British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Sylvia Antonsen

Sylvia Antonsen was born in Dorset in 1937. She studied contemporary painting at Bournemouth College of Art obtaining a National Diploma in Design.

Sylvia Antonsen then worked as a designer at the Royal School of Needlework. Antonsen also spent time as a visiting lecturer in Drawing and Printed Textiles at Northampton and High Wycombe Schools of Art for two years. Later Sylvia Antonsen subsequently taught drawing, painting and printmaking until able to resume full-time contemporary painting in 1991.

As an artist Sylvia Antonsen has had a recurring interest in British marine scenes. The subjects for Sylvia Antonsen contemporary paintings are often buildings or structures that have to do with shelter or safety on or near the British coast. Antonsen particularly likes to find isolated places where she can convey a sense that people have just left. For example: Beach Huts that have been shut up for the winter or boats moored on the shingle.

From an art design viewpoint Sylvia Antonsen is also interested in the linear qualities of a subject. The boarding on beach huts and wooden boats provide a constant source of inspiration for her paintings. And so do weather boarded houses and lighthouses.

Another motivation factor for Sylvia Antonsen's art is colour. And, one particular colour - white. Antonsen enjoys the focus and balance that the use of white and the many variations of white brings to a painting.

Antonsen's paintings are not overtly textural and painterly. But Sylvia creates interest by careful build up of thin glazes, sometimes over an initial thick layer of paint with the resulting rich effects.

Sylvia Antonsen’s Danish heritage is still an influence in her beautiful Acrylic contemporary paintings. Sylvia produces paintings of calm, atmospheric scenes with remote flat landscapes featuring lone boats in uninhabited marshy areas. Other influences on Sylvia Antonsen have been the paintings of artists Edward Hopper and Paul Nash.

Whatever the subject, Sylvia Antonsen creates contemporary paintings that are crisp and stark with immediate appeal but they also display enduring qualities. The finesse of Antonsen paintings starts with the basics. Sylvia uses only the best quality stretched linen canvas and after further careful preparation the finest of brushes to create the precise detailing so evident in her paintings.

As well as exhibiting at Red Rag Modern British Art Gallery Sylvia Antonsen contemporary paintings have appeared in other leading British Art galleries in both solo and mixed art shows.

Sylvia Antonsen contemporary paintings are held in many art collections throughout Europe. And in 2004 Antonsen was an invited artist at the prestigious Singer Friedlander art exhibition.

Antonsen’s paintings can also been seen in print. Her

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Sylvia Antonsen has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Sylvia Antonsen artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Darren Baker

Darren Baker was born in 1976.

Baker attended Bradford Art College graduating in the summer of 1998. After graduation Darren exhibited in London and at the age of 23 was invited to exhibit his paintings at a UK millennium show in New York. In the same year Baker was appointed official artist of The Professional Footballer’s Association (PFA).

Darren went onto produce an impressive art portfolio of contemporary portraits for sports clubs and personalities alike. Having developed a relationship with Huddersfield Town FC, Baker’s creativity was stirred into painting a tribute image of ex-player Frank Worthington. Inspired by black and white photographs, Baker produced a portrait painting of one football’s great characters. Baker has subsequently worked alongside and produced contemporary paintings for other sporting personalities including: David Ginola, Peter Schmiechel, Henrik Larsson, Prince Naseem, Nigel Mansell Jonny Wilkinson and PFA Footballer of the Year portraits of John Terry, Steven Gerrard, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Teddy Sheringham. Sporting clubs who have promoted his art include: Manchester United, Leeds United, Glasgow Celtic, Bradford City, Yorkshire Cricket, and Leeds Rhinos.

Other portraits completed by Darren Baker include HRH Prince Charles and Tony Blair which hang in St James Palace and Downing Street respectively. Darren has also completed contemporary paintings on a range of art subjects including: interiors, portraiture, figurative, equestrian, landscape, and ballet.

However it is Darren Baker’s love for the 'still-life' that has started to attract critical praise. International Artist wrote: "Bathed in varying light conditions, Baker arranges and describes everyday objects with delicate sensitivity. They have a delicious attention to detail. Baker's paintings also suggest a human presence, the objects are seemingly left in a natural state yet are so artfully organized".

David Johnson of The Sunday Times has also commended his painting. He wrote:

Darren Baker is now one of leading painters within the British Art classical realism genre. Baker’s technique and vision are the result of observation and inspiration from the Old Masters and contemporary realist painters.

Darren Baker has received numerous art awards including best artist at The Fine Art trade guild ceremony in London and The Garrick Prize, Christies, London. His contemporary paintings are increasingly sought after by International and British Art collectors and hang in both public and private art collections including those of: House of Lords, Downing Street and St James Palace.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Darren Baker has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Baker has also exhibited his contemporary paintings in North America, Japan, and Europe. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Darren Baker artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Scottish Art: Limited Edition Prints by Muriel Barclay

After an initial career teaching History, Muriel Barclay studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art Continuing Education Department and history of fine art at the Open University.

Muriel Barclay left teaching in 2001 in become a full time artist. Since then she has developed a distinctive and recognisable art style. Muriel uses oil paint on linen and is successful with figurative, still life and landscape art work although it is her figurative art that has become extremely well known. Her large, figurative oils, painted on linen, are fluid and highly decorative. She has the ability to create a wonderful sense of colour and movement in her paintings. This when combined with appealing images, ambiguity and humour give her paintings strong market appeal.

Muriel has received many art awards from the Paisley Art Institute, the Glasgow Society of Women Artists and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art. Today she is an elected artist member of Visual Arts Scotland, The Paisley Art Institute, The Glasgow Society of Women Artists and the Glasgow Art Club.

All Muriel Barclay signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Muriel Barclay for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide

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Peter Beeson: British contemporary art, artist and paintings

Peter Beeson was born in London in 1955. He was educated at St.Paul’s School where he received the final year first prize in fine art. He went on to study jewellery and silversmithing at the Sir John Cass School in Whitechapel. Having completed his DipAd Peter then spent some time in the music business before becoming a professional artist in 1999

Peter Beeson’s contemporary paintings have been likened to sculptures in paint. The textured surfaces of Beeson’s paintings develop through the application of self-ground pigments and other organic materials. Peter prepares his own canvases by attaching linen to board, then priming the fabric thinly across the weave to preserve as much of its character as possible. He tends to choose pigments, not just for their colour, but also for their grain size, for the way they feel on the brush or knife, or the way they build a surface.

Peter Beeson says: “I like colours that are in a natural state before they’ve been homogenized and made easy to work with”. Recently, Peter has been painting outdoors in West Penwith, Cornwall. He feels that his contemporary paintings gain a direct relationship with a particular time and place by being physically present in the environment which they depict; open to the influences of wind, rain, sun, sea spray, pollen, seeds, insects, earth, vapour, grass, leaves, birds. The function of drawing is something which he also feels strongly about, “Drawing helps me to be where I am, and to notice it. Working in the open, having things be inconvenient and in motion, all help the painting become a thing in itself”.

Peter Beeson contemporary paintings have featured in a number of solo and group art exhibitions. His paintings have also been accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and are often to be found at Cornish Art Galleries

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British Art: Limited Edition Prints by George Birrell

George Birrell trained at the Glasgow School of Art (1967 – 1971) and was involved with the Hospitalfield Summer School in 1970. He taught art and design in Scottish schools for the next decade, starting painting full time in 1980.

