Trinidad Ball

Born in Barcelona, of Catalan parents, Trinidad Ball has lived in Spain, Latin America and England, where she currently resides. She has trained at Central St Martins, Putney School of Art and South Thames College.

Trinidad says ‘I started painting in 1997 and in 2003 I resigned my post as Probation Officer to dedicate myself full time to art. People and natural objects inspire me and I am excited by bright, strong colours and how they interact. I particularly enjoy the drama created by darkness and light and strong shadows. I am inspired by traditional artists such as Velazquez, Goya & Caravaggio and more contemporary artists such as Hopper.

I describe myself as a Contemporary Realist artist. I use minimalist backgrounds to emphasise the power of the subject, be it people or natural objects. Through lengthy observation I get to know their qualities in intimate detail and try to convey these through my paintings, capturing their character and uniqueness. My aim is to create a ‘more than real life’ effect and give the viewer the illusion that they can touch and feel or even smell my paintings.

Howard Birchmore

Howard Birchmore began drawing at age three, started painting with oils when twelve years old and completed his first official commission when only fifteen.
After studying illustration a career followed in graphic design and advertising notably at British Rail in London, he continued producing scenic pictures for his own interest.
In 1997 Howard decided to take the plunge and concentrate on fine art.
He has had several one-man exhibitions and has had work published in greetings cards and calendars. Among his clients have been London City Airport, The Henley Standard, Reading Borough Council, Wycombe District Council and many local businesses.
The great interest in his work has encouraged the setting up of Landmarks prints to cover the demand for his distinctive landscapes of England.

Monica Boxley

The gallery carries a range of works from Monica, from her beautiful handbags to her wonderful handmade silver jewellery. "My love of accessories probably started when I was about six" says Monica. 'Dressing up in my mother’s clothes – the shoes, bag, gloves, hat and scarf and of course jewellery and red lipstick! How wonderful it is now to be able to conjure up jewels hand-crafted from silver, semi-precious stones, glass beads, fabric, perspex or even rubber! In fact the combining of eclectic and unexpected materials is what excites me'.

'Last year I found a photograph of my parents in 1963 and it was the start of a whole new venture for me. In this photo, my mother is holding a framed leather handbag that became the inspiration for my latest ‘Marianne’ handbag collection, designed and produced in London. The ‘Marianne’ bag is a handbag to set your heart on – nostalgic, evocative and desirable, hand-made in the finest leather with fabric linings that are complementary or contrasting, but always surprising'.

Jane Bristowe

Jane Bristowe, short-listed for Wildlife Artist of the Year 2008, combines her clear and distinct use of line with a passion for colour.

Her appealing style has established Bristowe as a leading exponent of animal images in the UK. Her innovative linocuts – display her inventive artistic imagination in capturing the simple appearances and character of a stunning array of animals – and have placed Bristowe among the best of this genre currently working today.

Bristowe‘s sassy linocut style makes her work immediately recognisable. Her bold single colour work creates an instant rapport with her subject matter and conveys not only the likeness of each character Bristowe has drawn but it’s individual personality as well.

Jane Bristowe's 'Meerkats' linocut will be exhibited in the Print Room of this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Peter Brown

Peter Brown (born1953) grew up in Lancashire and in the 70’s graduated with a design degree from Manchester. It was here that he began a successful career in commercial design, eventually moving south to ultimately become the creative head of a design company operating worldwide. It was during this period that he was able to develop his skills in draughtsmanship and his intuitive ability to use light and colour to great effect as well as his creative thinking process.

In 200 Peter switched from design and realised his dream of becoming a full time artist. It is over the last decade that he has developed his unique style. Latterly his work centres on his fascination for the ‘English Country Garden’. He uses his experience of design and knowledge of colour, shape form and perspective to create intriguing fantasy interpretations of typical English country gardens. He often includes playful forms of topiary to amuse and intrigue as well as imaginative use of light to impart a surreal atmosphere to his work. His style is highly detailed using layer on layer of acrylics applied with tiny sponges to create form coupled with fine brushwork. He seeks to draw the observer into the painting often by including seemingly random objects such as a musical instrument, a doll or mysterious lighting or shadows all of which conspire to give his pieces their idiosyncratic nature.

Adam Butler

Adam was born in Edinburgh, and educated in Scotland and the Courtauld Institute in London.

His architectural and interiors photographs have been published in the leading interior design magazines and books in Italy, UK, Spain, Germany, the US and Asia including: Architecture Digest, Casa Vogue, Elle Décor, La Mia Casa, Spazio Casa, Ville e Casali, Loft Publications, GQ, etc.

