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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sophie Harding grew up by the sea in Dorset and was encouraged to draw and paint throughout her childhood by her artistic family.

Sophie Harding’s career started early and she has been selling her paintings since the age of sixteen. After graduating from Central St Martin's in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Andrew Macara was born in Derbyshire in 1944.

Although ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...