About

Sheila Litman has spent much of her adult life immersed in creative exploration, working across a wide range of mediums with a lifelong curiosity about the world around her. From ceramics to drawing, painting to embroidery, her work has always been shaped by a close attention to detail, material, and the connection between memory and form.

In recent years, painting has become her primary focus—an ongoing practice through which she explores nature, portraiture, abstraction, and scenes drawn from daily life and her travels. Whether capturing a landscape or translating a feeling onto canvas, her work reflects a layered way of looking.

She is rarely without a sketchpad, pencil, and a compact set of travel watercolors—tools that have accompanied her from Italy to India, Florida to Tokyo. Her camera also plays a central role, helping her document textures, colors, and details that often reappear in her studio work in transformed ways.

Her practice also extends to textiles. Most recently, Sheila has been exploring slow stitching—repurposing vintage and discarded fabrics into new compositions. The work reflects her interest in sustainability and in finding value and creative possibility in overlooked materials.

Based in Hampstead, London, Sheila draws daily inspiration from her surroundings. Walks on the Heath are both ritual and research, offering shifting light, color, and form that often feed back into her work. When she’s not in her studio, she’s usually in a gallery—looking, learning, and engaging with other artists.

Creativity for Sheila is not limited to visual art. She is also a dedicated home cook, bringing the same instinct for experimentation and attention to detail into the kitchen. Whether testing a new recipe or revisiting ingredients from a recent trip, she approaches food with the same clarity and curiosity as her art.

Her body of work is shaped by the rhythms of a life spent observing, making, and adapting—always rooted in a direct engagement with the world around her.