Emma Dodd studied at Central Saint Martin's School of Art in London. She is a keen walker, surfer and rower and has always kept sketchbooks of her travels. She is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 170 children's books.

As far back as she can remember, she has always wanted to be an artist and she has been very fortunate to be able to make a living from her illustration work from the moment she left college.

In recent years her interest in oil painting has developed, and her love for the outdoors has found expression in her paintings. She enjoys the physical nature of painting, which creates a wonderful contrast with her illustration work, which is desk and computer based. Light, air, reflection are all themes which she likes to explore, nature and the sea feature strongly in all her paintings. Emma's oil paintings have been described as 'calming'.

Charlotte’s textile pictures are created by machine and hand stitching, often onto hand printed fabric. Her strong sense of simplistic design, colour and love of nature influence her work. More recently she has been trying more different techniques by stitching into rust, eco and indigo printed fabric.

She is inspired by nature and her love of experimenting with colour and texture and trying unconventional combinations.

She is a member of Ochre Print Studio in Guildford and Surrey Artists Open Studios.

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time” Thomas Merton
Painting and drawing are central to my art practice and allows me to explore the space between fact and fiction. I'm interested in the possibilities of narrative, however suggestive, and in invoking atmosphere and emotion. The figure is also central in my work but it is rarely about the subjects themselves, rather a complex layering of emotion, experience and imaginings.
Whilst I am primarily a painter I love the immediacy and flexibility that can come from working in pencil and coloured pen. I have always been drawn to the back of a figures and I’m interest in how much can be conveyed through the way the figure inhabits the space of the painting or drawing.
The Paper Doll Series has developed over some time when I became interested in using flat pattern in contrast with the almost hyper-realism of the figure. The idea behind “Paper Dolls” stems from the childhood memories of occupying myself with cutting out paper dolls (and their outfits) that often featured in the Bunty and Judy annuals.

Sonya has always been inspired by strong natural light and the way it can turn simple snapshots of day life into atmospheric images. With the universal pastime of people watching, she loves capturing figures lost in their own worlds, perhaps walking through a landscape or shaped as silhouettes that suggest a story. She tries to give the painting life with loose brushstrokes to give the sense that it’s a fleeting moment.

Sonya has had many exhibitions in London galleries and now she lives in Haslemere has had solo exhibitions in the area as well as being part of Surrey Open Artists Studios.

Liz enjoys learning new techniques and she is continually changing her methods, media and supports. She has a keen sense of colour that is apparent in all her work. Liz has only, in recent years, had the opportunity to explore her creative talents, having studied Science at University and pursued a career as a Biology Teacher. She had a short break in her career at 40, when she attended Wimbledon Art School to do a Foundation year. But as she always promised herself, when she retired, Liz began to study drawing and painting at Adult Education Centres and at the NEAC. She was inspired by a four day course sketching in and around the Strand in London, and this led to a body of work based on buildings. She continues to experiment with different media and subjects and is excited by everything she tries her hand at.

In 2011/ 2012 Liz had two paintings accepted for exhibition in London. One in the Pastel Society Exhibition at the Mall Galleries and one in the Royal Watercolour Society Exhibition at Bankside Gallery. In 2012, 2015 and 2016 she had a painting exhibited at Patchings Art Festival and in both 2013 and 2014, had one painting highly commended. Liz has also exhibited at local galleries and shows

Julie is a Scottish born, Guildford based photographer with a passion for wild landscapes and garden photography.  She creates images that offer breathing space and a journey for the eye, often with a sense of peace. Calm and stillness, her exhibition of landscapes, ‘Freeze and Flow’ are being displayed for the first time in this exhibition.  The selection of images, ranging from the north-west wilderness of Scotland to the fragile Sussex coastline reflect either a subtle or obvious influence of the elements

Julie has run a successful freelance photography business for the past 10 years and has been published in Surrey Life, The Lady and Metro.  She also accepts commissions.

In 2011/ 2012 Liz had two paintings accepted for exhibition in London. One in the Pastel Society Exhibition at the Mall Galleries and one in the Royal Watercolour Society Exhibition at Bankside Gallery. In 2012, 2015 and 2016 she had a painting exhibited at Patchings Art Festival and in both 2013 and 2014, had one painting highly commended. Liz has also exhibited at local galleries and shows.

Surrey based artist and printmaker, Julie Hoyle has an experimental approach to printmaking. Works to date include 2D and 3D works on wood, light and shadow installations and works on paper in a variety of printmaking methods.

Artworks included in the Guildford Arts exhibition at Clyde & Co have been chosen from a number of series of works:

The ‘On the Go’ series of Collagraphs with Monoprints were inspired by photographs taken on the road from the car while travelling in Europe and contain some of the lyrics from the song “Hello Goodbye’, topically full of contradiction and split opinion.

The New York screen prints were inspired during a recent trip and include some of the street art and sites visited and reference a number of New York artists including Barbara Kruger, Keith Haring, Banksy, Warhol, Litchenstein and Pollack and a local artist who was selling screen-printed tourist attractions on cycling maps at a craft fair.

‘The Contemporary Tales’ screenprinted pots on wood are from an ongoing interest in a mixture of character composed of different elements and these pieces are inspired by traditional stories told with a contemporary twist.

Painting for Jo is a compelling obsession, a life-long love affair with paint founded on a deep-rooted desire to create. She seeks to combine elements of emotion, beauty and narrative into her work. In this exhibition is showing trees.

Jo is primarily interested in portraiture and for her there is nothing more intriguing to study and to try to understand than other people. Our consciousness, emotions and cognitive behaviours are key elements to what makes us human. If she can portray any of these in a painting, then there is a chance that she might be happy with what she has created.

Jo has also often found inspiration in the woodland landscape around her to create vibrant, sometimes semi abstracted pieces. These are an expression of her perception of the colours and patterns she sees in the trees and gives her the opportunity to have fun and play with paint, allowing it to manipulate her as much as she might try to manipulate it. Jo is showing her woodland landscapes in this exhibition.

When Jo is not in the studio, she works with profoundly disabled people several times a week providing art sessions and she also teaches occasional life drawing and painting workshops at Watts Gallery Artists Village, Compton.

Jo is absolutely delighted that her second portrait of Ugandan artist 'Ludigo's Stories, Time will tell' has just been selected for the 2018 Columbia Threadneedle Prize Exhibition and will be shown in the Mall Galleries from 31st January to 17th February 2018

Her recent portrait exhibition - FACE to FACE, celebrating people with profound and multiple disabilities, was featured on the BBC South Today news.
You can view the film by following this link -
https://www.facebook.com/BBCSouthToday/videos/1154159411341314/
There will be another chance to see this exhibition at The Haslemere Educational Museum in 2018 (date to be announced)

Her painting ‘LUDIGO,THE BEST IS YET TO COME’ , a portrait of Ugandan artist and social activist ‘Andrew,Ludigo, Salema’, was selected for this year’s RA Summer Exhibition

Jill Sutcliffe is a Ceramic Sculptor based in South London. Her sculptures capture the essence of positive energy and movement. Strongly influenced by her love of architecture and nature, she pairs the two to provide us with her exquisite 3 dimensional forms that will enhance any home or garden.'