LAURA
GRACE
HAINES
Art & Illustration
Hi, my name is Laura and I am an illustrator and painter living in Kent, drawing inspiration from many different sources. I love painting in the countryside, and exploring beautiful landscapes such as the South Downs and the New Forest - and further afield including Turkey and North Africa. I also sketch and paint on location, especially in London around Southwark, Bermondsey, Wapping and Greenwich; areas full of tall, atmospheric warehouses, old wharfs and hidden streets.
I am fascinated by archaeology and history and enjoy reconstructing and interpreting sites and artefacts. In 2011 I completed an MA course in archaeological illustration at Swindon College with distinction. I studied the remains of a deserted medieval village and tried to bring back to life some of the vibrant characters who would have lived there. My final year project was to create an app and website exploring Iron Age life at Butser Ancient Farm. More recently I have illustrated some interpretation boards for them exploring their new Neolithic and Anglo-Saxon areas. I have also supplied some Roman reconstructions for Lee Rotherham’s The Discerning Barbarian’s Guidebook to Roman Britain - People to meet and places to plunder.
Stockists and Markets
- Winchester Art and Design Market (check Facebook for dates).
- Cheriton Village Stores, Cheriton, Hampshire.
- Raw Family Design, Yorkshire, Robin Hood’s Bay.
- Made in Kent, Gravesend.
- Whitstable Shop and Visitor Information Centre.
- Mockbeggar Farm Shop, Rochester.
Exhibitions
- Unseen Kingston, Kingston Museum, Kingston upon Thames, 2007.
- Hampshire Artists’ Week, Owlesbury Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 2007 and 2010.
- Walking The Line, Coningsbury Gallery, London, 2009.
- Southwark Open Exhibition, Gallery Cafe, Southwark Park, 2008.
- Kingston University Degree Show ‘Fresh Meat’ - Kingston University and Shoreditch Town Hall, 2009.
- MA show, Archaeological Illustration at Swindon College, 2011.
- RAW Artwork Exhibition, Winchester 2012 and 2013.
- Flowerpots pub, Cheriton, 2015.
- Retail Artists Gallery Exhibition, Main Centre Gallery, Chatham, 2nd - 15th November 2017.
Web
- Interview with Austenonly.com on the Jane Austen Exhibition.
- Accompanying website to booklet on St Audreys psychiatric hospital, Suffolk.
- BBC History Magazine online 'Viking Women at Home and War'.
- More of my archaeological illustrations can be seen on my Behance portfolio here .
Clients and Work
- Recording important buildings before they are destroyed in Kingston upon Thames for the Brill Collection, Kingston Museum.
- Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon boards for Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire.
- Jane Austen exhibition, Fossils Rock family leaflet and Bugs! exhibition for Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire.
- Posters for Watercress Line, Hampshire (Mid Hants Railway).
- Illustrations for ‘The Discerning Barbarian’s Guidebook to Roman Britain’ by Dr Lee Rotherham, published by and available from Bretwalda Books Ltd.
- St Audry’s information booklet, Suffolk County Council.
- Were-rabbit trail and K6 Phonebox exhibit for the Museum of East Anglian Life, Suffolk.
- Dinosaur designs for Raw Family Design, Yorkshire.
- Conservation statement for the Church of St Nicholas, Southfleet, Kent.
- Excavation work and some technical drawing and planning of excavation site at St Cross, Winchester, with WARG group.
- Artefact drawing and research for the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
- Miles for 100 Years Leaflet design for World War One walking trails in Kent, Screen South - Folkestone.
- Illustrations for the BBC History magazine article 'Viking Women at Home and War'. March 2019.
- Reconstruction of a Roman lady for a Roman villa museum at The Newt in Somerset. July 2021.
- Archaeological reconstructions of an Iron Age feasting site in Leicestershire, for a museum display by Leicester University Archaeological Services (ULAS). Current - 2023.
Awards
- Brill Collection Competition winner 2006, Kingston Museum.
- Kingston University Reportage Award Winner 2007.
- Brill Collection Competition winner 2008, Kingston Museum.
- Martin Howe Bursary, South Midlands Museums Federation.
Commissions are welcome. Please contact me at info@lauragracehaines.co.uk if you want to buy any of my paintings and cards or just to get in touch.
All content copyright © Laura Grace Haines 2021. All rights reserved.
