Contemporary

Adam Barsby

Born in Leicester in 1969 Adam Barsby showed an early artistic talent which would eventually lead him to graduate from Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone with a First Class Honours Degree. Following his graduation in 1992 Adam Barsby worked on several freelance projects for Art Galleries and magazines whilst developing his distinctive style. In 1996 he decided to
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Allen Tortice

Allen Tortice was born in 1948, one of 6 children to working-class parents, his father being a miner and his mother a former mill worker. He was educated at Ardsley (Infant, Juniors and Seniors) schools, then went to Bruntcliffe High School. When he left school he went down the pit like his father, and was an apprentice miner. He also attended Wakefield College to study
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Amanda Clark

Amanda Clark's paintings are a rich tapestry of colour inspired by the English countryside, myths and folklore. Her paintings have another wordly presence within a comtemporary style that is almost reminiscent of fairytales. Amanda Clark comes from an artistic family and has painted professionally for 15 years, her work can be found in private collections
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Andrew Macara

Andrew Macara was born in Derbyshire in 1944. Although Andrew studied contemporary modern British Art for a short period with Leonard Fuller at the St Ives School of Painting amongst the Cornwall Art Galleries he considers himself a self taught artist. Today Andrew Macara has one of the most distinctive styles of present day contemporary British Artists and has enjoyed
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Charlotte Atkinson

Charlotte was born in the great naval city of Plymouth in 1973 and grew up with a natural fascination for the sea. After training to be an illustrator at the University of Derby and Hereford College of Art, her love of coastal life drew her to Scotland where she was invited to become Artist in Residence at a rural centre for the arts. Charlotte's highly decorative
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Donald Hamilton Fraser

Donald Hamilton Fraser 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 exhibitions of British work, including the Royal Academy's 25 Years of British Painting, where he is also a
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Doug Hyde

Doug Hyde was born in 1972 and raised in Bristol. Having loved art since he was little, Doug spent many of his formative years enjoying experimenting with his talent. During his schooling, Doug Hyde spent a lot of time honing his skills on the practical side of art by drawing and painting and experimenting; when he left, he was sure that his career lay in the world of
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Emilija Pasagic

Emilija Pasagic was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia. In 1993 she and her family moved to Canada and settled in Toronto. Formally educated in landscape architecture, Emilija Pasagic had always enjoyed drawing and painting, but her new life sparked an artistic rejuvenation. Always unconventional Emilija Pasagic began by painting on silk, intensely detailed
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Fabian Perez

Fabian Perez is Argentinean, and was born in Buenos Aires in 1967. He was raised by his father, who led a rather eccentric and nonconformist existence, running illegal nightclubs and bordellos. Fabian Perez was exposed to a large number of fascinating individuals, and as he grew up, he began to capture these people in portraits. His abilities were evident from this very young
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Gary Bunt

Born in 1957 in East Peckham Kent, Gary Bunt was due to attend Maidstone College of Art but started playing guitar professionally instead. At the age of thirty, he turned his back on the rock & roll lifestyle and all that it entailed. Gary Bunt then began to paint professionally and, following his diagnosis of cancer in 2001, his paintings have enjoyed a renewed vigour. Gary
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Gary Walton

Gary was born in Worcester in 1962. Although he demonstrated a talent for art from an early age, he never considered pursuing a full time career as an artist, instead moving through the school system and into a conventional job. He always loved to paint however and spent much of his spare time painting landscapes real or imagined. After receiving continual encouragement
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George Somerville

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Gerald Coulson

After leaving school, Gerald Coulson began a career in the aircraft industry as an apprentice aircraft engineer . His combined knowledge of aircraft engineering and his drawing ability took him into technical illustration, from which he developed his painting technique with no formal training. His full-time career as a painter began in 1969 and he has since enjoyed enormous
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Goff Danter

Goff Danter was born in 1949 in a small South Wales town called Brynmawr where his artistic interests were first noticed and encouraged by his very supportive art teacher at the local grammar school. On leaving school, Goff trained at the West of England College of Art, Bristol, Cardiff College of Art and Cardiff University. He then taught at St Illtyd's College, Cardiff until
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Jeremy Sanders

