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Introducing Pure ART360 - Autumn 2021 Connecting artists with art lovers
Whether you want to visit, watch, read, listen or buy, ART360 provides you with a truly immersive 360 degree art experience, helping you to get closer to art. ART360 was originally conceived as a dynamic digital event concept to support visual artists during the global pandemic in 2020/21. The first edition launched in September 2020 and featured some 70 artists worldwide.
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Building on the outstanding success of edition 1, ART360 edition 2 took place in April 2021 and supported Royal Papworth Charity. Edition 3 will feature some 80 international artists across the broad spectrum of events, including a printed and digital magazine, in real life and digital exhibitions, live and pre-recorded interviews broadcast on the Pure Live Youtube channel, Crowdcast and Facebook.
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GABRIELLE ARGENT
ANNIE CATFORD
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LOUISA CRISPIN
POLLY DUTTON
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MARY BEANEY
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JULIA DESCH
LEILA GODDEN
JONATHAN HATELEY
MARINA MURVANIDZE MITCHELL
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BRENDA HARTILL
MICHELE O'NEILL
JULIETTE SCOTT
JESSICA JORDAN
VIVIEN OLDFIELD
MARKUS THONETT
VINCENT MATTHEWS
CLAIRE PALASTANGA
CHARLIE VENIGA-GARRETT
SANDRA MENANT
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FRAN WHITE
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INTERVIEW
MICHAEL STAUSHOLM
C E O and Founde r of S prou t Wor l d INTERVIEW BY LESLEY SAMMS Please tell us a little about yourself and your background My name is Michael Stausholm and I was born and raised in Denmark. I began my career in the shipping industry, working for A.P. Møller/Mærsk and travelled to Indonesia in 1993, where I lived for 14 years. My greatest interests are green entrepreneurship and sustainability. Was there a moment, person, or place that has influenced you or set you on the journey to where you are now? Actually I’ve got two and they are two early ones. The first one was seeing the plantable Sprout pencil on Kickstarter.com back in early 2013. It was the world’s first pencil that you could plant after use and grow into herbs,
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vegetables or flowers. Wow. Having worked with sustainability for some years, a subject everyone was talking about but no one could really define, the Sprout pencil came along as an amazing tool to illustrate sustainability. The second one was 10 months later when sales were going wild in Denmark and starting to gain traction in Europe also. I was suddenly spending full time on the “project” but still not making money, and a friend advised me to get a real job and worry about my family etc. After careful consideration I had an absolute Eureka moment when I realised that this was such an amazing idea with a patent behind it, and this was something that could really inspire people to make small changes in their everyday lives, and I decided that I would go all in on the Sprout pencil.
Was the Sprout pencil concept the outcome of a lightbulb moment or did the idea evolve over time?
of building up a business instead of the end of the world would probably be my advice, although it’s not easy at all.
The plantable Sprout pencil was invented by a group of students at MIT in Boston. They were assigned to develop “a sustainable office tool of the future” and came up with a plantable pencil with a seed capsule in the end. The idea was to give it a new life when it was too small to write by simply planting it upside down and transform it into herbs, vegetables or flowers.
What advice would you give others setting out to create a business with the health of our planet and sustainability at its heart?
What has the process of developing Sprout as a business taught you? Many things over the years. First of all; keep going when things get tough. Trust that the problems will be solved in the end and that no company avoids dealing with challenges, it’s just a matter of patience and perseverance. I’ve also learned how big an impact press coverage can have on the awareness of a brand. In our case, we didn’t pay for any marketing the first 3-4 years, we only focused on getting our brand story out in selected European and American media which was a success, simply because we have such a strong story to tell. How has this experience influenced your perspective further on sustainability? At Sprout World, sustainability is a part of our DNA but we continuously work to improve production, packaging, transportation etc. Our goal is to become CO2 neutral in 2022 and climate positive at the latest in 2023. What advice would you now give your younger self? I’ve spent many sleepless nights thinking of problems that in the end turned out to be solved. Seeing challenges as a natural part
I’ve learned that you cannot be 100% sustainable as a company from the start. It’s a step by step journey. Things take time and you have to also look at the bottom line when building up a green company. If your products are 100% sustainable from the start but very expensive, you can’t sell them and your company will die before you get started. Please tell us some unexpected things about yourself I love football, I played it myself for many years but now I like to watch it. I’m an all time Liverpool fan. I love to travel and see new places, try new food and just suck in new surroundings, that’s why I got a bit restless when traveling was not possible last year due to Covid. I get new energy from the sun and I love Italy, France and Spain. What type of books do you like to read? I’m a passionate reader. I read 2-3 books a week, from biographies to historical novels, crime novels to books about leadership, behavioural design, politics, startups and sustainability.
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CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 FOR COLLECTORS 4 JOIN PURE 5 PURE MEMBERS 8 INTERVIEW 11 BROADCAST SCHEDULE 12 JUDGES EDITS
16 INSPIRATION 16 NATURE 18 GABRIELLE ARGENT 19 HELEN BARNARD 20 EDITH PARGH BARTON 21 CAROLE BURY 22 JANE COWAN 23 LOUISA CRISPIN 24 JULIA DESCH 25 SUSAN D’SOUZA 26 FELICITY FLUTTER 27 LEILA GODDEN 28 JESSICA JORDAN 29 JAIR NINO 30 VIVIEN OLDFIELD 31 JULIETTE SCOTT 32 COLOUR 34 POLLY DUTTON 35 ROEL FUNCKEN 36 SANDRA MENANT 37 HILDEGARD PAX 38 SHELLEY ROSE 39 CHARLIE VENIGA-GARRETT 40 HUMAN FORM 42 JEREMY BEAR 43 JONATHAN HATELEY 44 MICHELE O'NEILL 45 LOI PHAN 46 IMELDA WEI DING LO
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ART360 EDITIONS 1&2 IMAGINATION 50 YOKOW 51 ANNIE CATFORD 52 JEANETTE COOK 53 BRENDA HARTILL 54 VINCENT MATTHEWS
55 MARINA MURVANIDZE MITCHELL 56 INNA ROGATCHI 57 LIVIA SPINOLO 58 MARKUS THONETT 59 HELENA VANDELEUR 60 QIXUAN WU TESTIMONIALS AND MORE... 64 MARY BEANEY 65 SOPHIE DOUGLAS 66 PHILLIPPA EGERTON 67 OLLIE HOLMAN 68 CLAIRE PALASTANGA 69 NINA STOPAR 70 SHULAN WANG 71 FRAN WHITE PURE FRIENDS 72 SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART 74 ROWAN CHARITY 76 ARTSPRING GALLERY 78 EDGE BESPOKE PICTURE FRAMING 80 WEST END HOUSE GALLERY 82 BATTLE ABBEY SCHOOLS 84 EASTBOURNE COLLEGE 86 CALMER SELF 88 HELLO POLLY COPYWRITERS 90 MAKU UK EXHIBITIONS THE PURE TEAM
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JUDGES EDIT The judges have reviewed the artwork submitted digitally and this page represents their chosen works. Judging a piece of work means giving it a rank in relation to other works, taking into account its aesthetic appeal, quality of artistic composition, purpose and originality among other aspects. Ultimately however it must always be recognised that the selection is based on the personal perspective and taste of the judges.
