Frances is an artist and teacher, having studied at Bath Academy of Art and at Cooper Union in New York. Frances is Artist in Residence at Bedales School, Petersfield until the end of the year, having taught at the school for the last 10 years. She is currently exploring how her painting techniques can be used in print.

Frances views her work as a journey. Working with colour and texture in paint and other materials, she plays with the conflicting planes these create. Each piece is rich in layers of colour, texture and structure so that the more you look into it, the more it reveals. This technique is clearly evident in her landscapes, which balance a distinct tension between abstraction and realism.

Rosemary is inspired by complex patterns of light and shape and use various media to explore colour and texture.
She is a member of the Society of Women Artists, Borderlands and the first woman member of the Wapping Group. She has exhibited at the RSMA, RI and SGFA annual exhibitions.
Her awards include Rosemary and Co. Award S.W.A 2011, Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award S.W.A 2005 & Patching’s Artist Magazine Derwent Award 2005 and 2007.

Cornwall, particularly the Cornish coast around Lands End and West Penwith, is her main source of inspiration. She works mostly using her own photographs and those of a photographer friend, and sometimes on location when she can.

She draws using charcoal and chalk pastels, adding colour and/or texture in gentle layers and removing with an eraser used as a drawing tool. Within these soft and subtle media she finds an infinite range of textures, tones and colours, to portray the light, movement and atmosphere she sees in her favourite places.
Her drawings are pieces of art in their own right, but also provide the inspiration and starting point for other materials such as glass and textiles.

Nancy has a BA (Hons) and a Diploma in Art and Design subjects, and a background of working in Design and then teaching Art and Design at GCSE and A level.
She is an artist and tutor, having created and run Artworks, her own independent art studio in West Sussex that provides a wide range of creative classes and workshops to adult learners of all ages and abilities.

Marilyn’s work focuses on our relationship with the landscape. We all ‘escape’ into the countryside for relaxation and whether it be a grand view of a swathe of fields and hills or a small frequently visited area, landscape contributes much to our individual wellbeing.

After a career within the National Health Service covering clinical risk management, the design of healthcare facilities and nursing, Deena developed an interest in textiles, initially starting with traditional methods of quilting using cotton fabric and classic designs. On discovering an array of diverse techniques that can be employed, her interests evolved into more contemporary work using other types of fabrics with a mix of media. Her work continues to be developed, where world-wide topics are explored and events are expressed using textiles and other fabrics.

Colette grew up on a farm in Ireland, in a big family, immersed in nature and surrounded by lots of animals. She is inspired by life and the world around as she strives to make the ordinary, extraordinary using resonant colours, bold handling of paint and freedom of interpretation. She loves painting still life, landscapes and animals in a semi-abstract way. The work is a path, one thing leading to another.

She finds abstract ideas in quite ordinary everyday objects – reflections in a glass bottle, sunlight streaming in through the kitchen window, shoes kicked off in gay abandon after a fun night out with friends, negative spaces suggested by buildings pushing skywards, flowers pushed hastily into a jug at a jaunty angle, the juxtaposition of some everyday objects left to drain after washing up, a higgledy-piggledy collection of unrelated subjects, upside down, on their sides at funny angles suggesting abstract ideas that need to explored and pushed further to their logical conclusion.

She is surrounded by woods, fields, nature, flowers, deer, horses, cattle, sheep, birds, and huge skies. Every day offers something new to explore because nature is constantly changing, never dull. Chaos is interesting, order is boring.

She often returns to the same subject, working on several paintings at the same time looking to push the limits of the visual information she is working with, seeking to make something new from previous workings, an emotional response.

Sunita graduated from Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, India. She paints on a wide range of subjects including contemporary landscapes, abstract art and Indian mythological/traditional paints. Her favourite medium is acrylic on canvas and her paintings feature cheerful colours and unique texture quality. She is inspired by the whole concept of creativity; the idea that a blank canvas can be turned into something that someone will cherish is very exciting to her. She also enjoys the fact that a painting can mean different things to different people and she has been happy paintings with acrylics for most of her life.

Although beautiful English countryside landscapes, hills, and small villages fascinate her, Sunita says nature has influenced her style. Subconsciously whatever she sees has an effect on her, teaching her about form, colour, techniques and texture. She feels she has absorbed all these lessons into the work she produces.

Angela is a printmaker and a maker of artist’ books. Her preferred medium is lino and by overlaying colours of different viscosities she can create unique ‘one off’ images that are not repeatable, unlike the traditional method of printmaking where multiple copies exist. Her imagery is influenced by her natural surroundings of flora and wildlife inspired by walking in her local countryside or working in the garden.

Angela’s work is printed in her studio on a relief press and her lino cut prints and artist’ books are held in many private and public collections in the UK, USA and Italy.