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

Sylvia 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 landscape and marine scenes. The subjects for Sylvia Antonsen contemporary paintings are often buildings or structures that are associated 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 as do weather boarded houses and lighthouses.

Another motivation factor for Sylvia Antonsen's art is colour and particularly white hues. 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.

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.

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.

David Atkins was born in Greenwich in 1964. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London and later at Winchester School of Art.

Today David Atkins has established himself as an evocative painter of landscapes and urban scenes. His use of broad brush and colour creates bold and clear vistas of the city and landscape. He is particularly drawn to scenes of dawn and sunset and is an honest observer of the world around us.

David Atkins is an artist who excels at capturing the magic and majesty of the British countryside. His strong and confident brushwork successfully records the essence of his subjects be they landscape or urban cityscapes. Atkins produces highly textural oil paintings full of light, shade and atmosphere.

Talking about his contemporary paintings David Atkins says: "The tradition of landscape painting has always been at the heart of my drawing and painting. I work directly from the environment often revisiting places many times and in ever changing weather and seasons. In particular I have over the past five years concentrated my work around locations in Norfolk, Surrey and Dorset. In Norfolk I was drawn to the dramatic skies and the seemingly endless space. It is for me a very magical place. The fields and marshes always appear to reflect the light. The changing tides quickly transform the rivers and inlets from tranquil muddy channels to deep and fast moving waters allowing the boats to venture out to sea. The beaches are vast and shimmer with light - I always try to paint these in the early morning or at sunset. Recently I moved to Dorset and have been working on a series or paintings that have responded to very different and ancient landscapes. The hills and distant views contain for me many new subjects and problems to solve. The coastline is stunningly beautiful and very varied. My paintings are still concerned with capturing light, wind, rain and colour and I always try to capture in them an essence of what is experienced and discovered. They are produced with vigour and intuitiveness, allowing the process of working and reworking to consolidate a truthful response to the subject."

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

Modern Art: David Atkins at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

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.

More recently Darren Baker has been asked to produce a portrait of Her Majesty the Queen to commemorate her 85th birthday

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. 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.

Jeremy Barlow was born in 1945 at Kettering, Northamptonshire. His first commercial involvement with the art world came at the age of 12 when he sold a watercolour painting to an aunt for half a crown. Jeremy’s childhood ambition was to become a cartoonist and he was rarely happy unless doodling with a well-chewed pencil or working with a worn watercolour mop.

Jeremy Barlow studied illustration at Northampton School of Art. He later worked in art studios in London and the Midlands before deciding to become a full-time painter in the early 1970's. His reputation for producing fine contemporary art was quickly established and 5 years after becoming a professional artist Jeremy went to live in Dusseldorf, Germany to concentrate on painting the landscapes and townscapes of Holland, Belgium, Germany, France and Italy. In Germany and Holland his following grew rapidly and his paintings were exhibited in many major European cities in both mixed and one-man art exhibitions.

Jeremy Barlow returned to the UK in 1983. Since then his paintings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Society of British Artists. He was elected an Associate Member of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1990, a full Member of the ROI in 1994 and a council Member in 1995.

Jeremy Barlow still travels extensively in Europe extensively, painting not only the fine cities of Paris, Lyon, Amsterdam, Delft, Venice, Sienna, Cordoba, Seville and Granada but often in the small villages and towns "off the beaten track" to paint and record the more intimate studies of native life. From sun-dappled Venetian balconies to busy boulevard cafés, weathered and intriguing shop fronts to quiet provincial villages, Jeremy Barlow delights and excels in painting wonderfully atmospheric and evocative scenes. A characteristic of Barlow’s paintings is the way in which he creates an impressive interaction of light and dark. The strong contrast of deep, rich shadows with pools of bright sunlight, so familiar in southern European countries, is employed to great effect.

Jeremy Barlow paintings feature in several art collections throughout the world, including that of the Dutch Royal Family. The City of Delft also bought 30 paintings for their topographical archives. Subsequently a book "Delft - by Jeremy Barlow" was published featuring a selection of 24 of Jeremy Barlow paintings of townscapes.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Jeremy Barlow’s art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Jeremy Barlow artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern British art it can be shipped worldwide.

Jeremy Barlow art works are also available in Limited Edition Prints. Click to see Jeremy Barlow Prints

Modern Art: Jeremy Barlow at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

The contemporary painter Peter Beeson was born in London in 1955 and was educated at St.Paul’s School where he received the final year first prize in fine art. He went on to train as a jeweller and silversmith at the Sir John Cass School in Whitechapel. Having completed his DipAd Peter then spent some time in the music business before becoming a full-time artist in 1999

Peter Beeson’s contemporary paintings are recognisable by their light-filled textural surface and quiet approach. A hallmark of Beeson‘s painting is the use of intuitive framing to find compositional balance. Techniques of the early Italian Primitives, especially the layering of temperas and oil paint, are rediscovered as a key element in the depiction of present-day subjects. These art materials, with their unique ability to refract light while maintaining structural integrity, are used to help realize the depth and form of a particular moment.

Peter Beeson prepares his art canvases by laying linen on board, then lightly priming the fabric across the weave to preserve its character. The process continues with a fine wash of middle tone containing only a small amount of oil, in order to retain a dry, tactile structure. The paintings are then developed in stages through the application of self-ground pigments and other organic substances. Rare earths, for example an English yellow Mine Ochre or a slate colour from the Bernino Pass in Switzerland, carry the resonance of their origins to lend tonal subtlety and inner warmth. At times the resolution of paintings is sudden and unexpected, at others they are completed as planned after careful reflection. Alongside these more formal considerations in Peter Beeson paintings runs a contemplative thread that evokes a deeply felt personal world.

Peter Beeson contemporary paintings have featured in a number of solo and group British art exhibitions. In addition to Red Rag Gallery his paintings have also been accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and are often to be found at Cornwall Art Galleries.

Each painting at Red Rag Gallery is sourced from the Peter Beeson artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Mike Bernard was born in 1957 in Dover, Kent. He trained at the West Surrey College of Art and Design followed by postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools.

Mike Bernard creates highly textured semi-abstract paintings which are often produced in mixed media incorporating collage and acrylics. He also uses oil and watercolour.

Mike Bernard is a restless artist always looking for a new and on occasions an experimental approach to his contemporary paintings. He delights in capturing the mood of the West Country in particularly Devon and Cornwall. He has a recurrent interest in the fishing villages, and in contrast regularly depicts the warmth and glow of southern Italy.

Speaking about his paintings Mike Bernard says: "What attracts me most is the pattern of buildings, boats and similar features in a scene. I build a painting by putting in blocks of colour to develop a pattern which is pleasing to my eye in colours which are harmonious, bringing in feelings of spontaneity, freshness and freedom."

Mike Bernard has gained many art awards and prizes for his paintings, including the Stowells Trophy, the Elizabeth Greenshield Fellowship, Silver Longboat Award and Laing Award. He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) in 1997.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Mike Bernard art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries venues including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, Mall Galleries and the Royal Festival Hall. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Mike Bernard artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Art: Mike Bernard at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy. 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.

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 art work has been 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.

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy. 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.

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 art work has been 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.

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy. 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.

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 art work has been 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.

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy. 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.

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 art work has been 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.

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy. 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.

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 art work has been 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.

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries including the Royal Academy. 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.