TABISH'S TOP SELECTION Felicity Flutter The paintings of waves by Felicity Flutter capture their energy, yet are also calming - as if you could stroll right into them and feel the water lapping at your bare feet.
TABISH KHAN ART CRITIC
Tabish Khan is an art critic specialising in London's art scene and he believes passionately in making art accessible to everyone. He visits and writes about hundreds of exhibitions a year covering everything from major blockbusters to the emerging art scene. Tabish has been the visual arts editor for Londonist since 2013 and also regularly contributes to FAD, with a weekly column called 'What's wrong with art'.
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Shulan Wang
Louisa Crispin
Whether it's light filtering through vegetation or people slightly obscured there's light, life and beauty in the black and white photography of Shulan Wang.
The natural world is something we all felt closer to during lockdown and we took more time to appreciate the insects and flowers around us, and Louisa Crispin captures these fantastic details in her drawings.
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LES'S TOP SELECTION Brenda Hartill 'Brenda's work has so much colour, vibrancy and texture that it stood out for me from the other exhibiting artists. As someone who enjoys moving from representational to abstract, I appreciated her landscape work and the many mediums that she uses to accomplish her work. Her artwork will bring movement and light to any room where it will be hung.'
LES WILLIAMS PSGFA ARTIST
Elected to the Council in 2013 and to the position of Vice President in 2015, Les is currently the President of the SGFA (The Drawing Society). Les finds inspiration in the life and buildings of the City of London, having worked there for many years. Having trained at the Royal Drawing School, he works in pen and wash on location to capture the moment.
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SUSIE'S TOP SELECTION Quixan Wu Wu’s work stood out to me not only for its originality but for its playfulness. In ‘The Passing Worlds’ we see planets styled in old cartographer’s mapping in a crowded universe where bright, glowing lights steer Argyle patterned bi-planes. In ‘Fortress Besieged’, time again collides with innocuous glowing paper planes besieging an ancient gilded, fortified city. The use of decorative bordering and the four sided composition allows the viewer to watch from the paper planes’ vantage point. In ‘Lost in Klein Blue’ planes search with blinding searchlights through a cloudy blue sky. It is wonderfully playful way to explore the intrigue of Yves Klein blue merging the unreachable with something traditionally tangible.
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LEAD PRINT TUTOR - ROWAN Susie Johnson is the Lead Print Tutor from Rowan - our chosen charity for Pure ART360 Edition 3. Susie joined Rowan over 6 years ago to set up and run a printmaking workshop. Her background is in fine art specialising in drawing, sculpture and printmaking. When not at Rowan she works from her studio at Cambridge ArtWorks.
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INSPIRATION
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein
NATURE Nature as a muse or inspiration for artists is both limitless and timeless. The observation and interpretation of nature in art takes many and diverse forms, from highly representational photo realist through to abstract and embellishment, as a point of influence to the very reason for its existence. Nature can be a simple add on to convey a sense of depth or perspective, or it can be the primary focus for the work. Henry Matisse once said: “An artist must possess nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.”
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And further back in history, Aristotle wrote: "Art not only imitates nature but also completes its deficiencies". Which implies art not only recreates the natural world but also creates new ways for us to see it, providing the missing link in the human experience… It is clear therefore that art and nature have been intimately bound for time immemorial, both through our shared lived experience and as a medium for its creation in the form of wood, charcoal, clay, graphite and water, and this relationship appears undimmed despite the rapid advances in technology we are currently experiencing.
Artwork from top left: Leila Godden, Susan D'Souza, Carole Bury, Jessica Jordan, Helen Barnard
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GABRIELLE ARGENT Gabrielle is a fused glass artist based in East Sussex. Her rural landscape and proximity to the coast inspire her with colours, form and textures of the natural world. Her work features seascapes, landscapes, birds, fish, fossils and flora. Bespoke commissions for home and garden include free-standing sculptures and wall hangings incorporating wrought iron, stainless steel or weather treated wood. Gabrielle enlists different glass making techniques to interpret a design brief and exhibits her work in her studio and online.
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Gabrielle uses traditional stained glass paints and enamels. Combining photographic and screen-printed images with specialist frit powders and granules result in a rich colour palette. She adds precious metals and uses gravity for molten glass when slumping her work in the kiln. Moulds made from natural materials are used to create shapes, resulting in an exciting expression of movement, texture and form.
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Helen is an abstract landscape artist passionate about colour, nature and bygone eras. She paints in mixed media, oils, watercolours and uses metal leaf in her work, either as a backdrop or as part of the pigment mix. Her work highlights the beauty of contrasting textures. Helen believes that art should play a dynamic part in any space, through vibrant colours or by reflecting light. She is fascinated by intense colour and by the way light falls throughout the day.
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She has a particular fascination with Hitchcock’s Rebecca and it’s setting of Manderley, as well as the colour palette of the 30s & 40s, which can be seen in her work, whether in the large gilded canvases or in her landscapes and still life paintings.
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EDITH PARGH BARTON BA Edith’s work is rooted in observation of the world around her. There is a warmth and humour in her paintings and sculptures that reveal a joy in playing with paint and fabric, a delight in the unusual; of existing between the real and the imaginary. Her textile sculptures have human-like qualities that people connect with emotionally and respond to on a profound level. Her abstract paintings depict landscapes that are familiar yet strange; they are journeys into a dream-like place created out of personal memories.
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The paintings contain stitch-like marks and staccato tacks, scratched into thick layers of paint. Similarly, the surfaces of her sculptures are built using applique and hand and machine stitching that echo the mark making in her paintings. She welcomes the influence of one art form on the other.
edithparghbarton.com Edith Pargh Barton Art edith_barton
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CAROLE BURY
BA HONS Carole’s art practice focuses on drawings and paper-textiles inspired by landscapes and the natural world. Her exploratory vision through observational drawings expresses a visceral relationship between gardens and landscape. These reveal a capacity to shift an understanding of ourselves and the delicate balance of the earth. The enjoyment and experience of being in a landscape is paramount. Three dimensional responses result in her studio brimming with constructed objects made of paper and stitch, and found treasures lining the shelves.
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The drawings and the constructions complement, and ask questions of each other.
