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Adrian Lack
Adrian Lack was born in Eastbourne in 1946, his early childhood was spent in Yorkshire, where his father taught art at Beverley Grammer School, then he moved to Buckinghamshire when his father was appointed head of the Art Department at Aylesbury Grammer School - where Adrian Lack studied art under his guidance.
Adrian Lack trained as a scientific photographer working for
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Alex Holland
Alex Holland originally trained in Physics at Imperial College London but decided to change direction and become a Photographer. Since becoming freelance, Alex has built up a portfolio of London architecture and cityscapes over 4 intensive months and was given his first exhibition last October exhibiting these works. This year he continues to build upon his architectural
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Bob Barker
Bob Barker was born in Yorkshire in 1954. He spent his youth in the mill town where his mother worked as a weaver. It was his mother who first bought him an oil painting set when he was 12 years old and from that point, he was immediately captivated by what could be achieved with paint and canvas. With no formal art training, Bob Barker motivated himself to paint in many
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Brad Macmath
Brad Macmath current work is a visual response to time spent as a tourist in Tokyo, Japan. With these paintings Brad has tried to capture the layered feel of the city and its overwhelming appearance by using a range of painting techniques. In creating these pieces he hopes to give the viewer an idea of Tokyo as an outsider, but also a view of Tokyo from his personal
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Brendan Neiland
Brendan Neiland was keeper of The Royal Academy Schools for two years and enjoys continued success as a painter and printmaker. His subject is the cityscape an environment Brendan feels is rich in potentiality and yet often neglected. Brendan sites the work of fernand Leger who was the first artist to use the awkward contemporary environment as a key to inspiration. Brendan’s
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Brian Jull
Born and raised in the historic Naval centre of Greenwich, London, UK, the sea and Admiralty have been a major influence on Brian Jull's life and career. At 18, Jull left the family home and joined the merchant Navy. Having met and married his wife during this time, Brian Jull decided that after three years of life on the sea, he would settle down and have a family. With no
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Brian Shepherd
A love of urban architecture and an abiding interest in popular culture inspires much of Brian Shepherd's work. For him the creative process begins when he stops and observes quietly amongst the hubbub of modern city life as a way of identifying unexpected areas of beauty and interest. His intense and dynamic oil paintings bring elements we might take for granted to the
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Carol Jessen
Carol Jessen has worked as an artist in San Francisco for 15 years. Her principal mediums are oil painting, pastel and Japanese woodblock printing.
The process of developing her oil paintings begins with many small charcoal sketches which are further developed by painting small loose oil paintings or drawing full color pastels. She then sketches the full size image to the
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Cecil Rice
Cecil Rice graduated from Brighton Art College in 1983 & is best known for his romantic & colourful paintings of Italy, Venice in particular. His father Sean, a much respected sculptor, encouraged Cecil's interest in painting & it was the family holidays to Tuscany which developed his interest in painting this part of the world.
Meticulous attention to drawing is evident in
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Colin Ruffell
Colin Ruffell was born in 1939, then he was bombed, evacuated, educated, expelled, repatriated, married, bred, qualified and taught; until in 1965, aged 26, he became a professional artist. Since then he is proud and happy to have survived.
He qualified from two Art Colleges in painting, design and printmaking, and the Open University in psychology and aesthetics, plus he
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Csilla Orban
The cityscapes of Csilla Orban occupy a unique position on the current art market. Although they depict specific and often recognisable locations, their particular brilliance lies in the creation of atmosphere rather than the accuracy of detail. By merging colours and blurring the reflected light in the rain-slicked streets, Csilla conveys the fast-moving essence of her chosen
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David Farren
David Farren was born in 1972 in Wiltshire and studied art at Bristol. He is now based in Lancashire where he works from a studio in his home when he is not away painting on location.
David uses expressive brushwork and colour to represent the energy and movement of the urban landscape, providing a snapshot of everyday life. His aim is to capture the ambience and
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Douglas Gray
Douglas was born in Harrogate in 1965. After graduating from Scarborough College with a Higher National Diploma in Advertising and Illustration, he went on to achieve a distinction in illustration from Doncaster College of Art.