In 1998 Adam published a beautiful book of photographs of the Italian Island of Panarea which was met with wild acclaim.

Charlie Camilleri

Charlie Camilleri works largely in clay, on semi abstract ideas, using the natural world and human form as her inspiration. Shape, form, simplicity and balance are important factors. Some of her ideas take off intuitively when working and change organically as she goes along.
“This flexibility is hugely important to the outcome of my work” explains Charlie. “The touch and feel of the clay and the capacity to enable a shape to develop without a rigid plan, all contribute to the tactile and textually varied pieces I produce”.
All Charlie’s work is individually hand built using coil or slabs of clay and may be left smooth and burnished or textured in a variety of ways. After bisque firing, smoke firings in wood shavings produce unique markings on each piece which is then polished with beeswax. Her body of work includes: wall pieces, indoor and outdoor stoneware sculpture and painting in mixed media with ceramics mixed into the canvas.

Lee Campbell

Lee Cambell describes her work in the following manner -"The essence of my work is distilled from my immediate surroundings and the current series is derived from the seasonal fluctuations of Richmond Park and the Thames. My intention is to use colour to generate different moods and to suggest dimensions hidden within familiar locations."

In 1995 Campbell became the first Resident Artist of King’s School, Canterbury, based in Blackfriars, the 13th century Dominican Priory which houses the school’s art department. In contrast with historic Blackfriars, she was also commissioned by the University of Kent to paint a mural for the Space Research Unit. Following this she worked as Resident Artist at Canterbury’s Christ Church College, where she taught and exhibitied work based on local architecture. Moving to London in 1997 Campbell established herself as the Resident Artist in St. Saviour’s Church, Pimlico where, working within the cavernous gloom of the empty church she explored the dramatic play of light upon the rich interior surfaces. Her work is held in private collections internationally.

Colin Castle

Colin trained for four years at the Berkshire College of Art & Design studying both art and design before moving into a successful career specialising in designing the interiors of international hotels. Throughout his career, Colin continued to hone his skills in painting and drawing, applying these in the presentation of his design ideas to clients.

Since 2007, Colin has refocused on art, applying the attention to detail that was so important in his design work to portraits of animals and houses.

Colin’s skill lies in painting an image that goes beyond that of the photograph. In particular, his animal portraits capture the personality of the subject and bring life and energy to the subject, portraying the animal from unusual angles, as if peeking inquisitively at the viewer.

Colin’s animal portraits have led to him being commissioned by numerous people to paint portraits of their pets, which he paints in a similar way to his livestock portraits. He also undertakes commissions, painting portraits of houses and people.

Patricia Clements

Patricia studied painting and life painting at The Central School of Art. She was influenced by Bruce Barnden, Art Master and then by Lesley Cole, Head of Painting at Central and lastly by the French Impressionists. Working in oils and latterly pastels, producing still life, landscapes of scenes that range from Twickenham to St.Tropez, Patricia's resulting work reflects the vibrant colours and brilliant light of the South of France.

Patricia was recently made a member of the Society of Women Artists.

“I paint because it’s there. I look at a scene, building, life and see the patterns, rhythms and colours. I try and reflect this in the vivid beauty and passionate colours of the Cote D'Azure. I see buildings with patterns of colour - shadows casting unusual shapes, all of which I find fascinating.

As Henri Mattisse said: 'Colour was not given to us in order that we should imitate nature. It was given to us to express our emotions'

Christopher Cockburn

At age 18 Christopher arrived in London and studied zoology at Imperial College. From there he went on expeditions to East Africa and Malaysia. He then worked as a researcher in Cambridge and the USA using his time in-between projects to travel to remote parts of the world.
In 1997 Christopher reinvented himself as an artist, training ay London’s City Literary Institute. Since then he has been involved with printmaking, pottery and stained glass. Almost all his work reflects his love of nature. Fortunately his many travels have allowed him to see most of the animals in the wild.
His lino prints of slightly stylised animals are almost always printed from a single block. He uses linseed oil based inks and generally his editions are of 26. These can take up to 2 months to prepare as each colour is layered one upon the other, with a week in-between to dry. Most of his prints have 7 or 8 colours.

Veta Gorner

Best known for her inventive etchings, Veta creates images which are both vulnerable and strong at the same time. Her main artistic interest is the expressive nature of motion and its dialogue with space. Her work is concerned physical structure as well as the thought and emotion that move an organism to action.

