Greeting cards in the initial Mistletoe House range are reproductions of images taken from work by the following artists:
Click on the artists picture to go to their full showcase of work.
A.(Alfred) Trevor Crispin
Alfred Trevor Crispin (British, 1822 – 1892) was a Senior Treasury Clerk at Whitehall, who with his wife, Sarah Jane, designed this frontispiece for an edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Printed in 1873 by R. Clay, sons & Taylor.
Adele Howitt
Hornsea Potter (1949-2000) produced some of the most iconic table and homeware collections of the Twentieth Century. Today, Adele Howitt, a ceramic artist, has kept the Hornsea Pottery flag flying by developing the art trail around the town entitled "Potter about Hornsea". Designs are inspired by the 1970s homeware collections. Instagram @CornflowerandSaffrom
Alison Ingram
Alison Ingram - BA (Hons) -started her painting career as a traditional wildlife artist but soon developed a semi-abstract style. She produces distinctive and colourful interpretations of the wildlife she encounters. Alison is a member of the Society of Animal Artists and has paintings in the only wildlife gallery in the Netherlands - Kunstgalerie Oog Voos Natuur. She lives in rural West Sussex. https://www.alisoningram.co.uk/
Ambrose Hynes
Composition, colour & contrast drive the photography of Ambrose. This is an example of his broad portfolio of work. With a heritage drawn from County Wicklow, Swansea & the Black Country, he now lives in the Welsh Marches. Enquiries via Mistletoe House.
Amy Diener
Amy is a Bangkok based artist from New York. She specialises in dot paintings inspired by colours on her travels. She studied Art & Education at the State University of New York at New Paltz and has exhibited in New York, Thailand, Dubai, Singapore and Germany. She was selected as the American artist ambassador for the International Women’s Art Exhibition in Dubai. www.amydiener.com Instagram: @amydienerpaintings
Andrew Seaby
Andrew Seaby makes relief prints from both wood & lino. He is influenced by the beautiful, woodblock colour prints made by the Japanese and fish are a particular focus for his work. He lives in the Cotswolds and has contributed to many exhibitions organised by The Society of Wood Engravers. www.woodengravers.co.uk
Angela Brittain SWA
A narrative artist who paints idiosyncratic pictures from imagination. Design conscious in their composition whilst communicating subtle meanings. Angela is inspired by unspoken communication. As only a small amount of our interaction between living things is verbal, a great deal is communicated through gestures and body language.
Diploma in Art and Design, Epsom School of Art. Elected Member of the Society of Women Artists.
www.angelabrittain.co.uk
Anna Wilson Patterson
Anna's current paintings explore her fascination with the haunting coastal landscape of South East England. Her gestures of adding, dragging and remocing paint imitate the natural world, the tidal ebb and flow, the movement of clouds and wind. She exhibits in the UK and her work is held in private collections around the world.
She has a BA Honours Degree in the History of Design and a Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education. She lives in East Sussex.
Anne Bignall
Originally from Suffolk, Anne has lived in the Orkney islands since 2007. here her work is inspired by the natural world and in particular, the lives of animals and their connections to eachother and the environment. Initially studying Fine Art at Sunderland University, Anne went on to gain a Natural Science degree and MSc in Marine Resources.
Annie Broadley
Annie Broadley is one of Scotland’s most exciting and insightful painters. Prestigious artist Paul Martin describes her work as having “a profound and beautiful intensity”.
She has a deep love and respect for nature and the world around her, so what interests and inspires Annie to paint, usually belongs in the natural world.
Annie takes as much pleasure in painting the richness and wonder she sees in small natural things, as the magnificent grandeur witnessed in her Antarctica subjects.
She regularly exhibits in the well-known galleries across Scotland and is often published in the media.
Annie’s studio is In Edinburgh where she lives with her husband and two rescue dogs.
https://anniebroadley.com/
Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939)
Arthur Rackham (British, 1867 - 1939) was a book illustrator who trained at the Lambeth School of Art. He is well known for bringing the fantasies of myths and fables to life in his colour blended watercolour illustrations.
