Naïve Art
Libby Lord was born into a family of painters she started out in a teaching career but following a car accident she thought seriously about progressing into art on a full time basis. Libby Lord started off painting for her friends and family and as her popularity grew she started to exhibit her work locally. She then went onto exhibit in craft fairs and National exhibitions from which she earned s.....
Born in Leicester in 1969, Adam Barsby started his art career by graduating in 1992 with a first class honours degree from the Kent Institute of Art and Design. Coastlines and oceans provide Adam Barsby with and endless source of inspiration, the romantic nature of these sources being of particular interest.The art world has been taken by storm through his rich colours, provoking narratives and te.....
At an early age Doug Hyde became aware of his artistic abilities.He concentrated mainly on the technical aspect of painting drawing throughout his college education. He was in no doubt aware that his career was to be that of a professional artist after graduation. Doug Hyde prefers to work on a large scale in plenty of open space thus not limiting his physical freedom to express his creative energ.....
Born in 1956 the eldest of seven siblings Mackenzie's upbringing was no different than the other children of working class families in post war Middlesbrough. Mackenzie stood apart from the other children due to his artistic talents, abilities and driven desire to draw. He would use any type of raw material available to him. By the age of 15 Mackenzie went to work in the shipyards following the pa.....
Peter Smith was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He has undertaken a variety of different vocations throughout his life a particularly enjoyable one was working within the fashion industry as a graphic artist for 16 years. Peter Smith also worked as a computer programmer and a surveyor in his earlier years. Throughout the last two years Peter Smith has spent his time heightening his profile wit.....
Tony Linsell was born in 1947 in London. He showed artistic talent from very early on and spent much of his spare time painting and drawing from imagination. He attended a course entitles Studio Practice where he learnt to illustrate in a range of styles. After completing the course he worked on many different illustration projects, and continued to practise his fine art skills. He has always pur.....
Bruce McKay grew up in Toronto and was fascinated by drawing from an early age. At the age of ten Bruce McKay was lucky enough to spend time with an artist named Ralph Abrams. Ralph Abrams was an experimenter of 'the new' as well as being a sculptor, painter and animator. Bruce McKay knew from this point on he would enter into a career within the arts. He studied colour theory, life drawing and ar.....
John Wilson has had a passion for art from a very early age. He was educated at Harrogate School of Art where he subsequently exhibited in thier Art Gallery. It was at this art school where he was introduced to Pop Art and figure painting. John Wilson paints in his spare time and from the mid 1990's has been exhibiting his work in local galleries. He has had several sucessful exhibitions and there.....
Roger Hutchings was born in Middlesex in 1943 to a very artistic family. His father was a painter and his mother well versed in a range of arts and crafts. His father enjoyed sharing his love for painting with Roger and his two brothers. Roger set up a studio in Soho with his brother at the age of twenty. They were kept constantly busy with work concerning animation, design and book illustration. .....
Grant Searl was born in 1962 in Southport. He studied at the Preston Polytechnic and has always had an interest in unconventional and bizarre things. These interests, from the beginning have influenced his artwork. He admires the styles of Dali and Magritte and these styles are visible in Grant Searl's distinctive, inventive oil and acrylic paintings. The element of subversion appeals to him as we.....
Mike Jackson was born in Manchester in 1962 to a working class family. He attended school although left with few qualifications. He was encouraged to learn a trade to give him a footing for the future so trained to become a butcher. Mike Jackson had an extremely varied career path and entered onto the artistic path by becoming a self taught graphic designer. He gained access into the Commercial Ar.....
Mark Grieves believes that a creative person can find inspiration from everywhere. He is attracted to light and contrast and interesting shapes and shadows. He is particularly inspired by the fantasy cities and structures found in comic books as well as memories of childhood dreams. In his own words, "To create an image, where the viewer can immerse themselves fully into the picture, enabling them.....