Modern Art: Peter Burgess

Peter Burgess was born in 1952 in St Albans. He studied at Watford School of Art, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Wimbledon School of Art, BA (Hons) and Royal Academy Schools, PGCE RAS .

Peter Burgess paints in a graphic and very distinctive way. Using strong colour and capturing light and shade are key features in his paintings. Peter creates striking images with enduring appeal.

Peter Burgess contemporary paintings are held in numerous public and private art collections in Britain, Europe and USA. These include: the Contemporary Art Society, commissions for Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, The Boots Company plc and a number of museums and hospitals.

Peter Burgess has won a number of art prizes: for work submitted to the ‘Spirit of London’ exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall, The Spectator Art Competition, Derby City Art Gallery ‘Silver Palette’, The City Gallery, Leicester, Hunting prize Competition, Royal College of Art and the Patchings Art Centre prize. In 2007 Peter Burgess’ work was commended as part of the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize.

Peter Burgess has enjoyed great success at many solo and group art shows and his paintings are in collections worldwide. As well as exhibiting at Red Rag Gallery Peter Burgess’ work is widely exhibited both in many British and International galleries.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Peter Burgess artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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

Modern Art: Peter Burgess at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

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 has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Martin Caulkin artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. 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.

British artist Robert Crisp studied art at Croydon and Nottingham Schools of Art, graduating in stage design. He subsequently worked in various theatres designing sets and painting scenery.

In the 1970’s Robert Crisp moved to Devon to concentrate on painting and on picture restoration. Crisp began painting full-time in 1992. Since then Robert has had a number of one man art shows including a major exhibition in 2000 "Paris in the Autumn". His art works have also been featured at the Mall Galleries and the Royal Academy Summer Shows.

Inspiration for Robert Crisp paintings has historically come from the urban landscape with its light, architecture and city life. He paints the architectural wonders of the urban, man-made landscape with its symmetry, balance, detail and imposing grandeur. From the wonderful buildings of London, Paris, Venice and so many more cities, to the quaint villages and harbours, man has created his own landscape. More recently Crisp has recently become inspired by the timeless beauty of the Suffolk landscape, its light, wide-open spaces, low horizon, big skies and the reflections on the water

Robert Crisp paintings clearly show that his skills lie in the ability to execute exquisite attention to detail and capture the very essence of urban life. His work is eminently collectable and can be found in private and corporate art collections throughout the UK and Europe.

Paintings from Robert Crisp are available at the Red Rag Art Gallery in Bath.

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

Modern Art: Robert Crisp at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

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 has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Fred Cuming artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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

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

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 runner-up in the prestigious National Portrait Gallery BP prize. In 2009 Simon won the Charles Pears Art Award the Royal Society of Marine Artist Annual Show

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.

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.

Matthew Draper was born in 1973 in Staffordshire. He studied at Walsall College of Art from 1991-92 and then Falmouth College of Art from 1992-95.

Matthew Draper begins his art work by pinning paper to the wall drawing first with pastel and charcoal. Then, crushing the pastel in his hands, he will spread raw colour across the paper, working it in with the ball of his thumb. At a later stage, the dust created in this process, collected from the floor, is thrown at the picture where it clings and is rubbed in.

Matthew Draper is very an action painter. His paintings resound with the evidence of reduction and accretion. Among his tools are sandpaper and sponges, used to erode the surface, transforming paper to smooth velvet, all the time spray-fixing each layer of pastel. He both builds a work and, at the same time, obliterates its form and structure. What began as a townscape dissolves in a sea of colour.

Since moving to Scotland in 1997, Matthew Draper’s art work has been exhibited in several galleries, mainly in the UK but also in the USA. His painting are in the art collections of Bank of Scotland, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow plus various private art collections in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe and the USA.

Matthew is the recipient of many art awards including: the Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award, RSW in 2000; the City of Glasgow Prize, RGI in 2002; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Award, Paisley Art Institute in 2004; Cross Gate Gallery Award, Kentucky USA, the Pastel Society Award, London and the John Murray Thomson Award, RSA in 2006; the Anthony J. Lester Art Critic Award, London and the Chairman’s Purchase Prize at the Discerning Eye Exhibition, London, in 2007. Most recently in 2008 he was awarded the Shell Premier Award, Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery.

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

Paintings from Matthew Draper are now available at the Red Rag Art Gallery in Stow on the Wold. For further information about Matthew Draper paintings

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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.

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

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 as a professional 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. He has taken inspiration from artists such as Sickert, Coldstream and Pasmore who have influenced the way in which he has developed.

In the last few years Michael Ewart has developed a very distinctive art style and palette. His use of colour creates an almost nostalgic, romantic feeling throughout his work.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 has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Michael Ewart artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Michael Fairclough, a contemporary British painter and printmaker, was born in 1940 in Blackburn, Lancashire and studied painting at Kingston School of Art. From 1962 to 1964 he taught at the Belfast School of Art. In 1964 he was awarded the Rome Scholar in Engraving and spent the following two years working in Italy. Michael Fairclough also went to Paris to study engraving techniques under S. W. Hayter at Atelier 17. He taught at the West Surrey College of Art and Design from 1967 to 1979.

Throughout his career Michael Fairclough has taught and continued his study of art, engraving and print-making. Over the years Fairclough has received many awards and professional recognition for his work. Michael Fairclough was elected Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in 1964 and Fellow in 1973. He is also a Fellow of the Printmakers' Council (1981) and a Member of the New English Art Club (1995). Fairclough was awarded the David Murray award for Landscape and won the Hunting Art Prize for several years in a row.

Michael Fairclough has enjoyed great success at many solo and group shows and his paintings are in collections worldwide. As well as exhibiting at Red Rag Gallery Michael Fairclough’s work is widely exhibited both in many British and International galleries. His work can also be found in many London Art Galleries and many public and private collections. These include The Victoria and Albert Museum, the European Parliament, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the London School of Economics, the New York Public Library and the Museum Boymans van Beunegen Rotterdam to name but a few. His work has also been accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers since the 1960’s.

An interesting recent commission was five paintings for the Meteorological Office in Exeter.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Michael Fairclough artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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 paintings have also been shown at other leading British Art Galleries. His accomplished and atmospheric paintings can be found in collections across Europe and America.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the David Farren artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide. For further information about David Farren paintings

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Modern Art: David Farren at Red Rag Gallery

Elaine Fine studied for a Diploma in Combined Art Studies at Hertfordshire College of Art and Design in 1981. Various courses in experimental painting at Camden Institute and Camden Art Centre followed.

After many years of experimental modern art work in a variety of media, including abstract and conceptual sculpture and printmaking, Elaine Fine returned to traditional themes and techniques, concentrating on oil painting. She uses traditional methods of oil painting, occasionally experimenting with mixed media using acrylic, pastel, gouache, watercolour and collage. Elaine Fine became increasingly interested in colour and has been influenced by the work of Cezanne, Matisse and the Scottish Colourists.

Elaine Fine travels regularly, collecting ideas and images through sketching in a variety of media and using photography for reference. She expresses her original emotional response to the subject in paintings through vibrant colour and bold brush marks. The focus is on composition and draughtsmanship together with a sensual harmony of colour and tone. Several images are often used in one painting, sometimes being greatly simplified and abstracted.

