Renowned Westcountry artist Michael Morgan enjoyed two distinguished careers firstly in academia and latterly as an artist whose ground-breaking style is widely considered to have added new life to the watercolour medium and subsequently influenced and guided many young artists. Biography Michael trained as a teacher with an MSc from Southampton University. He enjoyed a …
Robin Hazlewood VPRI FRSA NDD Born in Meriden, Warwickshire 1944. Studied at Coventry College of Art, followed, in the mid-1960s, by post-graduate study at Liverpool College of Art. Academic posts have included Head of Putney School of Art, London; Dean of Sir John Cass School of Art, London; Vice Provost London Guildhall University. Biography Colour …
Robert King RI RSMA Robert King is a painter in oils, watercolour and gouache also etching and lithography. Subjects include seascape and coastal scenes including the Solent and Norfolk. Robert King has exhibited at: The Royal Academy. Royal Society of Marine Artists. Biography Robert has always been interested in painting a wide variety of subjects using oils, watercolours, gouache and pastels …
Mike Bernard RI Mike Bernard was born in Kent in 1957 and trained at the West Surrey College of Art & Design in Farnham followed by Post Graduate Studies at the Royal Academy schools from 1978 to 1981. Biography Mike Bernard has been a peripatetic teacher at his alma mater, West Surrey College of Art …
David Hockney, OM, CH, RA Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, David Hockney attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. There, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings. In the 1970s, Hockney began working in photography, creating photo collages he called joiners. Biography Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, …
Don Farrell RI Dons’ work has been moving towards abstract consideration in contemporary art. His work contains recurring motifs of tiny markings and shapes, as well as etched characters or patterns that can hint at a narrative. Biography Don Farrell was born in 1942 in Vancouver residing on Vancouver Island since 1999. A self-educated painter …
Roger Dellar A self taught professional figurative artist working in pastels, mixed media, oils and acrylics born in Hertfordshire. Biography Roger Dellar was born in 1949 in Hertfordshire. He is a self-taught professional figurative artist who works in pastel, mixed media, oils and acrylics. His key interest lies on observing people in their varied environments …
Chris Forsey “My main preoccupation is with atmosphere, light and weather, and I endeavour to capture the fleeting changes and how it affects the scene before me. I prefer to work in the studio from location sketches and photographs, mostly in water-based media. Biography Chris Forsey has been an illustrator and artist for nearly all …
Charles Hardaker Inspiration is found in my immediate surroundings. The visible world is always the starting point with ‘feed-in’ from great writings and philosophical ideas. Basically, I aim to show something of the wonder and mystery of the so-called ordinary world – “the ordinary is extraordinary” Biography Inspiration is found in my immediate surroundings. The …
Carole Griffin In setting up for a Still Life painting, the aim is to emphasize the sense of drama around the objects, hopefully narrowing the focus to that present moment and slowing the sense of time to a stop. Biography Carole Griffin is an Award Winning artist and member of the Royal Society of British Artists. …
