Naomi Hulatt is a Devon-based artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, and printmaking. Her work is inspired by the landscapes, wildlife, and communities of the South West, exploring atmosphere, narrative, and the quiet beauty of everyday moments. Through media such as chalk and pastel drawing, acrylic painting, and linocut printmaking, she seeks to capture both movement and stillness, from expressive animal studies to evocative landscape scenes.

 

Naomi has exhibited widely across the UK, including at the Royal Cambrian Academy (Wales), SWAc (South West Academy), Ironbridge Printmakers Exhibition (Shropshire), Penlee Gallery(Penzance), Gallery Different (London), Delamore Arts (Devon), Artizan Gallery (Torquay), and the New Bath Art Club (Bath). She has sold work to private collectors in Norway, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and China.

 

She has received several awards; including Artizan’s traditional practice award 2025, and South West Art Price in 2025. She gained 4 Honorary Mention Awards from Teravarna, as well as a Distinction from Gallery 4% for painting.

 

Alongside her practice, Naomi is deeply committed to supporting creative communities, mentoring young artists, organising exhibitions, and delivering workshops that promote art for wellbeing. She is delighted to be chairperson of the South Hams Art Forum, a committee member for the Yealm Art Society, and an associate member of Salcombe Art Club and Pressgang (printmakers) team.

This painting shows an operating theatre, where the patient is un-shown (and therefore genderless), and the operating theatre team are revealed in clarity in a shaft of light. There are 2 consultant surgeons (male), one surgical doctor junior trainee (female) (observing from the back) and 2 members of nursing theatre staff, one female and one male.

 

Only 17% of surgical consultants are female. This is due to gender bias, training time, and conflict within work-life balance, and unsociable hours often making a family life impossible. This was highlighted by the Royal College of Surgeons recently, who hung a portrait of female ENT surgeon Manuela Cresswell from the Derriford Hospital in Plymouth in the Hunterian Museum to bring awareness to the disparity and champion “Women in Surgery”. As an artist and doctor, I think it is of vital importance that we highlight these differences in our work and champion the path for a more equal future for all. I am a painter-printmaker and GP working in Devon.

Acrylic

44x57cm

Framed under glass