Charlotte Loukes Art
@loukesfineart.bsky.social
Painting the light and shade.
‘Not all who wander are lost’ JRR Tolkien. 🌿
Artist living and working in West Sussex, UK 🕊️
charlotteloukes.com
‘Not all who wander are lost’ JRR Tolkien. 🌿
Artist living and working in West Sussex, UK 🕊️
charlotteloukes.com
View over #Lodsworth towards Langham Brewery A beautiful place to visit, stop and have a drink if you’re passing.
Watercolour and pastel painting
Watercolour and pastel painting
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
View over #Lodsworth towards Langham Brewery A beautiful place to visit, stop and have a drink if you’re passing.
Watercolour and pastel painting
Watercolour and pastel painting
Sometimes creating is such a joy, you lose yourself but in a good way. It’s the way I feel when walking somewhere new.
#notallwhowanderarelost #natureandart #painting
#notallwhowanderarelost #natureandart #painting
September 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sometimes creating is such a joy, you lose yourself but in a good way. It’s the way I feel when walking somewhere new.
#notallwhowanderarelost #natureandart #painting
#notallwhowanderarelost #natureandart #painting
I love the romance of an empty country road. They may not take me to far off lands on our island but they hold the promise of adventure.
The broadleaf trees create avenues of light and shade, bends in the road hide the destination.
If it was a new world, would you be excited or afraid?
The broadleaf trees create avenues of light and shade, bends in the road hide the destination.
If it was a new world, would you be excited or afraid?
August 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I love the romance of an empty country road. They may not take me to far off lands on our island but they hold the promise of adventure.
The broadleaf trees create avenues of light and shade, bends in the road hide the destination.
If it was a new world, would you be excited or afraid?
The broadleaf trees create avenues of light and shade, bends in the road hide the destination.
If it was a new world, would you be excited or afraid?
Morning
Watercolour, gouache & wax crayon on paper
Early morning walks to avoid the heat. We’re lucky to have ancient footpaths in the South Downs, a part of the UK inhabited for thousands of years.
#southdowns #footpath #dogwalk #fineart #originalart
Watercolour, gouache & wax crayon on paper
Early morning walks to avoid the heat. We’re lucky to have ancient footpaths in the South Downs, a part of the UK inhabited for thousands of years.
#southdowns #footpath #dogwalk #fineart #originalart
August 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Morning
Watercolour, gouache & wax crayon on paper
Early morning walks to avoid the heat. We’re lucky to have ancient footpaths in the South Downs, a part of the UK inhabited for thousands of years.
#southdowns #footpath #dogwalk #fineart #originalart
Watercolour, gouache & wax crayon on paper
Early morning walks to avoid the heat. We’re lucky to have ancient footpaths in the South Downs, a part of the UK inhabited for thousands of years.
#southdowns #footpath #dogwalk #fineart #originalart
Super proud to be asked to exhibit four paintings at The Gallery at Horsham Museum: Summer 2025
It’s a lovely museum & gallery, with free entry it’s definitely worth a visit.
#artexhibition #watercolour #art
It’s a lovely museum & gallery, with free entry it’s definitely worth a visit.
#artexhibition #watercolour #art
July 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Super proud to be asked to exhibit four paintings at The Gallery at Horsham Museum: Summer 2025
It’s a lovely museum & gallery, with free entry it’s definitely worth a visit.
#artexhibition #watercolour #art
It’s a lovely museum & gallery, with free entry it’s definitely worth a visit.
#artexhibition #watercolour #art
More #sketchpad empty roads - freedom and escape … maybe we all need a bit of that.
#ontheroad #travelling #journey #sketching #sussex #southdowns #artistsonflashes #artist #art
#ontheroad #travelling #journey #sketching #sussex #southdowns #artistsonflashes #artist #art
June 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
More #sketchpad empty roads - freedom and escape … maybe we all need a bit of that.
#ontheroad #travelling #journey #sketching #sussex #southdowns #artistsonflashes #artist #art
#ontheroad #travelling #journey #sketching #sussex #southdowns #artistsonflashes #artist #art
Another sketch of an empty road. Remembering the freedom of learning to drive and the feeling that I could go anywhere. The childish idea that the road was endless with adventure round the corner like a Tolkienesque quest.
June 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Another sketch of an empty road. Remembering the freedom of learning to drive and the feeling that I could go anywhere. The childish idea that the road was endless with adventure round the corner like a Tolkienesque quest.