Birrell lectured in art, design and photography from 1985 – 1998. Since then George has taken part in regular joint and group art exhibitions at many Scottish galleries particularly: Central Art Galleries including Edinburgh Art Galleries, Glasgow Art Galleries, and Fife Art Galleries. He has also exhibited his art abroad.

George Birrell produces beautiful Architectural paintings and Landscape paintings featuring familiar Scottish images and scenes. The East Coast Scottish towns and fishing villages of Fife hold a special fascination to Birrell. One is immediately struck by the bold use of strong colour and stylized compositions. George describes this as an emotional response to memories and atmosphere of these special places so often depicted in paintings shown in a number of Lothian art galleries . Vigorous handling of colour, a bold palette and strong design are all hallmarks of his painting.

George Birell paintings and prints are typically clear and well constructed compositions. George uses bold and effective use of colour to create an emotional impact. The contrasting colours create areas of light and shade, drawing viewers typically into the image of a small Scottish village or building. There is a great sense of peace and serenity in Birrell’s art work

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Francis Boag was born in Scotland in 1948. Boag studied contemporary art and painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. The influence on Boag of his art tutors Alberto Morrocco and David McLure can be seen in the use of vibrant colour and sensuous application of paint in his contemporary paintings.

As a young artist Francis Boag exhibited at many Scottish modern art galleries. But like many artists Boag decided to progress a career teaching.

In 1995 Boag started painting and exhibiting expressionist interpretations of landscapes. Demand for his vibrant, colourful contemporary paintings has grown steadily ever since.

In 1999 a major commission from John Lewis plc for three large contemporary paintings for permanent display at their new flagship store in the Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow prompted Boag to take a year long sabbatical from teaching. During this time Boag studied for an MA at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and being a research based course, required him to reflect deeply on his own paintings and try to see it in the wider context of current contemporary art.

In 2001 Francis Boag began painting full-time. Today Boag has developed an International following for his paintings and prints becoming recognised as a leading artist in the new generation of Scottish colourists.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Francis Boag has exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries.

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Welsh Art: Contemporary Paintings by John Bourne

John Bourne was born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire in 1943. Bourne spent much of his childhood in Northern Ireland.

John Bourne says: “The earliest painting I remember doing was of Father Christmas in 1946. I also did a painting of the house at the same time. But the first time I consciously attempted to produce art was in 1955, when I did a series of watercolour paintings.”

Despite this obvious early interest in Art, John Bourne studied Science at University gaining a BSc and Masters in Physics. He started a career teaching maths and then physics until 1986, when he walked out to become a full-time Welsh artist.

Bourne is mainly a self-taught artist, although he attended evening art classes in his teens and was a student at Denbighshire Technical College for a short time. John has also attended life painting classes since 1986. Major art influences have been Paul Nash, Stanley and Gilbert Spencer. Bourne’s figurative paintings are simple and naive in art style.

John Bourne contemporary paintings are inspired by imagination and memories of his experiences. Some paintings are about childhood memories of N. Ireland, while others are about the modern British Life. Bourne believes a painting reveals something which lies beyond the familiar world of time and space. His contemporary paintings are positive in their outlook. He paints because there is nothing else that he wants to do. John approaches his painting by making lists of possible art subjects and then produces rough sketches of compositions. Bourne may take months before starting a painting of a particular subject. And many changes take place while painting, in an effort to get a composition which is both interesting and balanced.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery John Bourne has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Of particular note Bourne’s paintings recently featured at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the John Bourne artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Limited Edition Prints by Davy Brown

Davy Brown was born in Kilmarnock in 1950. As a young Scottish artist Davy studied contemporary art at Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh Moray House College.

In 1975 Davy Brown won a modern art scholarship from the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Chicago. This enabled Brown to travel extensively in the USA and Canada. He was also able to further develop his skills as a talented contemporary Scottish artist.

When Davy Brown returned from traveling to take up a successful career teaching contemporary art in Scottish schools. Throughout this time Davy Brown continued to paint and exhibit his paintings along with other leading Scottish artists in both Scottish art galleries and modern British art galleries further afield.

Davy Brown eventually left teaching to concentrate full time as a Scottish contemporary artist. Over the years Davy Brown paintings and limited edition prints, with their very distinctive style of modern Scottish art, have consistently grown in popularity. For much of this time Davy Brown paintings and prints have been inspired by his love of the Scottish Landscapes but recently this much acclaimed Scottish artist has started to produce equally compelling paintings of France and Spain.

Other influences on Davy Brown paintings and prints have been travels to Iceland, as well as issues closer to home such as acid rain and forestry encroachment. Frequent trips to Cornwall Art Galleries have also nurtured an interest in the paintings of the modern British St. Ives abstractionists.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Davy Brown has exhibited at many leading Scottish Art Galleries particularly Edinburgh Art Galleries, Ayrshire Art Galleries and art galleries in Dunfries and Galloway

All Davy Brown signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Davy Brown for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide.

British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Stephen Brown RBA

Stephen Brown was born in Chard Somerset in 1947. As a young artist he studied contemporary art at the Somerset College of Art. Later in the 1970's he trained and worked alongside artist Patrick Larking RP ROI. As a result Stephen came to admire and respect such artists as Sickert, George Clausen and Augustus John, all of whom had taught and befriended Larking while he was studying at the Royal Academy of Art.

Stephen Brown was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in 1997. This was after a recommendation from Ken Howard RA, an admirer of Stephen Brown’s contemporary paintings. At the beginning of 2003 he was elected membership of The Small Paintings Group.

Stephen Brown has exhibited at the Royal West of England Academy since 1980 and the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibitions from 1990. Brown’s paintings can also be found at The New English Art Club Art Exhibitions and the Royal Society of British Artists .

Painting almost exclusively in oils Stephen Brown is constantly drawn to painting subjects near his Devon home. Brown is a master at depicting the hazy warm Summer Days in the Devon, Wiltshire and more recently Gloucestershire fields. Stephen is also a tremendous Marine artist producing atmospheric paintings with the distinctive shimmering light of British beaches and coastal scenes.

But Stephen Brown is not limited to the British Isles. He has also traveled extensively producing superb contemporary paintings of Italy. He particularly likes Venice, Lake Garda and Tuscany where his understanding and application of light and colour have succeeded in some stunning paintings.

Stephen Brown has published numerous articles on oil painting for International Artist Magazines. He has also participated in the BBC production Art-The Big Event where Rolf Harris led a team of artists to paint a giant replica of Constable’s The Hay Wain.

The Stephen Brown painting Early Morning Salcombe is now available as a greetings card. Another Stephen Brown painting Cows Near Memburyis also available as a card from the National Trust collection.

Stephen Brown contemporary art works are also available at Red Rag as Limited Edition Prints. Click here to view Stephen Brown Limited Edition Prints

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Stephen Brown has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Stephen Brown artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Susan Brown

Susan Brown was born in Yorkshire. She studied at Leeds Polytechnic between 1976 and 1979 gaining a BA Hons in Three Dimensional Design.

Since then Susan Brown has progressed two main areas of interest - interior design and contemporary painting. Brown has completed numerous commissions and several projects as both designer and contemporary artist.