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JANE COWAN
MSC Jane Cowan is an artist and craftswoman who has been working with stone and sculpture for thirty years. Jane started her journey as a stone and sculpture conservator-restorer on England’s Cathedrals. An introduction to stone carving in the 1990s led to a traditional letter-carving apprenticeship and a change in direction. More than twenty years on, Jane’s carving focuses on her deep love of nature and the beauty of form. She uses British stones and slates, often using reclaimed or found pieces.
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Celebrating the craft of the process as much as the finished object, Jane makes unique, beautiful, enduring functional stone objects for inside and out.
LOUISA CRISPIN
SGFA, SBA FELLOW
Entranced by the cycle of growth and decay, Louisa captures the details using ultra sharp pencils and graphite powder. It’s quiet in the studio, distanced from the world as she looks ever closer at plants, insects and birds. Texture, shadows, silhouettes and movement created with marks and tone, it’s rarely about the colour. The FlightPath series explores the materiality of graphite media and paper whilst considering the plight of our less popular insects. The narrative is focused on wildlife corridors, the importance of a network of routes between habitats to ensure diversity, and aims to resolve the tension between abstraction and figuration while encouraging open discussion.
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JULIA DESCH
MA Julia's work springs from an intimate relationship with nature in all its forms. In creative terms she draws on different approaches: illustrated poetry, fusion of felted artpieces with audio, abstract and imaginative feltwork involving many different skills in construction. She is also deeply committed to ethical and sustainable fibre : her own wensleydale wool in all stages of her work, both felted and designer handknits. This leads into Slow Art and a few collectible items each year. Her passion is sharing skills and the most recent project involves bringing the importance of Touch back into young lives through the Sensory Wheels Schools Project.
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Julia is a British Wool Artisan Licensee, Member of Society of Designer Craftsmen and a Member of International Feltmakers Association.
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SUSAN D'SOUZA MA, BA, PGCE Nature based textile artist influenced by momentary beauty and transient, seasonal shifts. Walking through Sussex landscapes and observations of details in the garden often provide a starting point for pieces that are individual, hand made, sustainable artworks. The two pieces featured ‘Oaks and Windswept Grass’ and ‘Red Trees & River Reeds’ are batiks, with embroidered detail, hand painted with natural dyes including madder, weld, walnut, buckthorn bark and Lac.
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Susan also creates work pieced together using applique and textile collage, sometimes incorporating natural fragments or materials. Loss, impermanence and change are themes explored through her observations of nature.
susandsouza68@gmail.com
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FELICITY FLUTTER BA, SGFA Felicity is primarily a watercolour painter, living not far from the coast near Rye, she finds inspiration in the sea and all its many moods and changes of weather. Felicity uses photography and sketches as a starting point for her paintings, she builds up layers of watercolour, starting with washes and finishing with a dry brush or natural sponge to create more random marks or working in mixed media combining pencil drawing with watercolour. She is a full member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art where she won The ‘Jacksons’ prize for best Associate Artwork in 2016. She is an Associate of the Wilderness Art Collective and committee member of the Cranbrook Art Show.
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LEILA GODDEN Leila Godden is a contemporary painter known for seascapes and abstracts. Her current inspiration is her connection with nature from the garden outside her studio and the feeling of tranquillity it offers in a busy world. These new abstract works are more about the internal landscape than the external, intended to evoke a response deeper than just “seeing”. Represented in London by Signet Contemporary Art and in Winchester by Bell Fine Art, her work has been selected for exhibitions at The Mall Galleries, London and The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. She is a member of the Free Painters and Sculptors and Pure Arts Group.
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leilagoddenart@gmail.com
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JESSICA JORDAN MA Jessica lives in West Sussex, very close to the Sussex Downs and the beach. Inspired by aerial views of the Downs, she likes to see how the landscape changes from month to month and the effect that farming has on the land, leaving patterns by man or nature. Jessica loves corroded surfaces, the contrast of rough and smooth line, patterns and texture that are found on stones, wood, glass and metal that has been weathered and broken down from natural erosion.
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Each piece is a one off, the pattern, texture and form is different reflecting the way she creates them. The work changes every time you look at it or move around it; there is always something new to look at.
jess@jessicajordanceramics.com
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JAIR NINO
PG DIP Jair's studio is based in Barcelona. He holds a degree in Graphic design and a PG Diploma in Contemporary Art from the University of Barcelona. His practice combines a range of disciplines, from design, branding, and photography, to printmaking and painting. His artwork is a contrast between abstract expressionism and nature. He explores the idea of “nature as the artist itself” reflecting his fascination with the beauty and colours of his environment, in its constant state of change.
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He uses elements of nature as the principal material and subject, merging them with acrylics, macrame, and wire forming the framework to his work.
artstudio@jairnino.com
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VIVIEN OLDFIELD
BA
Vivien is a Fine Art Photographer who lives and works in East Sussex. Her innovative pieces cross various genres using experimental aspects of photography to create semi-abstract photomontages that are part narrative, part re-imagined. Many of her pieces are inspired by the coast, countryside and gardens which she photographs throughout the seasons. More recently they have featured elements of disused buildings, vintage items and still life compositions. Vivien experiments with colour and form, light and shade, texture and movement to express her vision. Each artwork comprises multiple images which are layered and blended digitally. They are professionally printed using archival inks on fine art paper in small limited editions or one-offs.
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vivienoldfield@btinternet.com
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JULIETTE SCOTT BA Juliette shares her fascination with colour and texture through her photographic work. Nature and the seasons are typically her starting point. Her images are not exact replicas of the flowers or landscapes in front of her, instead they are the source to build upon. Nature is fleeting, but Juliette likes to give the viewer the chance to study her photographs and discover what she had witnessed or felt whilst outside making her images.
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Juliette adopts different approaches to photography depending on what catches her eye and sparks her imagination. She uses intentional camera movement and in-camera multiple exposures as well as more conventional photographic techniques. She loves to explore blending and the use of layers during post-processing.
juliette@howdensteading.com
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INSPIRATION
“Colour is everything, colour is vibration like music; everything is vibration.” Marc Chagall
COLOUR The first colour pigments, a combination of soil, animal fat, burnt charcoal, and chalk, appeared some 40,000 years ago. These pigments formed a basic palette of five colours: red, yellow, brown, black, and white. Ever since, the evolution of colour has been one of continual discovery, either by artists or scientists. Artists use colour today in their artwork to create depth. Warm colours such as reds, yellows, oranges, and red-violets associated with the sun project toward the viewer. Cool colours such as blues, bluegreens, and blue-violets that are usually associated with bodies of water appear to recede into the distance.
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But artists' relationship with colour is far more fundamental than simply technique. Colour is also used as an essential part of the narrative by many artists, integrating symbolism and meaning into their artwork through subtle messaging, speaking to our subconscious memories and emotions.
