Christmas Cracker 2023 by byardart

Christmas Cracker 2023 A Byard Exhibition

11th November - 24th December

+44 (0)1223 464646

Byard Art, 14 King's Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SJ

www.byardart.co.uk

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Frances B

Frances creates fascinating dreamscapes, collage. Each stage set-like piece plays w viewer into the artist’s curious imagine is drawn from the world we exist in, he parallel realities. It might be a juxtaposit is imagined or desired, or the conflict be be occurring behind it. However, the m is for the viewer to contemplate and refl

Bloomfield

, exquisitely created in three-dimensional with space and perspective to draw the ed worlds. Although her subject matter er work always contains a suggestion of tion of what is considered ‘real’ and what etween the façade and what could really meanings are far from prescriptive and it flect upon these mysterious scenarios.

Dialogue Domestique 98 Mixed Media 28.5cm x 22.5cm x 7.5cm £520

Dialogue Domestique 99 Mixed Media 28.5cm x 22.5cm x 7.5cm £520

Réseautage Mixed Media 55cm x 40cm x 7.5cm £975

Lunedi 5 Mixed Media 44ccm x 44cm x 7cm £650

Lunedi 8 Mixed Media 44ccm x 44cm x 7cm £650

Bob &

Bob & Eve is a pseudonym for textile art from the words bobbin and weave in refe Working from her studio in Brighton s using a combination of hand tufted an grew up in a fairly traditional househol and patchwork quilts which instilled i textiles. She graduated from the Univer in Illustration and after working as both homewares business she was looking to feel to it and so began working with w aims to tread a line between form and room for their own interpretations. She works take on in wool.

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tist Corinna Wilson. The name evolved erence to her use of textiles as a medium. she creates one off pieces of art in wool nd machine based techniques. Corinna ld surrounded by tapestries, cross stitch in her a love of creating, crafting and rsity of Brighton in 2001 with a degree h a commercial illustrator and running a o create work with a tactile, handcrafted wool. Inspired by the natural world she d abstraction to allow the viewer some loves the textures and 3-d form that the

Hand Textile 125cm x 80cm £1,800

White Flower Textile 68cm x 68cm £1,200

Red Flower Textile 68cm x 68cm £1,200

Emma D

Born in England in 1961, I graduated Printmaking from West Surrey College worked full time as an artist and exhib have been internationally reproduced as etchings and even fabric designs. Wha trying to capture the essence of a place, o accuracy. I am attracted to vivid colours objects. My daily dog walks, holidays an inspiration. Landscapes, new seasons, bright green grass against a blue grey sky patterns on packaging all get me going.

Fabulous bunches of flowers on a flatte I am regularly purchasing new mugs fo board in acrylic, occasionally incorpor My training as a printmaker is evident and in the way I scratch through surface My influences come from travelling in In cats and children wandering onto wet pa the work of favourite artists, including M McClure.

Dunbar

d in 1984 with a BA(hons) in Fine Art e of Art and Design. Since then I have bited throughout the UK. My paintings s greetings cards, posters, limited edition at excites me about making pictures is or a thing, I am not worried about visual and the decorative qualities in everyday nd even trips to the supermarket provide sometimes just colour combinations, y or shapes of moored boats in a harbour,

ened table are frequently all I need and or the next painting! I work mainly on rating collage with gold and silver leaf. both in the use of blocks of flat colour es to reveal pre-laid colours underneath. India, Cornish holidays and the chaos of aint. I have also drawn inspiration from Mary Fedden, Milton Avery and Daphne

Snowdrops and Hydrangea Heads Acrylic 40cm x 40cm £895

Red Flower Textile 68cm x 68cm £1,200

Figs and Summer Flowers Acrylic 30cm x 30cm £675

Bluebells and Hellebores in the Blue Jug Acrylic 30cm x 30cm £675

Jack F

Critically acclaimed Jack Frame gradu 2007 with a sell-out degree show. He w collectable young artists in the UK, after the Prize for Landscape Drawing. In 20 prize. While artist in residence at The Lo BBC Documentary ‘Glasgow Boys’ expo

Jack is most noted for his striking depi a haunting grace and solemnity. Trees artist’s work, the blossoming cherry in p his practice. As if with the awe of a child the compositional focal point of each w gold backdrop.

