Lydia Hamblet

London — Painting & Printmaking

Lydia Hamblet's paintings begin with close observation — of weather patterns, shifting light, and the restless energy of urban and natural spaces. Working primarily in oil and oil bar on large-scale canvases, she builds layered, abstracted surfaces that carry the urgency of mark-making alongside a sensitivity to atmosphere and mood. Rather than depicting specific places, Hamblet's work distils a felt encounter with landscape — the physical disturbance of a tennis court mid-play, the calm weight of water in winter, the vibrant pulse of a city skyline at dusk. Her large-scale public installations bring this sensibility into shared urban space, inviting passersby to encounter abstraction in everyday settings. In 2023 she was commissioned by Canary Wharf to create Together, Basking on the South Quay — a 15-metre hand-painted mural that is the only work in the UK's largest free outdoor public art collection to have been created on-site by the artist. Hamblet works as a constant observer. Her subjects — local parks, sports facilities, rivers and shorelines — are not chosen for picturesque appeal but for the energy and memory they hold. She encourages viewers to connect with the weather imprints and memories they see in her art in their own way. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Canary Wharf, and Clifford Chance.