Travels to Scotland, many Mediterranean countries and more recently India and the Caribbean have resulted in dramatic series of land, town and seascapes. An ongoing theme and love is water dating back to her childhood living on the River Thames. Her contemporary paintings may describe water in different contexts. Reflections, waterways, boats and harbours all feature.

In l990 Elaine Fine set up her own art studio and started teaching painting to small groups. She has also published several articles on colour and the use of photographs for reference in Leisure Painter Magazine. Several Elaine Fine landscapes have been published as fine art cards.

Elaine Fine has enjoyed success at many solo and group modern art shows and her paintings are in many private collections. As well as exhibiting at Red Rag Gallery Elaine Fine’s art work is widely exhibited both in many British and International modern art galleries. Her paintings can also be found in leading London Art Galleries

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Elaine Fine artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Art: Elaine Fine at Red Rag Gallery

Jo Fox was born in Wimbledon London in 1967. From early school days it was recognised that Jo had a strong affinity towards the arts and she went on to study Theatre Design at Exeter and Croydon College of Art

Jo Fox says her postgraduate year and Design Lectures encouraged her to become a Painter. And, the move from Theatre to Painting was a natural progression which coincided with a move away from London

Artists that have influenced Jo Fox contemporary paintings include Theatre Designers Tom Cairns, Antony Mcdonald, Hildegard Bechtler together with artists Joan Eardley, Marlene Dumas and Egon Schiele.

The use of colour in Jo Fox paintings is unobtrusive. She uses colour to evoke a timelessness and clarity in her contemporary paintings. Figures and space have always been an integral part of the composition in Jo’s paintings and is a link back to the theatre where the movement and direction of the actors within their space was a constant fascination.

Jo Fox paintings are very textural. This is achieved by the layering of plaster and paper and gives further expression and form to her art work. This technique of layering in Jo’s paintings intrigues and fascinates the viewer

Jo Fox paintings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy. She has also exhibited paintings in New York.

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

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 other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Simon Garden artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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 art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Judith Gardner arttist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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 was 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 has exhibited at 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.

Charles Hardaker is an artist of International standing. He 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 many important art collections. These include: the permanent collections of The Tate Art Gallery; the Guildhall of London, the GLC; the Institute of Civil Engineers; The National Library of Wales; and numerous private British art collections and overseas including USA, Canada, Japan and Greece.

Charles Hardaker contemporary paintings typically feature landscapes, still life, portraits and philosophical/ scriptural subjects. More recently Hardaker has been fascinated by the effect of light, shade and colour in a series of internal architectural paintings of his beloved art studio.

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 Oxfordshire.

Charles Hardaker has had several solo art exhibitions to date in the USA and at British Art galleries and has been the recipient of many art awards. This includes 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 has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Charles Hardaker artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Sasha Harding was born in Bath in 1973. She studied at Marlborough College, Shelley Park in Boscombe and Falmouth School of Art where she graduated with a degree in Fine Art.

Although born in Bath, Sasha Harding grew up by the sea on the south coast in Dorset. She was encouraged to paint from an early age and had her first art exhibition at the age of fourteen with an older sister in the sitting room at home. Her interest in art was stimulated, both by her surroundings and a tradition of art and music in the family. Two of Sasha's grandparents were artists and Jeka Kemp, a well-known post impressionist painter, was a great aunt whose sketch books the children were allowed to play with when they were young.

Sasha Harding's contemporary paintings are inspired by her happy childhood spent on the coast of Dorset. She continues to live close to the coast and finds on going inspiration from the sea shore and local life. Sasha’s 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.

Sasha Harding lists many influences on her art works including including the Scottish colourists, Newlyn artists and Stanhope Forbes and Elizabeth Forbes.

Sasha Harding’s paintings are available from the Red Rag Gallery in Bath. She has also shown at a number of other leading British art galleries. Her paintings are now in numerous art collections throughout the world.

Sasha Harding art works are also available in Limited Edition Prints. Click to see Sasha Harding Prints

Modern Art: Sasha Harding at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

Sophie Harding's CV to appear here shortly.

New paintings from Sophie Harding will be arriving in May 2010.

Ian Hargreaves was born in Blackpool in 1957, but grew up in Bournemouth on the south coast of England. He studied at Bournemouth College of Art from 1974 - 1976. After graduating he travelled in Europe, painting portraits, landscapes and scenes of everyday life observed on his way around the continent. This experience greatly influenced his life and art.

The early 1980's saw Ian Hargreaves working in London and Palermo undertaking art commissions. Ian spent the next three-and-a-half years, in between London and Sicily, drawing portraits and painting local scenes. Now painting mainly in acrylic, Ian's work is based around every day scenes, moments in ordinary people’s lives or the life of a town or city.

Ian is a member of The International Guild of Realism and his paintings are full of careful observations and details. He skilfully captures the realism of a situation.

Ian Hargreaves spent 23 years in Germany where he established a base and a strong following, with both solo and group exhibitions in many well-known German galleries. In 2008 he moved back to Poole, Dorset.

Ian has exhibited in the USA and across Europe. His work can be found in many private and public collections.

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

Modern Art: Ian Hargreaves at Red Rag Gallery

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 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.

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 has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Ken Howard artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Moira Huntly is a British artist of internationally standing.

Born in the Scottish town of Motherwell, Moira Huntly studied in London at Harrow School of Art and Hornsey College of Art. She received a classical British art education based on observation and drawing. Moira holds a London University degree in Art teaching.

Moira Huntly is the recipient of numerous and prestigious art awards. Huntly is also the author of several art books on drawing and painting.

In 2004 Moira Huntly was appointed the first ever woman President of the Pastel Society. She is a member of: the Royal West of England Academy; the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour; and a Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

Moira Huntly contemporary paintings are in acrylic, pastel, oils and watercolours. Her subjects are diverse but Huntly's love of Marine and Architecturial subjects has been a recurring theme to her paintings.

Moira Huntly paintings are held in both private and public British art collections. Her paintings are also in many International art collections.

Moira Huntly is also the author of several books on drawing and painting.

At Red Rag Modern British Art Gallery we are particularly pleased to show Moira Huntly contemporary paintings. Moira has a long association with the art gallery. For many years she and leading British artist John Blockley used to paint in our historic Cotswold art gallery building. Moira still lives close-by on the borders of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

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

Peter Kelly was born in 1931. As a young artist Peter was educated at the West Ham School of Art and Technology. Kelly later attended the Central School of Art and Design in London.

In 1982 Peter Kelly was elected a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists. In 1995 Peter became a member of the Small Painting Society and in 2007 he was appointed a member of the New English Art Club.

Peter Kelly contemporary paintings demonstrate meticulous austere draughtsmanship. Kelly paints interiors, landscapes and still life always displaying an exquisite mastery of light and shade.

The preference of Peter Kelly for a calm tonal palette and mastery of contrasted light gives his paintings an aura of quiet contemplative restraint reminiscent of the Dutch and Scandinavian Schools of Art.

Peter Kelly is the recipient of many art prizes and awards, most recently the RBA Exhibition 2004 where he won the Most Creative Painting Prize.

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

Michael Kidd was born in London in 1937. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art where he gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Arts. Fellow art students included the film director Ridley Scott and artist David Hockney. After leaving the Royal College of Art Kidd worked as an art director in some of London's leading advertising agencies before moving the USA.

In 1966 Michael Kidd moved to New York to work as a creative director. Following his return to the UK he began directing T.V. and Cinema commercials in Europe, America and the UK and undertaking work for British Airways, Coca Cola, Lloyds and Barclays Bank, Ford Motor Company and many more.