Jack’s work is included in many public Standard Life building, Glasgow School of GSA. His patrons include Muriel Gra and Kate Hudson.

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uated from Glasgow School of Art in was tipped early on as one of the most r receiving the GSA Painting award and 009 he won the Jolomo Landscape Art omond School, Jack was included in the osing his work to a wider audience.

ictions of trees and sky. His works have have always been a focal point of the particular a recurring theme throughout d, he paints these trees as monuments, as work and often set against his trademark

c and private collections including the of Art Mackintosh building and Friends ay, Mathew Bellany from the band Muse

Rosetta, Flowering Cherry Blossom Oil, Gold Leaf 80cm x 61cm £2,000

Ophelia, Flowering Apple Blossom Oil, Gold Leaf 80cm x 70cm £2,300

Lady Marmalade, Flowering Damson Oil, Gold Leaf 61cm x 80cm £2,000

Rapunzel, Flowering Cherry Blossom Oil, Gold Leaf 122cm x 64cm £3,500

Pete Ha

Living and working in Suffolk in the UK and creatives, he has been drawing, dood early childhood. Having covered variou focused on paintings of Postage Stamp foreign lands, creatures and cultures. Us with text and subjects in order to create finds interesting and inspiring. The opp of escapism, thoughtfulness and playful

Although British, Pete was born in Pana around the world. Clearly, this has influe

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K not far from the sea. Like many artists dling, painting and playing around since us subjects and styles in his career he has ps. Fascinated by their association with sing the structure of Stamps and playing a narrative to the works. This is what he portunity for the viewer to get some sort lness.

ama City and raised in various countries enced his current work regarding stamps.

Up Oil on Canvas 70cm x 60cm £2,395

Free Oil on Canvas 80cm x 80cm £2,700

Ooh La La Oil on Canvas 100cm x 80cm £2,950

One Love Oil on Canvas 70cm x 70cm £2,450

Fluttering Oil on Canvas 80cm x 80cm £2,700

Dreamboat Oil on Canvas 70cm x 80cm £2,545

Up Oil on Canvas 105cm x 85cm £3,100

Lost In Paradise Oil on Canvas 60cm x50cm £1,995

Laura J

Originally from Haslemere in Surrey La urban complex spaces when she move graphic design.

Having been trained as an editorial illust abilities with her fine art skills to creat commentary about society people and c camera, taking between five hundred an city visit. As well as using photography f amount of time people watching.

Through exhibitions in London, Paris, Laura Jordan has built up an internati finished prints becoming ever increasin

Jordan

aura Jordan found her fascination with ed to London in 2004 to study a BA in

trator Laura now combines her editorial te beautiful cityscapes with underlying culture. She captures her initial ideas on nd two thousand images on each single for her research, Laura will spend a large

New York, Hong Kong and Singapore ional reputation with her unique hand ngly popular amongst collectors.

Cambridge Scene Hand Finished Limited Edition Print 120cm x 60cm (Framed) £1,000

Marathon Day Hand Finished Limited Edition Print 100cm x 100cm £1,700

Monopoly Hand Finished Limited Edition Print 100cm x 100cm £1,700

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Lecourt is best known for her

After studying Fine Art in France, she m University and Central St. Martins. In the Royal College of Art. Since then, El exhibiting her map dress installation exhibited in solo shows in London, Paris participated in major art fairs in China,

Her work has been featured in publicati and Maison, Vogue Italy, Elle decoration

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r eye-catching map dresses.

moved to London to study at Kingston n 2001 she achieved her Masters from lisabeth has enjoyed a successful career ns and paintings worldwide. She has s, Amsterdam, Turin and Rotterdam and , America, Canada and across Europe.

ions worldwide, including Marie Claire n, Grazia, The Times and Living. Etc.

