Annette is a self
taught artist now working full time from home. Painting
horses is her main passion but she does enjoy painting
other subjects as well. All Annette's paintings are
based on photographs she has taken herself. Annette
has painted many commissions and have sold her work
through galleries and art exhibitions.
Shirley Faure is a
largely self taught artist who took up water colour
painting when she retired eight years ago to West Sussex
after living for many years in the Far East. Having
shown some promise as a child, family circumstances
forced her to abandon the offer of training at the Slade
School of Art, and it was not until business duties
had ceased that she found time to develop her talents.
Gavin Fitzsimons is
a professional artist, born in the 1970s in Ireland.
His work mainly focuses upon the local picturesque landscape
and the characters that live there. His work is diverse
as he enjoys landscape, figurative and still life studies,
there is however a definite Irish feel to all the paintings.
A trained musician Linda took up
painting several years ago just as a break from music.
Linda particularly enjoy painting portraits and still
life especially flowers, but since retiring to Orkney
2 years ago she is attempting more landscapes and seascapes.
Stuart is a retired engineer
living in Derbyshire but spends a significant time with
his family living in South Africa. Stuart had developed
an interest in the cave paintings of the San bushmen
and also in African native art in general.
Howard trained as an art teacher
in Cardiff and converted his attic at home into an art
studio. Frequent trips to Devon and Cornwall during
the school holidays led to Howard, then painting in
oils, selling his work in the local galleries. Having
retired as a teacher, Howard devoted himself to his
art and so began the development of his unique pen and
ink style and the collection of drawings that will be
available to view on this website.
Aesthetic concerns
are paramount to the way Alan views art, and how he
wants people to view his art. To cut through the acres
of presumption, assumption and double meaning. Thus
ultimately compelling the viewer, not with any notion
he is trying to relate, but rather with an instant hit.
Kevin is a self-taught
artist. As such he has developed his skills by learning
from other artists and by visiting Art Galleries and
Exhibitions which have also helped in his understanding
the history of Art. Impressionism is a one of Kevin's
favourite forms of art work as is Turners.
After leaving Eastbourne
Art School, Richard spent seven years in Finland painting,
and exhibiting, both in Finland and Sweden. Richard
paints using gouache on board, a variety of subjects
Water Nymphs, Mermaids Beach scenes, Swimming Pools,
and Winter Scenes. Richard's painting of people around
water comes from a childhood spent on the beaches of
his home town Brighton in England.
