1947

Andrew Lanyon is an artist son of the esteemed St Ives and Newlyn artist George Peter LANYON, and grandson of Herbert LANYON, the important photographer-recorder of the St Ives colony of artists from the earliest days. Andrew wears this family mantel with great wit and charm, creating pithy and witty works of art in sculpture, found objects and collages, and tells their stories in fiction laced with allegory. His work, both in books and in various media forms, is eagerly sought by collectors and museums.

Born in 1989 in Wiltshire and educated at a Catholic school, James now devotes himself to painting imagined scenes of immoral excess, mythical creatures and larger than life characters.

After gaining a degree in History of Art, James toured the post-communist countries of Serbia, Romania, Ukraine and Russia. The works that he produced since his return to England, featuring debauched, pipe-smoking sailors, were deeply influenced by the characters he observed during these sojourns. After leaving the Iron Curtain, via a smoke-filled train to China, James became enraptured by the brightly coloured pagodas, outlandish foods and beautiful porcelains adorned with dragons and birds that he encountered.

James brings all these influences, together with his passion for architecture, human vices and the animal kingdom, in his paintings and drawings.

Tim Woolcock (born 1952 in Lancashire, England) is a Modern British painter painting in the tradition of the 1950s. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are in private and public collections worldwide. In 2009 the Office of Public Works in Dublin, Ireland acquired one of his artworks for the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

LIFE & CAREER

Between 1963 and 1970, he attended Arnold School in Blackpool, northern England. In 1971, he attended Roehampton Institute (London University) to study Philosophy and Art. From 1974–1986, he taught in London schools. Currently he lives part of the year on a farm in County Carlow, Ireland where his studio is located.

STYLES & INFLUENCES

As a modern British painter Woolcock's landscapes have often been described as mystical in their composition.He has always shown an affinity with Zen and this is reflected in most of his work. The strong pigments used in his oil colour have also made his work distinctive.

The London Times] art critic Joanna Pitman wrote this about Woolcock's style and influences: "The scale and proportions of his work present an internal harmony, and this mood is completed in the delicate balance between form and the exquisite colours he uses. We see lyrical lines and geometric fragmented shapes...Woolcock has seemed to show an interest in Cubism and a wonderful sense of contour and drama. There is a meditative serenity in his colour variations which perhaps reflects the contemplative personality of Woolcock himself...his landscapes evoke the beauty and grandeur of the Irish Countryside"

EXHIBITIONS

2002 - St Giles Gallery, Norwich;

2003 - Bloxham Gallery, London;

2004 - Russell Gallery, London; Art London; Art Chicago;

2005 - Royal Society of British Artists; Russell Gallery, London; Art London; Langham Gallery, Suffolk;

2006 - Lemon Street Gallery, Cornwall;

2007 - Mark Ransom Gallery, London;

2009 - 13th Boston Fine Art Show;

2011 - Ransom Gallery, London;

2012 - Jorgensen Gallery, Dublin;

2016 - Paisnel Gallery, London;

2016 - London Art Fair, London;

2017 - British Art Fair 20/21, London. 

2018 - British Art Fair 20/21, Saatchi Gallery London

"There is an epic quality to the paintings of Tim Woolcock, one of our finest, if still inadequately recognised, modern British colourists. Having been working now for some 20 years in oil on plywood, Woolcock divides his considerable body of work into either landscapes or abstract pieces, both forms inspired by British rural or urban landscapes. But his landscapes, which evoke the beauty and grandeur of the English or Irish countryside, are in many ways also abstract in approach. Through his instinctive ordering of shape, colour and space, they offer the viewer a rich ambiguity and scope for interpretation that gives generous room for contemplation. The scale and proportions of his works present an internal harmony, and this mood is completed in the delicate balance between form and the exquisite colours he uses. We see lyrical lines and fragmented geometrical shapes – Woolcock has always seemed to show an interest in Cubism – and a wonderful sense of contour and drama, often heightened by his habit of scoring or scratching the surface of the painting. But above all we are seduced by the interplay between his subtle blocks of colour. There is a meditative serenity in his colour variations which perhaps reflects the contemplative personality of Woolcock himself.Now in his late 50s, Woolcock has been influenced over the years by British artists prominent in the 1950s, particularly those who were part of the St Ives school such as Ben Nicholson, Patrick Heron and William Scott. In his landscapes, which are often the result of walks in Ireland and in the south west of England, as well as in his abstract works, he has managed to stand back from the sometimes tumultuous experiments of many contemporary artists and has maintained a confident sense of meditative calm. Subtly they tempt our eye. It is a desire both primordial and atavistic, the need to discover and to experience. The beautiful and the sublime are swept away and we are presented with something more foreign and more intimate; that sense of a new beginning.” - Joanna Pitman, The Times

David Fawcett was born in Southport, England, on 15th April 1965. He is married to Jackie. They have three children (Tom, Joe and James) and live in Tunbridge Wells. David is originally from Barry in South Wales and has worked in London as a Notary Public for the last 15 years.

