Community and wellbeing sit at the heart of my practice. I’m drawn to the ways creativity can bring people together, create moments of connection, and offer spaces where individuals feel seen and supported. Creativity is a gentle way of nurturing belonging — collaborative, responsive, and rooted in care.

READ | Community & Wellbeing - Spaces for belonging Essay

Seeking Sanctuary

The Seeking Sanctuary Series is a documentary project recording experiences in places that offer moments of calm and time for the mind to wander.

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Find me on Substack

I write on Substack on a broad range of topics including wellbeing and spending time in nature.

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Fostering Creativity

My belief in the power of creativity drives my engagements with people of all ages and backgrounds. Creativity is often maligned within UK educational policy as something extra, not the core. This shapes people in subtle ways, creating fear - fear of trying, fear of being wrong.

READ | Fostering Creativity - Inviting the Spark Essay

Art& Monthly Subscription

The Art& Subscription is launching on the 13th of March 2026

Lady Bay Arts

I am the Programme Manager of Lady Bay Arts CIC, a community organisation, committed to delivering arts and creative activities across the communities of Lady Bay, and beyond. Lady Bay Arts

Workshops & Creative Activities

Petri Latex workshops for young people

Kid’s Creative Exploration Club launching on the 20th of March 2026

Adult Workshops coming soon

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Art, Making & Research

Much of my making is a form of inquiry - a way of testing ideas, observing behaviours, and learning through the material itself. Iterative processes wind through all my work. The results are never static; there is always something to move toward - a sense of repetition, directionality, and potential.

READ | Art, Making & Research: Where Ideas Take Form Essay

The Lunar Cycle Sketchbook Series.

In 2026 I’m creating 12 lunar sketchbooks that connect me with the rhythms of our relationship with the moon.

Find out more about the Lunar Cycle Sketchbook Series

Projects

Testing the Limits of Abstraction

Testing the limits of abstraction project

Re/defining Abstraction Research

Re/defining Abstraction Project

Art Portfolio

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About Studio | Paul Liptrot

Creativity is core to who I am. It shapes how I think, how I make, and how I move through my practice - the starting point from which everything else unfolds.