'We're never short of ideas and scenery, it's quite a diverse landscape in Lancaster and Morecambe and a bit further afield'
A Lancashire artist has spoken about how the landscape of Morecambe and Lancaster has inspired much of her paintings - including one she's given to Dragon's Den star Theo Paphitis. Lidia Ranns has been a graphic designer for 24 years, but took some time away from her demanding career to start a family.
To kick start the new chapter in her life, Lidia started creating vibrant paintings and prints for her customers and posted them on social media to gauge its reception. Having been well received, Lidia started broadening her horizons, creating more and more art to sell online and through her Etsy shop, something that's become a huge success in her local area to this day.
Lidia explained her art is influenced by her local area, including the Art Deco Midland Hotel and Morecambe Bay, which she says is like "a blank canvas every day, it's never the same". Lidia added: "You go on the Prom and you look across the Bay and it's never the same view. Sometimes you've got magnificent sky formation, cloud formation. You've got fantastic sunsets and stuff, it's just never the same.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Wanted man spotted on CCTV as police manhunt continuesAshley Barratt has links to Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham
Read more »
Trustee blasts 'broken' Eden Project Morecambe in barbed LinkedIn post'I’ve just made a very difficult decision to quit my role as ‘something’. That’s part of the problem.'
Read more »
Eden Project Morecambe 'needs better rail links and reliable trains''We hear great support for Eden from residents. The only concerns are about transport'
Read more »
Prolific hoax caller risks jail if he rings police or enters Sainsbury'sSam Cooper, from Lancaster, has been handed a Criminal Behaviour Order
Read more »
'Abandoned UFO' on the M6 was a striking vision of the futureForton Services, near Lancaster, was built to service users of the 13.5 mile stretch of the M6 connecting the Lancaster bypass and Preston bypass
Read more »
Met Office maps show exact times and where snow will fall in Lancashire todayThe white stuff is expected to fall over parts of Burnley, Lancaster, Rossendale, Darwen and Padiham
Read more »