He says: I am self taught and work in acrylic. Most of my paintings are based on my observations of people and reflect my day to day life - at home with the family, commuting to and from London, using the tube, working in an office. Body shapes and expressions fascinate me. I am interested in compositions involving a number of people - the tube and commuting gives me a lot of inspiration for this. I try and look for a humourous element in these paintings - a situation which can be identified with and related to. To convey this idea I have found that the title is often particularly important. If the title strikes a chord it really enhances the image. In addition to these "people" paintings I am also very interested in still life painting. This is principally from the point of view of trying to make colours work together and harmonise. If that balance is achieved I think the painting has a tremendous impact and really holds the eye.

He exhibits extensively in London galleries and is very well collected.

His RA Summer exhibition entry ‘Discussing Beryl’s Bypass’ was chosen as one of the RA postcards.

Richard Cartwright, born in 1951, studied at Goldsmith's College School of Art, and now lives and works in Bristol.

Richard believes painting to be a journey that reflects the elasticity and mystery of life. He paints what we hold inwardly in our mind’s eye: a landscape, an image offering solace, reflection and stillness amidst a fast-paced contemporary life-style. The effect on one is like an aroma or lyric reminding us of a forgotten experience, of a breathable “vastscape” transcending our daily lives.

‘Jennifer Anderson is happiest when painting the people she wants to paint. It would therefore be wrong for me to describe her as a portrait painter, as such. She shies away from the more recognisable traits of her sitters: the perfect expression, the flattering stare. Instead, she focuses on the lost moments: the introspection, the joys and sadness. In their anonymity, the subjects on her canvases project universal appeal, exploiting full gamut of those human emotions with which we can all so easily identify’

Roddy Martine

Semi abstract, intuitive & subtle evocations of land, sea & shoreline, that depict a sense of place.

Nigel studied Textile Design at the University of Brighton. Since leaving college in the late 80's, Nigel has worked across several design fields both here in the UK and internationally in New York and Southern Africa. While his formal artistic education took place in Brighton he puts his real education down to, ''being dragged round the galleries of West Penwith in Cornwall as a small boy by my father and introduced to work by Alfred Wallis and Ben Nicholson.''

Though Nigel paints semi-abstracts, there is a strong figurative read to his work. He abstracts from a source, such as a landscape, a harbour, boats, a still life, or a nude by removing some of the conventions of representation.

Nick Bodimeade deploys formal composition, glorious colour and a dynamic painting technique to create artworks poised between the figurative and abstract. He writes: ‘I am interested in how everyday life can be turned into painting and the transformations that take place in that process. I love the point when paint becomes more than just “stuff”, or when image dissolves into material. There always seems the potential for magic at this moment of transformation.

Born 1957, Nick trained at Wolverhampton, For several years he was Head of Fine Art at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College before becoming a full-time painter in 2009. His art is widely collected throughtout the UK and internationally.

'I was born into a world of colour and form. My father was a full-time studio potter and his studio was an alchemist's laboratory to me; where dusty sacks of clay powder were dragged in and turned into beautiful treasures.’

Born in 1959, Josse is son of the famous ceramist and painter Derek Davis and  Ruth Davis. Since graduating in 1981 from Bath Academy of Art with a BA Honours in Ceramics, Josse has worked in his home town of Arundel on the South Coast of England. He is widely exhibited in the UK and internationally. 

 A few words on from Josse on his 2018 work…

My work this year is to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Dog.

Dogs are a great medium between people, braking barriers of class and shyness.  Stan, my dog has instigated many a conversations with perfect strangers and even initiated a few romances over the years. My sight isn’t as good as it used to be, but I can always recognise a distant figure by their accompanying dog. The daily routine of the dog walk is one of Englands most established customs; come rain or shine we average a 1,000 miles per year. Two half hour walks a day, in my case, that’s a whole hour a day, out in the country.  The dog walk is just as beneficial to me as the dog, making me feel happier, healthier and more relaxed. 