Susan Brown is the recipient of many art prizes and awards for her contemporary paintings these include: The Laing Art Competition; Hunting Art Prize, Regional Winner; Penrose Purchase Prize 2005 and the Singer & Friedlander – Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2001 where she was a finalist.

Susan Brown contemporary paintings are bold and striking . Her architectural studies explore the rhythm and movement within buildings and interiors and her abstract paintings are inspired by still life subjects and landscapes, focusing on texture and pattern.

Susan Brown paintings appear in many notable private and public contemporary art collections. These include: Halifax Plc, Allied Domecq, Sir George Martin Trust, Universities of Sheffield and York.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Susan Brown has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Susan Brown artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Limited Edition Prints: Stephen Brown

Stephen Brown was born in Chard Somerset in 1947. As a young artist he studied contemporary art at the Somerset College of Art. Later, in the 1970's he trained and worked alongside artist Patrick Larking RP ROI. As a result Stephen came to admire and respect such artists as Sickert, George Clausen and Augustus John, all of whom had taught and befriended Larking while he was studying at the Royal Academy of Art.

Stephen Brown was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in 1997. This was after a recommendation from Ken Howard RA, an admirer of Stephen Brown’s contemporary paintings. At the beginning of 2003 he was elected membership of The Small Paintings Group.

Stephen Brown has exhibited at the Royal West of England Academy since 1980 and the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibitions from 1990. Brown’s paintings can also be found at The New English Art Club Art Exhibitions and the Royal Society of British Artists .

Painting almost exclusively in oils, Stephen Brown is constantly drawn to painting subjects near his Devon home. Brown is a master at depicting the hazy warm Summer Days in the Devon, Wiltshire and more recently Gloucestershire fields. Stephen is also a tremendous Marine artist producing atmospheric paintings with the distinctive shimmering light of British beaches and coastal scenes.

Stephen Brown is not limited to painting in the British Isles. He has also travelled extensively producing contemporary paintings of Italy. In particular Venice, Lake Garda and Tuscany where his understanding and application of light and colour have resulted in some stunning paintings.

Stephen Brown has published numerous articles on oil painting for International Artist Magazines. He has also participated in the BBC production ‘Art-The Big Event’ where Rolf Harris led a team of artists to paint a giant replica of Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’.

The Stephen Brown painting Early Morning Salcombe is now available as a greetings card. Another Stephen Brown painting Cows Near Memburyis also available as a card from the National Trust collection.

Red Rag Gallery is delighted to be able to offer Stephen Brown’s art work as Limited Edition Prints. All Stephen Brown signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Stephen Brown for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide.

Limited Edition Prints :Val Byrne FRIAI Irish contemporary art and artist

Val Byrne was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1936 . He studied Art and Architecture at University College Dubin (UCD) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.

After a short spell working in London Val Byrne returned to Dublin and established a partnership with another architect. In the late 1980's Val retired from his Architect practice and returned full time to his love of painting.

Because of his architectural background Val has a particular interest in the urban landscape of Ireland. Most of Byrne's limited edition prints record Irish scenes of the 20th and 21st Century with an emphasis on harbours and boats and a mixture of domestic and residential buildings.

Val Byrne limited edition prints feature the bright colours of the buildings which are characteristic of the towns, villages and harbours around Ireland. Val has always sought to include in his prints a degree of quirkyness and the absurd. As he says: "If there is wobbly leaning lamppost with straggling wires in the scene, I leave it in”

Today Val Byrne paintings and prints are held in private and corporate art collections throughout the world including: Mary McAleese, President of Ireland; Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights; Jean Kennedy Smith, former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and several Irish Embassies in Europe, USA, Africa, Asia. In 2004 Val Byrne completed six large paintings for the Irish Ambassador's new residence in Canberra, Australia. Val's paintings have also often featured in publications most notably Forty paintings were commissioned for the book " Bray and North Wicklow" published in 2004 and his paintings of the 75th Anniversary of the Irish Navy are included in " A Maritime history of Cork"

In addition to Red Rag Irish Art Gallery Val Byrne has exhibited at other leading Irish Art Galleries including the Royal Hibernian Academy. Every painting and limited edition print at Red Rag is sourced from the Val Byrne artist studio in Ireland and like all Red Rag Irish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

All Val Byrne signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Val Byrne for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Limited Edition Prints by Pam Carter

Pam Carter was born in Tanganyika, East Africa in 1952 to an Austrian mother and Scottish father. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in the seventies and began a career in teaching.

In 1996 Pam won the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Award at the Royal Glasgow Institute. Two years later Carter was awarded First Prize at the Paisley Institute. Her contemporary paintings have also been selected for the Laing Calendar.

Pam Carter finds subject matter around the rugged West Scottish Coast with its isolated cottages and wild colours of the machair and brachen. She also paints East Scottish Coastal scenes with majestic cliffs, fishing villages and farm land.

Pam Carter loves to stand on a high viewpoint. From there she can see the magnitude of the Scottish Landscape. Sunspots move across the valleys. And the forbidding trip to the Western Scottish Isles brings great reward with its sweeping golden sands and turquoise tranquil waters which is almost idyllically tropical.

Scottish locations such as Skye, Lewis, Harris and the Uists have been favourite islands for Carter to visit. Pam has also produced contemporary paintings of Tiree and Coll. Tiree in particular offers idyllic settings. The Island's architecture is like a museum of the Scottish past with wonderful crofters cottages sitting perched on the most beautiful of beaches

A sense of place is important in Pam Carter’s paintings but she does not seek to capture a scene with complete accuracy. Sometimes it is the elements and the untamed force of nature that inspire Carter paintings, but more than anything it is the essential quality of light which can be in the Scottish land and seascape. Pam often interprets the scene with abstract elements. She translates the light in terms of contrast and colour - often bold but always with subtlety and balance. Pam Carter ultimately wants to create a visual sensation and pleasing image in her contemporary paintings.

Pam Carter has exhibited at numerous solo art exhibitions throughout the British Isles and in the USA. Her paintings have featured in several group art shows including the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and the RGI

In addition to British Art Gallery Red Rag Pam Carter paintings can be found at other leading Scottish Art Galleries including: Edinburgh Art Galleries, Glasgow Art Galleries and Highland Art Galleries.

All Pam Carter signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Pam Carter for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide.

British Art : Contemporary Paintings by Martin Caulkin

Martin Caulkin was born in Birmingham in 1945. He studied Graphics and illustration in the West Midlands at Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. Then in the mid- sixties, Caulkin moved to London as a freelance illustrator and art teacher of drawing and painting.

In the late seventies Martin Caulkin contemporary paintings started to be published in print form and distributed successfully worldwide. This allowed him to move from London to rural Worcestershire- a move which prompted a shift away from figurative painting to an intensely personal artistic treatment of landscape. Many of Martin Caulkin paintings feature Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire scenes.

The Independent newspaper in a review of the Royal Academy(RA) Summer Show said… “Martin Caulkin is exceptional. He has brilliantly mastered the presentation of incongruous modernity in a timeless landscape.”

Martin Caulkin became a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1983. Since then he has exhibited regularly at the Royal Watercolour Society and the RA Summer Art Shows.

Martin Caulkin contemporary paintings have been selected for various art competitions including the Singer and Friedlander/Sunday Times Competition. They are also in art collections in the USA, Canada, Australia, Holland and the UK.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery, Martin Caulkin paintings have been exhibited at Oxfordshire Art Galleries, Worcestershire Art Galleries and Herefordshire Art Galleries.

