Artist of the Week - Diane Jennings

This week, we have Diane Jennings as our Artist of the Week. Diane says: "love to paint bright, bold paintings to brighten any wall and I also paint quieter,calmer, more relaxing paintings too!
If you would like to see ANY of my work in more detail please get in touch and I will email you close ups of the work.

I am at my happiest when creating art,to see the painting develop before me is exciting each and every time!

To be creative is the very essence of who I am and it is my passion "

As well as creating her own portfolio of work, Diane also teaches people to paint in her very popular classes called 'Painting My Way' . She is a Professional Associate of the SAA (Society for All Artists) which means she carries their endorsement as a tutor and demonstrator.
To have a look at Diane's art, click HERE
(There's a link to Diane's "Painting My Way" website on the page if you're interested in her painting classes)

Artist of The Week - Amanda Hunt

This week, Amanda Hunt is our new Artist of the Week.

Amanda is a contemporary Artist who has a real passion for all forms of painting and drawing.

She paints from her studio in the Berkshire countryside and started exhibiting her work in the summer of 2005.

Since then Amanda’s work has been attracting international attention as well as considerable interest throughout the UK. To date her paintings have been bought by collectors in America, Canada, South Africa and Singapore as well throughout Europe and the UK. Amanda also accepts regular commissions.

Being a lover of all things sky, I particularly like this painting....it's a calming sunset scene from the Algonquin National Park in North East Canada with fir trees silhouetted in the still water.

Click HERE to see more of Amanda's work on Affordable British Art

This week, we have Gaynor Henaghan as Artist of the Week. Gaynor paints both contemporary and more traditional pieces, depending on the mood and what is influencing her at the time! Her main inspiration is colour, light and structure, although ideas often come from the most unexpected places - from facial expressions to the spoken word.
Gaynor works a great deal with texture as it gives a whole new dimension to the artwork itself - capturing the visual aspect but also making you want to touch it.
The painting featured here, is an original pastel painting of a scene from the beautiful Greek town of Parga.
To see more of Gaynor's work click HERE

Artist of The Week - Rosie Harper

This week's Artist of the Week is Rosie Harper. Rosie is a published professional British artist, living and working in New Zealand. She is best known for her amazing Art Deco style paintings....a stunning example of which I have posted here. Rosie's work was published in Society Magazine in USA in 2005 on 3 occasions with her art as their front cover. She works in a mainly Art Deco style with some Art Nouveau and Surrealism mixed in for good measure and tends to go for bright and colourful with lots of detail rather than dark and sombre. Most of her pieces are large and are meant to own any wall they are placed upon. On average, these artworks take anything from 3 months to a year to complete as most are created in oil. The process also involves sketching the idea in Silverpoint and then applying the paint in layers, allowing the paint to dry thoroughly to enable a protective coat of varnish to be applied at the end.
If you would like to see more of Rosie's paintings, click HERE