We all have our regular routes; I live in Arundel and have walks that take me beside the river and the kingfishers, and busier walks alongside the castle moat, my local equivalent of the promenade, where dozens of locals stroll daily with their dogs, beneath a beautiful avenue of Lime trees. Trees that change continually and keep me constantly aware of the passing seasons. I also have Arundel Park, where we go for a chance meeting of other dogs and the opportunity for them to run and play off their leads. Finally there is the beach, where we can meet total strangers and that gamble of their unpredictable dog. 

Dogs are such a natural companion to man, it simply makes my blood boil when I think of anybody mistreating them. My last two have both been from the dog sanctuary, and both were badly mistreated, yet prepared to forgive and trust again.  We are not worthy of their loyalty.

Born under the Chinese Year of the Dog, I feel rather honoured, and hope that I might have been blessed with a little of their special traits.

I love them, especially the way they have their strange pecking order, rather equivalent to the stone, paper, scissors. 

Miles Bodimeade shows a powerful conviction in the sculpture he makes. His overriding concern is for the human anatomy. He chooses to create in traditional materials - stone, wood and bronze. Yet one look is enough to tell you that this is the work of a contemporary artist, a sculptor with something to say and the skill to execute and impart it.

Christopher Baker is predominantly a landscape painter who relishes braving the elements, confronting nature at its most extreme. A trip to Antarctica resulted in a highly acclaimed series of paintings exhibited in Petworth House and the Royal Academy in 2006. He works in situ with frantic speed and energy, the brush marks bold and direct with no time for reflection. His specially adapted painting trailer enables him to work on large scale canvasses on site. On other occasions he has begun a painting indoors, only to find the need to take it out into the landscape and work directly from nature. Baker works in oils, watercolours and his own unique monoprint technique. His solid grounding in the classical rules of painting and his understanding of compositional rules and colour harmony, give him the freedom to extend his works well beyond the realm of traditional landscape. He has absorbed the planes and patterns of the landscape, often using the device of strong diagonals to lead our eye into the distance until the land merges with the distant horizon. His restrained colour resonates with subtle accents. While the paint surface may appear spontaneous and gestural, it is complex, with layer upon layer of brush strokes and glazes. Baker has exhibited at Pallant House, Chichester, Petworth House and The Royal Academy, as well as internationally. He has won awards and scholarships and is a tutor at West Dean College in Sussex. He recently starred as the artist in the acclaimed film Archipelago, set in the Scilly Isles.

Richard is a professional artist specialising in fine portraiture. Born in Cardiff but living most of his early years in Derbyshire. Richard studied life drawing at St Martin's School of Art. 

In 2013 his portrait of Emeli Sande was chosen for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, as part of the BP Portrait Awards

‘My painting is a direct response to the world around me. I paint a variety of subject matter always from the subject: figure in the landscape, landscape and still life. Also, a regular part of my practice is spent working with the lifemodel in the studio. I paint subjects that arrest my attention and the looking often takes hours. I love the ‘doing’ of painting; the engagement with the subject, the absorption I feel in the activity. My main preoccupations are the integration of the paint with the image; a strong underlying two-dimensional design, and a fascination with light, colour and mood. I work mainly in oils and prepare a lot of my own surfaces.’

Paul is a Canterbury-based artist who works principally in watercolour and acrylic. He is a Chartered Designer with a background in commercial Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design. His own practice, Paul Gadenne Associates, worked successfully throughout the Eighties in Canterbury and London. Paul has been a Design Lecturer at Hastings College of Art and currently teaches Graphics and Design at St Edmund’s School Canterbury.

 His work was selected for the RA Summer exhibition 2013

He has had solo exhibitions for many years and his work is widely collected

Always fascinated by the light that pours in, energising the stillness of a room, the contrast of outside and inside, dark and light, Annabel Mednick explores the drama of the quiet moment.

In between the big events of life – birth, death etc – people are living normal lives, her work is a celebration of that. 

The square format and the absence of a frame add a contemporary twist to a timeless subject. In her interiors, the stones of the building have been there for centuries, while the people are transient; the light from the outside world comes in and moves around them, linking them to the past, the future and everyone else. 

Painted in acrylic and conjuring up the strength and movement of the sea, Hannah creates layers of texture using a palette knife.

Born in Colombia, Lilia trained as an architect at the University of America before coming to the UK in 1979.

Lilia Umana Clarke studied Art at the University of Hertfordshire, graduating with a BA (Fine Art) in 1985. She began to specialise in Ceramics in 1989 and studied ceramics at Kingsway College, London before joining the Albion Square Studio, Hackney in 1992.