Mon Collier de Planetes Mixed Media Folded Map 84cm x 59cm £3,500

Mon Jongl Mixed Media 84cm x £3,5

leur Etoile a Folded Map x 59cm 500

Mon Etoile sur Mon Epaule, mon Perroquet Mixed Media Folded Map 59cm x 84cm £3,500

Maria L

Maria studied Ceramic Design at Centra from the Royal College of Art, MA (Cer creating bone china collections supplyin Contemporary Applied Arts, Flow Ga Byard Art to name a few.

Maria works from her studio in Hertf exploring the sculptural potential of pa cuts to create dynamic geometric artwo stitching three dimensional birds, butterfl Maria has been developing this techniq repetition to capture a sense of rhythm

Maria is interested in how the viewer inte to draw the person in and create a sense at the sculptural paper artwork, the mor aspect. Maria explores layering, colour and prints, often contrasting these with

Light and shadow also form an importa artworks can be lit to enhance this.

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al Saint Martins and went on to graduate ramics and Glass). Setting up her studio ng many galleries and shops, including allery, Heals, Mint, the V&A shop and

fordshire. In recent years she has been aper. Creating precise sculptural paper orks, featuring the natural world. Hand flies, dragonflies and botanical elements. que, designing each element and using & movement.

eracts and experiences the work. Hoping e of calm. The longer you spend looking re you notice, and it changes from every r and sources vintage botanical papers h text and metallic papers.

ant aspect of Maria’s work. The framed

Ripple of Joy Paper 100cm x 100cm £2,500

Flight of Hope Paper 100cm x 100cm £2,500

Golden Sunburst Paper 84cm x 84cm £2,200

Moonbeam Paper 84cm x 84cm £2,200

Relton M

West Yorkshire-based artists Christine painting collaboratively for almost two d memory of a real place or particular ev composition, and then working togeth and adjustment. Tom is primarily in cha is crucial in giving depth and texture t interested in the overall composition, tr specific landscape.

The artists don’t tend to work together at during the process to discuss what is a unusual to change the entire compositi artists’ collaborative process allows the and stops them from getting too precio paint as it dries fast and allows a lot of m

Marine

e Relton and Tom Marine have been decades. They begin each work with the vent, discussing their rough ideas of the her through a process of over-painting harge of under-painting. This initial step to the finished work. Christine is more ransforming Tom’s abstract marks into a

t the same time. Rather, they get together and isn’t working. At this stage it isn’t ion and repaint whole areas again. The em to paint with the ultimate freedom ous about their work. They use acrylic manipulation and repainting.

Blue Iris Acrylic on Canvas 91cm x 91cm £3,750

Iris and Oranges Acrylic on Canvas 91cm x 91cm £3,750

Pink Cyclamen and Figs Acrylic on Canvas 41cm x 41cm £950

White Cyclamen and Figs Acrylic on Cavnvas 41cm x 41cm £950

Mark Munr

Mark’s work coalesces photography, pai pictures inspired by his experiences in from his expansive collection of origina them, revealing subtleties of colour, te the natural beauty and drama of the sc is traditionally considered photograph limited edition prints on sheets of brush uniquely dynamic look, depth of colour

Trees are the focus of his art, transposin organisms in our environment, each hav diminutive and delicate to monumenta also comes from an appreciation of how affording us food, shade and materials important role in our world ecosystems granted.

roe-Preston

inting and collage to create atmospheric n nature. Beginning with images drawn al landscape photographs, he transforms exture, light and form, while evoking cenes, blurring the boundaries of what hy and painting. They are presented as hed aluminium, which gives the work a r and contemporary feel.

ng their energy as exceptional, complex ving its presence and characteristics from al and sculptural. The emphasis on trees w fundamental they are with human life, as well as playing an ever-increasingly s and clean air, yet all too often taken for

