ABOUT US
figure this is a body positive platform sharing creative ways to celebrate every body.
We started figure this in 2019 as we wanted to create life drawing classes that cater for all levels of experience. We wanted this space to be friendly, supportive and inclusive, both for artists and for life models. Now we provide in-person, online and private life drawing classes across Belfast and London.
We're only just getting started and have lots of exciting plans for the future, but our core motive will always remain the same, which is to create an accessible, inclusive space where people can access the creative tools needed to reconnect with the body.
MEET THE TEAM
Tommy Brunt
Managing Director
Tommy is a writer, arts producer and actor from County Fermanagh. He manages things like venues, classes and bookings and generally takes care of all the boring stuff!
Hattie Godfrey
Creative Director
Hattie is an artist and researcher with a strong background in mental health. She manages and supports the teachers and life models alongside designing our creative image, delivering workshops and developing community links.
Ben Lindsey
Freelance Facilitator
Ben is an illustrator and writer based in Belfast who makes work inspired by queer culture, horror, and nature. Ben is the friendly face that meets our class-goers at the door and ensures the class runs smoothly.
Lauren Bell
Resident Teacher
Lauren is a 2D/3D Artist with a degree in Animation, and 7 years of experience working in the games industry in roles including 3D Artist, and Art Director. She’s passionate about life drawing and portraiture, frequently attending classes that inform her knowledge and skills in anatomy and movement.
Leah Davis
Resident Teacher
Leah is a Fine Artist born and based in Belfast. For as long as Leah has been creating Art, the human condition has always played a key role in her practice where she experiments and pushes boundaries of the human figure.
Martin Della Veccia
Resident Teacher
Martin is a multidisciplinary artist working across music, visual arts, film, the written word. His fine art has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across the UK and Ireland, with works held in private collections internationally.
Eimear Kernan
Resident Teacher
Eimear is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice centres on animal portrait commissions and landscape painting. With a background in architecture, she brings a strong understanding of form, structure, and observation to her work, qualities that naturally inform her approach to life drawing.
Erin McManus
Resident Teacher
Erin is a Queer Multidisciplinary artist who dives into themes of activism, protest and kink throughout their work, with influences of historical events and art history as well as personal interests.
Seb Bradshaw
Resident Teacher
Seb is a multidisciplinary artist and facilitator whose work concerns mythology, ecology and community building. She is a tutor and life model with a focus on expressive expanded drawing practice, and loves life drawing classes for the body positivity and freedom of expression/experimentation.
Yumeng Kuwai
Resident Teacher
Yumeng's practice is rooted in exploring memory, everyday experiences, and the complexities of cross-cultural engagement. Over years of dedicated practice, she has developed a distinctive visual language and an original system of imagery that continually redefines her artistic expression.