Daisy Potter

Daisy Potter is a self-taught portrait artist based in the south east of England. With a background in textiles, surface texture and vibrant colours are something that she carries over into her paintings.

She featured as a contestant on Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 painting Fleabag’s Sian Clifford. Working mostly with acrylic paint, she has recently been adding layers with pastels. She shares, “After experiencing a long period of depression, brought on by a traumatic event, I felt compelled to capture myself at that time in a portrait. I found it incredibly therapeutic and it drew me to understand that others would have stories under the surface and I wanted to capture and celebrate their fights and victories in portraiture. I am especially inspired by women. My technique is unplanned. I paint in layers and make corrections as I go, not stopping until I recognise what I’d been trying to capture; the essence of the sitter.

See more of Daisy’s work at daisypotter.co.uk