Veta’s original printmaking style merges the art of traditional etching with the dimensional qualities of highly embossed paper. She achieves this by deep-biting zinc matrix plates from which every impression is hand printed by the artist herself. Textures and lines transferred from an etched zinc plate create images only possible in print making.

Veta says ‘My recent work explores static representations of a dynamic subject. I concentrate on a moving form on a flat surface. My prints combine the dimensional qualities of an open bite etching (with its almost sculptural effect.) with dynamic colours and strong line drawing in order to describe motion as fragmented still, flat shapes.’

Mary Hayward-Smith

Mary’s paintings could be described as still life; the reality is far from that truth. Each painting contains ceramics, contemporary, ancient or multicultural and suggest a place, be it an interior or a more abstract space. The intention is to create work that is calming and quiet, a reaction against our busy domestic and working lives. Mary will often use empty spaces and dramatic lighting to achieve this and use a limited palette so to unite the vessels with their surroundings thus enhancing the atmosphere.

Mary trained at Goldsmiths in London, WSCAD Farnham and Wimbledon School of Art.

Priscilla Jones

Priscilla has been producing contemporary embroidered textiles since completing her degree in Embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Historical textiles and fashion are the inspiration behind Priscilla’s pieces and she has developed this passion into her work.
Priscilla produces freelance designs for fashion and interior fabrics exporting to the U.S. Europe and Japan. She also has an extensive range of greeting cards designs that are hand made by her.
In addition to this Priscilla teaches textiles, embroidery and visual studies in Further and Higher Education, and runs workshops that explore stitch as a contemporary media to create art.
Her work explores the use of fabric in a constructive process using wire, thread, fabric, paint, wax, and stitch. These pieces are produced either in two or three dimensions and have a delicate quality that reflect the fragility of time.

Liz Knutt

After her successful portrayal of Southern Ireland in the Connacht Collection Liz Knutt concentrated on views and events in Richmond upon Thames. Under the title “Theatreland Richmond” she produced a series of paintings featuring “Leap into Dance” productions and studies of Richmond Theatre. Two of her paintings have been hung in the Theatre.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew purchased her “Jools Holland Concert at Kew” considering it to be an essential addition to the Kew collection of art.

Her reputation as an artist meant she was granted unrestricted access to Hampton Court Palace to produce a series of very fine paintings. Liz is well know for her local scenes and has a strong affinity for the environment where she lives.

Liz Studied at Edinburgh school of Art and St Martin’s School of Art in London.

Joanne Last

Joanne was born in Surrey in 1962. She studied at the Putney School of Art from 1990-192 having previously graduated as a pianist from the Royal College of Music in 1983.
"My training as a classical pianist finds parallel in my art. I often paint to music, which seems to evoke an intuitive and immediate approach. I rarely plan or sketch but launch straight into an idea – the painting, in a way, directs itself. Every mark, shape or colour affects the whole and there is constant readjustment in trying to arrive at the definitive version. My recent paintings of the Alhambra and London Cityscapes explore the wonderful media of watercolour and pastel. This method of working has a particular quality of immediacy and vibrancy and allows me to capture the essence of a place – a sense of light and atmosphere".

Anthony Nash

Anthony Nash is a local artist who started out painting about 15 years ago as a relaxation from a busy City daytime job.

He is entirely self-taught & was initially inspired to paint by botanical illustration through a love of gardening, he started with watercolours but has since moved on to work mainly in oils concentrating on landscape subjects. Inspiration comes mainly from local scenes, Bushy Park in particular, well known to him from childhood days and from raising his own family.

"My intention is to capture the sometimes hidden beauty and atmosphere of the local landscape which may not be considered the usual subject matter for a painting compared to the better known ‘set piece’ local sites, which tend to be painted time and time again by various artists."

Claire A Nops

Claire Nops trained as an architect, a profession she is still involved with. This training comes through in many of her beautiful architectural drawings of local scenes, from Kew Gardens to Hampton Court Palace, also painting the modern architectural structures such as Surbiton Railway Station.

After running a gallery in Teddington for many years, Claire now spends her time between Teddington and the Bahamas both painting and designing.

Vicky Oldfield

Vicky’s strong images are created using collagraphs, an experimental form of print making. The prints are taken from plates which have been collaged with a variety of materials: card, fabric, sand, paper, string and anything else that may come to hand; it’s recycling at its most creative!
The plates are then sealed and inked up and printed intaglio or relief on damp paper using an etching press. The embossed textural quality of the print is unique to this method.
Thanks to the process itself Vicky is able to make small editions of the image, the editions are variable due to the process and her desire to experiment, which means each print is unique.
Continually inspired by plants and animals that surround her, her pictures are an atmospheric response to the beauty and drama of her daily life.