Each painting is sourced from the Martin Caulkin artist studio and like all our British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Limited Edition Prints by David Cobley

David Cobley was born in Northampton, England in 1954. After dropping out of art school at the age of eighteen, Cobley traveled around Europe and spent almost ten years studying and working in Japan before returning to England in 1985 as an illustrator and contemporary artist.

David Cobley has been drawing and painting people since childhood. This fascination with the human form has been a constant passion to Cobley in his paintings. He says: "My paintings are almost entirely about the figure - the human form as it is illuminated, as well as concealed, by the light that falls upon it or around it. Using the effects of light, painting can create the illusion of solid form in space; while at the same time blur distinctions between the two. The medium of paint also enables another kind of illusion to come into play - that of the figure emerging from, yet dissolving into, the pigment which gives it life. In the half-light between highlight and shadow, painting offers the tantalising possibility of drama, intrigue and magic."

Cobley is now well established as a superb portrait artist. His serene and reflective paintings of the female nudes demonstrate outstanding mastery of paint, tone and composition. But David is equally talented as a successful artist of Still Life and Landscape paintings.

David Cobley contemporary paintings and prints can be found and have been exhibited in many art collections including: London Art Galleries such as The National Portrait Gallery, The Victoria Gallery which is an Avon Art Galleries together with Gloucestershire Art Galleries and Oxfordshire Art Galleries

David Cobley has undertaken numerous portrait commissions. These include: The Princess Royal Princess Anne, Ken Dodd OBE, Steven Berkoff and many other high profile public figures.

Cobley was elected a member of: Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1997; New English Art Club in 2000; and Royal West of England Academy in 2001.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery David Cobley has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions.

All David Cobley signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by David Cobley for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide.

British Art: Contemporary Paintings by David Cobley NEAC RP RWA

David Cobley was born in Northampton, England in 1954. After dropping out of art school at the age of eighteen, Cobley traveled around Europe and spent almost ten years studying and working in Japan before returning to England in 1985 as an illustrator and contemporary artist.

David Cobley has been drawing and painting people since childhood. This fascination with the human form has been a constant passion to Cobley in his paintings. He says: "My paintings are almost entirely about the figure - the human form as it is illuminated, as well as concealed, by the light that falls upon it or around it. Using the effects of light, painting can create the illusion of solid form in space; while at the same time blur distinctions between the two. The medium of paint also enables another kind of illusion to come into play - that of the figure emerging from, yet dissolving into, the pigment which gives it life. In the half-light between highlight and shadow, painting offers the tantalising possibility of drama, intrigue and magic."

Cobley is now well established as a superb portrait artist. His serene and reflective paintings of the female nudes demonstrate outstanding mastery of paint, tone and composition. But David is equally talented as a successful artist of Still Life and Landscape paintings.

David Cobley contemporary paintings can be found and have been exhibited in many art collections including: London Art Galleries such as The National Portrait Gallery, The Victoria Gallery which is an Avon Art Galleries together with Gloucestershire Art Galleries and Oxfordshire Art Galleries

David Cobley has undertaken numerous portrait commissions. These include: The Princess Royal Princess Anne, Ken Dodd OBE, Steven Berkoff and many other high profile public figures.

Cobley was elected a member of: Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1997; New English Art Club in 2000; and Royal West of England Academy in 2001.

David Cobley art works are also available at Red Rag as Limited Edition Prints. Click here to view David Cobley Limited Edition Prints

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery David Cobley has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the David Cobley artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Fred Cuming RA

Fred Cuming is a painter of International standing. Born in 1930 he studied Art at Sidcup School of Art and the Royal College of Arts.

Fred Cuming has exhibited his contemporary paintings world wide. His paintings feature in many private and public modern art collections. These include: Montecarlo Museum; Royal Academy of Arts; and the Guinness Collection.

Fred Cuming paintings offer a moment for reflection. Cuming creates a relationship with nature and light - inducing observers to appreciate the calming atmosphere and realisation of the beauty around us. Many of his paintings feature the counties of Kent and Sussex where the Fred Cuming artist studio is located.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Fred Cuming paintings can be seen at other leading British Art Galleries. Like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art Fred Cuming art can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art : Contemporary Paintings by Richard Dack

British contemporary artist Richard Dack studied modern British art painting and printmaking at Camberwell School of Art. For many years Richard combined painting with a successful career teaching art in Cambridgeshire and later in Devon.

Richard Dack was born on the East Coast, and Dack's familiarity with the maritime environment has provided a recurrent theme in his contemporary paintings.Dack's paintings are mostly oils on canvas although his move to Devon and subsequent discovery of Dartmoor led to a large body of work on paper.

Richard Dack left teaching art in 1997. Dack's paintings have won many British art awards including: the Mariners Award for Modern Art and The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights Art Award at the Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition in 1998 and again in 2005. Richard Dack also won the 1999 Ariel Open Modern Art painting competition in Totnes.

Pursuing maritime subjects takes Richard Dack to many British coastal locations, but it is invariably the quality of light that provides the major focus in his contemporary paintings.

Dack is a member of the Royal West of England Art Academy in Bristol, Avon and Royal Society of Marine Artists

Red Rag Modern British Art Gallery have represented Richard Dack since 2003. In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery, Richard Dack paintings have also been exhibited in Devon Art Galleries and Norfolk Art Galleries . Dack's paintings have also been exhibited in American modern art galleries. Each painting is sourced from the Richard Dack artist studio and like all our British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Simon Davis RP RBSA

Simon Davis was born in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire in 1968.

Simon Davis studied illustration and graphic design at Swindon college of Art. Following that he worked in graphic design studios between 1989 and 1994.

Simon Davis has worked as a professional artist for the last ten years illustrating for contemporary comic books in the UK and the USA. Much of this modern fully painted comic strip work has been syndicated worldwide and collected by Hamlyn in the UK, Egmont in Germany and DC Comics of the USA.

Simon Davis has also produced Storyboards for many music videos and TV advertisements including, Levi’s, Barclaycard and BBC1 Extra, and illustrations for the BBC “Cult” Website.

Simon Davis has recently started exhibiting at modern British art galleries where his contemporary figurative paintings using bold, broad brush techniques are increasingly attracting collectors who appreciate his individual style and subject matter.

In 2004 Simon Davis was appointed an Associate of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists ARBSA. In 2005 he was elected a full member of the RBSA and again won a prize in the RBSA Open Exhibition for a portrait painting of the BBC Midlands presenter Shefali Oza. Davis also achieved success at The Royal Society of Portraits Exhibition - see British Art News . In 2006 won another art prize at the RBSA. This time it is the Coley Tilley Prize for a portrait painting 'The RSC Wig Mistress'. In 2007 he was appointed to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters(RP) and in 2008 was shortlisted for the prestigious National Portrait Gallery BP prize

Simon Davis currently exhibits at Red Rag Modern British Art Gallery and RBSA where he won the Tanner Charitable Trust Prize in August 2004 with his contemporary painting, Sarah and Rosie. He lives in Worcestershire

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Simon Davis has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Simon Davis artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Rachel Deacon

Rachel Deacon was born in 1969. She studied contemporary art at Chelsea School of Art graduating in 1991.

