Kerri Pratt is a Fine Artist living and working in Derbyshire. With a studio base at Harrington Mills Studios in Long Eaton. She recently completed an arts residency for the Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Award, working from Banks Mill Studio in the Derby city centre.

Inspired by travel and encounters with new places, Kerri’s paintings have references to man-made, industrial and urban landscapes. She deconstructs the landscape through a drawing process to find new ways of ‘seeing’ and responding to the built environment.

Verging on the abstract, the spaces depicted have an ambiguity intended to intrigue the viewer offering an element of familiarity without fully revealing itself. Strong colour and dramatic structural composition are vital components, evoking a strong sense of place.

During her arts residency she developed new work inspired by her home county of Derbyshire, culminating in a solo exhibition at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery in September 2015.

http://www.vickersartaward.co.uk