DYLAN LLOYD
Born, Gravesend, Kent. 1972. British.
BA (hons) Fine Art, Falmouth School of Art 1991-1994.
Based in his studio in Blanford Forum, Dorset.
Dylan Lloyd’s work is a painterly response to the classic subject matter of gardens and landscapes. Built up through thin layers of oil paint, there are areas of intense detail balanced with gestural brushwork, encouraging the viewer to enter the space and be transported into a verdant landscape alongside being absorbed by the surface of the paintings.
Many of the gardens are imagined places but are a response to formal and wild gardens of Dorset, Wiltshire and Normandy - from walled kitchen gardens to wild hedgerows and beautiful planting in French villages. Contemporary developments in garden design, film and photography are also important ingredients in the work. He does not use any imagery as reference, but prefers to remember and the reimagine the information gained from walks and visits.
The last few years have seen a greater emphasis placed on the balance between control and the freedom of plants and paint to flourish independently. Hedgerows, wild flowers, birds and grasses have emerged with greater energy whilst the painterly setting remains gestural and suggestive. The appreciation of plants, nature and the landscape and the painted response to it have been, like for so many other people, an increasingly important aspect of his life and work in recent years.
Selected recent exhibitions
2026, Dart Gallery, Dartmouth (group)
2026, Lion Street Gallery, Hay on Wye (group)
2026, Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford (group)
2025, ‘a fields width’ Dorchester Corn Exchange Gallery (solo)
2025 Pathways, Wirth Gallery Sherborne (solo)
2025 Fresh Horizons, McAllister Thomas, Godalming (group)
2025, Dart Gallery, Dartmouth (group)
2024 Dart Gallery, Dartmouth (joint show)
2024 AAF, Battersea with Long and Ryle (group)
2024 McAllister Thomas, Godalming (solo)
2024 Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford (group)
2023 In Full Bloom, Dart Gallery, Dartmouth (solo)
2023, Summer Exhibition, Long and Ryle, Pimlico (group)
2022 Revive, Long and Ryle, Pimlico (solo)
2022 Verdant landscapes, McAllister Thomas, Godalming (solo)
2021 Primavera, Long and Ryle, Pimlico (group)