Eleanor Cottrell

Eleanor Cottrell is a drawer based in Cheltenham. Although doing an Art Foundation in 2008 she went on to study graphic design and didn’t begin a drawing practice until 2023. Since then she has continued to move through different mediums, currently working in oil pastel on paper exploring ideas of human interactions through the figure and natural forms. Eleanor won the inaugural Cass Art Prize Drawing Award in 2024 as well as receiving the Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award at the Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2025