Rachel Deacon begins her contemporary paintings with a carefully selected narrative, a short story, poem or extract from a novel from which she draws inspiration. Deacon's resultant painting is not illustrative of that text but echoes the suggestion or idea through a series of drawings before painting the final image.

Rachel Deacon focus is mainly on the female figure. Shapes and contours of the body are used to create paintings with a strong composition, coupled with rich colours, shadow and an ambience of light.

Women in Rachel Deacon paintings are self assured and provocative and convey an inner strength often suggested within the text. Rachel Deacon contemporary paintings communicate a sense of narrative within them, a moment in time taken from a larger picture, and are thoughtful or seductive.

Rachel Deacon’s distinctive style of painting has created enormous interest. Prints of her paintings have been published worldwide by the Art Group and CCA Galleries. Today Rachel Deacon has paintings with an extensive number of art collectors and has undertaken a number of art commissions for large corporate companies and private clients.

Deacon’s paintings have been widely exhibited in the British Isles and Internationally. In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Rachel Deacon has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Rachel Deacon artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary paintings by Stephanie Dees

Stephanie Dees was born in Northumberland in 1974. Her formal art training took place at Edinburgh College of Art between 1992 and 1998 where Stephanie obtained BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting and MFA in Painting.

Stephanie Dees paintings of Edinburgh and Cornish vistas are the result of keen observation and skillful draughtsmanship. Capturing the pale light and uncluttered charm of her subject Stephanie's paintings commmunicate a subtle quietness. Altough people are not featured in her paintings there is a sense that they are never far away.

In 2002 Stephanie Dees won the ‘Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award RSW’, which is presented annually by the Society for the best painting by an artist under 30 years of age. She has won many other art prizes, including the Andrew Grant Bequest Prize for Drawing ECA in 1997, and the Scottish Education Trust Award in 1998.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Stephanie Dees has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries.

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British Art: Contemporary Sculptures by Kate Denton

Kate Denton was born in Sheffield. She spent her formative years living in the Channel Islands and went to Goldsmiths Art College as a mature student to study contemporary painting.

At Art College Kate Denton discovered her abilities as a sculptor. After studying under Sir Ivor Robert Jones, she took a post graduate qualification in foundry techniques and then worked in Poplar, making her one of the first British women artists to work in a commercial UK foundry.

Kate Denton has worked as a sculptor artist for over twenty years, working both on her own creative pieces an on private and public art commissions.

Kate was elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1993.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Kate Denton has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries and galleries in South Africa. Each sculpture at Red Rag is sourced from the Kate Denton artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Michael Edwards

Gloucestershire based artist Michael Edwards works in oils, acrylics and watercolour. He specialises in capturing light in his paintings.

Michael Edwards contemporary painting subjects are seascapes, beaches and rivers with light sparkling on the water. He is also known for his sweeping Cotswold Gloucestershire landscape paintings, which are often painted in winter colours with bold skies and dramatic lighting.

Michael Edwards has produced three books on painting and is a regular contributor to International Artist and The Leisure Painter Magazine.

In 2001 Michael Edwards won two major awards for his painting - The Artist Magazine prize at Patchings Art Fair and the Frank Herring prize at the ROI in London. In 2004 again he won the painting prize at the ROI

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Michael Edwards has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Michael Edwards artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary paintings: David Eustace

Born in Birmingham in 1950, David Eustace was encouraged by his school art teacher to follow an artistic career but financial constraints forced him to take up a carpentry apprenticeship. It was only some years later, when he was twenty-one, that he was able to return to education. He completed a Foundation course at Sutton Coldfield Art College, followed by a degree course in Fine Art at Exeter College of Art. David later went on to Leicester Polytechnic in 1976 and trained as a teacher.

After graduating, David spent six years in the USA working as a muralist. Since returning to the UK in 1986 David has earned his living as a painter and musician - for 25 years he was the drummer in the blues band ‘Junkyard Angels’. He now plays in a jazz quartet called ‘Shufflebones’.

David plays with the viewers of his figurative painting, using images that hover between conscious and subconscious states. Eustace produces a mixture of wit and mysticism. In his view, painting is like music. Often the artist or composer intends to form a beginning, middle and an end but finds himself drawn off in a slightly different direction to make his creation look or sound ‘right’. It is, he says, a philosophical experience, which is “easier felt than telt.”

David Eustace says: “It was only when I stopped working from life that my paintings became my own. For me imagination is the touch stone to explore an inner world of feelings and dreams”.

Over the years David has developed a number of themes which he gravitates towards in a fairly random fashion. Eustace finds if he stays with one theme too long his interest wanes.

David Eustace observes the everyday world around him but presents it with an individual style and viewpoint. Subjects are sometimes dislocated from their surroundings or hover lending an air of mystery. There is a three-dimensional dream-like quality to his contemporary art. Painting with acrylic on board David overlays this with a light oil glaze to enhance depth and colours.

David Eustace was awarded membership of the Royal Society of British Artists in 2003 and in the same year was the winner of the RBA David Wolfers Memorial Prize.

As well as exhibiting at Red Rag Gallery David Eustace contemporary paintings are exhibited in many Devon Art Galleries and Cornwall Art Galleries as well as London Art Galleriesand abroad. Exhibitions include several appearances at the Royal Academy summer exhibition.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Michael Ewart

Michael Ewart was born in 1940 in the village of Felton in Northumberland and lived there until he married in 1966.

After progressing various occupations Michael Ewart eventually found his niche in 1972 and started teaching. Ewart worked in this profession for 30 years, but continued a lifelong passion for art by painting whenever the time allowed. Now retired from teaching, he has embarked on a second career – Michael Ewart artist.

Michael Ewart has had no formal art training - but Ewart’s studies of past masters, especially 20th century English painters, is evident in the way he has developed as a contemporary artist. In the last few years Michael Ewart has developed a very distinctive art style and palette. The appeal of Ewart's paintings is obvious in the numbers sold at Red Rag British Art Gallery where he has regularly shown since 2003. As a result he has an increasing number of British and International art collectors who admire and collect his contemporary paintings

Michael Ewart paints exclusively in oils. Ewart feels the medium allows him to explore the feel of the subject. Typical subjects for Ewart are people set against a backdrop of everyday places such as railway stations, cafes, libraries and British Art Galleries. More recently Ewart has started to paint Marine paintings.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery, Michael Ewart paintings are shown in other British Art Galleries and Scottish Art Galleries.

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British Art: David Farren

David Farren was born in 1972 in Wiltshire. He studied art at Bristol.

David uses expressive brushwork and colour to represent the energy and movement of the urban landscape, providing a snapshot of everyday life. His aim is to capture the ambience and individuality of some of the world's most exciting cities from a street level, concentrating on the people as they go about their daily lives.

"Since visiting New York for the first time in 2000, I have found a real passion for depicting urban day-to-day scenes and trying to capture the energy and drama of city life. I was overwhelmed by its scale and vibrancy and have returned several times since to express the different moods of the city in paint. I also have a great fondness for European cities with their mixture of old and new architecture. I like to concentrate on the people as they go about their everyday business and try to capture moments of everyday life."

Farren produces high-impact paintings in acrylic and oils. David enjoys the immediacy and versatility of both mediums which he finds particularly well-suited to his direct, impressionistic and expressive style of painting. He is fascinated by the changing seasons and how the varied light affects a scene, and his distinctive use of colour is an essential part of reflecting this.

