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Krupa Patel Smith

Krupa is a fine artist based in Birmingham, UK.

She is drawn to places, memories and emotions… and to those small glimmers of light that remind us that, even when life feels overwhelming or uncertain, there is still beauty to be found.

Her paintings are an invitation to pause, notice, and perhaps feel something of your own.

PLACES. MEMORIES. EMOTION.

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“I believe in the power of art to connect us… to places, memories, people, feelings and, most importantly, ourselves.”

PLACES. MEMORIES. EMOTION.

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Birmingham Open Studios

3rd October 2026 11am-5pm

Oasis Church, South St, Harborne, B17 0DB

“Sometimes we don’t know why a painting speaks to us. Art has a way of expressing things we can’t always put into words…saying something that only we can understand.”

Let’s connect…

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲! 🎨🤍

Another instalment of 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂, and I couldn’t be happier to be back.

It honestly felt a bit lik

I wasn’t planning to post this today.

But I read something yesterday that really hit home.

The writer put into words something about being a doctor that I recognised on a very personal level. I found myself thinking, yes. This. This is what p

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗔𝗿𝘁

For much of my life, medicine and art have existed side by side.

Medicine became my profession. Art became something I lost for a while, before finding my way back to it.

As a doctor, I’ve always felt privileged

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 🎨

The 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 guidebooks have arrived, and seeing my name in there has made it all feel very real!

If you’re not familiar with Birmingham Open Studios, it’s the city&rs

𝗦𝗼, 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁? 🤍

When I first came back to painting, it was really just for me.

After years of putting so much of myself into work, family and the everyday chaos of life, I needed somewhere I could be quiet.

Somewhere I co

𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁.

For a long time, I didn’t really feel like I had the right to.

I have no formal art train

𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲… 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 🤍

If you’ve been following my art for a while, you’ll know me as 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 & 𝗟𝘆𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝘁.

But that’s about to change…

Over t

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A year's worth of creativity, curiosity, and experimentation... all under one roof for one day only!

Over the past year, the wonderful art groups at Lightwood House and Quinborne, guided by the incredibly talented @andreacolesart , h

✨ 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗 ✨

I'm still slightly blown away by this one.

I had only just finished this painting the day before exhibiting it, so when someone told me they wanted to take it home, I don't think it had quite sunk in that somebody else might connect wi

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺
Reflections on the OmNom Wellbeing Event
Things have been a bit busy lately, and I feel like I've only just had the chance to properly process and reflect on the wellbeing event at OmNom a cou