From 1981 Michael Kidd began painting between film shoots. Slowly painting became more important to him and more people started to buy his modern art. As a result Kidd eventually gave up directing to become a full-time artist.

All of Michael Kidd’s modern art work shows a strong imaginative streak, quirky at times, surreal at others. Kidd tends to produce paintings on themes - gardens, chateaux, coastal, cities, whatever subject holds his interest.

Michael Kidd says he tends to 'think in terms of numbers'. He is facinated by 'patterns and mathematics, the poetry of the indecipherable'. Kidd's modern art shows his characteristic pleasure with what he calls 'playing with different perpectives - giving the illusion of the reality, and keeping it simple'.

Michael Kidd modern art is available at Red Rag Bath Art Gallery

Alan Kingsbury was born in London in 1960. He showed an early interest in painting and from the age of nine was producing contemporary works in oils.

At University Alan Kingsbury studied psychology and art history but questioned the relevance of art school to him and so he undertook another year of full time study of art history, specialising in the paintings of old master and modern European works.

In 1983 Alan Kingsbury accepted a student internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection which enabled him to paint and study the art and architecture in Venice. Following this Alan worked as a cataloguer of modern paintings for Bonhams fine art . During this time Kingsbury viewed hundreds of paintings each week in art galleries and auction houses and was able to gain a real understanding for detail and effect in painting.

In 1986 Alan Kingsbury further progressed his career as an artist by moving to Venice. Here Alan worked outdoors painting oil sketches of the architecture in varying light conditions. Later Kingsbury moved to Scotland where he spent five years developing his contemporary painting style and technique. It was here that he began to compose his characteristic imaginative figure subjects.

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

Alan Kingsbury works are also available Red Rag Limited Edition Prints range. To view select this Alan Kingsbury link

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Karolina Larudottir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1944. Larusdottir has lived and worked in the British Isles since the mid sixties. Karolina’s biography was published in Iceland in 1993.

Karolina Larudottir studied contemporary art at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford between1965 to 1967. In 1986 she was elected a member of the Royal Society of Painter–Printmakers and the Royal Watercolour Society in 1996. Larusdottir is also an elected member of The New English Art Club.

Karolina Larusdottir's unique vision of both her homeland and England have won her a deservedly high reputation in the fields of contemporary British painting. Many Larusdottir contemporary paintings are rooted in her upbringing in Iceland. Her Grandfather was the owner of the first grand hotel in Reykjavik. Glimpses of this busy environment, scenes of chambermaids, chefs and waitresses in the kitchen are engagingly evident.

In some paintings Karolina Larusdottir creates a world of her own, with imaginary people in strange situations, often floating, carrying rainbows or being visited by angels. Often Karolina’s contemporary paintings contain a wry humour that enhances the surreal and timeless qualities she creates when dealing with her favourite subject - people.

Karolina Larusdotir successes include many solo and mixed art shows in the most prestigious exhibitions of modern art in Britain, Europe, Africa and USA. In 1993 and again in 1997 the Royal Academy used her paintings to advertise the Summer exhibition.

Karolina Larusdottir is the recipient of many art prizes. These include a special award at the Premio Biella Internazionale per L’Incisione in Italy in 1990. Larusdottir also achieved further recognition when she was awarded The Graphic artist of the Year 2005, Islensk Grafik.

Karolina Larudottir’s paintings appear in many private and corporate art collections, including The Vatican, Rome and HRH Queen Elizabeth.

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

Born in Northampton in 1934, Janet Ledger studied painting at the Northampton School of Art.

Janet Ledger paintings have great appeal and can be found in many public and private collections, these include those of HRH Princess Margaret, The Coal Board, Marks and Spencer, MacDonalds, Mowlem and National Westminster Bank. Several pop musicians have bought her work and the Tate Gallery own two Janet Ledger prints. One of these prints was reproduced as a greetings card by Camden Graphics.

As a result of her participation in the ‘Best of Britain’ exhibition in Dallas Texas in 1985 and in recognition of her art work, Janet Ledger was made an honorary citizen.

Janet Ledger’s ability to capture the atmosphere and colour of a scene has made her work highly collectable.

As well as appearing at Red Rag Gallery Janet’s work has been exhibited at many British Art Galleries including in ‘London ‘77’ at Somerset House – a celebration for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. She has also exhibited her contemporary paintings abroad, this included a tour of Israel in 1997.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Janet Ledger art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from theJanet ledger artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Martin Leman has been best known for his exquisite paintings of cats. He is one of the most popular contemporary British artists, he also has an avid following abroad, especially in America and Japan. Leman’s illustrated books have sold well over half a million copies and his etching shown at the Royal Academy in 1998 was an instant sell out.

Martin Leman was born in London in 1934. He studied at Worthing School of Art and later at London's Central School of Art. He initially worked as a designer, illustrator and typographer in advertising and publishing.

In the early 60's Martin Leman became a full time professional artist making painting his main occupation. A turning point in Martin’s career was a painting of a small tabby cat situated in a decorative interior. It sold immediately and so begun his long association with cats.

Martin Leman is also well known for his often humorous paintings of the female form and American folk art styled paintings. More recently he has turned his undoubted talent to paintings of landscapes, topiary and stones

Leman has been described as ‘the most sophisticated of “naïve” British artists, but unlike many so-called naïve or primitive painters, he had a thorough artistic training.

Although born and still living in London, Martin Leman has a special affinity with Cornwall and in particular St Ives, which forms the background to some of his most notable cat paintings. Leman’s design for a signed limited edition campaign poster played a valuable part in fund raising for the Tate St Ives.

Martin Leman has exhibited internationally, and is a regular exhibitor at London's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. His paintings are held in many private art collections throughout the world.

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

John Lines was born in 1938 in Rugby Warwickshire. He studied art in Warwickshire at Rugby Polytechnic from 1959 and then at York School of Art from 1961 to 1962.

Lines has been exhibiting his contemporary paintings since leaving art school. But initially his time was shared between art activities and working in Industry.

John Lines paintings are distinctive and beautifully painted. His style is very much Modern British and Lines prefers painting in oil and watercolours. As an artist his stated aim is to “Simply paint through honest eyes”. Ample evidence of this approach can be seen in his paintings of British Town and Landscapes subjects.

John Lines paintings are varied. His art captures humour, nostalgia, romance and the beauty of British Countryside and unusually British Urban Life. Lines is equally successful painting landscapes, marine, portrait, transportation or what will in future years be seen as fine, social records of urban life. John travels extensively to find the right British scenes for his paintings. He regularly features Derbyshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Northampton, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Yorkshire in his contemporary paintings.

John Lines has contemporary paintings in private and public art collections throughout the world. He has held workshops and lectures in Australia and USA. Lines also regularly holds lectures, workshops and demonstrations throughout the British Isles.

John Lines has many notable art successes including : First Prize - Museum of Modern Art, Wales; First Prize Royal Society of Marine Artists; and Awards at the RSBA. Lines has also featured as Master Class Painter in International Artist magazine. His work is always in demand and increasingly collectable.

John Lines art works are now available at Red Rag Gallery as Limited Edition Prints. Click here to view John Lines Limited Edition Prints

Red Rag Gallery have represented John Lines since 2003. In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery John Lines has also exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the John Lines artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

British Art: John Lines at Red Rag Gallery

Andrew Macara was born in Derbyshire in 1944.

