Artist of the Week - William John Ian Greenwood

Artist of the Week - William John Ian Greenwood

W. J Greenwood was born in Newry Co Down in 1946. He has also spent, quite a considerable amount of his life in and around the Mediterranean area, particularity Southern Spain.

This influence can be seen quite clearly in his work by the use of bold vivid colours. Another great influence which can be seen in his work, is the twelve years he spent in the show-business world, having been involved in the International Club business, he has many stories relating to famous stage artists like P J Proby, Solomon King of “She wears my Ring fame”, and Freddie, of Freddie and the Dreamers to name but a few.

Professionally trained he cites the famous Dutch painter / Sculpture Jits Bakker who he met and became friends with in Southern Spain, as the greatest influence on his life in relation to art.
Bakker’s art and sculptures, decorate many cities in the Netherlands but also far beyond Holland to name a few, Mexico, Portugal, America and Germany.
His exhibitions have graced the Laren Singer Museum. The National Museum of fine Arts in La Valetta Malta among many others.

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Artist of the Week - Maureen Greenwood

Artist of the Week - Maureen Greenwood

"Solitude" by Maureen Greenwood

Maureen Greenwood was born and educated in Dublin. She came to London in the early sixties and has lived in Stanmore, Middlesex, since 1965.
From early childhood she has been interested in painting and in 1988 she gave up her full time job to devote her time to art.Although she has attended art courses at various colleges, including The Camden School of Art, Stanmore College, Hendon College and The Harrow Arts Centre, she is fundamentally a self-taught artist.She had her first public exhibition at the Stanmore Library in 1991 where her exhibits covered a broad spectrum of subjects in which she has used a variety of painting media.

Her work is represented by Galleries in the South of England and has been sold in Art Fairs and Exhibitions throughout the country.Maureen`s vibrant interpretation of semi-abstract landscapes, seascapes and skies shows her great love of colour.

Maureen also enjoys working in mixed media using different textures and collage, adding colour to create exciting effects and is always on the lookout for new ideas.Her other interests include photography and gardening, both hobbies assist in formulating her ideas for new paintings.She has travelled extensively in Europe where she derives inspiration for further paintings. She has been successful in selling her work in many places, including France, Italy, Ireland and South Africa.

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Artist of the Week - June Green

Artist of the Week - June Green

"Roses and Butterflys" by June Green

June Green is a self taught artist and calligrapher. She worked as a professional calligrapher for five years along side a wedding photographer, before her children were born. Now her children are grown up, she can devote more time to painting. Jean says:

"My favourite art is Chinese brush painting, Japanese Sumi-e painting and last but not least, Trompe L'oeil. I try to incoporate a flavour of these styles into my paintings, working mainly in Acrylics as I find this medium to be so versitile. All my paintings feature my first name signed in Chinese, to symbolise my love of eastern art."

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Artist of the Week - Audrey Greaves

Artist of the Week - Audrey Greaves

"Blackie & Tulips" by Audrey Greaves

Audrey Greaves is a professional Artist living and working in West Yorkshire. She began painting seriously in 1992 after joining an Art Club. Audrey enjoys painting landscapes, flowers, wild life, portraits, pet portraits, abstract and naive paintings. Audrey says:

"At the moment I am painting a few still lifes in oils. My inspiration is found in the English landscape as well as scenes from abroad. I am also inspired by flowers in my own garden as well as parks and gardens that I visit and life in general. I paint in oils, acrylics, watercolour and mixed media."

The painting shown is entitled "Blackie & Tulips" and is a painting of Audrey's own cat, Blackie, looking out the window as the world passes by.

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Artist of the Week - Paul Dixon

Artist of the Week - Paul Dixon

"Heading For Campo S.Maria Formosa" by Paul Dixon

Paul is a professional artist who 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.

Artist of the Week - Helen Davison

Artist of the Week

"Red Rocks" by Helen Davison

Helen Davison is a professional artist who lives and works in East Yorkshire. Helen paints mainly abstract and semi-abstract representations of various subject matter. Her preferred medium is acrylic paint, usually on canvas, although she also uses watercolour from time to time.
The painting shown above, entitled "Red Rocks" is an acrylic semi-abstract landscape painting inspired by the rock formations around Sedona and the Grand Canyon in the US. The layers of paint have been applied mainly with a palette knife to add depth and texture.

Helen's artistic endeavours also extend to small decorative trinket boxes and notepad holders which she decorates, and to Amateur Dramatics.

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Artist of the Week - Ros Callander

Artist of the Week - Ros Callander

Evening Reflections II by Ros Callander

Ros Callander is a professional, contemporary Scottish artist living and working from her home on the coast in rural Aberdeenshire. She paints mainly sunset paintings, seascapes and landscapes and her art has been described as “arresting and atmospheric”. Ros occasionally does portraiture, however her main love is nature and it’s influences on her native Scotland. Ros’s work, which is still very affordable, is increasing in popularity, often leading to waiting lists for her commissioned pieces.
Ros says:
"Being witness to rugged coastal scenery, stunning sunsets, sunrises and the breathtakingly beautiful Aurora is inspiration for many of my paintings, and I love to inject warmth, light and atmosphere into my work.

I feel very privileged to know that a piece of art which I have poured my heart and soul into creating, finds it's own place in the hearts of others"

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Artist of the Week - Tony Broadbent

Artist of the Week - Tony Broadbent

Abstract S.21 by Tony Broadbent

Painting for 46 years, Tony Broadbent is self-taught. No practising as a semi-professional artist, his work is widely collected and sought after. Tony is one of our longest-standing artists and never fails to please and surprise with his series works, one of the latest of which can be seen above.
Tony says:
"Primarily I'm interested in colour and form as well as the abstract, representation of theme and/or angst. 
My larger pieces do command significant prices and reflect the work involved, committment to maintain standards and parity with works already sold to the private Collector.

Large or small commissions accepted, co-orporate work always welcome as well as assistance in providing/planning towards thematic exhibitions or constructs."

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


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Artist of the Week - Angela Arnold

Artist of the Week - Angela Arnold

Showery Day, St Andrews by Angela Arnold

 Showery Day, St Andrews is a 'mood picture' by Angela Arnold. It depicts a small separate beach just south of the West Sands in St Andrews. Angela is a professional artist working from her studio on coastal Kinneff in Aberdeenshire. Angela will be participating in North east open Studios again this year. Details can be found on the NEOS website. (Google "NEOS").

Angela says:

"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. You will find my paintings work especially well in larger/modern rooms, with a bit of distance and space."

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Artist of the Week - Jeannie Zelos

Artist of the Week

Artist of the Week - Jeannie Zelos

This week we have Jeannie Zelos as our Artist of the Week. Jeannie was born and still live in North Norfolk where beautiful scenery full of traditional woodlands, vast beaches and huge skies provide endless inspiration for her varied work. 

Jeannie says: 

"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. With the encaustics I seek 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."

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