David also enjoys painting landscapes and finds inspiration in the nearby Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, as well as from his travels abroad.

David Farren has exhibited widely across the UK with great success and, as well as exhibiting at Red Rag Gallery, his accomplished and atmospheric paintings can be found in collections across Europe and America.

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Scottish Art: Limited Edition Prints by Iain Faulkner

Iain Faulkner was born in Glasgow in 1973. He graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a BA (Honours) Degree in Fine Art.

From the onset of his professional art career, Iain Faulkner chose to concentrate on figurative painting. His draughtsmanship and painterly skills have brought him many admirers and success both from British and American art collectors.

Iain Faulkner's paintings contain strong and powerful images relying on visual impact as there is rarely any narrative. His paintings capture calm and contemplative moments, intimate exchanges, solitude, and sometimes melancholy.Faulkner paintings typically create a stark contrast between the light source and the often dark tonality found in his art works. There is a stillness in the everyday themes which conveys a sense of inner-reflection.

All Iain Faulkner signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Iain Faulkner for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide

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Angela Findlay: Scottish contemporary art, artist and paintings

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Scottish Art: Limited Edition Prints by Archie Forrest

Archie Forrest was born in Glasgow in 1950. He studied at Glasgow School of Art between 1969 and 1973. He then went on to teach Art at a number of Scottish Schools before taking up a position at Glasgow School of Art.

In 1985 Archie Forrest gave up teaching art to pursue a career as a full time artist. He was elected as a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1988.

Archie Forrest is a perfectionist. This not only reflects in his paintings but also the frames. Part of his practice is to send colour prints of paintings in progress to the framer so that he has something to create hand finishes around. This is unusual but Forrest has an overriding concern with the whole aesthetic and how each painting will finally be presented.

Archie Forrest creates paintings in the tradition of the Scottish Colourists. His paintings are highly sought after and appear in many private and public art collections, including The Duchess of York, Argyll Group Plc, Arthur Andersen, BBC, Glasgow Art Club, Ian Jay Associates, One Devonshire Gardens, Royal College of Physicians, Scottish Amicable, National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish Opera.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Archie Forrest has exhibited at other leading Edinburgh Art Galleries and London Art Galleries.

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British Contemporary Art: Paintings by Roy Freer

Roy Freer began his art training in 1953 at the Bournville School of Art and then the Birmingham School of Art.

Since becoming a full time artist over twenty years ago Roy Freer's artwork has shown a single minded focus in using overlays of rich colour to depict still life, figure and landscape as a way of presenting a visual understanding of his subject. Working from a familiar selection of either studio based still life objects, or outdoor features he continues to explore the tension held both within and between objects to a degree whereby they are held by the fulcrum of the painting.

His present work is concerned with the interpretation of the subject as a visual experience rather than a physical factual response. For Roy it is not so much a case of loosing the identity of the object so much as becoming more aware of the less tangible qualities within appearances. Objects are seen disguised and visually modified by light, shade, space and distance resulting in the fragmentation of colour and form.

Roy Freer shows an engagement with the medium in the manner of his over-layering brush marks. They act as directional indications that underpin the main structure of his paintings and the whole is suffused with lighting that is depicted in strong shafts of colour across the canvas.

Roy Freer is a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and, since 2000, the New English Art Club.

Throughout his career Roy Freer has gained a number of prestigious awards. These include the Royal Institute Bronze Medal, the Llewellyn Alexander Prize, The Conelissen Award and the C Roberson Prize amongst others.

As well as exhibiting at Red Rag Gallery his contemporary paintings can be found in many public and private collections.

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Simon Garden was born in 1960. He studied at Art Exeter School of Art and Design, graduating with a BA (Hons) 1st Class, Fine Art in 1982. In 2002 Simon Garden was elected as an Academician by The Royal West of England Academy of Art.

The talent of artist Simon Garden was acknowledged early in his art career when as a young artist the first showcase exhibition of his contemporary paintings was snapped up within hours of being displayed. Since then Simon Garden has gone from strength to strength building a strong reputation for imaginative and creative British art. Simon Garden has also had a number of successful one man solo art painting shows and participated in various open contemporary art exhibitions.

Simon Garden uses seductive rich colour and texture in his modern contemporary paintings. He is an artist who creates a sense of composition that is classically beautiful whilst at the same time daring. Simon Garden strips his landscapes and nudes down to their most elemental forms. This rare simplicity and purity of vision in his painting arouses the subconscious and fires the imagination, drawing us irresistibly into a world both dreamlike and timelessness.

Simon Garden paintings are regularly shown at the Royal West of England Academy for Art. Garden paintings have also featured at other major British Art Exhibitions such as The Hunting Art Prize. Today Simon Garden has obtained a strong presence in many British Art collections. His contemporary paintings also appear is many private art collections in the USA, Holland, Australia, Japan and Germany.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Simon Garden has exhibited at many leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibitions. Each painting is sourced from the Simon Garden artist studio and like all our British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped by Red Rag British Art Gallery worldwide.

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Prints and Limited Edition Prints: by Simon Garden RWA

Simon Garden was born in 1960. He studied at Art Exeter School of Art and Design, graduating with a BA (Hons) 1st Class, Fine Art in 1982. In 2002 Simon Garden was elected as an Academician by The Royal West of England Academy of Art.

The talent of artist Simon Garden was acknowledged early in his art career when as a young artist the first showcase exhibition of his contemporary paintings was snapped up within hours of being displayed. Since then Simon Garden has gone from strength to strength building a strong reputation for imaginative and creative British art. Simon Garden has also had a number of successful one man solo art painting shows and participated in various open contemporary art exhibitions.

Simon Garden uses seductive rich colour and texture in his modern contemporary paintings. He is an artist who creates a sense of composition that is classically beautiful whilst at the same time daring. Simon Garden strips his landscapes and nudes down to their most elemental forms. This rare simplicity and purity of vision in his painting arouses the subconscious and fires the imagination, drawing us irresistibly into a world both dreamlike and timelessness.

Simon Garden paintings are regularly shown at the Royal West of England Academy for Art. Garden paintings have also featured at other major British Art Exhibitions such as The Hunting Art Prize. Today Simon Garden has obtained a strong presence in many British Art collections. His contemporary paintings also appear is many private art collections in the USA, Holland, Australia, Japan and Germany.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Simon Garden has exhibited at many leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibitions.

All Simon Garden signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Simon Garden for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Judith Gardner RBA

Judith Gardner studied contemporary art at Maidstone College of Art where she gained a BA Honours in Fine Art.

For a number of years Judith Gardner taught art at the East Berkshire College, Windsor. In 1998 she decided to become a full time contemporary artist.

Judith Gardner was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 2000 and of the Small Paintings Group in 2003.

Judith Gardner is quoted as saying “My painting is representational to a certain extent. It begins with an idea based on strong observation. Once the composition has been decided upon, the reality to a point is not so necessary for me to develop the painting. This enables me to create light and atmosphere with tone, colour and brushwork”

Judith Gardner paintings are regularly exhibited at The Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, RBA, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, New English Art Club Exhibitions, British Painters Exhibition, Pastel Society and The Royal Society of Marine Artists.

Judith Gardner has been awarded numerous contemporary art awards the most recent being The Italia Prize and the De Laszlo Art Medal at the Royal Society of British Artists 2003 Exhibition.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Judith Gardner has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Judith Gardner artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Sculpture by Megan Di Girolamo

Megan di Girolamo was born in New Delhi in 1942. She and her family left India to settle in England in 1946.

