Artists' profiles

Artwork by Alex Anderson

Alex Anderson

An artist whose main craft is photography. I explore a range of subjects but mainly focus on street and human interaction.

www.byluminousbodies.co.uk

slowcheetah1@gmail.com

Leeds Castle by Sue Batt

Sue Batt

Sue works in watercolour and in different print methods including screenprint, lino and monoprint. Inspired by patterns and textures in the natural and manmade world she creates mixed media printed works.

Basket Tree by Sue Blinkho

Sue Blinkho

Sculpture, installations and web design

Sue uses everyday, low tech materials to grow sculptures inspired by the shapes, colours and textures found around her, such as trees, plants and sea life.

www.sueblinkho.co.uk

www.hidden-door.co.uk

mail@sueblinkho.co.uk

Photograph by Chris Brunt

Chris Brunt

Chris is an award-winning portrait photographer, also showcasing landscape images representing both local and international areas. Chris provides promotional and publicity materials for two local charities.

www.orion976.moonfruit.com

orion976photography@yahoo.co.uk

Artwork by Dan Callegari

Dan Callegari

My painting draws on the essence of foundations and new beginnings. My passion is the deconstruction of detail, paring back to simple graphic statements, to allow the imagination to apply reference.

embr studios

www.embrstudios.co.uk

dan.callegari@embrstudios.co.uk

Sunflower mirror by Chris Cantrelle

Chris Cantrelle

Mixed media and textile artist

Chris loves experimenting with different techniques - always using masses of colour and texture.

www.chriscantrelle.co.uk

www.myspace.com/chriscantrelle

Artwork by Michele Cohen

Michele Cohen

Michele is primarily a photographer who also enjoys other creative mediums, paper crafting and sewing. I enjoy photographing landscapes, night shots and macro work.

michelemcohen@aol.com

07725 343419

The Crest of the Wave detail by Sheila Cook

Sheila Cook

Batik artist

My early training gave me an introduction to various fine art and craft techniques but when I “discovered” Batik I felt that I had come home.

www.batikguild.org.uk

sheila.cook@btinternet.com

Lupin by Alexandria Cowley

Alexandria Cowley

Alexandria is a self-taught artist who works full-time and enjoys art as a creative outlet. Educational background includes related BA (Hons) and History of Art. No chosen media.

www.alexandriacowley.co.uk

Tribute to Ceaser 2 detail by Lizz Daniels

Lizz Daniels

Lizz sees herself as a modern day alchemist transforming and revitalising industrial plastic waste into meaningful art. Her work is spontaneous and joyfully unique.

Here is a link to a film Lizz made with her daughter Ritual Intent and Transformation (This link will take you to the YouTube website)

www.ilovestickybackplastic.com

Rose plate detail by Rose Dickinson

Rose Dickinson

My handbuilt porcelain work is influenced by natural forms and found object textures, using oxides, coloured clays and underglaze colours to emphasise shape and texture.

ZG06 Creek Creative, 1 Abbey St, Faversham, Kent ME13 7BE

07528 309460

www.rosedickinson.co.uk

rose.dickinson@yahoo.co.uk

Seduction by Janneane Drew

Janneane Drew

I enjoy working on portraiture and wildlife subjects. I work mainly in pastels although I am starting to experiment more with other mediums. I am just completing a UCA Access to Art and Design course.

bjdrew@waitrose.com

Victory Incarnate bag by Sheilagh Dyson

Sheilagh Dyson

Award winning artist specialising in textiles, mixed media and photography, incorporating recycled materials wherever possible. Bags and fairies a speciality! Commissions welcome.

www.jollynicecreations.co.uk

www.facebook.com/jolly-nice-creations

jollynice@rocketmail.com

Stamp by Georgia Elliott

Georgia Elliott

Illustrator and painter

My work is often based around fashion illustration and characters. I enjoy capturing the drama and glamour of the fashion world along with character and emotion in everyday life. I am currently studying Illustration at UCA Maidstone.

http://be.net/georgiaelliott19

Dark Land I by Jenny Fairweather

Jenny Fairweather

The recurrent theme of my work is of implied human presence. Currently, monoprints showing traces of man on nature, from drawings done on the North Downs.

Represented by: www.liberty-gallery.com

www.porticogallery.com

www.theartroomashford.com

jenny_fair2003@yahoo.co.uk

Detail of artwork by Amy Farrow

Amy Farrow

Artist, Printmaker, Painter

Nature and natural forms are a recuring theme within my work, along with the exploration of colour; looking at how different colours react with each other on the surface of the paper.

www.amyfarrow.com

www.amyfarrow@hotmail.com

07920 886446

Welcome Home detail by Coby Gardiner

Coby Gardiner

I have studied art for ten years and am currently working in mixed media, setting unusual characters in challenging situations / environments.

‘Welcome Home‘ Mixed Media A3.

www.cobyart.theartistsweb.co.uk

cobygardiner@yahoo.com

Butterflies cushion by Karen Gavin

Karen Gavin

Textile artist, jewellery maker and freelance illustrator

I create unique hand painted textiles, make beautiful costume jewellery and illustrate non fiction books.

www.kalm-art.co.uk

kgavin@kalm-art.co.uk

01622 812736

Traces installation detail by Cas Holmes

Cas Holmes

The use of land is my reference, political, social, as well as climatic changes. Trained in Fine Art, I work between two disciplines, painting and mixed media textiles.

www.casholmes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

www.casholmes.textilearts.net

www.axisweb.org/artist/casholmes

www.casholmes.blogspot.com

casholmes28@yahoo.co.uk

Artwork by Ruth Homden

Ruth Homden

My paintings are observations of nature and landscape through seasonal transitions. I paint close studies and fuller landscapes, and aim to reflect colour, light and mood changes.