Audrey Bradley
Audrey Bradley is an artist and art tutor from the Radnor Valley, in the Welsh Marches. She is inspired by the ever changing light, colour & forms around her in the landscape. Paintings are in a variety of media including: watercolour, oil, pastel & ink. Collages & prints are also found in her portfolio.
Annie Mitra
Annie Mitra grew up in Highgate, North London. She studied art in both Paris and New York, where she earned her BA from Parson’s School of Design. Annie has both written and illustrated several children’s books and now lives in London where she paints full-time. She is a member of Barnes Artists.
Website: www.anniemitra.art
Instagram: annie_mitra_art
Bob Guy SWE ( 1947 – 2023 )
Bob was an artist, illustrator and printmaker who studied painting and printmaking at Kingston University. He specialised in wood engraving and was elected a Member of the Society of Wood Engravers in 2010. Although exhibiting internationally, his passion was enhancing a good community spirit via his art in his home area of the Cain Valley in mid Wales.
www.artistsbooksonline.com
Brandon Yen
Brandon is a watercolourist based in Essex. Born and brought up in Taiwan, where he trained in fine art, he went on to study English Literature at Cambridge. His work explores nature’s various textures, as well as the cultural and historical associations of plants and landscapes.
Instagram: @bccyen
Brontë Woodruff
Brontë Woodruff is a rural artist drawing inspiration from the dramatic landscape of the Welsh Marches, where she lives. Her preference is to work with natural materials such as Van Dyck crystals, earth pigments, charcoal & graphite, although good use is made of acrylic paint.
www.artslant.com
www.h-art.herefordshire.gov.uk
Bryan Poole RE
Bryan Poole is a Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) and a RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Gold Medal winner. His work is true to the 17th Century intaglio etching technique to which he brings a strong, contemporary, graphic feel. He is a Kew Gardens trained “modern classicist” & Chelsea Flower Show perennial.
www.etchart.co.uk
Cally Conway
Cally is a linocut printmaker born and raised in London where she currently resides. Her interest in printmaking developed on her Fine Art degree course at Kingston University, and in postgraduate studies at the Univeristy of the Arts. She currently works from her home studio, exploring her interest in the flora, fauna and folklore of the British Isles. Her influences range from William De Morgan to Medieval Illuminted Manuscripts. Cally is a member of People of Print and The Association of Illustrators.
Catherine Robinson
Catherine Robinson is an artist printmaker from rural Kent, specialising in etching, linocut, woodcut, and collages made from her own recycled prints and printed papers. She draws inspiration from the constantly changing cycles of the natural world and her observation of the fascinating individuality of human nature. She has a fine art degree from Canterbury Christ Church University, and exhibits in solo and group shows in the UK and in Europe.
www.catherinerobinsonprintmaker.co.uk
Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson(1870-1937) was a British book illustrator and painter who studied at the Highbury Scool of Art in London before being taken on as an apprentice at a lithographic printers. here he studied part time at West London Art Scool and Heatherleys School of Art.
Influenced by the Art Nouveau movement, he held membership of the Royal Institute of Painting in Water Colours and the London Sketch Club.
Chris Corish
Chris is an anglo-welsh artist based in mid-Wales. He graduated with both a BA in Fine Arts from Aberystwyth University and an MA in Museum Studies at University of Leeds. His painting style is abstract geometric realism drawing inspiration from local landscapes and buildings. He has successfully exhibited throughout Wales and in the English border region.
www.chriscorish.com
Instagram @ChrisCorishArt
Christopher McColl
Scottish artist and illustrator Christopher McColl graduated with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art and he has been a Member of the Association of Illustrators. He works in a wide range of media including watercolours, pen and ink, lino cuts and digital. A life-long fascination and love of birds and animals has inspired many of his distinctive, quirky artworks and designs. Christopher's eye-catching, appealing work continues to prove very popular.
Clarence Coles Phillips
Clarence Coles Phillips(1880-1927) was an American artist and commercial illustrator who studied briefly at the Chase School of Art in Greenwich Village, New York. He is well known for his "fadeaway girls" where the background colour matches the subject colour.
