Wild Within Art Exhibition

Wild Within opens at Art at Vixen on Saturday 7 November, and it's on until 21 November. The show is by Kirsten Todd, a Lancashire artist who's been painting and drawing since she was a child. It forms part of the VAA Open Spaces Global Arts Trail, so it's one stop in a wider run of exhibitions rather than a standalone show.

Todd works in acrylics and splits her time between portraits and abstracts. Her portraiture centres on what she calls the 'Rise of the Divine Feminine', which she frames as a rebalancing of masculine and feminine energies in the world. It's the kind of thing that gives you a bit to chew on while you're looking at the work, rather than just something to glance at and move on from.

There's a fair bit of history behind the paintings, too. Todd earned a degree in graphic design and spent more than 25 years working in that field before committing to painting full-time. So this isn't a casual hobby; it's the work of someone who spent two and a half decades in design before making the switch to the canvas. The exhibition hangs at Art at Vixen, which is Todd's own home gallery in Lancashire, so you're seeing the work in the same space where it's made.

Entry is free, and the show runs from 7 November through to 21 November, giving you a couple of weeks to fit it in. If you're in the area, it's a straightforward one to drop into.