Although Andrew Macara studied contemporary modern British Art for a short period with Leonard Fuller at the St Ives School of Painting amongst the Cornwall Art Galleries he considers himself a self taught artist.

Today Andrew Macara has one of the most distinctive styles of present day contemporary British Artists and has enjoyed considerable success. Macara was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1981. Then in 1984 Andrew was elected to the New English Art Club - a society which includes artists: David Cobley, Charles Hardaker, Ken Howard, Karolina Larusdottir, Salliann Putman, William Selby, Dawn Sidoli, and Richard Sorrell

Andrew Macara contemporary paintings regularly feature at the Royal British Artists (RBA) London art exhibitions. Other members of the RBA include: Stephen Brown, George Devlin, Romeo di Girolamo , Peter Kelly and Steven Outram. Andrew Macara contemporary paintings are also regularly exhibited at one of the leading London Art Galleries the Royal Academy of Art in their Summer Exhibitions.

Andrew Macara has undertaken several painting commissions for Public and Private Modern British Art collectors. These include: a series of contemporary paintings for Sir Anthony and Lady Bamford; Scott Bader Company; New Parliamentary Building; Westminster and Hilton Hotel Group for their corporate headquarters.

Andrew Macara has won many art awards. These include: Sir Huw Weldon, Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, Brian Sewell, Gileas Auty and Lord Palumbos choice, Discerning Eye Exhibition. Andrew was awarded the coveted De Lazlo art medal in 1985. And, Macara's latest art award was at the RBA in 2005.

Andrew Macara travels extensively gathering images for paintings from around the world. But his native Derbyshire continues to feature in many paintings - particularly the more recent Winter scenes. Other subjects with strong demand are Andrew's British seaside paintings.

Andrew Macara is now established as a very collectible contemporary figurative artist. His contemporary paintings are always in demand and much sought after. And, over the years his paintings have proved to be a good British Art Investment

Andrew Macara art works are also available at Red Rag as Limited Edition Prints. Select this Red Rag Gallery link to view Andrew Macara Limited Edition Prints

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

John Martin was born in 1957. He studied contemporary painting at Hornsey College of Art followed by three years at Exeter College of Art where he obtained a 1st Class Honours degree. Martin then spent more time studying at the Royal Academy Art Schools gaining a Post-Graduate Diploma.

John Martin has been the recipient of many art awards these include: Stowells of Chelsea, Prize-winner, David Murray Landscape Scholarship, WH Patterson Prize and the Fabrica Painting Prize, awarded at the RBA Open Exhibition. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1991 and in 2006 won the coveted di Laszlo art medal in 2006 at the Royal Society of British Artists

John Martin contemporary paintings have been published in several modern art textbooks. His paintings have also featured in the Tatler Magazine, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times.

Brian Sewell, Art Critic of The Evening Standard said of John Martin “ If you dropped him down a drain he’d paint an affectionate picture of drippage and the moss, and work wonders with the grid and its shadows”

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

Katty McMurray was born in London in 1970. She studied art at the Chelsea School of Art graduating in 1991.

Katty McMurray has always been a keen traveller. As a result many of her contemporary paintings of places such as Zanzibar, China, India, Italy and many parts of England and Scotland have been inspired by her travels. Katty's modern art work stems from her love of drawing. While away on location, she spends her time sketching; quickly and often using a single line, she records her immediate impressions of a place. On returning to her art studio, these drawings are used as a base for her larger paintings in oil on canvas, keeping the strong lines and using colours to recreate the atmosphere of the particular place.

Katty McMurray’s modern art work has been published as limited edition prints She has also undertaken a number of commissions including a painting on the Cunard Cruise Liner the 'Queen Victoria', and recently a series of paintings for 'Harbour Way' apartments by Bryant Homes.

In addition to exhibiting at Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Katty McMurray has had a series of successful solo and mixed shows at other British Art Galleries.

Modern Art: Katty McMurray at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

Tina Morgan was born in Lynton, Devon in 1952. She studied art and design in Cornwall. After gaining an S.I.A.D. in industrial design, Tina worked as an Art Director in London for a number of top creative advertising agencies. During this time she won many awards including two at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 1985 Tina Morgan decided to change career direction and began painting as a full time professional artist. Since then Tina has exhibited her art work widely and is known know for her impressionistic paintings of the coasts, markets and streets of the UK, Europe and America.

Tina Morgan has been inspired by a number of artists including Royal Academicians, Fred Cuming and Ken Howard. Today Tina is a member of the Royal Society of Women Artists and has established herself as an artist with a reputation for capturing the light and the lazy day holiday buzz of people relaxing on the south Devon beaches or in cafe scenes. Her softness of palette and great skill in observing and depicting people creates art work with a timeless quality. Tina Morgan art works display a free style and subtle use of colour. She creates a unique luminosity in her paintings which reflects her continuing love of the British coastline and landscape.

Tina Morgan art works are primarily oil on canvas. Talking about her paintings Tina says: ‘ I use oil paint because the colour and textures are so rich. I develop the background and paint onto that with a knife for texture. Long springy brushes are used for the detail. The memory of a scene has always been far more interesting than the impression viewed on the day. So I capture the moment with a pastel or pencil sketch and photographs, then spend a long time just observing the view – how the light plays with the shapes, and how the atmosphere effects me. Later I work with my memory and references to produce a painting which I think is far more exciting and creative than one which I would have produced on the spot.’

In addition to Red Rag Gallery in Bath, Tina Morgan paintings have been exhibited at a number of other leading British art galleries and is now featured in many art collections worldwide.

Modern Art: Tina Morgan at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

Austin Moseley was born in 1930. He qualified as a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and initially worked in British industry before becoming a senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton.

Austin Moseley has always lived in the West Midlands and has a special affinity with the Black Country region. His strong, highly textured contemporary paintings are ideally suited to recording the people and scenes which Moseley has so carefully observed over the years.

Talking about his paintings Austin Moseley says “Most of my art work is in oils, with exclusive use of painting knives. My primary interest is in the context of the Black Country, especially at the early morning and evening times of day, when the sun is low whether visible or not. I like to include figurative images, for the purpose of points of interest and a suggestion of scale.”

The rich and positive use oil paint and the application by painting knives results in wonderfully textured contemporary paintings with an enduring appeal. Recurring subjects in Austin Moseley paintings are canal scenes or hill sides in the Dales and Lakes – all of which are enhanced with figures going about their daily lives. Moseley’s paintings are very much about the present but also capture a feeling of the past. They are scenes of people living in small communities - gossiping, or walking the dog past grimy urban landscapes.

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

Austin Moseley modern art is available at Red Rag Bath Art Gallery

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Austin Moseley limited edition prints at Red Rag Gallery

Keith Noble was born in Chorley, Lancashire in 1949. He has painted all his life and studied at Bolton College of Art and Blackpool College of Art from 1967-1971.

After graduation Keith Noble worked for major design and advertising agencies, starting as a visualiser/illustrator and progressing through to Creative Director and co-owner of one of London’s top studios.