Colleen Conti
Colleen graduated in Fine Art from Brighton before completing an MA in English Literature at Sussex University. She went on to gain an Art Teaching Diploma from Goldsmiths, University of London. She taught art for 34 years and has painted full time and has exhibited regularly since she retired in 2020. She is a member of Horsham Artists and the Association of Sussex Artists. Colleen paints evocative landscapes in oil on canvas and board. Her subjects are places with which she feels a connection – from the broad, sweeping vistas of the South Downs and expanses of beach and sea to intimate winding country lanes. Her palette alters with the changing seasons and her style is distinguished by its focus on the quality of light. www.facebook.com/PaintedPlacesArt
Collette Hoefkens
Collette paints and draws pictures of both domesticated animals and wild natural history. Her work is intense, traditional and warm, capturing real and imagined moments,in pencil, oils and watercolours. She lives in Hertfordshire where she has her studio and art gallery.
www.nortonwaygallery.com
Deborah Harding
Deborah is a pagan artist & sculptor, who works in a variety of media. She is deeply inspired by the gods of the ancient religions and the romance and imagery of myth and legend. She lives in Essex, where she has her studio and shop.
www.witchesofwalthamabbey.co.uk
Dominique Densmore
Dominique is a freelance artist from Detroit, now based in London. Coming from a family of artists and musicians, she is largely self-taught, though in her teens had many painting sessions with Detroit's resident artist Dennis Orlowski, who introduced her to oils. Her first oil painting won a gold key in the Scholastics Art and Writing Awards. Over the years she’s taken on various commissions, including film posters, illustrations and greeting cards. While oils remain her favourite medium, she also work in pastels, watercolours and acrylics. An avid reader, Dominique’s inspiration often comes from books, stories and legends.
www.studiodensmore.com
Drusilla Cole
Having graduated from Wimledon School of Art and London's Central School of Art, Drusilla then taught, as Senior Lecturer at the University of the Arts in London, for over 25 years. She continues to explore different printing techniques and inspirations are patterns, quirky architecture, vintage ceramics and fairground scenes. Originally from Swansea, Drusilla now lives and works in Shropshire.
www.drusillacole.co.uk
Eileen St Julian Bown
Eileen is a screenprinter educated at Farnham College and Byam Shaw School of Art. The ideas and thoughts for her work come from her travels and keen observation. She is a member of both Richmond Printmakers and Southbank Printmakers, exhibits regularly with the Mall Galleries and lives in London.
Elizabeth Moriarty
Elizabeth was educated at Lady Margaret Hall Oxford andstudied illustration at Chelsea College of Art. Starting as a graphic designer at Oxford University Press, she is now a professional artist, inspired by all animal life. Originally from Wales, she now lives near Oxford, whereshe is an established member of the Oxford Printmakers’ Co-operative. www.elizabethmoriarty.co.uk
Flora McLachlan RE
Flora McLachlan’s dreamlike etchings are inspired by her study of medieval romance poetry at Oxford University. Deep woods and wild creatures appear in an enchanting twilight world of myth and legend.She lives in Pembrokeshire and is a Member of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) as well as the Oxford Printmakers’ Co-operative.
Frans Wesselman RE
Frans Wesselman is a painter, etcher and stained glass artist. Brought up in the Netherlands, he is a graduate of Groningen College of Art and has lived in the UK for many years, settled for a long period in Shropshire before recently moving to Worcester. He is an established Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE). www.fwstainedglass.co.uk
Gill Barrett
Gill is becoming an established artist and her passion is using vibrant alcohol inks to create abstract flowers. She loves the unpredictability of the ink flow and is always pursuing new techniques. She is inspired by flowers, animals and landscapes and enjoys positive support from her Instagram followers.
Gill lives in Gloucestershire where she works as a teacher.
www.instagram.com/gillieb60
Giuliana Lazzerini
Giuliana Lazzerini is a professional artist based in Yorkshire. She became inspired during her childhood, when much of her time was spent in her father’s studio in Tuscany. Giuliana gained a Master of Arts from the Istituto D’Arte Stagio Stagi in Pietrasanta and graduated in painting at the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Carrara. She has had numerous solo exhibitions in Italy, Switzerland, USA as well as in the UK and has won awards in Italy and the UK.
www.giulianalazzerini.com
Harry Newman
Brought up in Wales, Harry spent a few years in France and Belgium, before returning home to south Wales where he is settled. The focus to his photography, is to find colour and form in natural history subjects.