A great source of inspiration in her work comes from the ceramics of early South American civilisations and their symbolic use of human and animal imagery. Lilia tries to explore ideas about relationships and states of mind, combining geometric abstraction with more expressive sculpture.

Lilia is currently working on large sculptural forms in stoneware using a combination of oxides and glazes.

Alison was born in Wimbledon in 1971. She first attended St. Ives School of Art in 1986 and at the age of 18 won the Scott, Brownrigg & Turner Award for Art, which funded a painting trip around Europe.  She studied Fine Art painting as well as Sculpture at A-level and continued her art education at Epsom School of Art & Design (Foundation Diploma) and Harrow College, University of Westminster (B.A. hons). 

Alison enjoyed a successful career as a commercial illustrator and designer, working for several national newspapers and going on to run her own business. Throughout this time she continued to paint and draw and had her debut solo exhibition 'Arvor' at GalleryOne in 2009. Following this initial success, she has continued to exhibit and develop her work and in 2012, was selected for inclusion in 35th edition of Who's Who in Art.

Alison is a strong believer in painting direct from the landscape, but also enjoys developing her paintings in her Surrey-based studio. She works in oil, acrylic and mixed media and really explores the limits of the paint. She is often out painting the Surrey Hills and has regular painting trips to Cornwall, soaking up its dramatic coastlines, which provide a great source of inspiration.

Alison has always enjoyed the discipline of life drawing and has recently begun to exhibit some of this work. Her years of regular practice allow her to work instinctively, with a confident line. 

Alison's work has a growing following and is held in private collections. Her paintings have been shown at various prominent art fairs, with exhibitions in South East England, London, Guernsey & Portugal.

Jessica's art work is inspired by the natural corrosion of surfaces. In aerial views of landscapes, the contrast of rough and smooth lines, pattern and textures that are found on wood, glass and metal, weathered and broken down by water , frost and heat.  Much of her work stems from studies of the South Downs, close to where she lives and works. 

Since Graduating with ‘Interdisciplinary Design’ BA (hons) from The University of the West of England Tansy has undertaken a fellowship at UWE and worked as a free lance interior and set designer. She has recently launched her own Jewellery Collection, HOLLY+HAAK alongside her role of home accessories product designer & buyer at Holly's House interior studio. She continues to develop her practice from her London studio and has exhibited in notable exhibitions including The National Open and Candid Berlin as well as completing and installing a large scale Crystal Study commission for We are Conran and Hoxton Art Gallery.

As an Interdisciplinary practitioner she is driven by her interest in exploring the often complex relationship between process and materials, ultimately striving to create visually seductive and complex pieces which invite and encourage the viewer to question what they are looking at. Her intricate Crystal Studies and large scale Poured Aluminium Sculptures are reminiscent of ariel imagery and she often uses photography as a vehicle to transport the intricate details into large scale images. 

As an extension of these organic and unpredictable processes, Tansy has developed her practice in a new series of geometric threaded works entitled 'Diamonds of my eye'. The accurate lines and symmetrical forms of these new pieces stand in stark contrast to her previous workings and reflect the juxtaposition between natures idea of beauty and that of man. Using Diamond Plots, produced as a map to illustrate how to facet a diamond to optimise its sparkle, her threaded Copper and Sulphate pieces both mirror and contrast that of her original Crystal Studies. 

Light is an integral part of all of Tansy's works, Whether it is a warm artificial light of bright natural light it affects the look and feel of them through out the days and seasons. Perhaps the magic behind the work is that the surface appears to be constantly changing, illuminating once unnoticed areas and ultimately holding the viewers attention.

Richard Cartwright, born in 1951, studied at Goldsmith's College School of Art, and now lives and works in Bristol.

Richard believes painting to be a journey that reflects the elasticity and mystery of life. He paints what we hold inwardly in our mind’s eye: a landscape, an image offering solace, reflection and stillness amidst a fast-paced contemporary life-style. The effect on one is like an aroma or lyric reminding us of a forgotten experience, of a breathable “vastscape” transcending our daily lives.

Felicity career started in the 60s when she studied Dress Design and Textiles at Art School. She went on to work for Harper’s Bazaar , and Harper’s and Queen as an Assistant Fashion Editor for a number of years. She moved into the world of Interior Design during the 80s, where she designed for the Chemical Bank in Paris, amongst others. Felicity joined Paul Davis at his Architectural Practice in Ebury Street, London and worked for many years on Residential and Commercial projects. Her love of drawing has been ignited again,by working with Piers Ottey. Her remarkable work is defined by the  Khadi Hand Made Paper, using Koh-I-Noor and Blackwing pencils.