N50.9625 E0.0893 Edition of 25 MMP 142 100cm x 100cm Mixed Media £1,000

N50.8970 W0.19 MMP 100cm x Mixed £1,0

910 Edition of 25 P 122 x 100cm Media 000

N51.2605 E0.0718 Edition of 25 MMP 138 100cm x 100cm Mixed Media £1,000

N50.9456 E0.2627 PANO Edition of 25 MMP 143 162cm x 75cm Mixed Media £1,250

N51.8521 E0.2261 Edition of 25 MMP 150 100cm x 100cm Mixed Media £1,000

N50.9521 E0.086 MMP 100cm x Mixed £1,0

63 Edition of 25 P 130 x 100cm Media 000

N50.9843 E0.1180 Edition of 25 MMP 136 100cm x 100cm Mixed Media £1,000

Carol

Founder of the Bristol Drawing School, could not work without drawing. Throug detailed life drawings before modelling

With their delicately balanced forms an the viewer to mediate on the human co adult hood or the vulnerability of a mot in clay, which, like charcoal, is quick to cast into bronze and resins, those fluid then fixed forever.

Carol graduated from the Winchester Sc the Bristol Sculpture Shed, which would to Paintworks in 2004.

Her intensely personal work is shown the Far East and United States. Her large Glyndebourne and at the Dorchester’s c

Peace

Carol Peace is a figurative sculptor who ghout her process of creating, she makes her self-reflective figures in clay.

nd rock like plinths Carol’s figures invite ondition, the step from adolescence to ther and child. The sculptures are made o make marks with. Once finished it is d (sketch-like) marks of the making are

chool of Art in 1992 and set up studio in d later become Spike Island. She moved

and collected all over the UK, Europe, e-scale work is permanently on show at country house hotel in Ascot.

There You Are Edition 10/25 Bronze Resin 60cm x 24cm x 17cm £3,400 Bronze Edition £8,600

Reflected Edition 17 /25 Bronze Resin 54cm x 10xm x 14cm £1,800 Bronze Edition £6,800

Bird Bath Edition 5/25 Bronze Resin on Wooden Wall Mounted Block 18cm x 10cm x 9.5cm £580

Waiting (Girl With Dog) Edition 12/25 Bronze Resin on Wooden Wall Mounted Block 16cm x 22cm x 8cm (Block Size) £860

Giles P

Born in 1962 Giles Penny is a British sculpture, painting and printmaking, Pe Fine Art, Chelsea, Bournemouth & Poo of Art. His focus of expression is the h explore the interaction between physica an innocent humorous quality. The natur His paintings are instantly recognisable

In his own words: “I don’t like being limited to just one me until something is complete. I am dri of work will be my finest, but when I r years I’ve found it’s the idea in conjunct experience.” – Giles Penny

Penny

h artist who divides his time between enny trained at The Heatherly School of ole College of Art and Newport College human form, which acts as a vehicle to al and abstract worlds and often portrays re of his figures remains eternally elusive. e to anyone familiar with his sculpture.

edium, I work on several pieces at once iven by the feeling that my next piece reflect on my work over the past forty tion with the making that completes the

Man with Both Pieces 3 Edition of 12 Bronze 23cm x 19cm x 14cm £6,500

Man in a Disk 9 Edition of 30 Bronze 15cm x 16cm x 13cm £2,300

Man on Bench Mk II Edition of 12 Bronze 10cm x 15cm x 7cm £1,800

FlowerMan Edition of 100 Copper Plated Steel on Jesmonite 26cm x 14cm x 4.5cm £300

Describin Edition Jesm 13cm x 10 £2

ng a Circle n of 100 monite 0cm x 3cm 225

Man and Reflection Edition of 100 Bronze 26cm x 8cm x 5.5cm £440

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Charlotte Cornish

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Jamie

Jamie Poole’s collages are engagingly de afar, but revealing density and depth on of hand-cut paper, Poole crafts a dense th delicately varnished paper. Revealing st literature permeate the artist’s work, oft scene, or presenting poetic musings on