A born communicator, Douglas launched his artistic career as a poster designer for Athena International, but was soon lured into the world of
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Francis Aliefeh
Francis Aliefeh is a self-taught fine art photographer. He feels that the medium of photography momentarily suspends time; presenting him with opportunities to capture images that will never occur the same way twice. He derives a great sense of pleasure and fulfilment from his work and feels proud to present his collections of images.
Francis Aliefeh has a great affinity
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Gary Benfield
Gary Benfield was born Birmingham in 1965. Gary Benfeild studied at Stourbridge college of Art and later Wrexham college of Art. He became a professional freelance illustrator in 1986 and joined the Artist Partner Group.
After leaving the academic world Gary Benfield set up his own studio near London and concentrated on drawing figures. Within a few years his work was
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Hazel Soan
Hazel Soan was born in the UK, studied painting at Camberwell and LeicesterArt Colleges, graduating with a BA Hons in Fine Art, and awarded the Holbrook Trust Prize from Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1976.
Hazel Soan's career includes over 20 one man shows in London and the UK and abroad in Venezuela and Southern Africa. She has participated in numerous mixed
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Henderson Cisz
Born in Brazil in 1960, Henderson Cisz grew up in a small village near Maringa. His talent for painting was clear from as early age, but he never considered pursuing a career as an artist. Instead he entered the banking profession and continued to enjoy painting as a hobby. By the mid 1980s however, Henderson had become convinced that art meant more to him than banking! In
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James Blinkhorn
James Blinkhorn was born in Manchester in 1966 into an artistic family. At school he was considered outstanding and from a very young age he was actually taken out of lessons to paint. He received commissions from staff and parents and as a teenager he was runner up in a major art competition. So in the matter of a career choice he says quite simply, "there was no choice!"
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Jeff Rowland
After studying art at North Tyneside College, Jeff became self employed as a professional artist in 1984. He used this time to experiment with all medium including glass engraving, printing and painting, but always seemed to be drawn back to oil paint. Even as a child he can remember his grandmother using oil paint in a paint by numbers set. This caught his attention and he
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Julius Shulman
A resident of Los Angeles since 1920, Julius Shulman has been documenting modernist architecture in Southern California and across the globe for nearly eight decades. His images of Pierre Koenig's Case Study House No. 22 (1960) in Los Angeles and Richard J. Neutra's Kaufmann House (1947) in Palm Springs are among the most recognizable and iconic architectural photographs of
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Keith Fulford
Keith was born in London in 1962. His innate love of art and design drove to quit his 'safe' job and embark on a lengthy period of artistic study. After gaining both a diploma and a degree he went on to achieve an impressive MA in Art and Design, specializing in drawing. During this intense period of learning, Keith also gained a broad range of professional experience in a
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Kevin Blackham
Born and bought up in a farming community in Shropshire, Kevin Blackham displayed his exceptional artistic talent from an early age. At seven he won a handwriting competition and following this success he gained a hot of design commissions from local companies whilst still at school. Kevin Blackham graduated with distinction from Reigate School of Art and Design in Surrey
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Lesley Anne Derks
I was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1977 and brought up in Grangemouth where I continue to live until this day.
Grangemouth is predominantly an industrial town. In my early years it hosted businesses such as ICI, Docks and the BP Petro-chemical plant which were all major influences in my life. At school everyone seemed to have a parent or relation who worked in these fields.
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Louis Sidoli
Louis Sidoli comes from a family of artists. Even though art surrounded him as a child, he never considered pursuing a career as an artist and instead studied engineering at university. Sidoli then went on to a career in car design, where he worked for 15 years.
Although happy in his job, Louis Sidoli never felt fully creatively satisfied working in the car industry. After
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Marc Wilson
Marc Wilson works both as an artist and commercial photographer, he also teaches photography at degree level. Working in the genre of documentary landscape photography, Marc Wilson looks at both rural and urban environments often focusing on a particular subject or theme.
With a degree in Sociology and both a degree and masters in Photography Marc Wilson has exhibited in solo
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Mark Braithwaite
Mark Braithwaite takes his inspiration from the 'great masters' Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Vermeer. Mark uses intense light and shadow to create depth and fel in these distinctive yet beautifully executed images.
He has twice been Regimental Artist for the British Army; for the Royal Artillery and Signal Regiments. Corporate commissions include paintings for Nestle UK and the
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Mauricio Abreu
Maurício Abreu was born in Coimbra in 1954, and has lived in Setúbal since 1964.
