Landscape
Kathyrn Thomas graduated from the University of the West of England with a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art. In 1992 she entered her work to the Laing Art Competition at the London Mall Galleries and was awarded Regional Winner. She also exhibited her work as part of the 'Just Art' Award Winners Show at the Barbican. Her work is held in many private collections worldwide, including Berlin, Florida, S.....
Andre Deymonaz was born in 1946 in Casablanca within a very artistic family. The majority of Andre Deymonaz's childhood was spent travelling finally settling in Provence, France. He grew up wanting to fulfil his ambition of becoming a professional artist. His ambition was to be realised as the demand for his original work overtook his ability to supply it. Andre Deymonaz has had one successful exh.....
Robert Cook is a self taught artist, born in 1948. He paints in acrylic on textured canvas with layered glazing which can be mistaken for oils.The embellishing and hand painting is a technique unique to Robert Cook. It is said of his landscape paintings that they have a calming effect on people. Impressions of melancholy, lonesomeness, evening and morning moods are portrayed in his paintings. Robe.....
Karen Wallis is inspired by the mystery, elegance and fluid lines of the female figure. Her paintings convey the innate tenderness and beauty of the female form. The narrative is imagined by the viewer through the abstract quality of her painting. Born in Middlesbrough she attended Teeside University and graduated with a BA Hons in Interior Design. She went into teaching, where she taught young ch.....
Since leaving Eastbourne College of Art and Design in 1976, Paul Evans has found the ever-changing light and colour of the English landscape a constant source of inspiration.
Soon after graduating, he settled in Sussex, where he was able to develop his .....
Mervyn Goode was born in England in 1948. He studied Landscape Architecture at The Gloucestershire College of Art, but bravely eschewed this career at the age of twenty one to pursue his true vocation as a painter. His first one-man exhibition at the High.....
Nick Andrews studied in Oxford, Cheltenham and London in Art and Graphic Design. He graduated from University in 1979 and has painted ever since. He is based in Dorset and Wiltshire and exhibits his work across the UK, Europe and the USA. He has exhibited in prestigious galleries such as, Picture House Gallery, S10 Gallery, Wykeham Gallery and Reubens Gallery. His preferred medium is acrylics and .....
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.....
Mark Godwin was born in 1957 in Birmingham, he began his artistic education in 1974 with foundation studies. He went on to study at the Royal College of Art in 1982 and graduated with a BA in Fine Art combined with an MA in Printmaking. He specialised in various print making disciplines whilst still continuing to draw and teach himself to paint. Following his graduation from college he worked as a.....
Jacqueline Stanhope was born in 1963 and was educated in Scotland. Facinated by horses and racing she began painting and drawing them at an early age by the young age of 10 she was using oils. She was gifted both academically as well as artistically, she began selling her work in secondary school. She left school at the age of 16 to follow her career in painting on a professional level, chosing th.....
John Trickett originally trained as an accountant and then went on to play football on a professional level. He is probably most famous for his labrador paintings. He has been described as the 'finest labrador painter in the world' by the 'Shooting Times'. He is also well known for his shooting landscapes, Norfolk scenes, Scottish Loch scenes and river and sea scapes. Trickett's abilities were not.....
Kelly's worked as an Interior Designer/ Architectural Technician designing the decor and furnishing for pubs and clubs for Ansells and Rank Leisure. She later worked at Belgravia Picture Framing where she gained confidence in her ability to paint at a sim.....
Fred Fieber began painting at an early age. Predominantly his paintings were featured in trains and he won first prize in a painting competition in the 60's run by BBC's South Today with a train inspired picture. Fred Fieber has developed his style using pastels and has been commissioned to illustrate a wide variety of brochures and related graphic projects. Among his clients are Readers Digest, .....
Born in the Midlands in 1976, Richard's artistic leanings were obvious from an early age. As a child he dreamed of being a painter, and he regards himself as one of life's lucky ones.
After graduating, Richard became a professional illustrator of chil.....
While studying painting and illustration at Southampton College of Art, Toni Goffe gained a National Diploma in Design. After the course he moved to London freelancing as an illustrator while studying with private tutors. After getting married he started the The Pedulum Gallery with his wife and fellow art student. In 1982 Toni Goffe moved to Boston, USA and has exhibited in several galleries o.....
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Terry studied art full time at the Jesmond College of Art & Industrial Design progressing to an Architects Office & then a design studio in Blackburn.
Terry has used most mediums, but for some time now he has concentrated .....
Rolf Harris was born in Australia and from a very early age had always aspired to being an artist. Rolf Harris studied to become a teacher but all his free time was taken up by painting and drawing. Rolf Harris enrolled at the City and Guilds College in London which he financed by holding four exhibitions in Perth, Australia. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition exhibited his work for two consecuti.....