Poole draws on a range of assets for inspira landscape. Poole’s greatest inspiration b Finding a kinship with Clare’s love of finds joy in incorporating Clare’s word natural world, and all the ways one may

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eceptive, appearing like lino print from closer inspection. Using multiple layers hicket of colour and texture, held within still more, elements of text, poetry, and ften offering descriptors of the depicted the artists paper vistas.

ation, particularly the Northamptonshire by far is the classical poet, John Clare. their shared pastoral landscape, Poole ds into a collage form, celebrating the y appreciate it.

The Christmas Journey Mixed Media Collage 48cm x 37cm £650

The Winter’s Spring Mixed Media Collage 37cm x 48cm £650

The Winter Thrush Mixed Media Collage 42cm x 43cm £650

A Christmas Pheasant Mixed Media Collage 48cm x 37cm £650

Alison

Alison Pullen’s interiors are created usin works in situ, both beginning and endi these atmospheric, mix-media works.

Alison graduated from the Norwich S Masters in Illustration at the Royal Co commissions from a number of presti Mail, the Langham Hotel, and the Ionia paintings of the Throne Room for the R leading her to claim the Chelsea Arts So

Her career has taken her to exhibit acro York, Stockholm and Brussels.

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ng a mix of paint and collage. She always ing in the room itself in the creation of

School of Art in 1990, completing her ollege of Art in 1993. She has received igious institutions including the Royal an Bank. In 1998 Alison completed two Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, ociety Painting Prize that year.

oss the UK and at major art fairs in New

Osterley Park House – Entrance Hall ‘Fjord Fiesta’ Mixed Media Collage 87cm x 96cm £2,850

Cambridge Reception Room Mixed Media Collage 118cm x 91cm £2,850

Ian Ra

A pastel artist working within the realm o transforms his ordinary, everyday sub From lovingly distressed diecast mod toast, Ian’s work demonstrates the perfe intuitive imagination. Using simple com Ian emphasises textures and fine details w It is this scrupulous attention to detail him a standout artist amongst his conte

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of contemporary realism, Ian masterfully bjects into extraordinary observations. del cars to deliciously oozy cheese on ect balance of impeccable precision and mpositions and a limited colour palette, which help give the impression of reality. and overarching vision that has made emporaries.

Day Trippers Oil Pastel and Pastel Pencil 60cm x 35cm £995

Wind Up Motor Oil Pastel and Pastel Pencil 68cm x 48cm £1,100

T-Bird Oil Pastel and Pastel Pencil 69cm x 54cm £1,300

Self-taught painter Holly Razavi, residin of Flushing, paints picturesque beach sc surrounding aread. With her uniquely C Razavi captures the everyday sights and coalition of locals and tourists can be se with Razavi presenting, holistically, the of her subjects.

ng in the small Cornish village cenes of the Carrick Roads and Cornish spin on a Lowry-esque style, d scenes found in the area. A charming een enjoying the warm southern shores, welcoming and unique environment

Sailing Oil on Board 100cm x 140cm £3,400

Watergate Bay Oil on Board 80cm x 80cm £2,500

Flushing Oil on Board 80cm x 80cm £2,500

Penzance Oil on Board 80cm x 80cm £2,500

Beckie

“I feel free and alive when I’m in the c something magical about being in the shadows and hope to create beautiful pa

Beckie Reed lives and paints in East An surroundings, and regularly goes out o seeking inspiration for her art. She te sometimes taking different images and m

Beckie’s lively canvases are full of contra washes and areas of highly concentrate and she remains inspired and excited b although she loves to experiment in m of painting are very important to the remain key aspects.