Keith Noble’s subject matter is wide reaching but in every painting his priority is to catch light, shade and atmosphere. The subject matter of Keith paintings is diverse. He is equally talented at producing paintings of architecture, landscape, marine or figures

Keith Noble paintings have been part of The Singer & Friedlander art exhibition and The Tabernacle on several occasions. He was also awarded a High Commendation Award for a watercolour painting by The Museum of Modern Art in Wales. Keith has also exhibited paintings in the RWS Open Exhibition and is a regular exhibitor with The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and the RSMA (Royal Society of Marine Artists)

In 2000 Keith Noble was commissioned to paint a watercolour of one of The Duke of Westminster’s properties in London. The painting was reproduced as 60 limited edition prints, each individually signed by Keith and presented by the Duke to selected personnel. Other commissions include the American pharmaceutical giant Warner Lambert (now Pfizer) who commissioned Keith to produce a series of paintings of street and architectural scenes in central Paris. Working on location in Paris Keith Noble painted four large watercolour paintings which now hang in the Pfizer American head offices.

In 2004 Keith won ‘The Lincoln Joyce/Donald Blake Award for an Outstanding Watercolour’ at the RI Exhibition in London. He also won the St Cuthbert’s Mill Award for Best Watercolour in the 2007 RSMA Exhibition which was voted for by the RSMA artist members. In 2007 Noble was elected to full membership of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Also currently being considered for membership of the RI (Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour with only 74 members in the UK).

Keith Noble has enjoyed great success at many solo and group British art shows and his paintings are in collections worldwide.

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

Colin Orchard was born in Ewell, Surrey in 1935. He had no formal art training and his first job was as a messenger in the art department of The Times. He progressed through the art department eventually becoming lead graphic designer.

Since 1983 Colin Orchard has been painting full time. During this time Colin has exhibited extensively at more than 50 art venues throughout the UK. His paintings have regularly featured at the Royal Academy Summer shows. In 2007 he was appointed a member of the Royal Society of British Artists.

Like artists Sickert and Vuillard who have influenced his art, Colin Orchard is an impressionist painter. His paintings often display the shades and shadows of Winter. They are often deliberatively inaccurate because of Colin’s frequent inclination to decrease or increase elements within a composition.

Colin makes regular visits to places that provide many of his painting subjects. Typically these include Venice, East Anglia and Cornwall.

All Colin Orchard’s paintings are oil on calico, mounted on board. He prepares his own panels, using traditional methods for glueing and priming the panels and gessoing the frames.

Colin Orchard is included in the ‘Dictionary of British Artists since 1945’ by David Buckman. He also appears in Marion Whybrow’s book ‘St Ives 1983 – 1993; Portrait of an Art Colony’. He won ‘The Artist’ award at the 2007 RBA exhibition

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

Steven Outram was born in Dartford, Kent in 1953. Steven studied contemporary art at Medway College of Art, graduating in 1973.

As a young artist Steven Outram started exhibiting his contemporary paintings in modern art galleries before graduating from Art College. Since leaving Art college Steven Outram has spent his entire career as a professional artist.

Steven Outram was described as a “mood painter par excellence” by an Art Review critic at his first one man contemporary show in London. Outram’s contemporary paintings are representations of states of mind using naturalistic imagery. Typically Outram responds with feeling to the changing natural effects of climate and skies over simple Gloucestershire land forms His contemporary paintings survey the infinite potential of seeing the extraordinary in typical aspects of British landscape.

Steven Outram exhibited at five solo art exhibitions in London between 1979 and 1986. This led Outram to showing his paintings Internationally with shows in New York and Seattle.

Steven Outram has continued to exhibit in modern British art galleries and was voted a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 2003. In the same year Outram's painting won him a place in the 'Not The Turner Prize Exhibition', held at the Mall Galleries which attracted over 10,000 entries. The following year another painting by Outram won him a prize in the 2004 Exhibition. It was a contemporary landscape painting ‘The Climb’.

In 2005 Outram was awarded two art awards in RBA annual exhibition (The Artist Magazine Award and the Sir William Ramsey School Award).

In addition to annual exhibitions with the RBA Steven Outram has also exhibited frequently with other British Art Societies including the New English Art Club, the Pastel Society and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.

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

Modern Art: Richard Pikesely at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

John Piper was born in 1946 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He moved to Cornwall in 1963.

Cornwall has been a constant source of inspiration for Piper's paintings. He has been profoundly influenced by the Cornish countryside. John's paintings reflect his affinity with such wonderful natural surroundings.

John Piper paintings are always in oils on board or on canvas. A restricted use of colour and an emphasis on line and form, set within the Cornish landscape dominate the paintings. John paintings often have a series of thin glazes applied one upon another. Sometimes earlier drawing is allowed to show through; whilst at other times the painting is deeply scratched and scraped, providing an intensity of depth and colour. At other times, particularly with smaller paintings, paint is applied more opaquely and with less over-drawing.

John Piper has a number of recurrent themes in his paintings including: Moors, cliffs, headlands, fields, coastline, cottages hedges and boundaries. The paintings are full of contrasts and balances. Finely drawn or deeply etched lines are imposed on, or blend into soft blues, greens and ochres. The effect can be sharp or gentle, hard or soft. The paintings have a depth of content and colour but there is much surface work, too. Lines and textures on the surface mean that the work can be perceived at several levels. The image is often stark, even cold, but the treatment is always sympathetic so the end result is one of balance.

John Piper is a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists and the Penwith Society.

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

Mark Preston was born in Derby in 1976. He is the younger member of a well-known artistic family. Mark studied illustration at Anglia University in Cambridge, but it was sketching and painting trips with his father, Rex Preston, to the Peak District, Cornwall and Scotland that really inspired him to become a landscape painter.

Mark Preston has been painting full time as a professional artist since leaving university at the age of 21. He paints in acrylics and works mainly in situ, with relatively little time spent in the studio. He is in his element when working out on location. Frank Ruhrmund, Art Critic, The Cornishman says: “ Mark Preston’s paintings possesses an air of authenticity and are steeped in reality. It is clear to see he is a plein-air artist”

Mark Preston says: “For me experiencing the landscape and weather directly is essential to attempt to capture them in paint; I just need to be there to respond to the situation and the spirit of the landscape.”

Derbyshire and the Penwith area of Cornwall are the main areas which feature in Mark’s paintings. The way that the changing seasons and weather affect these places fascinates him. Although interested in discovering new places, Mark often prefers to get to know somewhere intimately, finding the more familiar he gets with an area, the more he sees in it.

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

Salliann Putman studied contemporary fine art at the West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham between 1988 and 1993 where she obtained an Honours Degree.

In 1997 Salliann Putman was elected an Associate member of the Royal Watercolour Society and a Fellow in 1999. Salliann was elected a member of the New English Art Club in 1999. Her contemporary paintings are now in many public and private art collections worldwide

Salliann says of her contemporary paintings: ‘Subject matter is far less important to me than the abstract quality of the painting itself. I’m preoccupied with colour, light and space and the relationship of these qualities. Although the subject matter, through light and colour may inspire me, in the end it is my emotional response to the paint itself that is all - important.

Many of Salliann Putman paintings begin with a quick drawing. This is an immediate response to the subject which Salliann observes. She then develops the painting from memory with imagination playing an important part.

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

Barbara Richardson was born in 1944. She studied contemporary painting at the Chelsea School of Art between 1975 and 1979. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting.

At Chelsea Art School Barbara Richardson was awarded the Christopher Head Scholarship and represented the college at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters .

Barbara Richardson has exhibited her contemporary paintings regularly at the National Portrait Gallery, Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibitions, New English Art Club, Royal Society of Portrait Painters (Mall Galleries), Royal Institute of Painters in Oil, Royal Society of British Artists , Royal Watercolour Society, and the Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Art competition in 1997, 1998 and 2000.

Barbara Richardson’s contemporary paintings have appeared in numerous press reviews. These include: the Sunday Telegraph, Artist Magazine, RBA Illustrated Catalogue and the RBA Newsletter as well as regional press art features.

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

Liz Ridgway was born in 1964 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Her early art training in drawing and painting came from her father, who was an established artist. Later Ridgway studied at Sutton Coldfield College of Art and in 1986 Liz graduated from Cambridgeshire College of Arts in Art History and Fine Art.

Liz Ridgway takes her inspiration from a range of sources, from 1930s Picasso, the pre-Raphaelites and the paintings she grew up with in Birmingham, especially the work of British Artist Joseph Southall whose art work fills the walls of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Ridgeway aims for a simplicity of composition in her figurative contemporary paintings highlighting the play between the human presence and the flat patterning of the elements around them. She is particularly interested in showing the vulnerability and dignity that coexist in the human face. At times her paintings have a contemplative quality.

Art prizes won by Liz Ridgway include the Tabernacle Art Prize, awarded by the Museum of Modern Art Wales in 1997. She has exhibited at the New English Art Club Annual Show annually since 1999 and was elected a full member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2001.

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

Al Saralis graduated from Newport School of Art in 1977 with an Honours degree in Fine Art.

The human figure has always been Al Saralis primary source of inspiration since early life drawing sessions at Art college. This fascination in the form, structure and movement of the figure continues to be central to Al Saralis’s art work.

Al Saralis paintings are typically a single figure which is stripped of any narrative reference. His figures often communicate a sense of quiet reflection and have an enduring and haunting quality.

In addition to Red Rag Gallery Al Saralis contemporary paintings have been exhibited at a number of British art galleries in group and one-man exhibitions. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Al Saralis artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide

William Selby was born in Yorkshire in 1933. He is the eldest Son of William Selby a Yorkshire coal miner.

Selby followed in his father’s foot steps and for a period worked in Coal Mining. He also worked in the Engineering and Insurance industries, but a love of contemporary painting has been a recurring theme to his career.

A self taught artist William Selby has been painting professionally for a number of years. He paints using oil, acrylic and mixed media. His contemporary paintings demonstrate a strong, bold use of colour and vibrancy, which are developed by applying layer upon layer with painterly brushstrokes.

William Selby is particularly well known for his still life paintings. He positions everyday objects in carefully crafted suspended space producing balance and sustainable interest. Selby’s landscape paintings are full of atmosphere with patchwork fields arranged into a vivid abstract design.

In recent years Selby has emerged as an important name in British Art. His contemporary paintings have created an impressive following and Selby has exhibited at the principal Academies, Institutes and Societies of Arts, where he has won many major art awards and fellowships.

William Selby is an elected member of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Water Colour Society, the Royal Society of British Artists, New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour.

Today William Selby contemporary paintings are in collections worldwide.

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

Ann Shrager was born in London in 1948. She studied art at the Byam Shaw School of Painting and then at the Royal Academy Schools.

Ann Shrager was elected a member of The New English Art Club in 1975. And, since then has participated in numerous modern art shows.

Ann Shrager’s art work is inspired by her various travels. Venice has always been a favourite location. More recently images of India feature predominantly in her contemporary paintings. She successfully captures the beauty and elegance of the country and its people.

There is a quietness about Ann Shrager’s art work. Although colour plays a key part in her paintings there is a subdued softness to her modern art. This coupled with simplicity and space are recurring themes in Ann Shrager paintings, making them enduring modern art pieces.

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

Modern Art: Ann Shrager at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

Dawn Sidoli trained at Northampton School of Art. In 1981 Sidoli was elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy and in 1990 to the prestigious New English Art Club (NEAC)

Dawn Sidoli contemporary paintings have won many British art prizes. These include: Drawing Prize NEAC; Critics Prize NEAC; 1st Prize winner Laing National Painting Competition; Finalist Hunting Art Group National Painting Competition; and The Sunday Times National Watercolour Competition.

Dawn Sidoli contemporary paintings are held in many public British art collections. These include: Royal West of England Art Academy; Avon Art for Schools; West Glamorgan County Council; Cardiff Polytechnic; Cardiff and Salisbury Museums Service; and Hewlett Packard Computers Bristol.

Sidoli paints in oils. Dawn paints landscape, still life, portrait and marine paintings. Much of the inspiration for Sidoli paintings is gained from journeys around the British Isles, although more recently she has undertaken a series of paintings featuring Irish Landscapes.

Dawn Sidoli paintings are undertaken in a very delicate, but painterly style. Broad confident brush strokes are a feature of her art. L S Lowry has been an influence on Dawn Sidoli paintings – and she has chosen to limit herself to the same five colours so loved by Lowry. As a result her paintings are instant recognizable with a subdued and muted colour range which is so admired by fellow British artists.

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

British artist Norman Smith was born in 1949. He studied Art and Design in Bristol

After an initial career in teaching Norman Smith became a full time artist in 1987. Norman’s art work is predominantly pastel, a medium which is suited to the use of strong and gentle colour to depict the changing moods of the landscape. Norman’s technique is to apply solid patches of pure colour in thick layers that create a heavy textured effect, treating this medium much like oil paint.

Coastal and marine subjects are favourites of Norman Smith. He is attracted to the different challenges and tremendous variety of colour and constant movement. Recently Norman Smith has reassessed his approach by concentrating on new and restricted palettes, together with an attempt to develop a stronger more vibrant image. This has led to the greater use of oils as a medium to further this approach.

Paintings from Norman Smith are available at the Red Rag Art Gallery in Bath.

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

Modern Art: Norman Smith at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

Richard Sorrell was born in 1948 into a family of artists. Both his parents were successful artists and as a young artist Sorrell initially studied art at Walthamstow Art School and then Kingston College of Art. This was followed by a period of time at the Royal Academy of Art Schools.

Since completing his training at the Royal Academy of Art Richard Sorrell has spent his entire career as a full time professional artist. Along the way Richard has won a number of British art awards and accolades for his contemporary paintings.

Richard Sorrell was elected to the Royal Watercolour Society in 1975, the Royal Society of British Artists in 1988 and the New English Art Club in 1995. Richard was appointed Governor of the Mall Galleries and more recently Sorrell was appointed President of the Royal Watercolour Society.

Richard Sorrell’s contemporary art work is divided into objective, descriptive painting featuring landscapes, still life and his imaginative figurative subjects. His objective is to make strong images which people will respond to immediately but not tire of easily.

Alfred Stockham was born in 1933. He began to study art when he was twenty-seven following six years in the Royal Navy. He spent three years at Camberwell School of Art followed by three years at the Royal College of Art.

Between 1966 and 1967 Alfred Stockham became a Rome Scholar and after a one year appointment as Granada Arts Fellow at the University of York he taught at Bristol Polytechnic in the Faculty of Art Media & Design from 1968- 1988. Between 1987 and 1988 he became Head of Fine Art at Bristol.

Alfred Stockham's art works are in art collections throughout the world. Notable British public art collections include Bradford City Museum, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Greater London Council, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and York City Art Gallery.