Enquiries via Mistletoe House.
Hilary Paynter RE, SWE
Hilary Paynter studied sculpture & wood engraving at Portsmouth College of Art. Her prints portray a sense of place with ideas drawn from landscape, animals & politics. She lives in Devon & is a Past President of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers & a member of The Society of Wood Engravers.
www.hilarypaynter.com
Jan Nesbitt
Since Jan achieved her Fine Art degree at Bath Academy of Art, she has worked as a professional artist all her life. With a background as a book illustrator, working for over 30 British publishers over 20 years, she now works as a Fine Artist. Her inspiration comes from observed enchantment in the natural world. She lives in Somerset.
www.jannesbittartwork.com
Jane Keay
Jane Keay is a professional artist and art tutor. She was born amongst the hills and valleys of the borderland between Mid Wales and the 'Shires, where she now lives. She works in a variety of media but mostly in pen & ink and watercolour. Inspiration is derived from the effect of changing light on landscapes and form around her, to which she responds with emotion and spirituality, often using imagery and symbolism connecting with her Celtic roots.
www.janekeay.eu
Jane Peart
Jane Peart graduated from Ealing School of Art having studied illustration. Her etchings and drawings are inspired by her travels, animals & rural views. She lives in Oxford and is both a Member of the Oxford Printmakers’ Co-operative and Oxford Arts Group.
www.janepeart.co.uk
Javier Ortas
Javier creates pictures with no models, just his imagination and a blank sheet of paper. This results in dynamic, colourful works of art with a unique style. He has won important prizes for his work and exhibits throughout Spain as well as internationally. Javier has lived in Mexico and the USA but now lives near Toledo in Spain.
www.javierortas.com
Jemima Jameson
Jemima Jameson studied illustration & design at Northbrook College, Horsham in West Sussex. She now lives in the Welsh Marches, where the rolling hills, farmland and woods inspire her work. Underlying influences are the “Art & Craft Movement” and medieval illuminated manuscripts.
www.jjworld.co.uk
Jenni Jones ( 1978 – 2023 )
Jenni gained a degree in Marketing from Southampton before completing a Nursing Degree at Swansea University. She specialised in midwifery before taking on managerial roles, often as troubleshooter, in a number of clinical areas. Photography was always a passion, with inspiration drawn from her regular countryside and coastal walks. She took her skills to a different level when submissions to newspapers and magazines became accepted on a regular basis. Jenni was also a mother and her two sons are already budding photographers and will carry on her interest. She remains with us Everywhere.
Jenny Blount
Jenny studied Art and English at Warwick University before teaching art and design. She has lived in America and Europe and currently lives and works on the Isle of Wight. Her work is inspired by vintage and antique pattern and designs, junk-shop finds and curious objects and ephemera.
www.instagram.com/jennyeblount
Jeremy Paul
Originally trained as a marine biologist, the essence of the art of Jeremy Paul is the accurate portrayal of wildlife in its environment.
“My aim as a wildlife artist is not merely to illustrate but to impart the atmosphere of the setting and the feel of the wildlife in its natural environment. I spend many hours in the field observing wildlife and looking for settings and lightings to inspire an idea for a painting.”
His work has been used on postage stamps; he has exhibited in the prestigious “Birds in Art” in America and is in the collection of “Nature in Art”, Twigworth. He lives in the Isle of Man.
National Exhibition of Wildlife Art – British Wildlife Award 2015; BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year – Category Winner 2010, 2011, 2012;
www.jeremypaulwildlifeartist.co.uk
Jo Barry RE
Originally from Kent, Jo Barry graduated from London's Ravensbourne College of Art & Design, before taking a teaching post at the Byam Shaw School of Art. She now lives in Hampshire's New Forest, where the changing moods inspire her work. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
www.jobarry.co.uk
Jon Young
Jon started his artistic life working for commercial print companies and his painting took a back seat. Recently, he’s found that the flexibility and bright, bold colours of the previously untried medium of acrylics has encouraged him to paint again.