Beckie Reed started exhibiting with By Loughborough University in 2004, with now exhibited and collected worldwide country but also as far afield as New Yor

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countryside on a long walk and there’s e woods. I love the changing light and aintings that create a sense of escapism.”

nglia. She is constantly inspired by her on long walks (always with her camera) ends to work from these photographs, merging them together.

ast- with each piece a mix of expressive ed detail. Her work is always evolving, by the discovery of new techniques. But medium and style, the formal elements artist- colour and composition always

yard Art shortly after graduating from h a first in Fine Art Painting. Her work is e and sought after in not only her home rk, Florida and Hong Kong.

Wilder Oil nad Enamel on Canvas 140c, x 110cm £5,600

Forest Embrace Oil and Enamel on Canvas 100cm x 80cm £3,150

Moss and Lichen Oil and Enamel on Canvas 80cm x 90cm £2,850

Long Summer Days Oil and Enamel on Canvas 90cm x 120cm £3,900

Alison St

Alison Stockmarr’s work has an ethos of All materials are recycled into scenario but with closer inspection often offer a are cut into books and record covers a assemblages of everyday archaeologies stories and alternative narratives.

As a materials-led artist and maker, the starting point. Currently her work falls in a witty take on social media; Picture B Collaged Record Covers, collaged vinyls Encyclopaedias, each open at a pertin All are made from original paper ephem signature, playful, embellishments.

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storytelling and repurposing at its heart. os that at first glance allude to the past, an ironic nod to the present. Apertures and ephemera collaged in layers. These afford the viewer glimpses of invented

e original book and record titles are her nto four distinct categories: Face Books, Books, beautifully illustrated book art; s; and her black and white Alphabetical nent subject and collaged accordingly. mera and each piece carries with it her

Pride and Prejudice Collage, Book Art 30cm x 34cm £600

Alice in W Collage, B 30cm x £60

Wonderland Book Art x 34cm 600

Little Women Collage, Book Art 30cm x 34cm £600

Z is for Zoology Print, Giclee 59cm x 42cm £245

Emma

Emma repurposes secondhand books to to emerge directly from the paper pag stories contained within the books. By detail can be fully realised as fine strips a seafaring galleon, printed words beco wing or singular letters form the bricks

Having always been happiest in nature Emma’s work. With trees offering a pa paper itself is often referenced as the p ancient trees.

In 2017 Emma graduated from Univer History of Art, the study of which conti sculptural work. Her work has been ex London and also internationally at art 2013

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o create intricate sculptures which appear ges giving life to ideas, information or playing with scale her fascination with of text are transformed into rigging on ome individual feathers shaping a bird’s of grand buildings.

e, the natural world features heavily in articular fascination, the origin of the paper pages are transformed back into

rsity College London with a degree in inues to inspire the development of her xhibited in galleries in Cambridge and fairs in London and Hong Kong since

The Kingfisher Paper 24.5cm x 20cm x 13.5cm £525

Cephalopod Collage, Book Art 32cm x 20cm x 30cm £625

Carolyn

Inspired by a Chinese bottle gifted to T assumes its own identity with the app artist abstracts, through tearing and cutt and text of lives past and present centr significant to trivial. New meanings are c hint at the narrative.

Each piece is a contemporary twist on a shapes and surfaces stand alone, or wor the gaze and allowing the viewer their o

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Tripp as a child, each piece she makes plication of transferred decoration. The ting, the stories told in collected imagery ring around the human condition from created through visible fragments which

a historic ceramic tradition. The eclectic rk in harmony when grouped, capturing own interpretation.

Red Leaves Lidded Jar Ceramic 21cm x 14.5cm £400

Bouquet Ceramic 25cm x 16cm £500

Criss Cross Ceramic 18cm x 19cm £400

Red Flowers Ceramic 22cm x 15cm £400

Red Cera 9cm x £25

Top amic 18cm 50

Time Takes Time Ceramic 12cm x 17cm £250

Rob W

Although Rob Walker is inspired by t European masters of the genre, particu a more contemporary approach to his approach to the subject.

While his paintings still feature the co fruit and porcelain he combines these such as antique furniture, rusting meta compositions with a contemporary feel.

