Chloe Dowsett offers her humorous line drawings at Chichester venue

Artist Chloe Dowsett is finding an excellent temporary home for her art at Chichester food hall The Ghost At The Feast.

She is showing her work as part of a new series of rotating art exhibitions at the North Street venue – organised through Chichester Creative Art Network CIC. You can catch Chloe’s line drawings there until October 21. Other examples of her work can be seen on her Instagram @chloe_dowsett_artist or on her website on chloedowsett.com

“It's really helpful for artists to know that they don't have to invest in lots of big exhibition space,” Chloe says. “You can sell your work more casually, and that really suits me.

“I am part of the Chichester Creative Art Network. I went to the opening meeting. It's been a couple of years. We didn't know what to expect but it's a really good opportunity to meet people. Me and my friend run a drawing class once a month, and it's been a good opportunity to advertise and to see if anybody else wants to come to our club.”

But it's also been great to put work into The Ghost At The Feast: “We have been the first batch there, and I think for me it really works well because my work is quite humorous. I think the clientele there appreciate a bit of comedy. It is me doodling about town. I love that element of chance and spontaneity, and I think they've got a young clientele there that like it too. It's just a good opportunity to get your work out there. A lot of us are prolific but we don't have permanent exhibition space. And I really appreciate the opportunity to rotate my work there.”

And Chloe has sold a favourite piece, which is hugely encouraging: “It's just me being a bit silly. I've always done line drawing. I have always been attracted to the fact that a line can follow a form.”

A particular favourite was a line drawing she created of a chap sitting at the Cross, slouching in “extremely well-pressed slacks” while “awaiting the wife.” He didn't know a thing about the drawing but then again he’s not recognisable from it.

“It does feel a little bit creepy doing strangers but I'm not showing their faces. It's usually just a gesture that I do. I like just the whole chance element of it. You can do them really quite quickly and it just brings me joy.”

When her time at the venue is up, Chloe will maybe look for something similar: “But it has been just great to do this.”