Leigh Lambert Prints

12th April 2021 saw the release of Leigh’s new Spring Collection, featuring 3 new artworks:

• We Gotta Get Out of This Place, on Canvas, Deluxe Canvas and Paper.
• Here We Go Again (Sketch)
• That’s Kept Them Quiet (Sketch)

1st December 2020 brought the release of a series of new artworks, including:

• Home for Christmas, as Canvas, Paper and Sketch 
• On the Cobbles, on Canvas, Deluxe Canvas and Paper
• Love Story (Sketch)
• They Always Come Home (Sketch)
• Our Kids up Shops (Sketch)

Style

Leigh Lambert’s prints display his striking signature monochromatic cityscapes and have a strong sense of nostalgia inspired by fond memories of his childhood. Leigh’s imagery is often inspired by the stories his parents and grandparents told him about growing up in Newcastle.

The streets we see in these artworks are the streets Leigh played in as a child. Leigh often paints the Gateshead terrace, owned by his mum’s father, and the East Newcastle house that belonged to his dad’s father, originally built for the local workers of the armaments factory.

Part of the appeal of Lambert’s pieces is their ability to take us to a simpler time of days gone by. The brightly coloured characters bring the bleak adult landscapes to life, with humour and sheer childlike joy.

Lambert keeps his use of colour to a minimum, allowing it to capture the joy and vitality of youth by highlighting the figures that play amidst the otherwise monochromatic landscapes.

Background

The Lambert family moved to Warwick when Leigh Lambert was 17, and he still lives there today producing artwork in his garden studio. However it’s his childhood in Newcastle, and the stories of his grandparents and parents childhoods, that provides the inspiration for his work. He has used this to create a very successful career as an artist and continues to do so.

As soon as Leigh was able to hold a pencil he began to draw, and his family and teachers quickly identified his talent for art. As his skill developed so did his ability to create exceptionally detailed pieces.

Leigh’s teachers admired his ‘canny knack’ for capturing a view and portraying this in his artwork. Leigh’s attention to detail in his drawings and paintings remains one of the characteristics that makes his work so distinctive.

Leigh Lambert is a self-taught artist. Although he did study art at Tynemouth College of Arts and Technology in the North East and at Mid Warwickshire College in Leamington-Spa, these were both for brief periods and he left with no formal art qualifications.

Works

Leigh’s achieved great success in recent years. The prestigious Fine Art Trade Guild shortlisted him for ‘Best Up and Coming Artist’ Award in 2014. His artwork has been displayed in galleries and art exhibitions throughout the UK. He’s also produced works of art for private overseas collections.

Collectors Prints are proud to supply our customers with a range of Leigh Lambert art as giclée on paper and giclée canvas prints.