He took a degree in electrotechnical engineering at Lisbon's Higher Institute of Engineering (IST) in 1978. Since 1983 he has devoted his time solely to photography and has been involved in various works as photographer, producer and publisher in the fields of natural and cultural heritage,
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Michael Kidd
Michael Kidd was born in 1937. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art where he gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Art. On leaving the Royal College Michael Kidd worked as an art director in some of London's leading advertising agencies.
In 1966 Michael Kidd moved to New York to work as a creative director for a London Agencies' New York office. Following his
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Nagib Karsan
Born in Tanzania in 1955, Nagib Karsan spent his childhood years in Africa and boarding school in the UK.
Enjoying art from an early age he undertook a six-month course in Kenya before embarking on a varied career in business.
The the late 1990’s he found time to rediscover his interest in art and explored a wide variety of mixed media and techniques.
He found
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Neil Dawson
Neil Dawson completed his formal artistic education at Central Saint Martins College in London. After the spell at art college he went on do a degree in economics and a job in banking, he didn't pick up a paint brush for many years.
It was an extended period of travel that rekindled his love of art. Being constantly exposed to beautiful, enchanting, strange, evocative,
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Nemo
The prevalent theme in Nemo's work is travel and the discovery of the beauty and excitment of new places. His distinctive images draw together the charm and mood of several famous cities at once to create a dreamlike memory of time and space in a fascinating combination of mixed media.
Nemo Colesnicenso grew up in Chisinau, the capital city of Moldova. This Eastern European
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Norman Smith
Norman Smith was born in 1949. He studied Art and design at Bristol before qualifying as a teacher and travelling extensively in India and the Far East. Following three years working in Western Australia he returned to England in 1987 to paint professionally.
Norman Smith is best known as a pastel artist and is a member of the Pastel Society and regularly exhibits at The
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Paul Kenton
Paul showed an interest in painting from an early age; while others wanted to be doctors or pilots he clearly remembers telling a friend that he wanted to be an artist. This was cemented when, at the tender age of twelve, he won a national colouring competition - winning a prized set of paints. He continued to draw and paint all through school becoming proficient in
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Peter Wileman
Peter Wileman 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 - his first artistic training - which gave him a solid grounding in colour awareness and formal structure.
Peter Wileman then moved on to
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Reuben Colley
Reuben was encouraged to paint & draw by his art teacher at school, after which he studied Art & Design at Bournville Art College, Birmingham before enrolling at The University of Wolverhampton where he gained a BA Honours in Fine Art.
He organised a number of small exhibitions around Birmingham & Manchester which soon sold out. Needing a regular income he worked as a
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Ricardo Wolfson
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Riccardo Pocci
Riccardo Pocci's work follows the delicate profiles of edifices, which seem to converse with the sky and its light. These profiles multiply in the urban structures.
Pocci's work is the essence of the contemporary city, he investigates the environment which receives our physical and mental existence and constantly reflects upon the relations between our habitat and our
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Rolf Harris
Born in Perth, Western Australia, Rolf Harris loved to paint from an early age. When asked at Primary School what he wanted to be when he grew up his response was "An artist". After school Rolf became a teacher, whilst continuing to draw & paint at every opportunity.
At the age of twenty-two, Rolf Harris moved to London on what was supposed to be a year's study leave,
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Susan Brown
Susan was born in Yorkshire and graduated from Leeds with a BA Honours degree in Three Dimensional Design in 1979. She went on to become a highly respected interior designer but in her spare time worked on her personal passion, fine art painting.
Now an established artist, Susan creates bold and vibrant images which present what she describes as the real world. She sees them
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Timmy Mallett
Timmy Mallett is known as a TV and entertainment personality, but is just as versatile and colourful in his artistic endeavours.
Timmy Mallett loves painting (mainly in acrylics), and will reach for his 'Mallett's Pallette' at the drop of a brush. He is a really talented artist who takes his inspiration from this country, and from trips all over the world. Timmy Mallett's
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Tully Crook
Tully Crook was born 1938 in Hampstead London. After a career in advertising and marketing he became a professional artist in 1978 although he had emerged briefly as a sculptor in 1973 having a one-man exhibition in oils that year at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Tully Crook now concentrates on painting oils and making prints and in the last few years has been
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