By using a range of cultural reference points such as vintage cars and distinctive architecture, Jeremy Sanders transports us to the streets of Cuba, where the blazing sunlight sharpens the shadows and intensifies the rich, bright colours. He works from a memory enriched by extensive travelling, and is inspired by the colours of the Tropics and of Cuba in particular. He is
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Jimi Hendrix

Rock legend and unique artistic voice Jimi Hendrix is revered the world over as a rock legend, a groundbreaking performer, an inspired lyricist and an all round wild child, but this 20th century icon had yet another string to his creative bow that is a lot less well known. This autumn we are proud to present the Jimi Hendrix premier international collection of artworks, a
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Johanna Basford

"My creativity is cultivated by a curious imagination and a delight in the fantastic. Much of my work has roots in the flora and fauna that surrounded me during childhood on my parents' fish farm in rural Aberdeenshire. In 2001, I packed my bags and headed to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, where I graduated 4 years later with a first class honours degree in
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John Haggan

John Haggan worked as an industrial engineer until 1979 when, with the encouragement of his friends, he decided to become a professional artist. His work has now been exhibited in galleries all over Northern Ireland and he has received commissions from as far afield as New Zealand, U.S.A., Canada, and South Africa. His landscapes capture the peace and tranquility of the
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John Lines

John Lines was born in 1938 in Rugby Warwickshire. He studied art in Warwickshire at Rugby Polytechnic from 1959 and then at York School of Art. John Lines has been exhibiting his contemporary paintings since leaving art school. But initially his time was shared between art activities and working in Industry. John's paintings are distinctive and beautifully painted. His style
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Julie Ann Scott

Julie Ann's remarkable oil paintings feature intensely coloured underwater scenes in which shoals of fish swirl in a vibrant vortex of light. This light is the unifying factor in all of Julie Ann's work, originating in the sight of the sun breaking through the misty darkness. This first blissful moment of light inspires the artist from both an aesthetic and a spiritual
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Kate Fensom

What started as a three week holiday turned into a pivotal moment in Kate Fensom's life. She came back to England kindling a small spark about becoming an artist. Returning to the country that had fired her imagination Kate Fensom began to paint, inspired by the magic of the Mediterranean, by October 2002 she had enough paintings to hold her first exhibition at the Dome Hotel,
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Kerry Darlington

Born in a coastal town of North Wales, Kerry Darlington’s passion for art was inspired by a love of beautiful old picture books (Rackham, Dulac and Beardsley were favourites and later on, Pre-Raphaelite painting and Art Nouveau). This developed into a degree in illustration in 1996, originally intended to lead to a career in book illustration. Following University she worked
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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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Leo Casement

Growing up in Ireland Leo Casement excelled in art from an early age. Upon finishing school he earned a living painting portraits and street scenes in Dublin. His passion for painting took him to London and then France, before returning home to Ireland. However, his love of travelling took him back to France and then across Europe eventually settling in Marbella, Spain, for
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Malcolm Teasdale

Malcolm's roots are firmly planted in the North East of England, an area whose character and landscape has been defined by its industrial history. His forefathers were lead miners working the seams on bleak Alston Moor, and successive generations coal mined in Tynedale and close to Newcastle. Malcolm himself was born in the Elswick district of Newcastle in 1944, and lived and
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Maya Eventov

Maya Eventov was born in Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg, under the former Soviet Union. At a very young age her parents introduced her to the great artistic treasures of the city. She spent countless hours at the magnificent Hermitage Museum studying the works of great masters. Maya Eventov was especially fascinated by the works of the Post-impressionists, and those of
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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 Buchanan

Neil Buchanan was born in Aintree, Liverpool, in the shadow of Liverpool Football Club. Neil Buchanan and his sister were raised in a loving home, but like lots of other families in the area, money was often tight. "I can't remember a time when i didn't like drawing." The young Neil Buchanan loved cartoons and "lived inside the Beano" and even used to stick his cartoons
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Nicky Belton

Nicky's background is in fashion and textile design. Having graduated from Winchester School of Art in 1991, she moved into a highly specialised career as a milliner. Here her exceptional skills helped her to build a loyal and substantial client base amongst both private buyers and major agencies. Her passion for pattern, texture, form and colour are apparent in all aspects
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Paul James

