Anthony Dobson News

With Mother's Day (Sunday 10th March) just around the corner, now is the ideal time to get that perfect present for Mum. We have lots of reasons to thank those special women in our life who have supported us through the recent turbulent years...as well as throughout our lives. So, to bring them a little much-deserved happiness, we've pulled together some thoughtful gift ideas from our online gallery and Interiors collections. 

We are thrilled to have launched a collection of 35 colourful NEW limited edition prints today from in-demand artists Gary Walton, Sam Toft, Nicky Litchfield, Jo Quigley, Aaminah Snowdon and Anthony Dobson, as well as introducing two exciting new artists - Anna Wright and Helen Rhodes.

This new work includes bright and contemporary Londonian cityscapes from Jo Quigley; rickety waterside cottages and nautical scenes in typically whimsical style from Gary Walton; charming and characterful wildlife depictions from

Q1 Why do you paint? It’s just always what I’ve done. From as young as three I can remember my parents giving me wallpaper sample books to use as sketchbooks. I constantly think about how I would recreate the things around me as a painting.

In 1565 he painted Winter Landscape with Ice-skates and Bird-trap, depicting an icy village scene with bare-branched trees, snow-topped cottages surrounding the central illustration of peasants skating on the ice. The piece is said to be an allegory for the dangers and temptations of human existence - with the heavily featured elements of ‘skating on ice’ and bird traps symbolising the uncertainty of life and its many hazards, respectively. Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a pioneer of this style of painting and what is now known as genre painting.

Anthony attributes his creativity to be mainly down to his own unique observation of the world around him, rather than from imagination, and explains that he has always viewed everything he sees in terms of constituent parts - shapes, colour and light - and instinctively contemplates how he can recreate what he is seeing as a painting.

If the notion of springtime reminds you of countryside walks and newborn mammals galloping on their wobbly legs then Bev Davies’ On the Run certainly fits the bill (no pun intended). Her original watercolour painting on canvas beautifully depicts three young goslings, and its minimalist design complements any colour wall in your home.