Charlotte Turner is a Devon-based artist whose contemplative practice explores the rhythms of the natural world through an intuitive, process-led response to coastal landscapes.
Drawn to the quiet poetry of beach-combing along the south-west coastline, Turner gathers weathered pebbles and shoreline fragments—objects imbued with memory and time. These elemental forms inform her work both materially and conceptually, serving as meditations on presence, erosion and the passage of time.
Working with a restrained palette, Turner builds luminous surfaces through successive, delicate layers of paint, sanding back between applications. The resulting works—sometimes realised in a handful of layers, at other times in over thirty—appear textural yet reveal a polished, tactile finish evocative of sea-worn stones. This material sensitivity and insistence on surface speaks to a deep consideration of form, memory and touch.
Integral to her practice is a solitary, meditative discipline incorporating daily rituals that foster reflection and creative clarity. Each painting emerges as a quiet act of devotion—an exploration of the liminal space between land, sea and self.
Turner is a trustee of the Brisons Veor Charitable Trust Artists’ Residency and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. Her parallel work as a creativity coach with Beacon Psychology further reflects her commitment to the intersection of art and mental wellbeing. Through her practice, Turner offers a nuanced meditation on materiality, landscape and the restorative power of making.