Paul James was born and grew up in Leicestersire. Paul is a self-taught artist who enjoys painting wildlife, animals and landscapes. He started art college but spent most of his time painting and sketching cars at the local Ferrari garage and therefore did not complete the course. Paul James decided to commit his time to painting professionally in 1986 and experimented
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Paul Nicholls

Paul has been working as an illustrator for several years, fulfilling commissions for advertising, books and an animated TV series. Since winning the DeMontfort New Artist Competition in 2005, he has devoted himself to fine art and has found it a revelation: "I love the feeedom to use my instinct and to paint without constraint." Paul's bold and stylized landscapes
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Paul Normansell

Paul's iconic images of famous faces are summoned through individually painted dots in high gloss enamel paint on sheet aluminium; this meticulous process creates a flawless reflective quality as if they were literally in a glossy magazine. Paul's many high profile fashion assignments have included a range of portraits of supermodels Kate Moss and Agyness Deyn. In 2008,
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Peter Adderley

Peter Adderley was born in 1965 and grew up in rural Staffordshire. After graduating from Wolverhampton Polytechnic he freelanced as an artist and card designer. In 1990 he decided to devote himself full time to painting. In 2004 Peter's outstanding talent won him a place in the final of the DeMontfort New Artist Competition. Painting in heavy bodied acrylics on high
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Peter Bell

The content of Peter Bell's work depicting everyday events many with a working class theme, shows a real imagination and a sense of real vision. When viewing Peter's work it would be easy not to look beyond the instant image of a mass of people walking, or the knotted handkerchief, the flat cap, the heads down. But when the viewer can see the meaning of the painting, life
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Peter Blake

Peter Blake was interested in art from a young age and attended Gravesend Technical College for three years before completing his National Service in the Royal Air Force. He carried on his studies at the RCA, and upon completion Peter Blake was awarded a scholarship which took him travelling across the globe for a year. This inspirational time led to his early works being
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Richard Farrant

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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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Ronnie Wood

Ronnie Wood was born in 1947 in Middlesex, England, into a musical and artistic family. Before beginning his musical career he received formal art training at Ealing College of Art, London. Throughout the years, the artist and the musician have been inseparable. As his musical career progressed, Ronnie Wood continued his passion for painting and drawing; his subjects
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Simon Garden

Simon Garden was born in Middlesex in 1960. He studied art at Exeter College of Art and Design, graduating in 1982 with a first class honours degree. Since then he has moved from strength to strength, gaining both a national and international reputation as a unique artist of considerable talent. His work is at once mysterious, magical and timeless. His strong imaginative
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Storm Thorgerson

Storm Thorgerson was born in Potters bar in 1944. His career took off in 1968 when he formed Hipgnosis with Aubrey Powell, a graphic design studio specialising in creative photography. His designs for album covers include Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, 10CC, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Black Sabbath, Paul McCartney and many more. In 1983 Storm along with Aubrey and Peter
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Sue Howells

Fine Art Trade Guild award winning best selling published artist 2008 is testament to Sue Howell's ever increasing popularity. Sue Howells is a self-trained artist now working full-time as a painter. Known for her interpretation of landscapes and buildings she has developed a bold and vivid style to express her view of the world and bring perspective to her painting. She
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Susie Perring

Susie went to the London College of Printing in 1963-1967, and then worked as a graphic designer in the 60s and 70s. In 1984, Susie started full time as an artist, specialising as a printmaker in etchings, line and aquatint. Susie also taught print at the LCP and for the Outreach programme of Dulwich Picture Gallery's Education Department. Susie has also been commissioned
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Victoria Ball

After studying Art and Design at Cheltenham College of Higher Education, Victoria graduated from Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, with a first class BA Hons in Illustration. She soon went on to accept her first commission for The Children's Company, through which she was fortunate enough to illustrate BAFTA Award winning children's series ‘Ripley and Scuff' for Children's
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Zinsky

Zinsky's remarkable portraits capture the essence of his subject in a way that sets his work apart from that of his contemporaries. In a world where the art of the icon is in such great demand, he brings something new and exciting to this hugely popular genre. The confidence and skill he demonstrates within his compositions combines with the speed and spontaneity with which he
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