About
Hi and thankyou so much for visiting my website. My name is Natasha Laidlaw, My background was teaching but creativity has never been far away from me. I finally decided to begin learning to paint more professionally in my 40's and the result is H'Art and Design!
My first year of selling professionally led me to paint a range of landscapes, seascapes and underwater scenes in an abstract expressive and fun style. More recently I have developed my work in the digital art world which gives me more versatility and a wider range of products to offer you!
I also came to realise on my creative journey, that many of you wanted designs not just on your walls but on day to day products so in 2020 I invested in machinery and products so that I could print them myself and send to you direct.
In 2020 I created 'The Cornish Gnome' which combines my drawings of cute little gnomes in Cornish tartan with the endearing Cornish slang expressions. I started with Proper Job, Dreckly, Ansum and Dearovim but there are now many more! I hope you like them and they bring a smile.... this is my primary aim in designing them.... a bit of fun and joy!!
I also have been working on designs that include quotes, I think the year 2020 had made us all reflect on life as we know it and a good quote is always food for thought. You can view all my quote art prints and home ranges here.
Visit 'Art of Cornwall' page to view Cornish landscapes and seascapes which are created bespoke for the area of the shops I sell in and will be adding more towns and villages in time. Visit Art Of UK page for anything outisde of Cornwall, this section is work in progress!
One of my passions is painting and drawing the wonderful array of animals and creatures found in our beautiful world, as a result in 2020 'Nature's Own' page was born, checkout the page for more!
In 2022 I decided to join my 2 passions up together to teach art and my you tube channel and social media are now full of tutorials for all art and craft types. Visit my channel here
2023 was a year of continuing art tutorials on you tube, along with selling physical products through my wonderful stockist stores. 2024 I tested my foot in the water of creating my own art and colouring books.
2025 is the most exciting year yet, opening a bricks and mortar store for pick and mix art and crafts activities aswell as a small gallery space to sell my own art!
Take care and stay safe you 'ansum bunch!!