Like the Geography graduate he is, Jon has a sense of place, with space and light having a big impact on his work. His main influences come from an appreciation of the environment in general and in particular, Scottish colourists both old and new.
Jon is a member of the SAA – the Society for All Artists – the UK’s leading art hub and lives in rural Shropshire.
www.jonyoungart.co.uk
Julia Allum
An award winning Norfolk based illustrator, Julia creates simple, bold, geometric images inspired by vintage design. A member of the Association of Illustrators, she has worked for many clients in the UK and abroad, producing illustrations for advertising, publishing & packaging.
Krysia D Michna-Nowak
The eyes, expression and the elegance of the line are integral to Krysia's art. This is followed by an orchestration of colour.The pensive mood invites the spectator into the painting to contemplate the symbolism and given title. Krysia lives in Hertfordshire, where she has her studio.
Lilian Cheviot
Lilian Cheviot(1884-1936) was a British painter and illustrator of animal studie who studied at Frank Calderon's Scool of Animal Painting. She lived in Surrey and Kensington.
Lisa Graa Jensen RI, SGFA
Born in Soborg, Denmark but now living in London, Lisa trained at the Sir John Cass School of Art in Whitechapel before attaining her degree in Graphic Design and Book Illustration at the Camberwell School of Art. She started as a book illustrator for the big UK publishers but is now a Freelance Painter and Illustrator and exhibits throughout the UK. Following many awards and prizes, Lisa was elelcted a member both of the Royal Institute of Watercolourists (RI) and the Society of Graphic Fine Artists (SGFA).
Lorraine Auton
Inspired by the unique environment and wildlife of her location, the Norfolk Broads, Lorraine captures atmosphere and movement in her acrylic nature studies. As well as being an active conservationist, she runs workshops and lessons from her gallery, The Studio in Acle, and exhibits widely across Norfolk.
Louise Fordham
Louise is a self-taught artist and started painting in 2017. She lives by the Cuckmere Haven in Sussex and spends much of her free time hiking, usually with a camera in hand, observing wildlife. All of her paintings are inspired by her love of nature and colour resonance.
www.louisefordhamart.com
@louisefordhamart
Lynne Riding
Lynne Riding lives and works in Charleston, SC, USA. Her work ranges from abstract painting through landscape to portraiture. She holds an MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, a BA from Manchester College of Art, UK and an Art Foundation from Hereford School of Art & Design, UK.
Lynne is represented by Knighton Fine Art, UK and has exhibited throughout the USA including the states of South Carolina, California, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona & Oklahoma.
A childhood spent in Mid Wales instilled a love of landscape and certain awe for the power and fluctuations of the elements. As an inveterate traveller of both land and sea, she draws on these experiences and sense of place, in her work.
www.lynneriding-art.com
Instagram: lynneridingart
Instagram: lynneriding_figurative
Mai Osawa
Originally from Japan,Mai is a graduate of Nihon University College of Art inTokyo and is now a professional artist, printmaker and illustrator, based in Surrey.
Mai is the Intaglio Printmaking Tutor at Ochre Print Studio in Guildford, where she runs the pioneering workshop using processes and materials which are safer and less toxic than traditional methods.
www.mai-osawa-art.com
Marcelle Milo-Gray
Marcelle studied at the University of Essex and Exeter School of Art & Design. Her work is inspired by Early Renaissance Artists, whose reverential attention to detail celebrates the natural world. Like those early painters, she works in egg tempera and gold leaf on carefully prepared panels.
Subjects are found in the joy of fleeting encounters with wildlife, the beauty of trees and plants, plus afternoon tea with friends in beautiful gardens.
Marcelle lives and works in the Devon countryside
www.milo-gray.com
Margaret Weavill
Margaret Weavill works from her home studio in a small rural village near Durham. Her work focuses on landscape, flowers, trees and the natural world - aiming to bring all these to vivid life by capturing mood, movement, texture and colour through a loose interpretation of form. She works largely in watercolour and wax and increasingly uses the magic of Brusho.
www.margaretweavillartist.co.uk
Mary C Clark
Mary Cowles Clark(1871-1950) was an American illustrator of children's books who studied with the Arts Students League in New York and was Member of the Nantucket Art Colony.
