Nina Cadzow Artist

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Nina Cadzow Artist

Abstract artist with a special interest in handmade pigments from the earth and plants

18/05/2026

https://www.totnesopenstudios.uk
Its that time ! Next weekend-Friday, saturday ,sunday and monday is the big weekend where us Totnes Artists throw open our studios and let you in to our world!
Check out the link above to get information on all the amazing artists and a map so you can find us.
There will be cake and tea at mine, and an experiment with the madder i grew last year in an attempt to make a fresh batch of madder lake.
Lots of new works, big and small , and a couple of my favourites from last year all framed up and looking very nice indeed!

02/05/2026

It is that time of year again-Totnes Open Studios ! The private view for the collective show is Sunday 3rd May-yes thats tomorrow eve!
Then on the Bank Holiday weekend we open our houses up for you to come and see what we get up to in our studios.I am going to attempt to make a madder lake in my kitchen on the sunday and there will be cake! see you there

26/03/2026

Here is a sketch i developed from my plein air studies at Averton Gifford.
I made this lovely bright green which i call"Fresh", using charcoal gouache, french yellow earth,India blue, which is a lot cooler than ultramarine, and a dash of persan yellow gouache. And the soft pink colour is westonfields and a touch of charcoal gouache
pigments

24/03/2026

So I am doing an interim post as certain people have alerted me to the fact that all the posts I have done (the last 2) haven’t been linked to Instagram! So hopefully this will reach the wider world intact!
Did a walk from Averton Gifford to Bantham, above the estuary on high ground. Perfect day and the tide was way low and the colours along the river were these beautiful muted umber and silver-greens .when I got home I tried to re-create those colours and came up with a gorgeous devon red mud mixed with a charcoal black and white clay to get that pink-grey-ochre colour of the sand and an interesting mix of clay, charcoal black , india blue and a synthetic yellow gouache to create a dusty pale green. Here are a few scribblings and experiments.

22/03/2026

A fun day was had at the end of last month at Salcombe Arts Club! I Ran a Natural Pigment course for a very keen group of artists. We made watercolours, gouache and Glair, made from egg whites beaten stiffly and let sit for 10 minutes. Underneath the egg white will appear a clear watery substance which can be used as a binder and a fixative for unstable media like charcoal. I have successfully fixed some life drawings that I liked by monoprinting the glair on to the picture and they now won’t smudge!
The breaking news this week is that the famous postern yellow ochre is no longer, as the forest where it was, on a massive tree root has been cleared. Upended Tree roots usually provide very pure uncontaminated colour. Here is a pic of a tree on the sharpham path. It’s not yellow but produces a beautiful clear golden brown, which comes into its own when mixed with whites

15/03/2026

Here we are in March - and it is still raining! In desperation on a very tempestuous day, I concluded the only way I will ever get outside drawing again is to invest in better wet weather gear-and just get wet!
So off I traipsed to Broardsands-and yes it was pelting down, and the wind was blowing a hooley,but the raw energy of the crashing sea was so wonderfully uplifting!

12/10/2025

So after deliberating and suddenly seeing this painting again for the first time in days (I turned it to the wall) I definitely didn’t like those collage bits and they had to go!
I considered the prospect of adding a large circle in the bottom left -(i had been out walking and drawing at an ancient well near Bishopsteignton, so it was on my mind) but those collage bits were still annoying and distracting, so they have been whited out. But I do like the big circle! And I scratched quite deeply into the white area and added a glaze to break the white at the top. Probably should leave it now for a while .
Check out my new blog on my website about how a painting has its own direction inspite of your plans!

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11/10/2025

Decided that the big black marks were too loud-want some quieter space, so I introduced these thinner burnt sienna collage pieces.
Here are some close ups of the piece so far.
This has been an interesting experiment making my process public-I was wondering what would happen- does having an audience alter the sorts of risks and mistakes I make because l am worried about reaction? Am I likely to be more outcome focused? Probably!

08/10/2025

Thought the quiet space to the left hand side needed a BIG mark. So, I got printing! Had a play around with a few ideas

04/10/2025

More big painting progress-after doing the leaves and laying down tons of white everywhere, it was time to introduce some colour. I found some soft pastels-from a long time ago, back in the day when I used to do realistic still life in pastel ( I am talking 40 years ago!) and I thought-why not scrumble these gorgeous colours in with my clay paint-works a treat and great for gradations .i felt it needed some structure at this point so I laid in my horizontal stripes with masking tape, threw some watercolour wash over it then scrubbed it back -nice effect. So tomorrow is another day. Let’s see what happens! oh, and i monprinted a fern-i might obliterate it yet!

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http://ninacadzow.com/

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