Copyright © 2026 Derek Hill - Artist
Painting is an intimate dialogue, a relationship between artist and canvas. When I begin a painting, I carry no assumptions and have little sense of where the path will lead. A body of work becomes an extension of that relationship, like a family in which each painting, with its own identity and characteristics, forms part of a larger whole. A painting is nurtured by attending to its evolution and development, building on identity and character, much as we do in our own lives. It is an extension of ourselves as individuals and of our need for recognition; it is not a by-product to be sold as a mere commodity.
Shifts in Time: Summer 2026, Part 2 VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time: Summer 2026. Installation view. Mixed media on canvas.
Shifts in Time: Summer 2026 VIEW WORK
Spring paintings: May. Installation view. mixed media on canvas.
Shifts in Time: Spring 2026 VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time: February 2026 paintings. Installation view
Hidden Kingdoms Shifting Worlds: Review 2026 VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time: Winter 2025. January 2026 paintings. Installation view
Shifts in Time: Winter Pt 2 VIEW WORK
Into the Sun: Ink on 300 gsm A4 paper.
Into the Sun VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time: Winter 2025. December paintings. Installation view.
Shifts in Time: Winter Pt 1 VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time: A Journey. Mixed media on canvas. Installation view
**Shifts in Time: A Journey** VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time: September. Installation view. Mixed media on canvas.
Shifts in Time: Autumn VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time: July Installation view
Shifts in Time: Summer VIEW WORK
Video shorts clip from YouTube Channel
Shifts in Time: Spring VIEW WORK
Shifts in Time 2022- 2024, current. Installation view. Mixed media on canvas.
A Shift in Time: Winter 2024/25 VIEW WORK
December 2024: inside the studio - Revisiting paintings 2023/24. installation view
Revisits 2023/24 VIEW WORK
June paintings mixed media on canvas 2 x 2.5 metres, installation view
Summer 2024 inside the studio VIEW WORK
Spring paintings, April 2024
Springtime 2024 Inside the studio VIEW WORK
Inside the studio: Winter 2024 - February 2024, mixed media on canvas, 2 x 2.5 metres
Winter 2023/24 work in progress inside the studio VIEW WORK
Autumn Paintings 2023–October mixed media, 2 x 2 and 2 x 2.5 metres
Autumn 2023 work in progress inside the studio VIEW WORK
Summer 2023 mixed media n canvas 2 x 2,5 metres
Summer 2023 work in progress inside the studio VIEW WORK
Spring 2023 April paintings
Spring 2023 Work currently in progress – inside the studio VIEW WORK
winter paintings march 2023
Winter 2022/23 Work currently in progress – inside the studio VIEW WORK
Autumn 2022
Autumn 2022 Work currently in progress – inside the studio VIEW WORK
HIDDEN KINGDOMS, SHIFTING WORLDS EXHIBITION VIEW WORK
book
‘book’, a commission from the City of Sunderland and Arts Council England. VIEW WORK
Current paintings 2021 - November - oil on mixed media on lace on canvas 2 x 2.5 metres
HIDDEN KINGDOMS, SHIFTING WORLDS EXHIBITION August 5th – November 30th 2022 MORE INFO
FLAW – Oil on canvas 245 x 305cm VIEW WORK
CARNIVAL – Aquatint & line etching on copper plate VIEW WORK
Kings & Queens VIEW WORK
MACHINE VIEW WORK

COLLECTIONS OF WORK

spring paintings 2024

Hidden Kingdoms - Shifting Worlds

Hidden Kingdoms Shifting Worlds explores connections between art, science and everyday life.
Shifts in Time: c. 1996–2000s

Flaw

Flaw - the unenviable pursuit of perfection 1994–2014
book 10 abc

ABOUT DEREK HILL

Derek Hill is an RCA-trained artist based in the North East of England with an established reputation for public engagement.