Sheila Roe

Although Sheila Roe was brought up in Bournemouth and seaside themes are constantly recurring in her work, Sheila loves living in London and is inspired by the city environment and the people living in it. She responds to the essence and vitality of a place and endeavours to capture the sense of being there.
Her new work concentrates on the dynamics of people using space, or moving through it – people who are still or on the edge of movement and aims to use a language of mark-making that conveys this edginess. She uses a variety of media including collage, mixed media, pastel and monotype prints.
Her emotional response to certain events has also influenced her work e.g. the release of the hostages John McCartney and Brian Keenan. Her painting “Homage to the Hostages” was hung in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. The Pastel Society has also shown her work at the Mall Galleries.

Peregrine Roskilly

I paint expressively from imagination rooted in a grounding of drawing dancers in motion. In painting the World Naked Bike Ride I utilise what I have learned from Renaissance painters to give a fleshy dynamic to this current and exotic topic. It is an annual event in London and in other cities around the world. Some participants dress in carnival style, giving decorative and mythical characters a surreal meeting with London landmarks. I keep finding new ways to express this, from naturalistic representation in a reportage manner, to playing with perspective and alluding to classical and modern references in a way that requires the observer to suspend disbelief.

Naked cycling demonstrates the vulnerability of the rider in an unembarrassed, joyful freedom and calls us to question oil dependency, making my paintings relevant to modern life. My speciality is drawing nudes in movement. Striptease artistes and ballet dancers have given me the opportunity to capture the body in movement by sketching live performances. These have ranged from drawing at the Mr Woldly Wise ballet premiere (sitting next to the Queen at the Royal Opera House) to East End pubs. The naked bike rides are fantastic events featuring hundreds of moving naked bodies which are the inspiration for my current work.

For this series I painted in oil on canvas, mainly stretched and primed myself. The quality of the ground and subsequent layers of paint, which require extended drying time, are important to me. A painting may take months to finish, so I work on many canvasses simultaneously. I enjoy the whole making process which takes patience.

Christine Seiterle

Christine was born in Switzerland in 1969. She studied Design, Painting and Drawing in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

Since 1988 she has had various joint exhibitions and single shows in Switzerland and Southern Germany.

At first sight her images picture everyday scenes: groups of people walking, cycling, dancing, moving along. Her unusual perspectives let us observe these ordinary scenes from a different angle, this and Christine Seiterle’s superb use of light gives the work a dream-like quality.

Her cleverly pictured characters seem to float between earth and sky. The work becomes an ode to people and life, everyday life gets a heaven like quality.

Robert Sparkes

I am a colour field painter who practises from my studio in Sussex. My training was at the Banbury School of Art, Bristol and the Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen.

I like to use strong vibrant colours that compliment and stimulate emotions. The painted surfaces are often fused with visual shifts and changing directions due to the over painting, which builds a tactile history of animated complexity. Places are inspirational in generating ideas and concepts. Over a period of time, I make new discoveries and rework my paintings. The painted elements in the work often compliment, but at times intentionally conflict but hopefully there is joy and harmony in the resulting work.

The processes of change are vital underlying ingredients in creating the `passage of time` - a visual and emotional history to each piece of work.

My passion for colour is fundamental and always primary in everything I undertake.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

David Stanley

David is a member of the Manchester academy of Fine Arts and a lecturer in painting at the Hugh Baird College of art in Bootle. He says of his work;
‘To be an artist means also to be an optimist; from the earliest beginnings a piece of work is a statement of faith.

It is in hope that I add or remove colour and through hope that my skills are tested. For it isn’t representation I look for it is more that the results of my efforts match my visual imaginings. I hope that my finished work fills me with the emotion that inspired it. And, even more so, it is my hope that its viewers can feel something of that inspiration.

It is with hope that art takes us beyond the ordinary’.