Artwork from top left: Sandra Menant, Roel Funcken, Charlie Veniga-Garrett, Shelley Rose, Polly Dutton
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POLLY DUTTON BA Polly’s abstract realism paintings are inspired by her environment. She expresses her emotional response to a time and place as well as the particular energy of the weather and the light, endeavouring to capture the essence and sense of a place rather than a realistic representation. Initially Polly works in the landscape creating sketches and written notes. Polly also creates purely abstract work which reflect her internal landscape and response to music, poetry and sounds. She works with a variety of material intuitively with a focus on process. Initially, no conscious thought is given as she adds layers of paint or other materials. She will reach a point where the work ‘feels’ right and begins the process of refinement with much more conscious cognition.
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pollydutton60@gmail.com
pollydutton.co.uk Polly Dutton Artist polly.dutton.artist
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ROEL FUNCKEN Roel is a contemporary abstract expressionist painter whose unique artwork style is rich in textures, colors and shapes. Netherlands based, the artist has been making music under his own name for over 30 years, and started painting last year. The overarching process fascinates the artist on how to approach certain elements in the creative process and both mediums compliment one another. As a kid, he saw abstract shapes everywhere he looked, intriguing him. Despite being colour-blind, he is addicted to colours and to the contrast between them. His work is informed by colours and forms found in nature. People say, Roel Funcken paintings look like how his music sounds.
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SANDRA MENANT BA Sandra is an independent artist working from her Wimbledon Studio in London. She loves making compositions, abstract or semi-figurative, to engage the imagination, and create emotional bonds between her paintings and the art lovers’ inner feelings. Palette choice and texture produce dynamic, original canvases to bring life to your space. Sandra is a colourist, with a preference for vibrant pigments: her style is inspired by travels and iconic cultural motifs, plants and atmospheres. Her work is cataloged in Series: Japanese, Volcanic, and the latest being South East Asia.
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artist@sandramenant.com
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HILDEGARD PAX
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Hildegard's work in glass explores it's inherent qualities of transparency, translucency and opacity, alongside colour and shape, reflections and shadows. Her wall sculptures are brought to life by their interaction with light and invite the viewer to look closer and understand where the colour is coming from. In the assemblages of glass she strives to ‘Make the Invisible Visible’ and to create unexpected temporal beauty. Reflected and transmitted colours meet and intermingle, creating an ethereal colour field space within the artwork. Her unique glass artworks have been selected for exhibitions at the Mall Galleries and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and exhibited at art fairs in the UK, Germany and the USA.
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hildegardpax@gmail.com
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SHELLEY ROSE Shelley began his artistic career as a printmaker for Michael Rothenstein RA and later taught at Goldsmith and Central Saint Martins College in London. He is an award winning master printmaker with work held in public and private collections. His silkscreen print 'Move to White' is part of the British Museum Print and Drawing Collection. Shelley translates his observation of light and light phenomena into the application of colour pigment as exploration, informing the process of colour application as well as the outcome. His latest series of work uses a corrosive process to create unique patination and oxidation colour backdrops to his work.
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His interest in all aspects of light led him to create a series of luminaires which are a sculptural interaction of light and form.
CHARLIE VENIGA-GARRETT Charlie is a glass designer and fine artist, also creating bespoke glass under the name of Charlie Noel Glass. She has been working primarily in fused glass for the last 13 years. During 2020 Charlie spent her time exploring different avenues to gain inspiration and to develop her skills towards creating a new body of work. In June 2021 she learned new techniques which will enable her to create larger, more substantial pieces of work. She also learned all about “Vitreonics”, a magical way of creating unique glass art.
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Charlie’s passion for glass shines through as she designs and creates bespoke pieces, colours, and textures. Each of her pieces has a unique narrative and is made with care, love and passion.
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INSPIRATION
"The human body is the best work of art." Jess C Scott
HUMAN FORM Ever since prehistoric times, when our ancestors etched line drawings of themselves onto cave walls, we have been captivated by re-creating the human form. The representation of the body was of primary concern for Early Cycladic art and culture dating from 3200 BCE. And the human face and body were portrayed in both symbolic and realistic ways in Egyptian art dating back to 3000 BCE. But for artists, representing the human form means more than simply reproducing a likeness of a person. A portrait or sculpture can also capture and express the artist's unique perspective or ‘way of seeing’ the subject, not just its embodiment, but its essence and energy. Today, drawing from life remains an integral part of the curricular in art schools around
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the world, in combination with the copying of classical works. Studying human anatomy is also a key focus for many artists. When you understand how the body moves and functions, you can readily convey the sensation of life and movement. Artistic canons for body proportions have prevailed in the visual arts since Grecian times. They represent a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art. Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian man for example, created in 1492, is based on a record of body proportions made by the architect Vitruvius. Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man, is a prime example of work intended to explore the idea of proportion. The piece is part work of art and part mathematical diagram, conveying the Old Masters belief that “everything connects to everything else.”
Artwork from top left: Jonathan Hateley, Jeremy Bear, Loi Phan, Michele O'Neill
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JEREMY BEAR
MA
It is the vibrant and extraordinary in the lives of people that inspire Jeremy's work. A flick of an eye, a pose or gesture will become the basis for the wider story revealed in a painting. On his return from travels in India and Mongolia he has painted many subjects from his visual memory of powerfully recalled experiences. These experiences inspire short films which he exhibits alongside the paintings creating a more complete visual and aural environment for the viewer. Sometimes these are developed further into installations.
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Similarly Jeremy's appreciation of the creativity of others inspires him to draw and paint crafts people at work. This has included a trug maker, metalsmith and woodturner, whom he knows well, and, encountered further afield, a Spanish clog maker and Japanese calligrapher.
JONATHAN HATELEY
BA
Jonathan embarked on his artist journey 2003, having previously sculpted for models and effects in TV & Film and props for “The Phantom of the Opera” & the English National Opera. Born in the West Midlands and now living and working from his studio deep in the Kent countryside, all aspects of the natural world inspire Jonathans artwork. Working in clay, he enjoys the challenge of creating from both the real and imagined. Through his close observation and manipulation of materials, Jonathan is able to create detail and texture or surface bas-relief on his sculpture, which are hand finished and painted to accentuate the relief.
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Jonathan’s sculpture is highly sought after by his worldwide collector base. He exhibits widely in the UK and internationally, including New York, Hong Kong & Singapore.
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MICHELE O'NEILL
BA HONS FINE ART & DESIGN
Michele is a conceptual artist influenced by controversial, sensitive subjects. Her work informs debate and challenges the norm. She believes art invites changes and social awareness. She utilises appropriate media that makes an impact, incorporating paints, inks, and representational mixed media. Gin mixed with ink in series “Women in Addiction” and threads in “The Veil of Deception.” Her writing influences and is integral to each piece. She invites the viewer to look under the layers to translate the powerful message. The art is decorative but deceiving. She has exhibited in South Africa, Mexico, Ireland and UK.
