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

Rosemary has practised and studied drawing and painting all her life. She attended Norwich School of Art and completed an Open University degree in Art History and Philosophy. She exhibited in a Cork Street, Gallery London after travelling to Rajasthan on a painting holiday.

Rosemary also studied portraiture at the Charles Cecil Studios in Florence. Successfully selling portraits through private sales.

Several years ago she open her house with the Surrey Open Studios and sold her rose paintings, which she has concentrated on for several years.

Combining her love of roses and her Yoga teaching practices Rosemary loves to combine both disciplines creating images, which bring joy, peace and serenity to the spectator.

Not only using oils Rosemary completed a course with the Open Arts Studio in watercolours. Loving the effects of watercolours she recently used oils in recent flower studies diluting the paints with turpentine and medium to create a watercolour effect.

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

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.

Zuju was born and raised in Hyderabad, India. Marriage brought her to England in the early ‘60s. Here Zuju qualified initially, as a 3-dimensional designer and has designed furniture, ceramics, jewellery and clothes.

A period in Iran and Brussels exposed her to different aspect of Art, Culture and Food. She ran a restaurant in Wimbledon after writing a book about Indian food.

It was a relatively easy progression from 3-dimential work into painting. Since taking up art seriously she has worked in a variety of media. The subjects of her paintings have mainly been abstract and semi-abstract. She has exhibited in India and Surrey.

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.

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.

Ingrid is a full-time artist living in Ash and working from her home studio.

She's had a lifelong love of drawing and painting and is fascinated by the use of colour and light and the techniques of the impressionists.

Ingrid doesn't have a formal art educational as such, but has self developed - starting from a local authority art class that got her completely hooked then over the years through workshops and art clubs. She loves to experiment with many media but mainly water based - mesmerised by the wonderful unpredictability of watercolours inks and dyes and the versatility of acrylics.

She exhibits in various venues in London and the South.