www.ruthhomden.co.uk

rhomden@hotmail.co.uk

Dolly Varden by Hannah Hutchings

Hannah Hutchings

Fashion and textile artist

I recently graduated with a degree in Fashion Design but my work often crosses the boundaries of art, craft and textiles.

hhutchings06@hotmail.co.uk

Artwork by Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

I enjoy the immediacy and unexpected results from the low fired glazes in Raku firings. The excitement of the moment takes over.

keithjanetjackson@btinternet.com

Artwork by Kathleen Keefe

Kathleen Keefe

BA Art in Creative and Technical Practice

Kathy's inspiration comes from collecting nostalgic pieces that are marked by a personal fingerprint, from which she creates facsimiles indicative of the story of a personal history.

kathy@keefe01.wanadoo.co.uk

Morrocan Plate (detail) by Julie Kidd

Julie Kidd

I run a small paint your own pottery business but I am also very interested in creative textiles, knitting, crochet, sewing, hand and machine embroidery. I just enjoy having a go at anything creative.

www.doodlebugspottery.co.uk

Abstract painting detail by Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

Colour is my key to the door of an Aladdin’s cave. When I treat colour well, it’s like revealing a treasure trove of exciting and unexpected things in a secret place.

marc-lawrence-art.blogspot.com

www.marclawrence.co.uk/art

Artwork by Julieanne Long

Julieanne Long

Julieanne has a BA (Hons) degree in textiles. She exhibits regularly all over the country and works on commissions. Her textiles are made mostly from found and recycled materials and are inspired by the natural world.

www.textileartist.co.uk

Artwork by Auriol Luckhurst

Auriol Luckhurst

I paint watercolours of mostly Kentish scenes and do pen and wash drawings of buildings. I exhibit frequently and sell modestly. I also accept commissions.

www.bgallery.co.uk

auriol.luckhurst@hotmail.co.uk

01622 758682

A Bite of Sunshine by Eileen McConkey

Eileen McConkey

I am an American living in West Malling. Story telling oils, many of Highland Cattle and Gypsy Horses. Thought provoking abstracts - many were deep space inspired.

www.eileenmcconkeyartist.blogspot.com

www.eileenmcconkey.com

www.facebook.com/eileenklingmcconkeyart

eileen.mcconkey@gmail.com

home: 01732 847253 mobile: 07561 028686

Artwork by Janet McConnell

Janet McConnell - BA(hons) ALCM

My work is diverse and I use a variety of media. My present engagement is concerned with the passage of time on natural forms.

Family (detail) by Mark Ogilvy

Mark Ogilvy

Something which began as a hobby has become so much more! A passion. The feeling of elation I get when someone purchases art work from me to display in their home is fantastic.

www.alphabet-art.co.uk

info@alphabet-art.co.uk

Artwork by Sonya Okubule

Sonya Okubule

My speciality is recycling art and craft because I love the idea of giving new life to discarded and unwanted items. I also teach creative skills classes at Kent Adult Education and am able to offer private workshops.

www.createdbysonyaok.blogspot.com

www.etsy.com/shop/VintageJewelsbySonya

www.flickr.com/photos/handmadebysokubule

sonya.oke@gmail.com

Artwork by Gaynor Pattle

Gaynor Pattle

Figurative drawings and paintings come from character observations, peoples' actions and expression provide the underlying concept of my practice in multi-media.

Installation detail Sue Pritchard

Sue Pritchard

My work is about materials and technique while exploring the world around me. I enjoy using textiles and textile techniques, though I do not do so exclusively.

www.youtube.com

www.sues-stuff.co.uk

suepritchard@tesco.net

Artwork by Diane Sergeant

Diane Sergeant

Colour plays a significant part in my artwork (known particularly for using blue) and I find certain combinations of colour very emotional and uplifting.

diane@enaid-design.co.uk

A Quex Tiger detail by Janet Sturge

Janet Sturge

Painter, printmaker and sculptor

‘Tiger Descending the Stairs’

Blockprint overlaid on computer image/text, based on an exhibit and environment of Quex House, Birchington.

Post War Baby by Veronica Tonge

Veronica Tonge

From a museum background, my mixed media artworks use images and ideas from social history, autobiography and psychology. These random assemblages have open-ended meanings.

pj.fletcher@virgin.net

'POST WAR BABY' Mixed Media 82x46x18cms

Artwork by David Trowbridge

David Trowbridge

My work involves transposing selected images, from my photographs, with acrylics onto canvas, to form new creations.

harritrow@blueyonder.co.uk

Artwork by Lucy Ward

Lucy Ward

I create textile pieces with rusted fabric and stitched red petals, with underlying themes of preservation and mending. Stitching becomes obsessive, a futile attempt to preserve time.

http://lucy-ward.blogspot.com

lajw36@hotmail.com

Artwork by Veronica Churchill Ward

Veronica Churchill Ward

BA Art, Design and Technical Practice

Vronni uses photography to portray the life of women from a feminist perspective. She has exhibited in Eastgate House, Rochester and Nucleus Art Centre, Chatham.

Gone to the Other Shore detail by Pam Warner

Pam Warner

My abstract paintings attempt to reveal meditative experiences of an inner world, whereas the more representational work expresses my love for the wonders of nature.

Artwork by Joanne Weaver

Joanne Weaver

Artist and event organiser

BA Fine Art, 2008

Joanne’s career as a nurse stimulates her artistic interest in the ‘human condition’. She creates paintings, drawings and sculptures and runs creative workshops. Chairperson of www.staplehurstartsfestival.com.

www.joanneweaver-artworks.com

joanneweaver@btinternet.com

Experimental abstract detail by Paula Williams

Paula Williams

I am a printer and painter working in a variety of media. I exhibit and sell my work in the south east of England.