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micheleoniellart@gmail.com
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LOI PHAN B.ARCH, DIP ARCH While experiencing tremendous hardship in early adulthood, Loi met a beautiful girl. They had more than ten years of a distant love and shared many beautiful adventures. Today she is his beloved wife. Therefore Loi uses the nude form to portrait the spirit of love, passion, happiness, pain, trauma and even death became important as a natural, intricate and complex form of admirable beauty.
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Loi's ink on multiple layers of paper sculpture paintings are complex. They have a front, a back and a hidden side which only shows itself in the light. Rather than restricting one to a board or even a wall in a small studio, a floor gives him further supportive backup for his paintings. He asked himself why a painting is always painted on a surface as most things that people see are in three dimensional form. His studio floor is no longer a flat surface, but a floor to support his creativity.
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IMELDA WEI DING LO BA, JD Imelda is a multi-disciplinary writer, artist, podcaster, and game developer who is passionate about environmentalism, technology, alternative health, and above all, story-telling that explores character psychology and development. She is the founder of Fortunus Games, an indie game company currently working on “Sam in New York,” a multimedia project in the form of a visual novel and two graphic novels, “Sam in New York” and “The Book of Joel”.
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Lo also hosts the “The Nuts and Bolts of Writing” podcast, which explores the intricacies of character and plot development in fiction, particularly focusing on historical and modernist fiction. Additionally, she interviews other indie creators about their works.
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INSPIRATION
"The power of imagination makes us infinite." John Muir
IMAGINATION As humans we are uniquely gifted with an imagination. “People always ask me: ‘Where do you get all these ideas? Information is coming from all kinds of sources, new sources every day…I digest [it], channel it through my own imagination, and put it back into the world.” - Keith Haring (1984) Imagination is our ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through our five senses. Historically, imagination was seen as a fundamental and unified human faculty, essentially enmeshed in conscious life. Similarly, early aestheticians thought that all the questions of art — its definition, its appreciation, its value, and its judgement — could be subsumed under one general
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Artwork from top left: Annie Catford, Vincent Matthews, Marina Murvanidze Mitchell, Qixuan Wo.
theory. Today we have a much greater awareness and appreciation of ourselves and the world we inhabit, and the idea that imagination is a single, unitary faculty has been comprehensively scrutinised and challenged, not least by the surrealists. One might thus doubt that a single sort of mental state or capacity is identified by the word “imagination” - Kind (2014) There are now eight recognised and widely accepted subsections of imagination: • • • • • • •
Effectuative imagination – combining known information to create a new idea Intellectual or constructive imagination – conscious creation Imaginative fantasy Empathy Strategic imagination Emotional imagination Dreams
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YOKOW Yokow is a multi-disciplinary artist based in London who utilises a range of different analog and digital mediums to depict stories about nature, culture and the unseen. Convergence and the union of seemingly foreign ideas is a consistent point of interest, visible in most of his work, perhaps encouraged by an eclectic background of interests and professions in technology, history and the arts.
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Soundscript is developed using the contrasting energies of societal peace and ideological frustrations. The need for clear communication for there to be harmony, collided with the heartache of previous attempts. The result is a language which we all speak, written in a way none can read - but all can relate to. It's simple and ancient aesthetic continues the analogy, hinting that there may be a wisdom long forgotten which may heal wounds and resolve rifts the size of nations.
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ANNIE CATFORD
BA
Annie works with film, and the occasional offshoot into collage. Lately her collages have been constructed using still images from the films themselves. It's the blurred, superimposed imagery that occurs within the movement of film that she is excited by, exploring one image merging into another. Annie's subject matter is varied. She makes short films to tracks from albums published by two bands, Whereness and the Zen Bicycle Band. The music inspires the imagery. This process has culminated in live, public performances. Annie projects the films without sound on to a screen on stage, and the band plays live to them.
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JEANETTE COOK BA Inspired by her daily connection with the cyclical rhythms of the natural world, Jeanette records the patterns of growth and decay, flowering and fruiting, birth and death. Working across sculpture, painting and glass fusion in her studio at home in southeast Kent, she explores how these patterns express themselves through the delights, tragedies and idiosyncrasies of human life. Oscillating between figurative and abstract, and using whichever materials she feels best suited to articulate sometimes complex ideas, she follows these connecting threads as they weave themselves across real and imaginary worlds.
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BRENDA HARTILL
RE
Brenda's work is experimental, abstract & embossed Collagraph, etching, watercolor, collage & encaustic works. Her main love is abstracting the essence of the landscape in richly colored textured images, often enhanced with silver and gold leaf. Recent works include a series of encaustic collages and watercolor paintings with collagraph embossings. She has developed a method of inking her prints using the different levels of the matrix, mixing primary colors on the plate, thus producing a shimmering color. Her work develops through the materials she uses and her ongoing fascination is with erosion, weather patterns, natural textures, growth formations & universal organic forms.
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VINCENT MATTHEWS
SGFA
Vincent has been drawing for most of his life, which helped him with his deafness. He is an active member and on the council of the SGFA (The Drawing Society).
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He started oil painting in his father’s workshop (an old disused morgue) at 14 years old and did his first commission at 16. After a long, successful career in architectural interior design, he rediscovered his passion for painting in 2003 and after completing his fine art course 4 1/2 years later, set up on his own to devote more time to his artwork. Taking part in many exhibitions since then, mostly with etching and drawing, he has recently resumed oil painting, working from imagination; using his design background to create buildings and places that do not exist. The story in each painting is for the viewer to work out and is a Hitchcock type mystery of possibilities.
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MARINA MURVANIDZE MITCHELL
BA
Marina Murvanidze Mitchell is a Georgian American artist based in London. She explores the ambiguity of unknown spaces and experiences through constructed images, using painting and photography as her main media. Her work is inspired by movement, places and people who choose to live outside their country of origin. Marina studied oil painting at the New York Academy of Art and Leah Lopez's Atelier in New York City. She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from the Art Academy London. She has exhibited in group shows in New York, Washington, D.C. and London.
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marina@alumni.princeton.edu
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INNA ROGATCHI Inna is an internationally acclaimed artist, art historian and essayist. She lives and works with her husband artist Michael Rogatchi in Finland and Italy. Inna is working in her signature techniques of drawing in many various media on her authored pigment prints. Her art is inspired by the richness of world culture and the subtle beauty of nature. She is interested in a variety of themes and genres, from Japanese and Italian culture traditions to modern still life, metaphorical landscapes and abstract works. Inna is also working on the projects of creative artistic dialogues of the present-day artist with giants of art, such as van Gogh and Impressionists.
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She is a finalist of the 5th London Art Biennale, laureate of Il Volo di Pegaso Italian National Art Award, amongst other distinctions in arts. She is the founder of the Culture for Humanity Global Initiative providing psychological comfort via arts and culture at the time of the pandemic.