Citing influences on his work he acknowledges that 150 years of modern painting has

Alfred Stockham's small landscapes glow with a colour and light which seems uniquely his own. He works slowly and intensely in his studio on groups of small paintings which emerge gradually until he is satisfied that he has added the perfect touch. Citing influences on his work he acknowledges that 150 years of modern painting has played a significant part in his development as an artist.

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

Modern Art: Alfred Stockham at Red Rag Gallery

George Underwood was born in 1947. George joined Beckenham Art School in 1963.

At art school George Underwood became more and more interested in music. As a result he pursued a career in the music world. Along with life long friend David Bowie he made one record (The King Bees ) and also a solo record under the name Calvin James.

George Underwood returned to art studies and then worked in design studios as an illustrator. Initially he specialised in fantasy, horror and science fiction book covers. He also completed art work for Pye Records and the New English Library.Over this period George produced literally thousands of book covers, LP and CD covers, advertisements, portraits and drawings.

Many of George Underwood colleagues in the music business asked him to do paintings for them. This led to George becoming a freelance artist. Art work for the first T Rex album and later David Bowie’s Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust album covers established him as a leading and creative art illustrator.

At the start of the 1970’s George Underwood started painting in oils. His paintings were influenced by the Viennese School – Ernst Fuchs, Rudolph Hausner and Eric Brauer contemporary visionaries like Breughel and Bosh. He was fascinated by their mix of fantasy and realism.

George Underwood paintings are held in many private art collections. One of his art collectors, David Bowie, says: ‘George has, over the years, refined his work to the point where I would put him among the top figurative painters coming out of the UK right now. There’s a sublime isolation surrounding his subjects that really touches the viewer, the figures being both heroic and vulnerable simultaneously. There’s a timeless element in the choice of subject matter that overlaps with the mythical world of Odd Nerdrum, say. Now that a huge shift to painting is taking place, I would expect to see George’s name pushed further and further to the front’.

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

Since graduating from Sunderland University Kate Van Suddese has exhibited her paintings in a wide range of contemporary art galleries throughout the North of England and in London and Edinburgh.

Kate’s striking contemporary paintings show a debt to Turner and the impressionists. ‘I have been influenced throughout my painting career to a great extent by the wonderful light and drama in Turner’s paintings and by the use of light and freedom of brushwork epitomised by The Impressionists. I admire the beauty and iridescence captured by the Pre–Raphaelites and the drama of Expressionism. In all, the interest in beauty, light and other worldliness, where the mundane becomes extraordinary and the familiar becomes surreal.’

Kate Van Suddese has been working on a series of paintings called ‘Sea Senses’ for a number of years and the sea remains an ever fascinating subject. The oils range in size from large scale to very small scale pieces both equally powerful. She describes the sea is a wonderful catalyst for every emotion experienced. Van Suddese is continually trying to capture the drama and light embodied in the physical presence of this immense body of water and its relationship to the land and sky.

’ I strive to capture the mystical sense between the sea, land and observer, the ever changing swirls of moods and response and the contrast of finite and infinite. Beauty, light, power and drama is everything, to transform the ordinary into something magical and extraordinary is all.’

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

Gary Walton was born in Worcester in 1962.

From an early age Gary Walton discovered that he had a natural gift for painting. Throughout Gary’s school days he excelled at art and his unique style began to develop.

Gary Walton’s paintings communicate a magical almost dreamlike quality. His art work is often whimsical, romantic and happy. Inspiration for much of Gary’s landscape paintings is inspired by the art works of Salvadour Dali.

Gary Walton’s unusual paintings are a combination of the artist’s graphic ability and his highly creative artistic side. Walton’s latest paintings depict day-to-day landscapes of buildings, coastlines and trains in a quirky and enchanting way.

Gary Walton’s art work has been exhibited in New York and Hong Kong. His work is keenly sought after and he now has a growing following of both UK and International art collectors.

Tom Wanless is a well- known contemporary Northern Artist and tutor whose career in art extends over 40 years.

Wanless was educated at Washington Grammar School and completed his training as a teacher at Bede College, Durham University. After serving with the RAEC in Kenya he studied at Sunderland College of Art where he was greatly influenced by artist Harry Thubron.

Since retiring from his post as Principal Lecturer and Co-ordinator for Creative Arts at Leeds Polytechnic in 1989 Tom Wanless has been a full- time artist and regular exhibitor at the Mall Galleries.

Tom Wanless contemporary paintings have gained art awards with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Society of British Artists.

Tom Wanless paintings have been selected for final exhibitions of the Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour on seven occasions.

Tom Wanless paintings are in public, private and corporate collections in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and North America. These include: American Bankers MBNA, Provident Financial plc, The Paintings in Hospitals Group, Leeds City Council and the Brighton Pier Trust. Tom Wanless contemporary paintings have also been reproduced in many art publications including October 2005 International Artist.

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

Emrys Williams was born in Liverpool in 1958. He moved to wales in 1959 and later studied art at Slade School of Fine Art, London.

Emrys Williams paintings are very distinctive. Frequently he draws upon memories spent immersed in the marine scenes of Britain, Italy and France. The result is often paintings which evoke an almost nostalgic 1950s feel from paintings which communicate a wispy daydream like quality. The texture of the paintings remind the viewer of the calm sunshine of British summers and also the definite sun rays of the Continent.

Using the combination of memories and imagination Emrys creates a very personal world in his paintings. Recurring themes are silent mysterious characters huddled under umbrellas hovering at the edge of the pictures. Lighthouses, trains, and distant boats and ships are all part of the basic vocabulary of his paintings, which form part of the narrative set within coastal scenes which are familiar to him.

Emrys says: "A lot of my work is based on the sea-side as a way of exploring our memories and past especially as the sea tends to bring an introspective side to people's nature. My art explores personal imagery derived from the seaside of the North Wales coast and travels further afield. I am interested in the subjective nature of experience and recollection.”

Emrys Williams was elected to the RCA in 1997. His paintings are now held in many public and private collections including: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and Government Art Collection.

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Bruce Yardley was born in 1962. Although he produced his first oil painting whilst at school in the 1970’s he trained as an historian at the universities of Bristol and Oxford before joining the wine trade, first in retail, then as a freelance writer.

Bruce Yardley has been painting full-time since 1996. He paints exclusively in oils, working in the impressionist tradition. His subject matters are varied, but figures feature predominantly. Recurring themes to his contemporary paintings are cityscapes such as London, Venice, New York and Bath, still life, interiors, and figurative studies. Uniting all his work is a fascination with the varied effects of light, whether it is the crisp sun of an English autumn, the cushioning glow of the Venetian lagoon, or the sparkling duplications of wet and dry reflections.

Writing in ‘The Artist’ Oliver Lange observed: “Bruce Yardley’s strengths lie in confident brushwork, subtle colouring, firmly differentiated tones and convincing compositions, but perhaps where he succeeds most of all is the ability to offer teasingly restrained quality that suggests or evokes rather than painstakingly describes”

Bruce Yardley is an associate member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI). He has had many one-man art shows, mainly around London, and exhibits regularly at various British Art Galleries and abroad. As well as having a profiles published in The Artist and Leisure Painter, Bruce has won the Menena Joy Schwabe Memorial Award for work exhibited at the ROI annual exhibition, December 2000.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Bruce Yardley artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Art: Bruce Yardley at Red Rag Gallery in Bath