Shelley Thornton

Owner Director @Artlantic

My lifelong obsession with art and painting led me to set up Artlantic - the company that brings my bold and colourful abstract painting style to the world.\\\\n\\\\nI have drawn and painted my entire life and after my first visit to St Ives, just after Tate St Ives opened, the draw to live in the place was magnetising. I moved there permanently after the birth of my first child because of the breath-taking quality and purity of light that it provides. The move spurred a change in direction for my art towards abstraction, and I set up Artlantic around that time.\\\\n\\\\nArtlantic came to life in a studio in my home. But taking up a bespoke studio in the artists’ quarter of the art colony of St Ives in 2020 is a dream come true.\\\\n\\\\nMy studio is around the corner from the iconic Porthmeor Beach – not far from the Tate. St Ives is a unique and special place where the light reflects from the waves like no other. Many of my unique collections draw from this magical landscape. From the Vessels paintings, based on the ever-changing harbour scenes, to the Porthminster and Porthmeor collections, taking inspiration from the beach and the rolling Atlantic waves.\\\\n\\\\nBorn in Yorkshire and brought up close to the Northern hubs for coal, steel and rail – a love of industrial urban landscape has shaped my interest in the real, unpolished architecture of that era. I also love the sleek city skyline of today. In my work, I find myself blending images of steel furnaces and coal mines from my northern roots with modern cityscapes and the contrasting beauty of Cornwall.\\\\n\\\\nHaving honed my art practice, regularly held or featured in exhibitions, and built up a body of work over the last 20 years – culminating in the collections I show today, Artlantic was re-born in 2022 – with a new logo and brand, and a great online presence with new e-commerce website. I invite you to discover more about me, my inspiration, my collections, my artworks, and my events by visiting \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n