Artist of the Week - Michelle Gibbs

This week we have Michelle Gibbs as our Artist of the Week. Michelle says of her work:
"Art is my life, and always has been. I have a GNVQ in advanced art and design, and a degree in Interior Design. Painting from a studio at home, I tend to be working on several projects simultaneously. Often returning to a piece trying something new and inspiring. Each design has something different and unique about it, making it a one off.
I have travelled the world, visiting inspiring places such as New York, Australia, Fiji, Thailand, Singapore, and New Zealand. Many of my inspirations are evident in my work. Colours mimic a time or a place.
From the blues and greens of the great barrier reef in Australia, to the orange and reds of the Fijian sunsets, travelling has brought vibrancy and energy into my work, through the unique combinations of colour and texture I am able to express my experiences and share them in a contemporary and abstract form. It is my aim to transform a space from a basic and simple room, into one filled with energy, inspiration, dedication and light.

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Artist of the Week - Trevor Ferguson

Trevor Ferguson is our current Artist of the week. Trevor says:
"I was born & brought up on the north east coast of England but now live in West Yorkshire.
Having had a number of careers in the past – engineering draughtsman, bank official, school teacher and even some time in the military (Parachute Regiment) I am now able to indulge in my passion for painting which has now become my full time occupation – that and framing my own works and those of fellow artists.
I work nowadays in Alkyd oil which I find suits my style – acrylics dry too quickly for me and regular oils don’t let me get on with a piece as quickly as I would like.
I am fascinated by people – faces and postures.
I create scenes and pictures by using a number of photographs for inspiration & reference – moving people around until I can compose a layout which tells a story and maybe with some humour and lots of new things to find at each viewing of the painting.
My aim is to achieve realism while at the same time creating a scene or picture which may or may not exist in real life. Many of my works are based on French life.
My love of human faces prompts me to paint portraits – again using photographs – either supplied by clients or taken by myself I try to capture the character & personality of the sitter.
I have learned a lot by studying the techniques of the old masters and in some ways by trying to emulate them – I feel I might be half way there – the old part anyway – not too sure about the master part though.
My animal portraits are treated in the same way."

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Artist of the Week - Paul Dixon

This week we have Paul Dixon as our Artist of the week. Paul paints in most media - oils, watercolours, acrylics and pastels and never one to feel pigeon-holed, tackles most subjects - landscape, seascape, cityscape, portraiture, still life, fantasy, surrealism and abstract.

He has previously exhibited at the Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull, the Leeds City Art Gallery, Y.T.V. Studios, Leeds, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds and the Art Shows at Ilkley where he was a prize winning artist who was elected a Companion of the International Guild of Artists. He was a regular exhibitor at the Valley Gardens Art Exhibitions in Harrogate and the Original Art Exhibitions at Addingham, Nr Ilkley, West Yorkshire. He has also had two paintings reproduced as limited edition prints.

He has completed various commissions in landscape and portraiture and has work in private collections as far afield as Italy, Germany, America and Canada.

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Artist of the Week - Helen Davison

This time we have Helen Davison as our Artist of the Week. Helen is a professional, exhibiting artist from East Yorkshire. She specialises in Acrylic abstract paintings and also crafts beautiful little hand-made trinket boxes.
The painting shown is entitled "3 Wise Men And An Interloper" and is an abstract expressionist painting rendered in the 3 primary colours with outlines in black. It is influenced by Picasso's painting "The Three Dancers" and Helen says:
" In this painting, I have used the three primary colours in order to represent the 3 different elements in this painting. However, as the painting progressed, I noticed another "figure" appeared in thebackground so I decided to use him as well! "

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Artist of the Week - Tony Broadbent

This week, we have Tony Broadbent as our Artist of the week.

Tony Broadbent is a Contemporary Artist who paints mainly abstract, figurative and traditional art in all media. His work is best displayed on plain colour large expanse walls and is suitable for both minimalist and featured positioning. Tony's work is fast becoming highly collectible and has been recognised as a departure from the mundane.The painting shown above is titled: "In a minute"

Tony says:

This painting is one of a series I did which has been themed as Abstract Internalism.

