About Us

WideskiesArt is part of the Wideskies Publishing group and is based in the beautiful leafy countryside of Dorset, Southern England, UK. Our aim is to exhibit untainted, unique and original styles, so our galleries offer a new refreshing experience.

This online art gallery displays work that will enhance your home interior design or perhaps your office interior and is particularly suitable as a unique art gift. You can choose from Lithographic and open edition Giclée prints.
Extra large prints or special size prints are available to order and can be suitable if you require art prints for commercial premises. Commissioned work is occasionally undertaken - please e-mail us for details.

What's it all about?

The name Wideskies was chosen because it is indicative of our philosophy. We believe that creativity should be unrestrained. As free as the air, as wide as the sky. The artwork here tries to capture fragments of ideas and inspirations, and magnify them in the hope that they will be a catalyst of a chain of positive thought and energy. It's about being small and remembering how vivid the sights and sounds were, and how big everything seemed. It's about being big and yet feeling insignificant in the massive scale of things. Wanting and sometimes needing to remember a perspective that seemed lost. More than anything though, it is about escaping, allowing yourself the freedom of fantasy. Finding wings to fly above it all for a while.

Where are we going?

Anywhere we like really. At Wideskies we ignore the 'rules' that seem to suffocate all creativity. Too many people with too many opinions about what makes art good or bad. Too many protocols, too much 'establishment'. To our delight, many others have appreciated and understood our philosophy. It doesn't begin and end with art. Our future projects include the addition of music and poetry. All original, all honest.

Reach out and touch me.

That's the ultimate goal, whatever the method. To provide images sound and words that others can relate to. There's a lot of misery and sadness in this world, but there's so much simple joy and beauty. It's nice to capture the positive and share it.

Welcome to our world.

Artist's biography ~ Karen May

Me & my hats ~ the great escape

As far as being an artist goes, I'm a bit of a peasant. I didn't go and study art anywhere and I haven't undertaken any exhibitions or shows (I am thinking about it). My only 'arty' accolade so far is painting a few commissioned pieces. In fact, I would not have become a professional artist at all had it not been for the efforts of some long-suffering, special people in my life who dragged me out of my floral fantasy closet and spent a very, very long time persuading me that it was the right thing to do. I owe them a huge debt of gratitude. Whilst I'm on the subject of 'Thank you's', I have to say a heartfelt one to the people who have bought my work and those who have said some really nice and touching things about it. You have made me laugh and cry at the same time, and even though I'm uncomfortable with the exposure I'm getting, you have made me determined to continue and develop.

What about the hats?

Well, when I'm not wearing one of my creative hats, I'm a stone cold realist. I don't have any misgivings about our world, so when it's all a bit too ugly I collect up the bits of it that I love or hate the most and create an alternative reality. Like most people, my perspective changes depending on the situation. I don't always look from the same place. That's why I change my hats to fit my head.

Dee Dee and me ~ We go back a long way

Every so often I stumble across something that takes me back to my childhood. It could be a sight, a sound or a smell. Quite often it's watching or listening to children, I find them so inspiring. They help me to remember how I used to see the world. They're honest, simple and refreshing. That's when I paint as Dee Dee, she's childish, but she understands the vulnerability of little minds. Dee Dee likes to capture key elements of positive childhood imagery and represent them in a simple way. She also has a love of the ridiculous.

This is nice ~ Just the eight of us!

There are many other hats and heads in my life and I'm looking forward to introducing more of them. They don't all belong here at Wideskies, but I hope that those who do, will spread a little happiness.

Thanks everyone,

          


me too........