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Derek Sanderson

Derek was born in Sheffield, England, and studied and qualified in illustration, design and calligraphy at Sheffield College of Art. Although enjoying watercolours for the past few years, Derek is now mainly working in oils and acrylics. His work is mainly of Scottish scenes, Hebridean in particular, thus providing him with an abundance of inspiration from an unspoiled part of the world.

Joan trained with the Byron School of Art in Dorset and during her 2 year natural history course found her love of floral painting in watercolours. As a result Joan was accepted as a member of the Society of Floral Painters, with whom she exhibits annually. Later Joan took up acrylic painting and as a result her floral work became more contemporary, using a layered, textured style on canvas.

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.

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's interest in digital imagery was inspired by beauty in mathematics. His highly detailed and colourful digital pictures often evolve as much as are created, each image requiring hundreds of creative decisions to guide the artwork into its final form. In his first and second digital periods the beauty of the image was the primary motivation, and his distinctive style is unique in contemporary digital art.

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.

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.

Nolon Stacey is a self-taught graphite (pencil) artist specialising in Fine Art drawings of animals, people and landscapes. Nolon works exclusively in pencil: “I tried other media including paint, pastels and crayon, but nothing provided me with the instant results attainable through pencil. The ability to pick up the pencil and immediately begin transferring your ideas to paper has great appeal to me.

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.

Neil's intentions were to work within an area that exists between Fine Art and Design, in the context of consumerism. His focus of attention lay in Mondrian who limited himself mainly to the three primary colours and whose work could be thought of as modularized. Elements in the concept of the modular and its numerous permeations interested Neil. Modular design led him to consider the design concept of Ikea, which informs a distinct style.

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.