One of only a few remaining and different to abstract expressionism........ where the actual action of painting donates the mood of the art in action - this way is the anti-thesis where the mood is none violent, overly expressive but the opposite, quiet, reflective, internal - perhaps a mood of peace, solitude and calm which transfers the mood in a different way, easier on the eye and feel to the observer."

' Art is in the mind, I just, set the mood '

Please enjoy....and to see more of Tony's work on the Affordable British Art gallery, click HERE

Artist of the Week - Dani Bergson

Our Artist of the week, this week is Dani Bergson.
Dani Says: "I grew up in North london in the seventies. As a child I loved all the Arts and knew that eventually I would pursue a career either performing or painting. I was especially fond of drawing plants and animals and would spend many hours in my back garden sketching flowers and the family cats.

I started my formal training at Middlesex University in London where I completed a Foundation course in Art and Design. I then proceeded to The University of Central England in Birmingham to study for a degree in Printed Textiles.
I graduated with Honours in 1996 and moved to Bournemouth for my first professional job as a Textile Designer at Monkwell Fabrics. After gaining 2 years useful studio experience I landed a job with Osborne & Little in London designing wallpapers and upholstery fabrics. Working for such a well known and prestigious furnishing company was fantastic and I learnt how to express myself through colour, texture and pattern.
In 2000 I took the bold step of becoming a freelance artist and illustrator to pursue my first love, painting. Most of my artwork is commissioned for publication as greeting cards, though I have also illustrated children’s books, prints, posters, and wrapping paper. My original artwork has been displayed for sale in several galleries throughout the UK.
My relationship with Washington Green started in 2003 through their greeting card company. I have since designed three ranges of cards for them as well as several posters and Limited Edition Prints. I have sold numerous canvas originals and worked on bespoke pieces for individual clients.
I more recently designed a range of 12 paintings with end use as Calenders/Cards and books. I have had a few years out having children. My most recent pieces are highly decorative contemporary Indian inspired Elephants. I hope you enjoy my work and please contact me directly for more info or PRIVATE COMMISSIONS."

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Artist of the Week - Melanie Barrett

This week we have Melanie Barrett as our Artist of the Week.
After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2003, Melanie went on to obtain a Masters in Painting from Wimbledon School of Art in 2004. Since then she has been continuing to paint and draw, focusing on portraiture, and in particular the narrative within painting. She has taught Art in schools in Mexico and Uganda, and to date has exhibited in various venues in Newcastle, Hackney, Kings Cross, the Discerning Eye Exhibition 2003, London Art Fair 2005, and in Glasgow for the regional finals of Channel Five's Big Art Competition.

Melanie says: "I am fascinated by the drama that can be created by the interplay of light and dark within a composition, and am preoccupied with recreating the beauty that can be captured in fleeting moments of every day life.
My work is heavily influenced by photography and I take inspiration from the work of Sickert, Degas and more recently, Tim Gardner."

Melanie now lives in County Durham with her husband Lewis, daughter Lily-Ann, and baby Daniel.

All paintings have Royal Mail Special Delivery included in the marked price.

Commissions available at a range of prices, painted from life or photographs- please contact the Artist direct for further details or a quote.

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Artist of the Week - Tina Ashton

This week our Artist of the Week is Tina Ashton. At the age of 39 Tina gave up her then career in administration, to returned to full time education in Art and Design. Creating art and particularly painting again was a “very personal and emotional awakening” she recollects, and indeed she hopes it is just the beginning of a long creative journey.
In 2003 Tina was proud to win the prestigious Malcolm Kendal Award in recognition of her talented contribution towards a motivated and artistic awareness. In the years to follow Tina went on to exhibit her work regularly across the UK, amongst them several solo exhibitions and a group exhibition at one of London’s Cork Street Galleries.