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LIVIA SPINOLO BA Livia's practice ranges from drawing to sculpture, engaging in particular with sensory experience. Her aim is to shift implied perceptions by defamiliarising structures and everyday objects, challenging the viewers’ sense of an orderly world. Her work questions the imaginary orders rooted in the collective imagination. Livia is particularly interested in finding ways to create a different version of reality and to investigate what form and space communicates beyond the visible. She explores the tension between the representational surface and the real world, and the visual illusion generated by the interplay of the two perceptual experiences.
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In recent work she investigates materials’ textures and shapes to explore the oscillation between two and three dimensions.
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MARKUS THONETT The well-travelled, German-born artist, Markus Thonett, studied art in Ireland and currently lives and works in the UK. Having previously sculpted and painted in many conventional and unconventional mediums, he has recently developed his own, unique way of creating his inspiring, abstract wall pieces. These are carved into sheets of wood and painted in colours that are strangely evocative of feelings, places and memories. Markus tends to work in squares and they need neither frames nor pedestals. The works, with their frazzled edges and textured surfaces covered with holes, seem to simply float a few centimetres away from the wall.
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HELENA VANDELEUR
BA
Helena’s inspiration comes from Classical Music, Philosophy and Psychology. She is fascinated by different modes of communication, language and meaning. Vandeleur holds a Philosophy BA and is training as an Educational Psychologist at Cambridge University.
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Vandeleur investigates the dialogue between truth and perception. She is struck by the spectrum of the senses; their overlap and unreliability and what this shows about the nature of truth, knowledge and being. Vandeleur is inspired by the questions like, ‘why and how art is such a powerful extractor and creator of such emotive non-verbal reactions?” Vandeleur explores how painting explores ways of thinking beyond the confines of language; in order to learn about the truths hidden by language.
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QIXUAN WU Qixuan Wu was born and raised in China, and she has a Masters in Art from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts where she studied sculpture and painting. She likes to think that the artist is naive and narcissistic, so she is committed to using various art forms to express the theme of childlike innocence. These days, she mainly uses digital art, which she feels can better present the surreal world of past and future.
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In her paintings, the plane is the expression and symbol of the soul. The God in her soul is a boy who likes planes and trains. The soul can only wander in the world of images, which is merely ego and pure thinking.
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INSPIRATION
"You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the centre of your life." Ray Bradbury
AND MORE... “Traditional theories of aesthetics, like other traditional philosophical theories, tend to begin in paradox and end in tautology or verbal legislation. They seek a completely general answer to the question “what is art”, which will apply to all art without exception... - Margaret Macdonald (1953) The outcome of this generalisation is a series of recognised slogans, verbalised in an attempt to categorise art, such as ‘art is expression’, ‘art is imagination’, ‘fine art’… the list is endless, which by its own exemplar proves that art and artists cannot be generalised or placed in convenient boxes.
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Art is created by humans and thus by its very association can be ‘messy’ and the ideas, thoughts, notions, and context depicted limitless. In this section we showcase artists inspired by the wider canon of ideas and influences.
Artwork from top left: Ollie Holman, Fran White, Phillippa Egerton, Claire Palastanga, Shulan Wang
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MARY BEANEY
FINE ART DIPLOMA Mary Ellen Beaney : Founder/Owner Art on the River Exhibitions; hosting her Open Studios for 21 years; co-founder Chalk Gallery, Lewes; Co-founder Art @ da Vinci; Founder of "Art in the Community" workshops; President Eastbourne Group 2003 - 2007; an instigator of Eastbourne's first Art and Culture Festival 1997; was part of the Publicity & Marketing Team for Pure Arts Group until 2019.
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During Covid for the past 18 months she didn't have any inclination to produce new art work, instead she used her studio space as a greenhouse - seedlings in various stages of growth. Now they are all planted out she is back on track getting back in the groove sketching with charcoal on paper. But creativity is taking twice as long so it is a slow process starting up again.
SOPHIE DOUGLAS
MA, PGCE
Sophie Douglas is a fine artist and art teacher, encouraging people on their journey into drawing and painting. She has worked as a professional artist and art teacher since graduating from her Fine Art Degree in 2003. Her work explores the environment, nature, and language. During her MA, she explored language and questioned how we talk about art. This led to the exploration of the concept of: RE exploring past work which culminated in a series of exhibitions in London.
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Sophie’s work currently explores light and movement using different materials. She works with acrylic paint to create vibrant abstract paintings, using iridescent, matt and gloss, to allow the painting to change and breathe. In her drawing practice she explores materials that will change over time, like paper that will yellow, to consider ideas of fragility in nature and life.
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PHILLIPPA EGERTON
MA
Phillippa’s work comprises linocut, woodcut and silkscreen prints, paintings and sculpted politicians’ cake heads. Her subject matter covers both figurative and abstract themes, as she moves from one medium to another, building on each to create anew in the next. Her work is inspired by her fascination with scripts and her drawings of imaginary writing became the basis of her abstract work.
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Her work is also informed by global and political events, especially in her climate change series using the image of a single building in different climatic settings. Certain poems have influenced her in suggesting imagery and mood along with her interest in history, which shows that species and civilisations can disappear so we need to be on the alert. Her work also displays dark humour as in the dystopian harlequin and ragdoll series that incorporate her love of the African landscape, while the cakes get sliced up and eaten.
OLLIE HOLMAN
BA
Ollie makes sculptures to engage and change the perception of the notoriously rigid material that is steel. Varying from figurative wall pieces to full-scale animals, especially horses made from steel and reused horseshoes. His work aims to show his intuitive sense of space and form, with the ability to capture the essence of the subject matter. He works independently from his workshop in North Yorkshire, where he has been finetuning his style for the past five years. He has taken part in the BBC’s “Home is where the Art is” TV series, at the end of which his design for a metal artwork was selected and commissioned by the homeowner.
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CLAIRE PALASTANGA
BA
"Life is what happens while you're busy making plans” John Lennon Claire's ceramics capture the journey of process. Sculptural vessels combining the raw beauty of clay with a messy, yet refined elegance. Sometimes we can easily become preoccupied with a finished piece, or destination in life. These sculptures are part of a journey, celebrating the spontaneity of making, capturing the fluidity of movement, throwing marks and finger prints. The vessels are adorned with pieces of clay that normally would be discarded. They capture the complete essence of the clay and challenge perceptions of beauty.
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NINA STOPAR
MA Born in 1982, Nina Stopar is a Slovenian artist. She studied Philosophy and Slovenian language and was a teacher for almost ten years. In 2016 she completed an MA in Aesthetics. Here she studied contemporary art and claiming that nowadays, more than ever before, the artists themselves have to become an artwork. She then dedicated her life more professionally to art, completing an MA in Painting at the Academy of Fine Art and Design in Ljubljana in 2021.
