Dorset Artists Guild

Lindsey Cole

Lindsey was born in Poole in Dorset. After leaving Poole Pottery as a ceramic artist in 1996, she is now a self taught Hampshire based artist living in Ringwood practising in a wide range of subjects and matter.




She became a professional artist in 2001. While studying at Bournemouth Arts Institute, she gained a Diploma in Fine Art. She now enjoys exploration and experimenting with various mediums creating texture enhancing colour, form and tone, drawing her inspiration from the natural surrounding areas of the New Forest and the Dorset and Hampshire coastline. Lindsey exhibits her work nationally and runs successful workshops from her garden studio in Ringwood.




She has had TV exposure appearing on Sky Landscape Artist of the Year 2017 as the ‘Wildcard’ winner and won various awards for her landscapes (Artist of the Year 2016 Winner, New Forest Arts) and animal studies (Artist of the Year 2009 Highly Commended - Hare Study) (Artist of The Year Wildlife Winner 2011 - Hare portrait).

Exhibiting Artists