Sketchbook prep for a new series of paintings. I love the tree tunnels in West Sussex
#artistsonbluesky #painting #fineart #artcollector #artgallery #sussex #uncanny #inbetween
#artistsonbluesky #painting #fineart #artcollector #artgallery #sussex #uncanny #inbetween
June 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Sketchbook prep for a new series of paintings. I love the tree tunnels in West Sussex
#artistsonbluesky #painting #fineart #artcollector #artgallery #sussex #uncanny #inbetween
#artistsonbluesky #painting #fineart #artcollector #artgallery #sussex #uncanny #inbetween
Both are true.
Watercolour, gouache & pastel.
The darkness and light of old footpaths.
.
#sussex #track #walking #southdowns #petworth #uncanny #watercolour #contemporaryartwork #landscapeart #fineart #artcollector #artistsonFlashes
Watercolour, gouache & pastel.
The darkness and light of old footpaths.
.
#sussex #track #walking #southdowns #petworth #uncanny #watercolour #contemporaryartwork #landscapeart #fineart #artcollector #artistsonFlashes
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Both are true.
Watercolour, gouache & pastel.
The darkness and light of old footpaths.
.
#sussex #track #walking #southdowns #petworth #uncanny #watercolour #contemporaryartwork #landscapeart #fineart #artcollector #artistsonFlashes
Watercolour, gouache & pastel.
The darkness and light of old footpaths.
.
#sussex #track #walking #southdowns #petworth #uncanny #watercolour #contemporaryartwork #landscapeart #fineart #artcollector #artistsonFlashes
Today I’ve started a new painting - see below, started listening to Broken Veil (brilliant) and pondered new Pope (not religious but hoping he’ll be a good man).
#liminal #uncanny #painting #artistsonFlashes #brokenveil #landscape #contemporaryart
#liminal #uncanny #painting #artistsonFlashes #brokenveil #landscape #contemporaryart
May 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Today I’ve started a new painting - see below, started listening to Broken Veil (brilliant) and pondered new Pope (not religious but hoping he’ll be a good man).
#liminal #uncanny #painting #artistsonFlashes #brokenveil #landscape #contemporaryart
#liminal #uncanny #painting #artistsonFlashes #brokenveil #landscape #contemporaryart
Reposted by Charlotte Loukes Art
🎤 If the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🎤
Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱
www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
🧶👇
Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱
www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
🧶👇
May 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🎤 If the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🎤
Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱
www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
🧶👇
Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱
www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
🧶👇
Starting the process of finding a visual language for buildings. Cathedrals, churches and abbeys call me to me with their hidden intricacy, dizzying angles and otherworldly function.
#cathedral #chichester #watercolour #architecture #art #artistsonFlashes #sussexliving #sussexartist #artforsale
#cathedral #chichester #watercolour #architecture #art #artistsonFlashes #sussexliving #sussexartist #artforsale
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Starting the process of finding a visual language for buildings. Cathedrals, churches and abbeys call me to me with their hidden intricacy, dizzying angles and otherworldly function.
#cathedral #chichester #watercolour #architecture #art #artistsonFlashes #sussexliving #sussexartist #artforsale
#cathedral #chichester #watercolour #architecture #art #artistsonFlashes #sussexliving #sussexartist #artforsale
I’m looking for exhibition space in or around Petworth. Let me know if you have space or know of anything. #petworth #fittleworth #pulborough #midhurst #exhibitionspace #artcollector #artforsale #painter #localart #sussex #chichester #haslemere
April 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’m looking for exhibition space in or around Petworth. Let me know if you have space or know of anything. #petworth #fittleworth #pulborough #midhurst #exhibitionspace #artcollector #artforsale #painter #localart #sussex #chichester #haslemere
April 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
April 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You keep going.
Spring in every vein & pulse & sap.
Watercolour WIP.
#watercolour #artistsonflashes #spring #sussex #petworth #southdowns #walking #contemporaryart #hahnemühle #winsorandnewton
Spring in every vein & pulse & sap.
Watercolour WIP.
#watercolour #artistsonflashes #spring #sussex #petworth #southdowns #walking #contemporaryart #hahnemühle #winsorandnewton
April 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
You keep going.
Spring in every vein & pulse & sap.
Watercolour WIP.
#watercolour #artistsonflashes #spring #sussex #petworth #southdowns #walking #contemporaryart #hahnemühle #winsorandnewton
Spring in every vein & pulse & sap.
Watercolour WIP.