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As a teacher of the 5Rhythms practice she believes that movement is the gateway to creativity, to the abstraction and to the artistic self. Nina explores the abstraction as the dance of intuition of body in motion.
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SHULAN WANG
MA
Shulan Wang (b.1994, China) is a fine art photographer based in Paris, France. She holds degrees of European Master of Professional Photography from Spéos International Photography School and Master of Arts from University of Westminster. Her series “Untitled Dreams” started from her self meditation and expected to find the meaning of eternal existence in the missing chaos, and the balance between rationality and poetry inside. It is about the "return" between the human and nature aiming to find the true selves in our labyrinth of thoughts.
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BA Fran is an abstract artist working in acrylic and mixed media on stretched and unstretched canvas, board, paper, card and her own linen fabric. She has spent much of 2020-21 undertaking research, experimenting, and exploring her process and materials. Projects have included While the Kettle Boils and Shadows. Inspired by the lockdown restrictions, Fran has also become fascinated by the concept of repurposing and has spent a lot of time in her studio contemplating past work and reusing this to support her creative process and methodology towards creating new work.
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Recurring themes of trees, patterns, outlines and figures combined with architectural shapes and structures continue to pop up during her investigations.
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FRIENDS
SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART (SGFA) Established in 1919, the Society of Graphic Fine Art is the only Society dedicated to drawing. It exists to promote and exhibit original works of high quality in colour or black and white, with the emphasis on excellence in drawing and draughtsmanship, demonstrated by hand. This includes all media, pencil, pen, brush,painting, charcoal, conté and any of the forms of original printmaking. The Society holds an annual Open exhibition in London of selected work. In July 2021 this was the Centenary Exhibition and held at Mall Galleries.
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There are several Members Only exhibitions, with no selection, in London and the regions; currently there is a member only exhibition at Mandell’s Gallery in Norfolk. Also the Society holds online exhibitions including the annual Open exhibition. The Society welcomes and encourages members to take an active part in the Society, in regional events, social media, videos and drawing days.
Artwork from left by: Robert Strange, Stuart Stanley & Gary Cook
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ROWAN CHARITY Rowan is a small, vibrant, independent, registered charity providing an arts centre and forest school for adults with learning disability in Cambridgeshire and the adjoining counties. Since 1984 they have provided a safe, creative, enriching and welcoming environment where the arts are used as a tool to bring people together, tackle social exclusion whilst developing skills and potential and improving happiness, health and wellbeing. They also deliver much needed respite to families and carers.
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Rowan believe that people living with a disability should have the same choice, quality of life, opportunities and aspirations as others and with your support they can continue to make this possible. Using the visual and performing arts, they endeavour to provide an environment where adults with learning disabilities, under the direction of artists, craftspeople and volunteers, can grow artistically, as well as in their abilities, confidence and self-esteem – all vital ingredients for independent living, health and well-being. Listen to Pure Founder Lesley Samms talk to Rowan's Fundraising Engagement Manager Rose Bloomfield and Lead Print Tutor and ART360 Judge Susie Johnson about the charity and its work.
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ARTSPRING GALLERY This exciting artist-run gallery brings together a collection of high quality work by contemporary artists who are specialists in their disciplines and showcases Paintings, Watercolour, Printmaking, Photography, Digital Art, Ceramics, Glass and Jewellery. Exhibitions of work by the artist members and invited guest artists change every two months and there is always something new to discover in this gem of a gallery.
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ArtSpring has been a presence on Tonbridge High Street for over five years and is wellestablished in the community. Members have built a reputation for a friendly and welcoming space where visitors can rely on one of the artists always being present to chat informally about the work on display.
A recent guest artist, ceramicist Liz Emtage, says: ‘There is nothing quite as magical as working with a good team of people. There is passion and enjoyment here and their set up is so professional and organised.’ A resurgence of community involvement has been one of the features of the past year and a half. This is no less true at ArtSpring Gallery where charitable contributions from sales have contributed to the new emerging ‘Kindness Economy’ – as labelled by the queen of the High Street, Mary Portas. Beneficiaries since April 2020 have included NHS Charities Together, West Kent Mind, Porchlight, Young Minds UK and Frontline19.
Artwork clockwise from top left: Claire Longley, Katie Whitbread, Antonia Enthoven, Camilla West, Jane Bridger
The gallery is looking forward to welcome you on a visit to Tonbridge to discover a treasure trove of local art, ceramics, glass and jewellery.
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EDGE BESPOKE PICTURE FRAMING Art, colour, design and interiors are all passionate interests of Bev Saunders of Edge Bespoke Picture Framing. They are her inspiration, as is working alongside highly esteemed artists. Her motto, present, protect, preserve is her motivation. Making artwork look amazing is a primary concern, but making it look amazing for the future is just as important. Using quality materials and techniques will elevate artwork to another level, increase its perceived value, prolong its life and raise the reputation of the artist. All the motivation needed.
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As a member of the Fine Art Trade Guild Bev has access to various industry experts for both aesthetic and technical inspiration. Techniques used by professional framers are continually being refined; much has been adopted from the world of conservation and become best practise, giving artwork more of a chance of longevity from day one, and Bev a real buzz. Bev is the former Secretary to the Fine Art Trade Guild's Framing Standards and Qualfication Committee.
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WEST END HOUSE GALLERY Set in the heart of beautiful, historic Smarden, West End House is a contemporary gallery showing original artworks including paintings, prints, ceramics, sculpture, jewellery and glass. It is run by two local artists, Karen Papworth and Patricia Hawkins.
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The gallery holds three to four themed exhibitions a year and, at all other times, has an eclectic mixed display showcasing work by gallery artists and makers. The space is warm and friendly with inspiring work at all prices. Everyone is welcome and the gallery is fully accessible to people with disabilities, including wheelchair users. Patricia Hawkins (Pia) specialises in fused glass. When asked one day if she knew of anyone who would like to take over the gallery, she was straight on the phone to Karen Papworth.
Karen Papworth (Spike) graduated from Kingston with a First in Fine Art. Following a fantastic career in advertising, she decided it was time to use her art training and take on a new challenge, like run a gallery perhaps. One Sunday she received an over excited phone call from a mad woman she barely knew asking if she wanted to take over the West End House Gallery. The rest, as they say, is history and 10 years later they have made the gallery their own, have the privilege of taking part in The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea each year and have become firm friends. They get to share the absolute delight of selling artworks on behalf of their wonderful artists to equally wonderful customers.