Rob Ford gets his inspiration from just about everywhere, a pattern in a tea cup to the light of a late evening sunset and from his parents that have always given him encouragement a young artist requires! From a young age Rob was an enthusiastic painter and some of the early works can be found still in his parents home. On completing college Rob Ford had a number of roles including removals, ga.....
Rex Preston spent most of his life in Derbyshire although was born in Birmingham. Rex Preston worked for a printing company in Derbyshire as an illustrator and artist following his artistic training. He is now able to devote himself to his painting full time due to the increase in popularity of his work. His inspiration comes from long walks in unspoilt and remote areas of the British countryside......
Reuben Colley during his school years was giving support by his art teacher to paint and draw which led to studying Art and Design. He organised a number of small exhibitions around Birmingham & Manchester which soon sold out . Reuben Colley gained a BA Honours in Fine Art at the University of Wolverhampton. Requiring a regular income Reuben Colley worked as a framer at a gallery which led to hi.....
Peter Symonds was born in 1964, he graduated for Leicester University and began painting professionally aged 22. His last three solo exhibitions were sell outs within hours of opening. Following the publication of his work he has been able to reach a far wider audience. He admires and is inspired by the great traditional landscape painters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth Centuries. Insp.....
Paul James is a self taught artist who was born and grew up in Leicestershire. His passion now is to paint landscapes and wildlife, in his earlier years whilst at art college most of his time was spent sketching and drawing cars at his local garage. In 1986 he turned professional and experimented with a variety of different subjects including Cattle, sheep, people portraits, birds of prey and land.....
Pascale Bigot uses pastel for her pictures as she blends the colours using her fingertips. Touching and feeling the canvas brings great pleasure to her. She enjoys drawing a wide range of subjects and will tackle anything providing she can transpose it as a simple drawing. Pascale Bigot likes to keep the essence of shape and form and acheives this by simplifying the lines of her drawing. Her techn.....
Michael Barnfather was born in Ilkeston in Derbyshire and is considered one of England's leading landscape painters. He attended the Derby College of Art and two years following embarked on a career with Rolls Royce as a technical artist. Michael Barnfather pursued his love for painting whilst working for Rolls Royce and was determined to pursue a career as an artist in his own right. He remained .....
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.....
Mark Preston was born in 1976 in Derby. He attended Anglia University in Cambridge to study illustration. After graduating from University, Mark Preston decided he wanted to pursue a career in landscape painting rather than in illustration. His impact on the contemporary art scene has been sensational. His work is inspired by his frequent visits to Cornwall, interior scenes and coastal areas. He a.....
As a child Lynn would spend whole days painting alone in her room. She left school at the earliest opportunity to enrol in a foundation course with art based A level subjects.
Between 1982 and 1985 she trained as a printmaker in Manchester and had two .....
Lionel Aggett was born in Devon and went on to study at the Kington School of Art and Architecture. He embarked on a career in architecture and has received six awards for his architectural work both in private practise and for the local government. The Royal Institute of British Artists elected him a member in 1967. It was in 1991 he decided to abandon architecture for a full time career in paint.....
Lawrence Coulson has always been surrounded by art being born into an artistic familty. His father George Coulson is one of the UK 's leading artists in avation and lanscapes. From an early age Lawrence Coulson was encouraged by his father to draw, his preferred subject being that of cars. At the age of 21 Lawrence Coulson started to paint in oils, his father sold these at the local pub enabling L.....
Jonathan Shaw was destined to follow in the footsteps of his father. Born in 1959 in Leeds, Jonathan spent his early years watching his father, a professional painter, at work. His first creative job was an interior designer, although knew that this was not the right vocation for him. He set off travelling and financed himself by selling his work along the way. Selling his work gave Jonathan the c.....
John Waterhouse was born in Italy in 1849 and died in 1917. John Waterhouse is best known today for his work that illustrated mythology and literature. His father was an artist and John Waterhouse often assisted him in the studio.He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and his works around this time concentrated on a classical theme, similar to the style of Frederic Leighton.1880 and beyond saw Jo.....
John Lowrie Morrison devotes himself to painting full time, and at an early age showed a great talent for art. While completing a degree at the Glasgow School of Art he decided to enter a career of art and design and funded this by teaching. While travelling around Europe with his family a distinct style developed this has been a great factor of his success. With several top exhibitions in the .....
Jean Claude Tron was born in Chanpagne sur Oise, France in 1943 and bgan painting at age thirteen. He left school at sixteen to work but his passion was to paint so he attended evening classes to study art. Jean Claude Tron has exhibited in many prestigious galleries and fulfilled many commissions but did not commit himself to painting full time until 1990. His bright, colourful landscapes and tra.....