Henrietta Stuart

Henrietta Stuart paints abstracts in oil on canvas, in which she aims to evoke time and place, using colour and light. The paintings are based on 'things seen': formerly still life, now mostly landscape. She paints in thin layers, laying paint over paint to exploit its transparency, a technique of which Turner and Titian were both masters. Her formative influences included Georgio Morandi, Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, and Clyfford Still. Morandi is remembered for pointing out that "There is nothing more abstract than the visible world". Henrietta sets out to make abstract compositions out of things she has seen, and been moved by:
"A world observed and translated - a world created from the natural and the man-made: 'still life' a still life both drawn and felt, as one would admire and caress a well-loved jug, or wonder at the light on the water of the Thames on a calm spring morning" - was how she put it some years ago, and it still holds true.
Henrietta was born in London and schooled in Twickenham, she has travelled widely and now lives and works in France.

Barbara Sykes

Barbara Sykes' work is considered meditation on the 'human condition' from birth to death. By pouring and staining the paper the paint is allowed to ebb and flow organically, suggesting the visceral, never dogmatic but rather evocative of our uncertain relationship with our own bodies.
She has studied Mother and Child imagery extensively and took inspiration from the works of Henry Moore, Mary Cassat, Mary Kelly and Kath Kolwitz

She uses water based paints and charcoal as her medium.
Barbara Sykes worked for many years as a textile designer for two Manchester studios. She later combined raising three children with freelance design.
In 1989 she returned to full time education and in 1993 she graduated from Bretton, Leeds University with a B.A Hons Degree in fine art. Also in that year, she was selected to be a studio holder with the Dean Clough artists in Halifax. Her work is in public and private collections in the UK, France, America and Slovenia.

Lisa Tolley

Lisa’s work is really about capturing everyday life; observing all small, but significant detail and the beautiful colours that surround us. She likes to include people, pets and mundane activities and hopes that painting them in such a way brings back memories or a even a smile to people’s faces.

She originally trained as a textile designer at Manchester Polytechnic, then worked in marketing, initially for Crowson Fabrics and then went on to be a buyer for The Conran Shop. She began painting again recently and has gradually extended her portfolio by working on commissions; one of them being notlets specially produced for the gallery.

Beverley Waller

Beverley Waller’s vibrant paintings are inspired by the Highlands of Scotland, where the land, sky and sea exist within a changing cauldron of light and weather. The emotional, sensual experience of this landscape is drawn with expressive use of colour and texture.
Living and working in South-West London, Beverley travels frequently to the North of Scotland. In addition to research for her paintings her travels north have led to exhibiting opportunities, most recently in an exciting group exhibition, The Highland Open. As a member of Kew Studios, she has access to their print studio, where she also etches and mono prints.
Beverley Studied at Wimbledon School of Art and Belfast Art College where she obtained an honours degree in Fine Art. In the last six years Beverley has had many solo and group exhibitions.

Stephanie Wilkinson

Stephanie’s practice utilises the theme of The Domestic to produce paintings employing familiar motifs such as chairs, tables, pots and plants. These scenes, constructed from imagination, are painted with acrylic in expressive, textured brushstrokes. They depict domestic environments as vibrant and aesthetically pleasing, which positions them well as interior design objects.

Using a variety of media which includes painting, photography and mixed media, her work explores the rich and complex roles prescribed for women, by nature or nurture, and the duality of their effects - sometimes producing feelings of claustrophobia and constraint and other times, pleasure and fulfilment.

Stephanie has a BA in Fine Art. She is a local artist who has lived in Hampton Hill for over 20 years. She has also lived in Brazil and Indonesia.

Jim Woodman

“The inspiration for my work is the landscape" says Jim Woodman.

My paintings attempt to convey my response to the colours, mood and forms found in such diverse places as the Scottish Highlands and the Mediterranean.
I do not seek to portray the landscape as we see it with the naked eye, but to capture the intense emotions I experience in certain places – a windswept Scottish hillside with its deep purples and rusts, or a Tuscan town with its scorched hues of terracotta and bleached brick. Places move me.
I like to capture too the presence of human beings in the landscape – often a small isolated homestead dwarfed by the grandeur of nature reflecting the indomitable spirit of man to survive”

Steve Yeates

Working in figurative sculpture allows Steve to challenge the preconception of figurative art while continuing his belief in the use of recycled materials and its inherent methodology.

“My Sculptures can display an amazing array of definitive states from tragic and haunting to ethereal and dynamic. One of the lessons of my life has been that its transitions can illustrate to me the inconstant energy that is living in today’s often brutal society. By using recycled materials as much as possible in my work I continue the theme of transitional deconstruction into the construction of something aesthetic.


More recently I have sought to celebrate the dynamic energy of life, and the fascination of movement through traditional materials such as reclaimed bronze (from decommissioned boats) and lead crystal whilst still challenging core aesthetic values of figurative art”.