about
Louise Weir works as an educator, illustrator and artist, her work has received awards in the UK and internationally and is held in several public/private collections. She has been working within the Illustration industry for over twenty years. Louise is passionate about drawing, especially on location and is a sketchbook enthusiast or if needs be happy to draw on whatever is available. Louise currently works as a senior lecturer and is head of the first year on the Illustration course at Middlesex University. Louise is always keen to collaborate and expand her work across disciplines, she has produced back drops and props for films, worked with visualisers and software companies on projecting animations/live drawings onto buildings and worked with school groups to produce murals. Louise also enjoys delivering a wide range of educational and community workshops for all ages and abilities.
Recent projects have centred in and around particular landscapes, where Louise has also developed a series of mixed-media works/poetry works, investigating London’s East End, Gravesend and Epping Forest, with Louise visiting many times to establish deep connections with their stories, landscape and characters through on-site drawing and research. More information on these projects can be found at www.expectationsofthepast.co.uk
Louise grew up in a small hamlet in the North West of England called Hatton in the only local pub the “Hatton Arms”. The rural landscape and the large and rich variety of “locals” that inhabited her childhood have had a profound effect on Louise’s work and she has a fascination with narratives that explore unusual characters, folklore and landscape.
She currently lives in Walthamstow and works in her studio next to London Fields in the East End of London.
Her commerial work has been discussed in anthologies of Illustration including, “The Fundamentals of Illustration” by Lawrence Zeegan, , Varoom, A.O.I Images, and journals published in connection with the Illustrative Berlin/Zurich 2007- 11 in which original artworks have been exhibited. She was also a founder member of a successful Illustration collective called Monster, and has also held a position as joint director at The Association of Illustrators. Clients include Design, Advertising, Publishing and Editorial. Working in the U.K and worldwide for clients such as The Royal Mail, CDP Advertising, The Ministry of Sound, Wardour Publishing, Random House Publishing, Penguin, The Guardian, Independent, Mail and Times newspapers.