Megan di Girolamo initially studied Art at High Wycombe College in Buckinghamshire. She then went to Hornsey College and onto South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education where she achieved NDD, ATC and MA qualifications.

Megan is married to Artist Cav. Romeo Di Girolamo and has two daughters and three grandsons who often feature in her sculptures.

Megan di Girolamo has exhibited extensively at solo and mixed British art shows. Her sculptures have been commissioned by many private and public bodies and as a sculptor she has also received numerous art awards.

Megan’s sculptures strongly feature of Mother and child studies. Each piece of sculpture is unique and original. Megan works from a macquette and coils the sculpture in clay from the base upwards in one continuous form. There are no supports, props or armatures within and di Girolamo’s sculptures are never stuffed with paper.

Because the construction of each sculpture is so complicated, stresses are caused during drying and firing which may result in cracks and splits, particularly in the Raku art pieces which is subjected to extreme and sudden changes of temperature during firing. Megan mends and fills the sculptures sympathetically and considers it part of the nature of hand built ceramic sculpture.

Megan is a member of the Royal Society of British Artists .

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Megan di Girolamo has exhibited at many other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Megan di Girolamo artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Romeo Di Girolamo PRBA

Romeo di Girolamo was born in Civitella Casanova, Italy in 1939. He moved to England with his family in 1949 and for much of his life has lived in Buckinghamshire.

Romeo di Girolamo's artistic qualities were first recognised and encouraged by the Headmaster of his village school in Buckinghamshire where Romeo won an Art Drawing Competition at 13.The young di Girolamo also displayed a talent for sport. He excelled at athletics, football and boxing, winning district and county honours for all three sports.

Between1954-59 Romeo di Girolamo attended High Wycombe School of Art winning several prizes and scholarships including the Buckinghamshire Art Scholarship, a Royal Academy Travelling Art Scholarship and a Granada Theatres National Art Painting Prize.

At seventeen Romeo di Girolamo started exhibiting paintings at the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA). He was elected to full membership of the RBA at the age of twenty three. By the age of nineteen di Girolamo had made his debut at the Royal Academy of Art (RA) where in the early sixties his contemporary paintings of large industrial landscapes brought him international acclaim.

The Federation of British Artists honoured him in 1967 by mounting a one man exhibition. The same year Romeo received La Voce Award for outstanding Anglo Italian Art personality of the year. In 1978 the Italian government conferred on him the title Cavaliere OMRI (Knighthood) for outstanding achievements in Art.

In addition to success as a contemporary painter Romeo di Girolamo has also had a distinguished career in art and design education. From 1989 Romeo served as an external art consultant to a number of educational bodies. He was chairman of Queens Park Arts Centre and is currently on the Governing Bodies of The Federation of British Artists and Sir William Ramsey School.

The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) elected di Girolamo as their President in 1998. He has been instrumental in the introduction of the Fine Art educational policy. Romeo has also assisted in helping Astor School, Dover achieve Specialist Arts College status.

Romeo di Girolamo most recent painting successes include the De Laszlo Medal for Art, the Italia Award and the Coley and Tilley Art Prize.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Romeo di Girolamo has exhibited at many other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Romeo di Girolamo artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Charles Hardaker RBA NEAC

Charles Hardaker is an artist of International standing. Hardaker trained in the West Midlands at Birmingham College of Art and Crafts and the Royal College of Art.

Charles Hardaker is a member of the New English Art Club (1969) and the Royal Society of British Artists

Charles Hardaker contemporary paintings are in the permanent collections of The Tate Art Gallery, the Guildhall of London, the GLC, the Institute of Civil Engineers, The National Library of Wales, numerous private British art collections and overseas including USA, Canada, Japan and Greece.

Charles Hardaker contemporary paintings are primarily of landscapes, still life, portraits and philosophical/ scriptural subjects. More recently Hardaker has been fascinated by the effect of light and shade in a series of internal architectural paintings featuring doors and framed objects.

Major Charles Hardaker art commissions include paintings of: the BP Oil Terminal Sullom Voe; the Kielder Reservoir for Northumbria Water; murals for the Howard Hotel, London; the building of the Channel Tunnel for Eurotunnel; two cycles of paintings based on Seven Days of Genesis (7 works) and The Gospel of Thomas (11 works) for Townley Hall, Ireland; also numerous portraits. He has also been engaged in painting murals, at a country house Oxfordfordshire.

Charles Hardaker has had several solo art exhibitions to date in the USA and at British Art galleries. Hardaker has been the recipient of many art awards. Charles Hardaker's most recent achievement was winning the coveted di Laszlo art medal in 2005 at the Royal Society of British Artists . Hardaker has also been a finalist three times in the prestigious Hunting British Art prizes.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery, Charles Hardaker paintings can be found at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists and other leading contemporary modern British art galleries.

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Limited Edition Prints: Sasha Harding

Sasha Harding was born in Bath in 1973. She later moved to Dorset and grew up near the sea. Sasha studied fine art at Falmouth Art College and graduated in 1996.

Sasha Harding interest in art was recognised and encouraged from an early age. Two of Sasha's grandparents were artists and Jeka Kemp, a well-known post impressionist artist, was a great aunt.

Sasha Harding's contemporary paintings reflect her happy childhood on the coast of Dorset. Having settled in Cornwall after completing her degree in Fine Art Sasha continues to draw her inspiration from the sea shore and local life.

Sasha Harding paintings contain limited colours – she uses three colours and white. This allows Sasha to concentrate on her interest in form which is carried through in her depiction of coastal scenes. In these she explores the gentle tones of a beach seen under a cloudy sky, or in the reflective langour of a summer day. Her observations become more sharply drawn in bright sunlight, with clear colours and crisp accents. Harding's sense of the absurd sparkles irrepressibly through her paintings, but the lasting impression is one of great affection for her subject.

Influences on Sasha Harding paintings include the Scottish colourists, Newlyn artists and Stanhope Forbes and Elizabeth Forbes.

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Tobias Harrison

Tobias Harrison was born in 1950. He grew up in the Lake District where his parents were both British artists.

As a young artist and whilst at school Tobias Harrison was introduced to the art of pottery. Tobias became inspired to create pottery professionally. After an art foundation at Lancaster University, he graduated at Central College London, and went onto study as a thrower at Chelsea Pottery.

Tobias Harrison established his first art studio in 1974 specialising in lusterware. Harrison spent the next 30 years making exquisite art pieces which have become highly collectable

In 2000 Tobias Harrison felt that it was time to seek a new challenge and decided to try painting, having not painted or drawn for 30 years. Harrison loved the medium of oil paint and had found the challenge he had been looking for. Since then Tobias has quickly established himself as a painter and artist of substance developing a strong following of modern British art lovers.

Tobias Harrison makes no conscious attempt to paint in a particular style, letting the subject dictate how he paints. Tobias tries to mimic the colours and textures of what he sees, not a photographic image rather an interpretation of what he sees and feels.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Tobias Harrison has exhibited at many other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Tobias Harrison artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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British Contemporary Art: Peter Heard

Peter Heard was born in London in 1939. A Chartered Civil Engineer by profession, Peter began painting in the early 1970s. He quickly gained international recognition and became associated with the British naïve-modern school which also includes artists Beryl Cook and Martin Leman

Today Peter Heard has developed a reputation as a prolific British painter. He is well-known in the USA as well as Britain for his paintings of lighthouses, boats, women, landscapes, buildings, cars and animals.

