Life and personality jump off the page or screen with one of Vanessa Dell’s portraits. Vivid colours, and an emphasis on the face and its features make her paintings seem more real than real, as they reflect the spirit of the subject as much as their unique look.
Based just south of London and with over two decades of illustration experience, she has always been fascinated by faces and has studied them since childhood. Then, her subjects were Bugs Bunny and Sylvester the Cat, but today her influences include Lucian Freud, Stanley Spencer, Peter Blake, Sidney Nolan and Patrick Heron.
Music, dance and traditional crafts all interest Vanessa, as well as placid pursuits like walking her Irish Terrier, Twiggy, mindfulness sessions and spending time enjoying nature.
Client List
Time Out
Rolling Stone
Slate
Waitrose Weekend
Trailer Park Inc
Kiehls
Annabelle Magazine
Radio Times
Elastic Creative
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