Floral & Still Life
Rosie Sanders was born in Buckinghamshire and throughout her early schooling excelled in art subjects. She studied botanical painting at A level and went on to attend High Wycombe College to study to foundation level then following that, attended the Constance Spry Flower School. Rosie Sanders has exhibited her work at may prestigious galleries in the United States and London. The Royal Horticultu.....
Pamela Kay studied at the Royal College of Art and the Canterbury Collage of Art. For many years her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art and she regularly exhibits at the New English Art Club in London. Pamela Kay is recognised as one of the UK's foremost painters of flowers and still life. She paints interiors and gardens as well as flowers and still life and her work is inspired .....
Between 1972 and 1976 Kate Osborne attended Northbrook College in Worthing to study textile design. She went on to work as a floral designer for two textile studios in London. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1979 and freelanced for various manufacturers creating production ready artwork. She then moved to New Mexico in an old coal mining town where she painted botanical subjects and wildlife, she .....
Donald has exhibited his highly acclaimed work in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Zurich and many other cities around the world. The list of galleries that own, or have exhibited his work is phenomenal. Donald has participated in many of the most significant exhi.....
Judith Levin was born in 1956 in England, her passion for painting is influenced by her love of wild flowers, moor land landscapes and the arrangements of simple objects. There is a timeless quality, an air of peace and tranquillity reflected in her work. Judith Levin's work is versatile and appeals to people with both traditional and modern tastes. She has been nominated for the prestigious UK Wo.....
Ann Oram was born in 1956 in London although she grew up in the Scottish Highlands. She was educated in Scotland and went on to attend the Edinburgh College of Art where she trained to become an artist. She was particularly inspired by her tutors at the Edinburgh School of Painters, Gillies, Anne Redpath and Sir Robin Philipson. She has exhibited in the Water-colour annual exhibition in conjunctio.....
Kevin Blackham's artistic talent was apparent from very early on. In his early school years he won a handwritting competition and through this he gained commissions from local companies for design briefs whilst continuing his schooling. Kevin Blackham attended Reigate School of Art and Design in Surrey from which he graduated with Distinction. His specialist subjects whilst at college were calligr.....
Nel studied at Wolverhampton University for a Foundation Course in Art & Design, going on to study for a BA degree at Trinity & All Saints College, Leeds. In 1990 she represented the "Princes Youth Business Trust" at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1990.
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Born in Sheffield in 1954, Martin Decent achieved artistic success at the age of sixteen, one of his paintings was presented to Harold Wilson the Prime Minister, during one of his official city visits. Martin Decent continued his education and graduated college with an Honours degree. He embarked on a graphic design career with Midland Bank in 1976. By 1980 he had launched his own company which sp.....
Kristan Baggaley knew from primary school age that he wanted to be an artist. He would fill his sketchbooks with fantasy landscapes and life forms and won a few national competitions for his early efforts. Still life, collected subjects and fresh cut flowers form the basis for the majority of Kristan Baggaley's work. His fascination is not simply with the object itself but the relationship and col.....
Gillian McDonald is a highly acclaimed watercolour artist specialising in landscapes in and around the British Isles. McDonald began her career by studying at an Art Collage in London, after completion of her course she travelled to Indonesia where she lived for a few years before returning to the UK in 1983 to settle in Wales. Her dramatic use of colour and understanding of lighting effects bring.....
Domenech was born in Barcelona in 1952, he was educated towards a future working in the family's carpentry business. Tutored by his fathers friend in technical design he then went on to educate himself in woodwork. Following this he spent time at the Tarrega Academy learning to draw and perfecting the technique of charcoal drawing. He then went on to study at the Masana School in Barcelona for a f.....
Barbara Stewart was educated at York School of Art and then at Leeds College of Education. She is inspired by other painters namely, the Scottish Colourists, Cadell and Peploe, the St Ives Painters, Christopher Wood and Ben Nicholson, Van Gogh and Cezanne. She has received many awards for her work including, two from the Birmingham Pastel Society, two from the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists a.....
Raymond Campbell was convinced from a young age that he could make it as a professional painter. Born in Surry in 1956, he has worked constantly to improve on his natural ability to achieve his childhood dream. Over the last ten years he has exhibited in the UK and abroad and was very successful with his entries into the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. All of Raymond Campbell's recent exhibitio.....
