This fab poster of ‘Sunny Sidmouth’, created by our talented daughter Maddie Thomas, is now available in the shop as a framed A3 print. Beautifully capturing the town’s famous charm, it depicts many of Sidmouth’s cherished spots including the iconic Jacob’s Ladder, Connaught Gardens and the Byes. It’s a perfect tribute to the town and …
Sidmouth
Capturing a Best Friend: A Portrait of Reggie
This is a portrait of Reggie. I was commissioned to paint this gorgeous boy’s portrait at the end of last year but never got round to posting it ….so here he is! If you would like to commission a portrait of your loyal friend, please go to the Pet Portraits page of this website for …
New Painting of Poppies near Sidmouth Seafront
This beautiful, original painting of the early summer display of poppies in front of the Victoria Hotel is entitled ‘Sidmouth Poppies’. It is also available as a mounted or framed Giclee print and as a greetings card.
A Short Video Introduction to The Art Den
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New Original Painting on Sale of Bluebells at Blackbury Camp
Here’s a pastel painting I recently completed of the beautiful bluebell display at Blackbury Camp. The original painting will be for sale in the shop from today. It measures 40cm x 40cm and we have complemented it with a contemporary white frame and a white bevel cut mount. The overall size including the frame measures …
We Restore Old and Damaged Photographs
We can repair your precious old photographs that are faded or damaged. We can even colourise black & white photographs to bring treasured memories back to life! Please feel free to bring any of your photographs that need restoring into our Sidmouth shop for a no-obligation quotation.
Latest painting of Sidmouth Beach
Lorraine’s first painting of 2024, this beautiful watercolour is titled ‘Winter’s Afternoon on Sidmouth Beach’. The original sold straight away but we have giclée prints available in various sizes, both framed and unframed.
Mid-century style
How about adding some mid-century style glamour to your home with this gorgeous, sunset orange ripple vase!
Cavapoo Portrait
Ruby the Cavapoo – the most recent pet portrait commission to leave the shop. Must admit I fell a little bit in love with the real Ruby.
Double Portrait
Here’s a portrait from earlier this summer of Frankie & Freddie.
Closed this Thursday & Friday
The shop will be closed Thursday 8th and Friday 9th September – open again as usual on Saturday 10th September. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
Glass gifts
We’re loving these iridescent little dishes and tealight holders we have in the shop at the moment…
Quirky gifts
They’re back! A new flock of quirky seagulls landed in the shop yesterday – doubt they’ll hang around for long…
We Have Moved!
We are excited to announce that we have relocated to Sidmouth High Street! After 6 very happy years, we were sad to leave our Libra Court family but when this shop became available, we knew it was right for us. We’d like to say a big thank you to all our customers and friends for …
Pet Portrait
Here’s a pastel portrait of Dougal looking as if butter wouldn’t melt!
Greeting Cards of Sidmouth
We have a wide range of Sidmouth greetings cards, featuring both paintings and photography. Here is a winter snow scene of The Byes taken by Bruce.
Personalised Christmas Portrait Gift Voucher
Lorraine is fully booked with portrait commissions for Christmas but you can still order an Art Den Portrait Gift Voucher as the perfect, thoughtful Christmas gift. The voucher itself has your personalised message printed on beautiful Premium Art paper. (Please allow 2 days to for the voucher to be professionally printed). For further information please …
We’re Open Again!
Everyone at Libra Court is feeling festive and happy to be back. Pop down and see us!
Pet Photography Devon
Not only do we accept painting commissions but we also offer pet photography. Bruce recently photographed Toast, a gorgeous American Cocker Spaniel puppy, in black & white.
Pretty in Pink
I usually opt for a neutral grey background for the pet portraits but sometimes people want something a bit more colourful. This is Rosie.