Arlene Sharp is a contemporary painter living and working in London. In 2023, she completed her BA(Hons) Painting degree with the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), graduating with a First. Arlene draws inspiration from the natural world, exploring how to express it through space, form, colour and light. Walking in her local woodland, which provides a constant source of inspiration, as well as travelling further afield, Arlene gathers visual information through sketching, photography and note-taking. She is also inspired by writers/philosophers such as Gaston Bachelard and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, particularly their texts on the perception and experience of space. Arlene works in acrylics, inks, painted collage and mixed media, creating paintings that evoke a sense of place and reflect her personal experience within a particular landscape.