Lori Beth Katz's art can be interpreted as dramatizing the life cycle through the language of floral color and structure.
Katz's labor intensive process reflects her desire to contemplate and celebrate flowers for their own sake. She applies paint and .....
Carlos Morago was born in Madrid, Spain in 1954. In 1980 he began exhibiting his work in El Ferrol, Spain. The elements of nature, landscape and flowers beautifully interpreted in his work have since been shown in many exhibitions worldwide. His work portrays nature free from any distractions due to the exclusion of every reference to the human figure, in the true spirit of the Romantic Tradition......
Oka Sakakibara was born in Japan, she went on to study at the prestigious San Francisco Art Institute from which she graduated with her B.F.A. Oka Sakakibara has exhibited her abstract landscape paintings at a number of galleries and has gained much recognition for her award winning work. The changing seasons of her native Japan are the influence behind much of her abstract yet evocative landscape.....
Tim received a very formal technical and theoretical training in painting and decided to develop his own style that would match his personality and reflect a uniqueness. Each painting Tim Schaible approaches as an adventure, an expression of everyday life. Tim believes that still life expresses energy in the way a landscape does. Due to his expressive brushstrokes his chosen media is acrylic due t.....
Lynne Sonnenberg, throughout her life has studied art and it was mid career she made the choice to turn professional. She exhibits her work mainly in North California and has been made a member of the Artist's Guild of San Francisco. Her work is also found in many private collections worldwide. Lynne Sonnenberg's delicate posy images mix pale background washes with brightly coloured petals. She de.....
Born in 1944 in Barcelona, Isidre Vilaseca began his now very public artistic career in 1971. His inspiration is drawn from everyday situations, family and social life within warm Mediterranean scenes. His paintings show a clear understanding of light and he has the ability to interpret onto canvas the colours and feelings reflected of Mediterranean life. Since 1984, Isidre Vilaseca has exhibited.....
John Haysom trained at Winchester and Harrow schools of art. After leaving college he embarked on a career as illustrator working in television where he published and advertised both internationally and in the UK. Throughout the 1990's according to his publisher John Haysom was the most successful artist with his range of open limited edition prints and his Children's Bible sold well over 2.5 mill.....
Leslie Thiel was born, raised and educated in England. The majority of her adult life has been spent in the USA, Germany and Switzerland. Leslie Thiel has had a passion for painting and drawing from a very young age, despite this passion she did not commit herself to her love of art until much later on in life. Inspired by the beautiful Arab horses around her, she has now become an accomplished eq.....
Hannah draws inspiration from 1960s and 70s European design from which she feels a natural affinity and this is reflected in her artwork. An avid collector of classic mid 20th Century furniture, Hannah has applied her knowledge of modernist design to numerous interior design projects in which her artwork forms an integral part of the scheme. A career in Brand Marketing enabled her to build on her .....
Emma Davis was born in 1971 in Sussex, England. She undertook a degree at John Moores University in Liverpool, following that she graduated from Wolverhampton University with an MA. The inspiration for her work comes from her passion for flowers and text is often incorporated in the final image which can be interpreted as fragments or memories of past conversations. Emma Davis exhibits her work r.....
Leslie Stones grew up on several farms in the North Yorkshire countryside and there is a strong presence of the countryside influence in his work. Born in 1957, Leslie Stones began drawing and painting farm scenes, animals and the rural countryside around him from an early age. He left school and began working as a joiner for the building trade, following that a mining electrician and then as a te.....
Simon Bull has become one of the world's most compelling living artists. His early years were spent travelling the mountains of Southern China, European cultural centres and South American jungles, these childhood experiences and memories have combined to create Simon Bull's creative vision. He has won many awards for his work including the 'top selling original print award' from the Fine Art Trad.....
Growing up in rural West Sussex, nature has always been an inspiration to Anna Knights. Anna Knights work has immediate impact with the unusual compositions and closeness in which she vibrantly captures her botanical subjects. Anna studied history at university and her painting is entirely self taught. It was in 2006 that she began to paint botanical subjects in her spare time. In June 2006 Anna K.....
