Louise Grace

2 – 4 October 2026

I’m counting down to Surrey Art Fair at Epsom Down Racecourse in just a few weeks, and I’m just about ready to share what’s coming.

Quality over quantity has been my focus this year, and I’ll be bringing a new collection of limited edition Giclee prints and vibrant acrylic pieces including recent tennis paintings, Eden Roc and Wimbles.

Also, I have a new Lords piece I’m almost finished with. More hats and crowds!

For free entry to Surrey Art Fair, please use the following ticket link:

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991851933753/?discount=louisegrace

Over the last year, several paintings were requested as limited edition prints by visitors to Bath Art Fair and Caversham Arts Trail, so I’ve done this in time for Surrey Art Fair. Two of my favourites — Haludovo Palace and Pirates of Joshua Tree at Witching Hour — are among them, and they’re also going live on my website in the days before for anyone who can’t make it along.

At the fair, my prints are professionally mounted (at no extra cost to collectors), and while the photos of the prints are pretty accurate, I’d love for you to see them in person — the colour and vibrancy really come alive up close.

If you’d like a full list of available prints, just drop me a message. You can also reserve a print number in advance as I’ll be picking more up this week.

Mini paintings from france

This week I’m also finishing some small paintings from our recent Tour de France — we stayed in Loire, Lot and L’Escarene, and flew through Dijon. I was lucky enough to visit the Matisse Museum in Nice and see, in person, paintings I’d only ever known from books. What a difference that made — the playful composition, the unexpected colours! Its what I chase in my own work. I’m still processing it all, and I have a feeling it’s going to carry me through winter and well into spring.

It’s been the longest, hottest summer — full of cricket, time with the kids, and a lovely stretch in France with family. Getting back into a steady painting routine hasn’t been easy this year, and time has felt more elusive than usual. Between family events, my volunteer roles and part-time work (a shift I made back in Autumn 2024 specifically to make more room for painting), the hours fill up fast. I chase it and it moves further away. Perhaps if I stand still, it will return to me like a curious, hungry cat?

And this autumn brought two big transitions — my eldest starting Year 11 and GCSEs, my youngest starting secondary school — adjustments that took up more space than I’d planned for or that I could fit in my head.

I won’t pretend I’ve cracked the balance between life and studio time — I’m not sure I ever will. But I’m learning that the fullness of a busy season isn’t necessarily the enemy of the work; sometimes it’s exactly what feeds it.

Each year the pace can be different, energy ebs and flows, the work changes as we change and I’m going to stop fighting the urge to control it. Its like trying to catch the wind.

In the run-up to the fair, I’ll be sharing previews on Instagram and Facebook — tennis, cricket and park pieces that came together over spring and summer, plus a few pieces now freshly framed and ready to show.

I’d be thrilled to see some of you at Surrey Art Fair, opening 2nd October and running until Sunday 4th. Come and say hello I’m on stand 30!

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