About

Artist Statement

My process begins with drawing from life. Drawing allows me to record my personal experience of a place.

For a long time, I have drawn my surroundings. Wherever I am, home or away. In recent years, I have felt increasingly attracted to nature. Perhaps as an antithesis to an ever more digital world. Nature feels good for my soul, and I want my drawings to offer that same feeling to my audience.

I work in pencil, coloured pencil, pastel, gouache, and acrylic paint. Regardless of medium, my signature energy and playfulness are expressed through mark-making and colour.

Biography

Isabella Lloyd Mitchell was born in North London, she studied at Central Saint Martins and Nottingham Trent University. She has completed a Drawing Intensive course at The Royal Drawing School. Isabella is a member of Crouch End Open Studios and has exhibited in solo and group shows in the UK. She has produced public engagement workshops for institutions including Imperial College London, Tate and the V&A (Great Exhibition Road Festival). Isabella co-hosts regular free ‘Drawing Escapes’ events in London.

Select Exhibitions and Public Commissions:

2025 Crouch End Open Studios, Exhibition, London
2023 Crouch End Open Studios, Group Exhibition, London
2022 Turnpike Lane Shutter Gallery, Mural, London
2022 Crouch End Open Studios, Exhibition, London
2022 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 210th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2021 Art on the Walls, Mural, St Ann’s Hospital, London
2021 St George’s Arts Week, Mural, St George’s Hospital, London
2021 Artist Walk, Group Exhibition, Alexandra Palace Park, London
2021 Window Gallery, Exhibition, The Workshop N4, London
2021 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 209th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2020 Of Land and Sea, Exhibition, Queen’s Wood Café, London
2019 The Future Of Craft at London Craft Week, Group Exhibition, OXO Tower, London