Artwork Top row: Libby Gooch, Melvyn Evans Bottom row: Karen Birchwood, Midori Takaki
The icing on the cake recently has been winning the Best Art Gallery in Kent award at the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2021. This came as a lovely surprise following a tough eighteen months and is testament to the support the gallery receives locally, particularly from the amazing people of Smarden. ART360 AUTUMN 2021
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Battle Abbey School has a highly successful and thriving Art Department. There are three experienced and enthusiastic teachers offering qualifications in Fine Art, Art Textiles and Photography. The subject is extremely popular with pupils, many spending extra hours in the Art department developing their skills. The aim is to encourage individual and personal growth in the visual arts, to develop the perception of visual form and to co-ordinate hand and eye. Above all Art is a stimulating and exciting subject that often proves to be a lifelong passion. Students will learn that through hard work and experimentation they can be successful.
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Battle Abbey Art students gain places at the best Art Colleges and Universities from Central St. Martins, Chelsea, Edinburgh, the Slade, Kingston, Brighton and many more. Students are currently embarking on courses for Architecture, Fashion, Fine Art, Graphics and Fashion/Marketing.
Student artwork from top left: Megan Hopper, Almira Karimova, Amelie Arundell, David Xu (Dewei)
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EASTBOURNE COLLEGE Art is an important part of everyday life at the College and there are many opportunities to explore new skills. The Arts Award at Eastbourne College is offered as an option in the 6th form.
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We run the award through a programme of professional workshops and through the provision of a team of mentors who support each individual. Lesley Samms from Pure Arts Group is a mentor as part of the programme and supports individual project delivery as well as also running workshops in her specialist areas. We also have relationships with a number of creative organisations which has included Smokescreen Visuals, Culture Shift and Lewes Live Literature. Gold Arts Award is a Level 3 qualification on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and is designed for ages 16 and above, but is open to young people aged 11 to 25. The award has 16 points on the UCAS tariff.
GOLD ARTS AWARD
For this award, students collect evidence of their experiences in their individual art portfolios: Personal arts development •
extending their own arts practice, experiencing another art form and creating new work
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identifying and being involved in the world of the arts through placements, volunteering, training and research
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reviewing arts events/experiences and finding out about artists and their career paths
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making the case for an arts issue and communicating the case
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planning a project, identifying the project’s aims and outcomes
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managing a public showing/sharing of the work
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reviewing their leadership development and finding effective ways to collect and evaluate feedback from participants, audience members and other stakeholders.
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CALMER SELF Nadine Searle is the founder and teacher of the trusted Calmer Self Method which guides you through a process to reduce stress and anxiety, build confidence and self esteem, enabling you to release fears and old habits that can hold you back from reaching your full potential. She calls what she offers 'Transformation through Relaxation' and she gets tremendous satisfaction from seeing people start to live their life with ease and joy following their true soul purpose, stepping out of feelings of overwhelm and guilt and establishing new, calmer habits that are hugely beneficial to overall emotional health and wellbeing.
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Nadine enjoys being an ambassador for Pure and giving inspirational talks about how she went from her own chaos to calmness and demonstrating aspects of her Calmer Self Method that are of particular support to the creative nature of the wonderful people in the Pure Group. Calmer Self was winner of the 2019 Best of Hastings Award in the Health and Wellbeing category.
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HELLO POLLY COPYWRITERS Based in St Leonards-on-Sea on the sunny south coast, Imogen White co-runs Hello Polly Copywriters with her business partner, Olivia Levez. Hello Polly delivers compelling online content for clients so that they don’t have to – maybe because they simply don’t have time, or perhaps English is not their own language. Many though just find writing about themselves impossible! Well, we LOVE working with words. We write in our clients’ voices and shout loud about what makes them unique, to ensure they stand out from the crowd and get noticed.
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Both Imogen and Olivia are traditionally published authors with three decades of writing experience between them, including sales & marketing, teaching English, delivering creative writing workshops, writing for museum & heritage sites, book editing, plus supplying copy for various businesses and creative enterprises across the UK. Contact Imogen if you’d like to arrange a free initial chat about your website content, blogs, or personal bio – or just to get some general copy advice.
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MAKU UK Makü create beautiful hand-made slippers, rugs and throws using sheepskin the fashion industry discards. The business was established when Suzan Aral brought together a small team of like-minded people who love working with natural materials and believe in ‘making use, not waste’. Makü combines these two passions – everything they create is designed to make use of pre-consumer waste. Working with wholesalers and the production chain, they seek out wonderful natural material to inspire their product ranges.
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Makü’s first products – limited edition rugs and slippers – launched in Spring 2021. These ranges give purpose to beautiful leather and sheepskin the fashion industry so readily discards.
Rugs and slipper batches are only produced in limited editions or as bespoke orders. Wherever possible, nothing is further dyed or treated – they try to use what they find, as they find it. Suzan says: “The subtle tonal and pile variations of the sheepskin and the occasional natural blemish are just nature’s way of making something unique! We love to show the backs of our rugs too as we feel the stitching and joins give an important message – how by collaborating with specialist craftspeople and taking a circular approach you can create something beautiful and useful from ‘waste’.”
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EXHIBITIONS
REIMAGINED 8 OCT 2021- 9 JAN 2022 B E AUP ORT HOU S E G AL L E RY Bannatynes Spa Hotel, Hastings, TN38 8EA
Felicity Flutter, Louisa Crispin, Carole Bury, Hildegard Pax, Markus Thonett, Brenda Hartill, Jonathan Hateley, Shulan Wang, Edith Pargh Barton, Ollie Holman, Juliette Scott, Sandra Menant, Roel Funcken, Les Williams, Nina Stopar, Polly Dutton, Ed Boxall, Cherie Lubbock & Gigi Lopez
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8 OCT 2021 - 9 JAN 2022
9 SEPT 2021 - 9 JAN 2022
DIGITAL ONLINE EXHIBITION www.pureartsgroup.co.uk
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ABOUT PURE
THE PURE TEAM
Pure has been supporting the creative community in unlocking their full potential since 2009.
Lesley Samms MSc ANLP MAC Founder and Managing Director of Pure Arts Group
We have a proven track record in being
Lesley has a core background in business, having spent the early part of her career working in Banking in the City of London.
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Are you ambitious and motivated to develop yourself, grow your artist based business and make money? If you are, we are your people! We will support you in making the right choices to develop yourself and side step self sabotage. We will provide you with opportunities to get involved and take action.
A career in marketing and sales followed, working mainly in the leisure marketplace for Coca-Cola and Schweppes. For the past thirty years she has worked in contemporary fine art, as a fine art photographer, as a gallery owner and curator, and most recently as a professional development practitioner and writer. LinkedIn/LesleySamms Kristina Alexander - Designer Hildegard Pax - Creative Consultant Louisa Crispin - Creative Consultant Caitlin Lock - Social Media, Photography & Film Tania Pieri - Client Liaison Vincent Matthews - Technical & Coordination
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Shelley C Rose - Technical & Coordination Full details and contact information can be found on the Pure website Team page.
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