#watercolour #artistsonflashes #spring #sussex #petworth #southdowns #walking #contemporaryart #hahnemühle #winsorandnewton
Study for a landscape. I’ve realised I need to re-introduce canvas to my practice. I love this view - full of nature’s messy, beautiful plan
#duncton #sussex #southdowns #landscapeart #artistsonflashes #contemporaryart
#duncton #sussex #southdowns #landscapeart #artistsonflashes #contemporaryart
April 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Study for a landscape. I’ve realised I need to re-introduce canvas to my practice. I love this view - full of nature’s messy, beautiful plan
#duncton #sussex #southdowns #landscapeart #artistsonflashes #contemporaryart
#duncton #sussex #southdowns #landscapeart #artistsonflashes #contemporaryart
Detail from an early Spring morning sketch. The light at this time of year is intoxicating, you can almost hear the new buds popping open. #artonflashes #artist #sketch
April 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Detail from an early Spring morning sketch. The light at this time of year is intoxicating, you can almost hear the new buds popping open. #artonflashes #artist #sketch
Reposted by Charlotte Loukes Art
Our land has likely been covered in trees since the last Ice Age
The ghosts of our ancestors existence, living in and relying on it for food and shelter, are everywhere
Ancient Woodland is sacred earth
Ancient Woodland is more England than anything
The ghosts of our ancestors existence, living in and relying on it for food and shelter, are everywhere
Ancient Woodland is sacred earth
Ancient Woodland is more England than anything
March 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our land has likely been covered in trees since the last Ice Age
The ghosts of our ancestors existence, living in and relying on it for food and shelter, are everywhere
Ancient Woodland is sacred earth
Ancient Woodland is more England than anything
The ghosts of our ancestors existence, living in and relying on it for food and shelter, are everywhere
Ancient Woodland is sacred earth
Ancient Woodland is more England than anything
The way ahead can be exciting or terrifying. As Spring starts to pop up hopefully shoots I wish for 🕊️
#artonFlashes #woodland #wayahead #hopenothate #peacenow #ceasefirenow #landscapeart #sussex #petworth
#artonFlashes #woodland #wayahead #hopenothate #peacenow #ceasefirenow #landscapeart #sussex #petworth
March 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The way ahead can be exciting or terrifying. As Spring starts to pop up hopefully shoots I wish for 🕊️
#artonFlashes #woodland #wayahead #hopenothate #peacenow #ceasefirenow #landscapeart #sussex #petworth
#artonFlashes #woodland #wayahead #hopenothate #peacenow #ceasefirenow #landscapeart #sussex #petworth
The way between
Navigating through, two sides, taking the safe path. Things that are spinning round my head.
#fineart #womeninart #division
Navigating through, two sides, taking the safe path. Things that are spinning round my head.
#fineart #womeninart #division
March 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The way between
Navigating through, two sides, taking the safe path. Things that are spinning round my head.
#fineart #womeninart #division
Navigating through, two sides, taking the safe path. Things that are spinning round my head.
#fineart #womeninart #division
March 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Where are you?
Watercolour & pencil
Part of a series exploring my experience of walking alone as a woman and the sense of the uncanny.
A footpath near #petworth in the UK.
#artist #originalart #landscapepainting #woodland #tree
Watercolour & pencil
Part of a series exploring my experience of walking alone as a woman and the sense of the uncanny.
A footpath near #petworth in the UK.
#artist #originalart #landscapepainting #woodland #tree
March 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Where are you?
Watercolour & pencil
Part of a series exploring my experience of walking alone as a woman and the sense of the uncanny.
A footpath near #petworth in the UK.
#artist #originalart #landscapepainting #woodland #tree
Watercolour & pencil
Part of a series exploring my experience of walking alone as a woman and the sense of the uncanny.
A footpath near #petworth in the UK.
#artist #originalart #landscapepainting #woodland #tree
The old main road
A footpath near #Petworth which used to be a main road and now holds memories of carriages. It’s haunted only by rabbits, foxes and dog walkers now.
#art #fineart #painting #landscape
A footpath near #Petworth which used to be a main road and now holds memories of carriages. It’s haunted only by rabbits, foxes and dog walkers now.
#art #fineart #painting #landscape
March 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The old main road
A footpath near #Petworth which used to be a main road and now holds memories of carriages. It’s haunted only by rabbits, foxes and dog walkers now.
#art #fineart #painting #landscape
A footpath near #Petworth which used to be a main road and now holds memories of carriages. It’s haunted only by rabbits, foxes and dog walkers now.
#art #fineart #painting #landscape