At the age of 18, Gloria spent a year travelling around Europe where images of the sea and sky, particularly in Turkey and the Greek islands, were so spectacular. She was mesmerised by the ever-changing beauty of colours and shapes that these scenes prese.....
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.....
Ged found school life dull, with the exception of art, which he excelled in. He left school at 15 years with no formal qualifications, never having sat an exam. Ged took a job as a photographer's assistant and thought the position was a brief one, however.....
Born into an artistic family, Dion Salvador Lloyd has always been surrounded by art. His father is a sculptor and Dion Salvador Lloyd has always aspired to see his work exhibited alongside his fathers in London on a pitch in Green Park. He now exhibits his work every weekend on his own pitch in the same location as his fathers. Selling his work in such an unusual setting has enabled it to flourish.....
Debra Stroud draws much of her inspiration from the sea and coastal areas particularly around the South West of England. California, South Africa and the Seychelles have also been an inspiration to her. Her chosen mediums are both watercolours and oils and choses her medium depending on her mood. Debra Strouds prefers to paint in peace and quiet in order for her to focus. Born in Guildford in Surr.....
David Dipnall was born in Scotland during the early war years of English parents and received his education at Portsmouth Grammar School. After this he decided to undertake Engineering Design which he gave up in 1968 upon travelling the world with his wife Audrey. Settling in Australia for five years during in which David Dipnall worked in product design and later teaching at a Grammar School. R.....
Chris Parsons was born in 1969 and was encouraged to draw from a very young age. It was in 1989 that he studied a foundation arts course which enabled his to experiment with many different artistic disciplines. He was at this time particularly interested in calligraphy and typography. He enrolled on a graphic design course in 1990 which incorporated photography and illustration. Chris Parsons comp.....
Bill Makinson was born in Nottinghamshire, he gained recognition as an amateur artist. This success encouraged him to become a full time artist enabling him to devote all his time to his passion. Bill Makinson has his paintings in private collections both nationally and internationally. Each new publication is eagerly awaited by the print buying public and he regularly paints for individual commis.....
Born in 1949 near Manchester, John Holt left school to study graphic design and advertising at Stockport College of Art. He transfered to the Salford College of Art to complete the final year of his degree. The Royal Society of Arts awarded him the prestigious Bursary Award for his efforts. After graduating John Holt worked for the European market as an art director, illustration and designing boo.....
Born in 1945, John Bord attended the Norwich School of Art and following that the Central School of Art in London. The general focus of John Bond's paintings are his use of figures, still and solitary they work together to add the narrative. Scenes of field, marsh, woodland, shore and fen are painted in oil with atmospheric quality. John Bord's ability to reflect the warmth of the sun, the bite of.....
Ian Elliot was born in Glasgow and studies at the Glasgow School of Art. He then went on to study at the Jordanhill Education College in order to enter the teaching profession. He worked for 16 years at the King's Park Secondary School in Glasgow where he was appointed the post, Head of Art and Design. In 1997 he left the teaching profession to pursue a full time career in art. The inspiration for.....
The paintings of Dorothy Bruce portray her love for her now adopted country. The passionately painted landscapes show the wild and often lonely side of the Scottish countryside. The windswept beaches, the lonely glens and the barren moors are all beautifully portrayed within the paintings of this talented artist......
Born in Dundee, Deborah Phillips first exhibited her work at the age of 14 at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art and the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1987, Deborah Phillips graduated from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art with a BA Honours degree. She went on to work for the National Trust for Scotland as a Merchandise Designer. Deborah Phillips has also worked as a demonstrator of produ.....
For the past 15 years, Carol Jessen has worked in San Francisco as an artist. She attended the Academy of Art based in San Francisco and then took up private study lessons with Toshi Yoshida who taught her woodblock printing in Japan and William Lansberg who tutored her in design. Carol Jessen's preferred mediums are Japanese woodblock printing, pastel and oil painting and she exhibits her work bo.....
Heli Hoffman was born in Bavaria, Germany. She paints using oil and her vibrantly coloured compositions offer a merging of movement with form. Through her works one can see her enthusiasm for her homeland the portrayal of baroque churches, romantic villages and idyllic landscapes. Heli Hoffman paints with a post-impressionistic style, influenced by Gabriele Muenter, August Macke and Franz Marc. Sh.....
Born 1973 in Chengdu, China Xiaoyang Galas art career started in 1993 where she studied at the Sichuan Fine Arts Academy in oil painting. Galleries in Hong Kong and and Taiwan has already started to collect her work by 1994. By 1997 she had painted a series of landscapes and a series of flower paintings both series were collected by galleries in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 1998 she went on to study f.....