Red Rag Gallery is delighted to be able to offer Peter Heard paintings as Limited Edition Prints. All Peter Heard signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Peter Heard for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide.

British Contemporary Art: Peregrine Heathcote

Peregrine Heathcote was born in London in 1973. He attended Heatherly School of Art in Chelsea. Peregrine continued his studies at Stoneyhurst and Harrow and his classical art training in Italy graduating from the Florence Fine Art Academy in 1994. Heathcote has been working as a professional artist since 1995.

Peregrine Heathcote has developed an International reputation for his paintings which create a nostalgic Art-Deco feel reminiscent of artists in the 1930’s. Heathcote paintings feature young, beautiful women in immaculately dressed in elegant clothes with handsome, dapper, well heeled gentlemen.

Heathcote’s classical style of painting has also led to commissions from many well known celebrities. Peregrine has completed 100 portrait commissions including: Prince Jeffrey of Brunei, The Duke and Duchess of St Albans, The Earl of Bradford, The Countess of Effingham and Lord Selsdon, Cilla Black, Julian Fellows, Lord and Lady Rees-Mogg.

Peregrine Heathcote paintings have featured in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the annual Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition. His paintings are now held in private art collections all over the world.

Red Rag Gallery is delighted to be able to offer Peregrine Heathcote paintings as Limited Edition Prints. All Peregrine Heathcote signed limited edition prints from Red Rag Art Gallery have been reviewed by the artist. This guarantees that all prints offered by Red Rag satisfy the high quality and fine art standards set by Peregrine Heathcote for prints. Each limited edition print series from the Red Rag British Art Gallery is available for immediate delivery and can be shipped worldwide.

Brian Hollingworth was born in Nottingham in 1937. He attended Sheffield College and Nottingham College of Art.

After leaving Art College Brian Hollingworth pursued a career in education progressing to Head of Art. During this time Brian continued to successfully create and exhibit his contemporary sculptures. Eventually Hollingworth decided to leave Art Education and become a full time professional artist.

For the last thirty years Brian Hollingworth has been a full time sculptor. Always a keen and talented observer of subjects Brian has made a lifetime study of the anatomy and characteristics of the animal kingdom.

Today Brian Hollingworth specialises in producing contemporary ceramic or stoneware sculptures of animals. Hollingworth’s real artist skill is in the way he captures the expressions and attitudes of animals, demonstrating strong affinity and empathy to each subject.

Brian Hollingworth belongs to a long tradition of animal sculptors and has been influenced by the great animalier sculptors of the past including Jean Louis Barye. All his animal sculptures are individually hand made in clay, dried and fired in a kiln upto 1250 degrees Centigrade.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery in the Cotswolds Brian Hollingworth has exhibited at leading British Art Galleries throughout England, Scotland and Australia including the Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery. Hollingworth is the recipient of several art awards. His sculpture is in many public and private collections worldwide including the USA, Sweden, Norway, France, Australia, South Africa and the Far East.

British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Ken Howard RA NEAC

Ken Howard was born in 1932. He studied art at Hornsey School of Art from 1949 to 1953. Ken then did his National Service with the Royal Marines before returning to study at the Royal College of Art from 1955 to 1958. Howard then went on to win a British Council Art Scholarship to Florence from 1958 to 1959.

The first Ken Howard one-man show was held at the Plymouth Art Centre in 1955. Subsequent art exhibitions were held in 1966 and 1968 at the John Whibley Gallery. From then on Ken Howard exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally, particularly with the New Grafton Art Gallery from the early 1970s. Ken Howard was given a retrospective exhibition in 1972 at the Plymouth City Art Gallery

In 1979 Ken Howard was appointed by the Imperial War Museum as official British artist in Northern Ireland. He also worked with the British Army in Germany, Cyprus, Oman, Hong Kong, Nepal, Norway, Canada, Belize and Brunei from 1973 to 1982.

Ken Howard is a master at capturing light in both oil and watercolour paintings. Today Howard is known as one of the leading British Artists for his ability to fuse light and atmosphere in his contemporary paintings. The subjects for Ken Howard contemporary paintings range from studio nudes to Venetian scenes and Cornish beaches.

Ken Howard was elected a member of: the New English Art Club in 1962; the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1966; the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1979; the Royal West of England Academy 1981; Honorary Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1988; Royal Academician in 1991; and President of the New English Art Club in 1998. His numerous art awards include: First Prize in the Lord Mayor’s Art Award in 1966; a Prize Winner in the John Moores Art Exhibition, Liverpool in 1978; first prize in the Hunting Group Art Awards; and the Critics Prize at Sparkasse Karlsruhe in 1985. He now lives and works in London or at the Ken Howard artist studio in Venice.

Ken Howard contemporary paintings are found in many British and International private and public art collections. These include the Imperial war Museum and Plymouth City Art gallery.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Ken Howard paintings are available at a few selected leading British Art Galleries.Warning: There are FAKE Ken Howard paintings circulating in the market.

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British Art: Contemporary Sculpture by Artist Deidre Hubbard

Deidre Hubbard was born in New York in 1935. She studied at Harvard University, working with Theodore Feininger, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1957 and winning the Sohier Prize.

From 1957-60 Deidre Hubbard studied with Willi Soukop and Bernard Meadows at the Chelsea Art School. Hubbard also studied with the sculptor Elisabeth Frink from1962 – 64.

Deidre Hubbard art sculptures explore the rhythms of natural forms. Sometimes Hubbard retains the original image, but more often Deidre moves to some level of abstraction. Always important in her sculptures is the interplay of concave and convex shapes and the resulting curves and counter-curves.

Deidre Hubbard art sculptures are held in many British Art collections. These include: The Royal Free Hospital, London; London University - Institute of Education; Usher Gallery, Lincoln; Towner Gallery, Eastbourne; and Robert Fleming Holdings Plc, London. Deidre Hubbard contemporary sculpture is also widely held internationally including: Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania; Radcliffe College, Massachusetts; and Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Deidre Hubbard has exhibited at many leading British Art Galleries including: The Royal Academy of Art, London: National Art Museum of Wales; St Paul’s Cathedral, London; Barbican Centre, London; and Camden Arts Centre, London.

Each sculpture is sourced from the Deidre Hubbard artist studio and like all our British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped by Red Rag British Art Gallery worldwide

British Art: Contemporary Paintings by Ben Hughes

Ben Hughes was born in 1967. He had a successful career as a qualified Chartered Accountant before completely changing career and taking-up contemporary painting full time in 1999. Since then Ben has established himself in the art world as a talented professional British artist.

Ben Hughes has exhibited at various contemporary modern British Art Galleries in London. He has also exhibited in several West of England art galleries.

Ben Hughes contemporary paintings have featured at the Royal Society of British Artists and Royal West of England Art Academy annual art exhibitions. In 2004 Hughes also featured in the New English Art Club annual painting exhibition.

In 2005 Ben Hughes was awarded two Art Prizes at the RWA autumn exhibition - Best Emerging Artist and the Visitors Choice Prize.

Ben Hughes often finds himself drawn to the inspiring and awes