Michelle Hawes
Born in Essex, Michelle Hawes studied at Southend College of Art obtaining a degree in Fashion Design. After a successful career in Buying Women's Apparel she now concentrates on her artwork, painting with oils. Michelle loves to work "en plain air" allowing the atmosphere, temperature and colour of the landscape though her work. She has an affection towards animals and captures their personalities with paint. Michelle is a member of Barnes Artists, SOFA and exhibits regularly within SW London.
Insta @michellehawes123
MJ Mott SWE
Painter, book illustrator & printmaker, working both in intaglio & relief, Miranda Mott trained at Byam Shaw & The Royal Academy Schools in London. She lives in Suffolk and is a Member of the Society of Wood Engravers.
www.mjmott.co.uk
Morna Rhys
Morna Rhys is an artist-printmaker & tutor. Initially trained at Wimbledon School of Art and a graduate of St Martins School of Art in London, she also holds a Certificate in Art Education from Sussex University. Inspiration is drawn from the landscapes of Oxfordshire, Cornwall & Wales, illuminated by moonlight & the rising sun. She lives in Oxfordshire and is a Member of the Oxford Printmakers’ Co-operative.
www.mornarhys.co.uk
Natalie Toplass
Natalie started painting professionally after moving to Shropshire in 2003, following her earlier formal training in fine art & stage and set design. She began working on a series of intricate flower and bird portraits, which she feels have been heavily influenced by Georgia O’Keefe, Karl Blossfeldt and early 17th Century Dutch painters such as Ambrosius Bosschaert
www.natalietoplass.com
Padmacandra
Padmacandra is a children's book illustrator and author who lives in Fenland, Norfolk, after growing up amidst Scottish mountains. She is inspired by wild landscapes and the folk tales that grow their roots there. She is a proud alumna of the Cambridge School of Art.
www.padmacandra.com
Phil Greenwood RE
Phil was educated at Harrow and Hornsey Colleges of Art and was a lecturer in printmaking before becoming a professional landscape artist. His work is widely exhibited and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers. Originally from North Wales, he now lives in Kent.
www.philgreenwood.info
Rachel Treacher
Rachel has a First Class Honours degree in Fine Art Painting from the University of Central Lancashire and sees her paintings as small icons dedicated to British wildlife and flowers. She seeks to consider the small and often overlooked as she believes that if you appreciate the small things in life, then your bigger world has a better chance of taking care of itself. She lives and works in Surrey.
Instagram: @art_see2020
Rebecca Ogilvie
Rebecca is a Scottish artist, illustrator and designer based in Cornwall with a BA Hons degree in Illustration & Print from Plymouth College of Art. Her goals when working are to express concepts and emotions inspired by the environment, culture and folklore.
www.creativepool.com/rebecca-ogilvie;
www.facebook.com/illustrationawakened/;
Instagram: @illustrationawakened
Rich Edwards
Bristol born artist, Rich Edwards is now based in the Cotswolds. When he’s not framing the art work of others, he’s creating his own. Rich largely paints in acrylic and takes his inspiration from his immediate surroundings, documenting fleeting and yet significant scenes and moments as they occur.
www.Richedwardsart.com
Instagram - @richedwardsart
Rosi Robinson
Rosi graduated from Vassar College, New York with a degree in history but it was art in general and batik in particular, which captured her imagination. Her full time teaching career saw her Head of Art at Cumnor House School in West Sussex, where she lives.
On retirement, Rosi has built an international reputation exhibiting and teaching the technique of batik around the world. Her work is influenced by water, land & seascapes, flora & fauna and sporting scenes.
Links to her exhibitions and workshops, as well as the craft of batik can be found on her website
www.rosirobinson.com
Instagram / Facebook: @rosirobinsonbatik
Sarah Jameson
Sarah lives in the South Shropshire hills and her art comes from her love of photography, drawing – both traditional and digital, printmaking, writing and book making. She enjoys combining these to create images of nature and wild places evoking imaginary times long past and mysterious, ethereal places, now long lost.
www.sarahjameson.co.uk
Simon Dorrell
Simon trained at Hereford College of Art before graduating from Maidstone College of Art. He is also an established designer of gardens & landscapes including the Herefordshire gardens of Bryan’s Ground & Hampton Court.