Phil Greenwood was born in North Wales in 1943 and studied at Hornsey and Harrow Colleges of Art. He was tutored by some of the UK's finest artists such as Charles Bartlett RE and Ken Howard RA. In 1971 he entered into the career of professional printmaker and was elected as a fellow in 1982 by the Royal Society of Print-etchers. Phil Greenwood is recognised throughout the UK as a leading print m.....
Tjasa Owen's inspiration for her work comes from her love of landscapes, travel and her enthusiasm for the written word. She captures details and textures through photography and sketches to be used later on in her work. Due to her upbringing near Atlantic shores she is constantly drawn to the ever changing skies and dunes which feature prominantly in her work. Tjasa Owen's wonderful paintings inv.....
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.....
Andrew Craig was born in 1967 in Glasgow his family relocated to Lincoln when he was six years old. His passion for painting began when he was thirteen after his mother bought him his first set of paints. He studied art throughout his school years and worked as a graphic artist for Lincoln City Council as his first job. He went on to work on a monthly magazine for a Nottingham based Games Workshop.....
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.....
Tom Swimm has been painting since early childhood and is completely self taught in his artistic skills. Many people have stated that upon viewing his work it has a photorealistic quality and upon further study has a distinctly impressionistic feel to it. It gives one a sense of "being there" and conveys a remarkable realism......
Richard Rowan has enjoyed painting from an early age. He studied art in Northampton and in 1992 won the Daily Mail's 'Artist of the Year' award. After graduating from college he found that establishing an artists life was extreemly difficult and the life of a designer too frustrating and found himself working in the motorsport industry. For the following five years he travelled the world within th.....
John Walker studied oil painting under Joan Workman, a renowned painter. Prior to this he began working in stained glass at Goddard & Gibbs in London and at Richmond College. John Walkers exciting view on the world bridges the gap between a more contemporary style and realism seen within his semi abstract coastal scenes and landscapes. In 1986 he began actively exhibiting in France and following t.....
Louisa Boyd graduated in 2001 from the Manchester Metropolitan University after studying embroidery. In the same year she entered her work at the New Designers Show and won a high commendation from the judges of the New Designer of the Year and The Paperchaser Future of Design Award, both highly prestigious awards. This led on to her exhibiting in two solo shows, the first in Tottenham Court Road .....
Born in Ireland in 1959, Philip Gray had a facination and love for art from the age of five. Trevor Scott, a family friend, who founded the College of Art and Design in Dublin tutored Philip Gray in figurative drawing. He joined the Irish Nay after leaving school at the age of 16 and established himself as a naval diver. Philip Gray had began to paint at sea and had a unique perpective on the land.....
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 .....
Amanda Hoskin attended art school and left to embark on a career as a freelance wildlife artist. Living in London she found she missed her hometown of Cornwall and went on to teach sailing on the Fal Estuary. She continued to paint although changing her medium from watercolours to oil paints. She now lives and works in Cornwall and much of her inspiration comes from the beautiful coastline in this.....
Athens born Stavros Kotsireas now works and lives in the UK. He majored in Painting, Drawing and Graphic Arts from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the Netherlands. Stavros Kotsireas has exhibited widely and now commands an international audience. Landscapes are typical of his work, Cyprus trees often dominate the canvas portraying the elements of nature combined with the raw energy of the artist.....
Glyn Macey has lived and worked in Penzance in Cornwall since leaving college. The source of his inspiration is the Cornish landscape surrounding him, its history and the people who live there. He captures through his use of mixed media, the essence of the local people and the landscapes of Cornwall. Glyn Macey states, "The Cornwall Peninsula is both punished and blessed reflecting as it does the .....
The quintessentially English paintings of Simon Palmer have a distinctive quality about them through their quirky perspectives and hidden narratives. The surrealism of Stanley Spencer and William Morris' tonal qualities are also reminiscent in the situations represented. Simon Palmer was encouraged to study landscape painting by his tutors at Reigate School of Art and Design even though he was enr.....
Born in 1965, Richard Tuff is an accomplished artist, inspired by the ancient streets in Povencal towns and intimate scenes of farms and villages. He studied at Wincester School of Art and concentrated on painting after his move to Cornwall in 1988. Magazines and newspapers prominently feature his work since publication by the CCA Galleries. Richard Tuff's preferred medium is gouache and demand fo.....
Michael Bennallack Hart was born in Sussex in 1948. He attended the Ravensbourne College of Art in London from 1966 to 1970. His career began by painting sports scenes and landscapes and both designing and illustrating record sleeves and posters. During the 70's and 80's he continued his illustration work as well as undertaking a role as an advertising art director. During this time he continued t.....
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.....
