Taking her favourite elements of Hong Kong and piecing them together in eye-catching prints, British artist Louise Hill has captured the city’s multilayered quality.

Whenever she creates a new artwork, ex-Sai Kung resident Hill, 46, a long-time graphic designer, explores the city’s sights and takes pictures with her Nikon camera, looking for things from the grand to the mundane to add to a pastiche that will later be printed on canvas.

“The elements from the design are all bits of imagery that I have observed around me and that make up the rituals of daily life,” says Hill, who moved to Singapore last September after a four-year stay in Hong Kong.

“The design process takes weeks, sometimes months. I always sketch out my idea for a canvas first and work on a composition and theme. Then I will go and gather items to photograph, finding pieces in markets and wandering the streets. Some pieces I have collected on my travels and many of them have stories behind them,” she says.