Seascape & Marine
The inspiration behind the paintings of Michael Lawes are the effects of artificial light at night, how grey tarmac is transformed into a multitude of dazzling colours, how reflection in water seems so much more exciting and vibrant at night. The visual effects of reflections on railway carriages, shop windows and freshly rained on tarmac are all very interesting subjects to Michael all of which .....
Dronma was born in 1947 and grew up in the city of Glasgow. She attended the Glasgow School of Art and following that began to teach, she then went on to work for Glasgow Arts Centre as Art Director. Her preferred mediums are oil on canvas and sculpture. Dronma exhibited her work all over the UK and the Scottish Retreat Centre has her Tibetan thankas in their permanent collection......
Pam Carter was born in Tanganyika in East Africa at the age of thirteen she moved to Scotland the birthplace of her mother. She started a teaching career in the seventies after graduating from the Glasgow School of Art. She then took a gap year to study in Chicago following that moved to the Seychelles to teach art for a further two years. In August 2004, Pam Carter embarked on a full time paintin.....
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.....
Born in Edinburgh, Sarah Jane Walker achieved a first class honours degree in textiles from the Manchester Metropolitan University. Her final year exhibition was a complete success and her paintings sold out. This boosted her confidence and enabled her to apply for high level jobs. Sarah Jane Walker continued her career in the textile industry and achevied the position of Design and Marketing Mana.....
Born in Yorkshire in 1949, Steven Dews's meteoric rise to success from distinctly unpromising beginnings, should be an inspiration to all young artists. Following his graduation, Steven Dews built up an astonishing portfolio for his first exhibition in 1.....
Barbera James studied in music, dance and drama at the Middlesex Polytechnic, it was throughout her studies that she realised her talent for art. Her tutors exposed and encouraged her to experiment with ideas, textiles and colour. After graduating she briefly went into working in television whilst continuing to paint. Barbera James was awarded as a finalist in the Artists and Illustrators magazine.....
Born in 1961, Duncan grew up in the Midlands where he still spends a substantial part of the year. Despite living so far inland, he managed to develop a passion for the sea, and spent a highly significant 18 months sailing across the Atlantic and then aro.....
Peter was born in 1946 in Middlesex. On leaving school he went straight into his first job as a studio junior for a card company, where his innate artistic talent was recognised. Here he spent 5 years studying lettering and design.
Peter then moved on .....
Olly James was born and grew up in Manchester. She attended a teacher training course at Bolton Colege of Art before deciding to undertake a course in Fine Art and Graphics. Olly James moved to London to further her skills and had her big break when she started to work as a theatre set designer. She progressed up the ladder and became the head set designer and painter which involved designing the .....
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.....
Amy Chapman was born in 1973 in York. Her artist talents were recognised at an early age. She went on to study at Harrogate College of Art then studied for a BA in Textile Design at the Loughborough College of Art and Design. Since graduating she has worked at a number of Universities within the Art Departments and established a number of Community Art Projects across the UK. She draws her inspira.....
Wendy has always had an interest in art and design but it was not until her youngest child started school that she decided to return to her studies and complete a degree in English, Art and Design at Marjon College, Exeter. Following graduation she enjoye.....
Like many artists Wendy Corbett trained as a teacher, and after realising this was not for her she did what she could to make a living whilst trying to get ahead in the world of art. Wendy Corbett is a self taught artist and works mainly in pastel, most of her work is exclusively in colour after a period of working in graphite – but she sometimes returns to the pencil. She believes pencil is ver.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Ken is a self-taught Artist who was born, bred and eventually spat out of Sunderland's harsh East-End, before landing softly for some education at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School in the luxurious grounds of Gatton Park, Reigate, Surrey.
Ken's tra.....
Justin Tew is a self taught artist who uses oils. He is a frequent visitor to the Mediterranean and is consistantly inspired by the colours, quality of light and atmosphere of this part of the world. Water is also favoured as subject matter and Justin Tew enjoys trying to reproduce is ever changing textures and quality. Bedfordshire born Justin Tew loves to travel and has many collectors of his wo.....
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 .....
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.....
The dramatic blend of colours in the works of Turner have been an inspiration to Duncan Palmar. His landscape and beach scenes capture nature at its best and convey the warmth, colour and light created at different times of the day particularly sunrise and sunset. Duncan Palmar's beach scenes are particularly attractive and his limited edition print releases are always eagerly anticipated by colle.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Born in Dorset in 1971, Rebecca started he artistic career by completeing a foundation course in art and then went on to graduate with a BA Honours degree in illustration from the University of Liverpool. She has enjoyed a highly sucessful career as an illustrator and artist undertaking commissions for a range of record sleeves and magazines as well as from high profile clients including Paul McCa.....
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.....
Tilly Willis was trained at Somerset College of Art and the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. She grew up in Somerset where she now has her studio. She is an established portrait painter but her subject matter also includes still-life, interiors and land.....
Simon Kenevan was born in 1963 in London, at an early age his family relocated to the south coast of England. He left school in 1982 to join the crew on a fishing boat. Simon Kenevan began transform the memories of his experiences on the sea into beautiful artistic compositions and it was at this time his artistic abilities were discovered. In 2003 he relocated to the USA which he found to be a cr.....
Dorothy Sterling has a deep love for the Scottish landscape. Her landscape paintings portray her affections often with birds or sheep present. Dorothy Stirling feels that a human figure in her paintings would take away the feeling of loneliness and prefers to include a solitary animal or bird. A few of her paintings have been inspired by Ellen McArthurs single handed sail around the world......
Nikky Corker always manages to maintain an element of quirky humour within a scene often simplyfying the details. She draws inspiration from visiting industrial areas to walking in the dales and takes a sketchbook wherever she goes. Her quirky and fun paintings never fail to put a smile on the face of the viewer......
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.....
