Alan Lee
Chagford
Illustrator and film designer Alan Lee moved to Chagford in 1975. Kate Greenaway Medal and an Oscar winner, known for his Tolkien art and the book Faeries.
Visual artists working in any medium
Our Dartmoor lists 21 artists and painters on and around Dartmoor, with the largest groups in Ashburton (3), Princetown (2).
Use the map or the list below to see where each one is.
Chagford
Illustrator and film designer Alan Lee moved to Chagford in 1975. Kate Greenaway Medal and an Oscar winner, known for his Tolkien art and the book Faeries.
Artist and curator whose recent work focuses on the geology and stone culture of Dartmoor, where he lives; co-author of Rock Idols: A Guide to Dartmoor in 28 Tors.
Princetown
Anne-Marie Furse is a landscape artist, illustrator and printmaker whose vibrant, atmospheric work is inspired by the scenery and history of Dartmoor and the Cornish coast.
Old books sometimes spell "Leather Tor" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?
Writer and editor based in South Devon, exploring narrative, nature and the stories we tell ourselves.
Moretonhampstead
Ford Street Gallery is an exciting new art gallery in the centre of Moretonhampstead, displaying and selling fine art and photography.
Do you need unique, original illustration for your business? Get in touch!
Ashburton
Ashburton-born clergyman and artist (1752-1821) whose illustrated journals of Georgian Devon began with a tour across Dartmoor in 1789.
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Patches of mist all full of silver light moved like lonely living things on the face of the high Moor.”
Also on Our DartmoorRing cairn near Merrivale Bridge — A ring cairn on Longash Common, south-east of Merrivale Bridge, in one of the densest concentrations of ritual monuments on Dartmoor.