, death and religion in my personal work.

the work about sex i like to think of as a little joke between me and the viewer. although provocative the work is never meant to offend but to hopefully give people a giggle and maybe see beauty in unusual places.

where death and religion are concerned i try to confront my fears and confusions, not necessarily in an attempt to overcome them but in an almost vain effort to grasp a better understanding of them.

i also like to touch on truth and time as subjects. using these i can play with the viewers perceptions of what they are seeing or not seeing as the case maybe. i like to use available light within my photography work as much as i possibly can. i enjoy the element of, not being in complete control of everything when creating a piece of work. it gives it a mystical quality like my conscious self wasn't the only thing at work to make the piece work visually - it works because of a different level. be it subconsciously, divine or cosmic. but it keeps my work connected to something bigger than myself, which always helps.

but its not all doom and gloom, as you will see in my galleries. i am open to any subject and create works in photography, painting, sculpture, film, print and others. doing this keeps me fasinated in the making process and always learning new skills. i love being hands on with my art, working through difficult subjects or problems that an idea may throw up.