He has staged one-man exhibitions in London, New York, Zurich and throughout the UK, including regular shows at Glyndebourne Opera & The Table Gallery in Hay-on-Wye. Simon is a member of The Arborealists and art editor of the garden journal, Hortus. Simon lives in the Towy Valley in Carmarthenshire.
instagram@simoninarcady
Sophie Wright
Sophie grew up in the mid Wales countryside and now works as a veterinary surgeon in the Lake District. Drawing is the passion of her spare time where her main focus, unsurprisingly, is animals. She loves to draw both local as well as more exotic wildlife as well as farm animals and pets.
www.facebook.com/sophiewrightartist
www.instagram.com/sophiewrightartist
Rob van Hoek
Rob van Hoek is an established, professional landscape painter and exhibitor throughout the UK and the Netherlands. His work is inspired by the patterns, lines, rhythms and shapes of the cultivated landscape and all his titles are taken from song lyrics. He lives and works in The Hague.
www.imagesrobvanhoek.com
Robin Mackenzie
Robin is an illustrator and printmaker specialising in wood engravings and linocuts. He works from his studio at Walford Mill Crafts in Wimborne, Dorset using a traditional cast iron Albion Press to produce his prints. He is an elected member of The Society of Wood Engravers and the Devon Guild of Craftsmen.
Ros Corfield
Ros's work describes the relationships between interlocking forms, found in landscape, still life and life drawing. She studied at Central School of Art & Design, London as well as Canterbury Christchurch University and has a degree in printmaking. Ros is based in Canterbury and has exhibited throughout Kent.
Instagram: @roscorfieldartworks
Stuart Hill
Stuart is inspired by many sources and is especially influenced by the cultures and belief systems in world mythology. His bold, uncluttered compositions are made up of clean and simple lines. He lives in Leicestershire.
www.stuarthillonline.com
Stuart Renfrew
Having studied graphic design at Rochdale College of Art, Stuart then joined the tutoring staff. His work concentrates on contemporary design interpretations of his keen interest in the natural world. The simplification of natural forms found in Japanese woodblock prints is a particular inspiration. He lives in Manchester.
www.artbynaturegallery.co.uk
Sue Scullard SWE
Sue Scullard is from Kent and studied illustration & graphic design at Camberwell School of Art, as well as wood engraving at The Royal College of Art. She is a Member of The Society of Wood Engravers. Her engravings are dramatic compositions drawn from gardens, trees, architecture & other elements in the landscape.
www.suescullard.co.uk
Sue Wheeler
Sue Wheeler trained at the Central School of Art in London and at Bristol University. The linocut is her preferred medium because it encourages the search for underlying form to produce an image with a strong, decorative impact. She lives in Oxfordshire and is a Member of both the Oxford Printmakers’ Co-operative and the Oxford Art Society.
www.susanwheelerprints.com
Tia Lambert
Tia trained at the Royal Academy Schools in London before becoming an art tutor at Malvern Hills College in Worcestershire. She leads workshops and gives demonstrations and has exhibited across the UK.
Valerie Greeley
Valerie is an artist and textile designer who specialises in decorative illustration. She trained at Manchester Metropolitan University where she gained a First Class degree in Printed Textiles and is a Member of the Royal Miniature Society and of the Hilliard Society. She has illustrated many books, designed fabrics and ceramic decals and has a special interest in the book arts.
Valerie's work is inspired by nature, especially the flora and fauna around her home
Warwick Goble
Warwick Goble (British, 1862 - 1943) trained at Westminster School of Art and is best known for his illustration of fairy stories. His original watercolours were inspired by oriental and Asian mythology in general and Japanese themes in particular.
Zee Jones
Zee completed an art foundation course in 2010 and is influenced by 20th Century modernists. Her work can be described as confident and strong, with a compelling use of structure and colour. Based in Devon, her work is inspired by her interest in people, the countryside and coastline.
www.zeejones.co.uk
Instagram: @zeejonesartist
