Joan trained in Bournemouth studying natural history, art history, art and design, life drawing and abstract techniques. Following botanical studies, her acrylic impressionist garden and floral work is often textured and has decorative elements.
Matthew is fascinated by the process of extracting the essence from a scene, abstracting it slightly from the reality to enhance its impact. Mainly painted on location initially, sometimes reworked in the studio, at the moment he works almost entirely in water borne media; watercolour, pen and ink, acrylic, water soluble pencil, etc.
Alan is a retired
Art teacher enjoying creating his own paintings now.
Alan tends to work in watercolours and sometimes pastels.
His work is of a traditional style, mainly reflecting
nature and views of local scenes.
Previously a landscape painter of the Lakeland Fells of Cumbria, he has now found inspiration from the creativity of a colour flow technique in abstract form. He produces a wide range of abstract styles with blending shapes, soft colours and bold colours. All of his paintings are tactile, some with a smooth touch, some lightly textured and some heavily textured in their finish, adding an extra dimesion to his work.
Helen's
inspiration comes from life and travel, the latter being
quite frequent and worldwide. Helen's best friend is
her camera which she uses to record images and pictures
for her work. Helen would divide her work into two themes.
The first as purely artwork and the second, generally
abstract, as design in terms of interior furnishings
and as such she responds and changes to current trends
and styles.
Joanne
Marie Shaw is 40 years old and was born in Colne Lancashire.
She graduated from Leeds University with BA Hons in
Art and Design. Over the last year she has created a
series of floral designs to complement todays contemporary
interior decor.
Mark is a surrealist oil painter who uses imagery and symbols from the
conscious intellect and the dream world of the unconscious to convey complex
ideas and emotions. Painting since 2004, Mark's subjects and techniques
continue to evolve but like poems many of the paintings are about personal
situations.
Meryl enjoys painting
with pastels, watercolours and acrylics and draws her
inspiration from the surrounding area. Meryl paints
landscapes, buildings, houses and gardens, but her favourite
subject is flowers, which she especially likes to paint
close-up.
Sharon was born in a lovely small town in West Sussex and now lives and works in Brighton, East sussex. Having studied art at school and college, life led Sharon in a different direction, but always within a design led industry. With family now grown up and less dependent, Sharon has more time to spend on what is essentially a hobby that she loves.
David was born
and raised in the beautiful Devon countryside, an inspiration
to any budding artist where after his formal education
in Teignmouth he studied Graphics and 3D Design at Exeter
College. After successfully completing his A levels
at college he gained a place at Brunel University studying
3D metalwork in which he achieved a first.
Robin Stanford is a photographer
and graphic/web designer who tends towards landscape
and architectural work, but also produces abstracts
and bold silk screen like graphics.His
photographs are primarily influenced by architecture
and the way that even the shabbiest of buildings can
capture the imagination.
Jenny
paints predominately in watercolour as the vibrancy
and transparency of the medium always excites her. Much
of Jenny's inspiration is drawn from plants and nature
because of the way the intricate shapes and patterns
interact with each other.
TracyJayne
Sullivan trained as an artist, gaining a 1st class honours
degree in art, studying painting, photography and ceramics.
She now works as a combination of professional artist
and graphic designer, producing both original paintings
and canvas prints of illustration and digital works.