Rob takes great pleasure in creating a it into a work of art. ” The simplest obje handled in the correct way, which is alw

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the traditional still life painting of the ularly the Dutch, Robert has followed s own work, creating a more informal

onventional still life elements of glass, with a mixture of more eclectic items al containers and objects d’art to create .

simple composition and transforming ect can become a thing of beauty if it is ways the challenge” – Rob Walker

Confit Pots and Beetroot Oil on Board 80cm x 40cm £2,150

Enamel Jug and Oranges Oil on Board 50cm x 70cm £1,875

Cans and Clementines Oil on Board 68cm x 48cm £1,650

Blue Jug and Plums Oil on Board 59cm x 40cm £1,550

Roo Wat

Artist and painter Roo Waterhouse bega Art, then London College of Printing, w followed up with a degree in Visual Ar lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire,

Roo’s talent is to both abstract and repr books. Her unique, carefully rendered, capture and celebrate treasured books collections resonating with the relations

Roo’s work blends together her love of o with a fascination about how our books our stories and reflect our lives. Roo alw of books, browsing second-hand books of strangers who sound like they have an

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an her art education at Chelsea School of where she studied Typographic Design, rt from Leeds Met University. She now , where she has her painting studio.

roduce the worn history of much loved reverential ‘Shelf Portrait’ oil paintings gathered together on shelves, showing ships they hold.

oil painting, of books and of typography, shelves can hold on to ways has an eye out for pleasing groups shops or inviting herself into the homes an intriguing collection on their shelves!

Down to Earth Oil on Canvas 30cm x 40cm £1,540

Every Grain of Rice Oil on Canvas 30cm x 60cm £1,980

Helen

Helen Ward is an artist and designer fr intricate Paper Entomology artwork. H collections of butterflies and insects.

Helen began her creative career workin as a paper engineer designing and makin antique papers during this time and no marbled papers. Most of these date back older. Each different paper is entirely uni methods. Many of the red pigments use shells.

Each individual piece of paper in Helen’s into place with enamel entomology p embellishment with leaf metals.

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rom Bristol, who is best known for her Her work takes inspiration from antique

ng as both a traditional bookbinder and ng pop-up books. She started collecting ow has an extensive collection of hand k to Victorian times, but some are even ique and has been made using traditional ed have been made from crushed beetle

s work has been carefully cut and pinned pins. Some works also have additional

We Rise Hand-Cut Paper 90cm x 90cm £3,450

Ascent Hand-Cut Paper 90cm x 90cm £3,450

Morpho Radius Hand-Cut Paper 60cm x 60cm £1,650

Life in Orbit Hand-Cut Paper 60cm x 60cm £1,650

Jenny W

Jenny’s work is based around her love of to India, Cuba, the Pacific, Cyprus and E

One of the youngest members to be elec the time, she has exhibited and painted

In the early years she painted solely from has passed she tends to work more and and paintings she does while travelling the sense of place and reactions to her tries to capture the essence, smell and ta stay with her long after her trips have e memory and her experiences. A big rea of literary references and try to capture elements she collects in her many sketch of people, places and situations.

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f colour, influenced by her many travels Europe.

cted to both the RWS and the NEAC at now constantly for many years.

m direct observation in situ, but as time d more in the studio from the drawings g. These paintings are a summation of r travels and environment. In them she aste of place by combining elements that ended. They are a consolidation of her ader, her paintings also have a number a sense of enchantment using figurative hbooks as reference of her observations

Faceade, Las Ramblas Collage, Wateroclour 55cm x 78cm £4,200

Time for a Walk Acrylic on Canvas 71cm x 91cm £4,200

The Fishing Shed Collage, Wateroclour 55cm x 78cm £4,200

Tea Time Acrylic on Canvas 61cm x 61cm £2,800

Studio View Acrylic on Canvas 61cm x 61cm £2,800

Porthleven Acrylic on Canvas 61cm x 61cm £2,800

Tropical Summerhouse Collage, Wateroclour 55cm x 78cm £4,200