Love Hannington
Artist & Medicine Woman
Love Hannington is a British multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationship between ancestral memory, feminine embodiment, and the unseen energies that shape human experience. Her paintings are lush, layered portals, rich in saturated colour, symbolic motifs, and hand-applied elements such as gold leaf, cowrie shells, and crystals.
Blending intuitive mark-making with ritual-based techniques, Love transforms each canvas into a sacred object; part devotional space, part energetic transmission. Her materials carry intentional frequency: cowries as symbols of feminine power and ancestral wealth, crystals for their resonance, and vivid pigments that reflect the vibrance of nature and speak in the language of feeling.
Rooted in Afro-Caribbean and Celtic spiritual traditions, her work sits at the intersection of personal healing and collective remembrance. Her practice is deeply informed by animism, a reverence for nature, and the belief that beauty can be medicinal, a stabilising force for the nervous system, and a space in which healing can occur.
Love’s journey with chronic womb conditions including Endometriosis, PCOS, and Adenomyosis profoundly reshaped her relationship to her body, her creative process, and her spiritual worldview. Her paintings often reflect this ongoing inquiry into the womb as a site of power, wisdom, and intuitive intelligence moving beyond pain into pleasure, restoration, and sovereignty.
By fusing the visual with the spiritual, Love invites viewers into a conversation with their own inner worlds. Her work is a primal scream calling to remembrance, resilience, and a bold invitation to return to the self.
Her pieces have been exhibited at The National Maritime Museum, broadcast on Channel 4’s Big Breakfast Reboot, and presented in public spaces such as Trafalgar Square. Alongside her studio practice, she facilitates workshops and ritual spaces that use art as a tool for inner transformation and ancestral reconnection.
My Purpose
I create sacred, sensuous environments through art, ritual, and energy work that guide spiritually-aware women and NB folk back to their highest self.
This work is for women and NB folk who are doing the work- healing from trauma, navigating burnout, working to remember who they are beneath the noise and ready for the next step.
Whether through a painting, a womb workshop, or a carefully held ritual, I offer pathways back to flow, self-trust, and deep inner knowing.
Everything I create on canvas, in ceremony, or in community is designed to feel like a womb: nurturing, powerful, and alive with possibility.
This is art and soul work. A space where beauty becomes medicine, and the unseen becomes felt.
🌿 Guiding Beliefs
Beauty Is Medicine
Beauty calms the body and speaks to the soul. Whether it’s a painting, a wildflower, or a sacred space, beauty reminds us we are worthy of care and creates the womb that facilitates and gestates deep healing.
Healing Isn’t Linear
Healing moves in spirals, not straight lines. I honour the full spectrum; rage, grief, joy, softness, and the wisdom that lives in every phase of the journey.
Nature Is Our Teacher
Mother Earth is a mirror. Her colours, her rhythms, her cycles all show us how to live with more grace, power, and peace. She is my collaborator and guide.
The Unseen Is Real
Spirit, energy, intuition, these are not abstract ideas. These are also not bearded patriarchal dominators sitting on clouds. They are living forces we can feel, work with, and be transformed by. Everything I do is in conversation with the unseen.
Sacred Space Creates Sacred Change
When space is held with love and intention, transformation becomes possible. Whether on a wall or in a circle, sacred space helps us soften, release, and rise.
Creativity Is A Portal
Art is devotion. It’s a way to feel what words can’t say, to remember parts of ourselves we’ve forgotten, and to reconnect with joy, pleasure, and possibility.
The Womb Is a Seat of Power
Whether you have a physical womb or connect to your sacral space energetically, this centre holds deep wisdom. It’s the wellspring of creativity, intuition, sensuality, and personal power. I honour the womb as a site of memory, magic, and reclamation.
Love Hannington
Love is available for talks on Esotericism, Spiritual & Folk Herbalism, Art Exhibitions, Art Workshops, Keynotes and Shows. To discuss appearances, email hello@lovehannington.com
CV
Resident Artist | ReThink Residency |The National Maritime Museum | August 2024
I was selected to design and facilitate the ReThink Residency. We worked with alternative textile processes in response to themes of mental wellness, community, heroism and physical movement at the Women of the RNLI exhibition.
Workshop Facilitation | Merfolk of the world, The Swimmers, Ships |The National Maritime Museum | May2023- Present
I led a number of artistic workshops with The National Maritime Museum, working with young people and adults aged 5- 75. Working with a diverse range of people has allowed me to refine my workshop and communication skills.
Workshop Facilitation | Painting the Self | The Black Wellbeing Collective Charity March 2023
I led a holistic workshop that centers on building self esteem within the Black community on the 11th March. This course was designed to meet a range of accessibility needs and vulnerable adults.
Co curation | Warriors-Queens Exhibition October 2022 | Shades of Brown Art Collective To mark Black History Month, I co-curated The Warriors- Queens Exhibition with the Shades of Brown Art Collective. The goals of this show were to educated the local community of history beyond the Transatlantic Slave trade, marking triumphs as well as tragedies.
Commission | The World Reimagined Art Trail June- October 2022 | The World Reimagined
In 2022, I was selected by a panel of judges as one of 103 artists to paint 1.6m Globes that were displayed across the UK to discuss the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This community-focused Art trail was designed to provide education by discussing an important part of global history through art. I contributed to this discussion by creating art that paid reverence to ‘Mother Africa’ and the Yoruba Folklore that surrounds this. Folklore is an important part of keeping culture alive and I was delighted to create art that added to this effort.
Co curation | Still We Rise Exhibition June 2022 | Shades of Brown Art Collective I co-curated this Exhibition which aimed to create conversations around African Diasporic History. This interactive exhibition allowed the local community to engage with AR art, Poetry and visual art.
Exhibitions
International Women’s Day | March 2024 | Candid Arts Gallery
National Maritime Museum Exhibition | April- August 2023 | The World Reimagined
Windrush 75 Exhibition| May 2023 | Zita Holbourne TUC
OXO Bargehouse Group Show | March 2023 | OXO Bargehouse
Lockton Insurance Black Art Exhibition | October 2022 | Nefateri Art
Warriors-Queens Exhibition | October 2022 | Shades of Brown Art Collective
Still We Rise Exhibition | June 2022 | Shades of Brown Art Collective
The World Reimagined Art Trail | June- October 2022 | The World Reimagined
Black History Month Exhibition | October 2021 | Carib and Co Brunch CIC
The Big Breakfast | September 2021 | Channel 4 / ITV (Artwork appearance on TV)
Miniature Art | May 2021 | Tebbs Contemporary Gallery
Black History Month Exhibition | October 2020 | Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery
Black History Art Exhibition | October 2020 | Carib and Co Brunch CIC
Black Pound Day Art Exhibition | September 2020 | Carib and Co Brunch CIC