me & my work

I’m Polly, a London-based watercolour artist with a particular love for painting architecture.

I am drawn to buildings not as static monuments but as active markers of community. In my watercolour practice this impulse has become clearer: my interest in architectural details and shopfront façades stems from an idea of the village… Our neighbours, rituals, and shared thresholds that shape belonging.

I like to think about what defines a neighbourhood when choosing my next painting subject. I investigate how visual identity is embedded in place: how materials, colour and proportion can convey so much meaning. True community is legible in the buildings around us; these man-made aesthetics are not mere ornament but essential to collective wellbeing.

Technically, I work with professional-grade watercolours and fineliners on 100% cotton watercolour paper. I work in series, documenting neighbourhoods across the world - a comparative study of character and a catalogue of civic temperament. Please feel free to browse my portfolio, print shop, or explore the option of commissioning an original work.

For those seeking more accessible ways to collect, I am looking to start up a monthly print club that delivers exclusive reproductions from my sketchbook. Members receive exclusive limited-edition prints that preserve the intimacy and detail of the originals while providing an affordable way to support the practice. Watch this space!

Black-and-white close-up portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length hair, earrings, and layered necklaces indoors.