During the past 10 years much of Tina’s collection of work has been dominated by her modern portraiture in Acrylic. These bold, colourful portraits of today’s woman have proved very successful for her, although they are constantly evolving and are just a small part of a much wider body of work these days.

More recently, from her studio on the edge of the Buckinghamshire countryside, Tina has been painting on the theme of Love and Romance and her collection of semi-abstract paintings inspired by Lovers has been selling to private and corporate collectors across the world. Tina has a love of all things romantic and particularly old black and white movies which has fed and inspired this series of work, although the strong colours and loose fluidity of these new works are a much more modern statement. “I believe one of the greatest challenges for an artist is to display on canvas the special and intimate moments that lovers share and I hope that I go some way towards achieving that” Says Tina.

I particularly love the one shown above....entitled "Pink Meets Blue".....at first glance it looks like an imaginative, organic abstract work, yet on closer inspection, the true nature and passion of the work is discovered.

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Artist of the Week - Angela Arnold

Angela Arnold is this weeks Artist of the week. Angela is a full time professional Artist working from her studio at home in rural Scotland. I particularly like this view of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Angela says:

"I started out as a writer, with two books published (on psychological astrology, which I also practise), as well as occasional poetry. For thirteen years I ran a smallholding in Aberdeenshire, and then worked for several years as a hands-on garden designer. So I came to painting a bit later in life, and I'm self-taught - as much by design as default: I just love experimenting and discovering my own techniques. Painting to me is a challenge, a journey, and each work seems to proceed along its own path, often taking me by surprise.
I have been painting in South Aberdeenshire since 2001, inspired by the local land- and seascape: the view of big skies and changeable seas from the cliffs of coastal Kinneff, where I live, or the deep red earth of the Mearns.
In my paintings I try to capture both stillness and motion (often linked with the emotion evoked) – and maybe these are not so much opposites as two sides of the same coin, seeking the core of the subject. I also produce vibrant abstracts and most recently I have been experimenting with stark bl/wh, rather minimalist, painting.
A lot of my work is done in acrylic on board, rather than on canvas, calling for a different kind of technique. I have developed a method of mounting board on an integral frame and the finished product looks like a box canvas, with painted sides, ready to hang - or to frame, if you wish."

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Artist of the Week - Jeannie Zelos

This week Jeannie Zelos is our Artist of the Week. I have chosen this image of Jeannies as it is full of the promise of Summer - when the Sunflowers are growing rapidly and beaming out their golden colours to warm the soul.
Jeannie says :
"I was born and still live in North Norfolk; beautiful scenery full of traditional woodlands, vast beaches and huge skies. Why move?!
I've been painting for a number of years now and extending my repertoire of materials as time progresses and I delve further into the world of art.I describe my style as naive, and myself as a Colourist. My work has very vibrant colour ranges, often not what you would expect but it works!
Art can be a solitary pursuit and since 2006 I've been running a free arts forum for artists and people interested in art, just type my name and forum into google and you'll find it. I've learned so much from other artists there, and hopefully we have all benefited from contact with others.
I paint in a variety of mediums from watercolours through to encaustic, a method used over 2,000 years ago. For me art is a journey and by not restricting myself to one media I have the freedom to take my art to a range of possibilities. Over the last few years I have extended my experience via personal study and professional tuition and now use watercolours, soft pastels, oil pastels, acrylics, oils, and latest is the encaustic (beeswax) paints. I'm currently using the encaustics most of the while, seeking to reach the very essence of the subject through pure abstraction, and find that the beeswax - maybe because its such an organic material- works really well for this.
My work is becoming more sought after with sales both home and abroad. It can be seen on several websites and by appointment at my studio. Please remember it's a working studio ( read: untidy!) - not a gallery and it would be helpful if you could indicate both the subject matter or medium and price range you are interested in, then I can arrange to have these ready for viewing. Please email me if you wish for an appointment."

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