Drawing
Whitstable in Charcoal
Large scale charcoal drawings and seascapes
2021 - ongoing
Commissions, gallery and private collections
To see and buy Liz’s A1 or A2 drawings, visit her Instagram page where she regularly posts new drawings with prices. You can send a message there or through this website if you’d like to make a purchase.
Liz also creates bespoke artwork within this series. Price depends on scale and complexity. Please contact Liz through this website for more information about commissions.
Studio portrait by Steve Pocock at Wellcome Collection
Photo by Steve Pocock
Sketchbooks, photo by Steve Pocock
At work, photo by Steve Pocock
At work, photo by Steve Pocock
Studio grief drawings, 2024
A1 Whitstable in Charcoal studio drawings
A1 studio drawings
Solo exhibition at The Sportsman, Seasalter
Solo exhibition at The Sportsman, Seasalter
Commissioned drawing for private collection
Six Exhibition at The Horsebridge, Whitstable
Commissioned playing card design for TLC Deck of Cards
Commissioned drawing for private collection
Commissioned drawing for Chasing The Stigma head office, Liverpool
Commissioned drawing for private collection
Commissioned drawing for private collection, Australia
Whitstable in Charcoal in the permanent art collection of Bethlem Gallery, supported by Peter Sowerby Foundation and National Lottery Heritage Fund
Anxiety Drawings
Series exploring anxiety, 2019 onwards
Exhibited at Yamaguchi Institute of Contemporary Art (2020 and 2021) and National Justice Museum (UK 2019-2021)
Acquired by Wellcome Collection, London
Lockdown Ink & Watercolours
Lockdown artworks, created throughout the pandemic
Commissioned large scale pieces in private collections in UK and New Zealand
Pouring Mountains
Large scale performance drawings from 2017 to date
Held in private collections in London and Richmond Virginia USA.
Pouring Mountains, held in Wellcome Collection
Pouring Mountains performance drawing for Bethlem Gallery
Pouring Mountains drawing
Pouring Mountains in the permanent collection and office of a psychiatric nurse practitioner in Richmond Virginia USA
Pouring Mountains, private collection, London
Commissioned Pouring Mountains
Commissioned Pouring Mountains drawing in private collection
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Liz Atkin created and gave away more than 18,000 free #CompulsiveCharcoal newspaper drawings to commuters on public transport in London, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Cologne and more.
Several from this series are held in the permanent collection of Derby Museum.
Compulsive Charcoal
