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 ...

David Barnes was born in Africa and spent his early childhood there. He qualified as a chartered accountant and spent most of his working life in professional practice. In his forties David took an Open University degree in history and economics. He then worked for several ...

Born in 1943, David Beer originates from Whitstable in Kent and trained as a teacher at Bishop Otter College, Chichester, where he studied pottery as his main subject. He started painting at evening class whilst at Corsham, Wiltshire, where he was a Head Teacher. He also ...

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In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Stuart Buchanan has exhibited at many other leading Modern British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Stuart Buchanan artist ...

Paul Bursnall trained as a draughtsman and studied Product Design at Slough Technical College, Berkshire, in the south of England. Paul now lives in Buckinghamshire, where he has an art studio. As well as being a member of the Association of British Naïve Artists ...

Catriona Campbell was born in Dollar, Scotland in 1940. Her father, Ian Campbell, was an artist and art teacher and he taught Catriona the importance of observation and the absolute necessity of developing drawing skills.

Catriona Campbell studied art at Glasgow School of Art from 1957 ...

Michael Clark was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1959. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1979 - 1983. A love of film led him to work for the BBC in Glasgow for six years. On moving to London in 1989 he worked as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Judy Hempstead spent her childhood years living close to the sea near Dawlish on the South Devon coast. She studied art in Newton Abbot and then Goldsmiths College of Art in London. After graduation she taught for a number of years, first in London, then back ...

Amanda Hoskin was born and grew up in Cornwall. She studied at Falmouth and Chelsea Colleges of Art and Cornwall College.

After finishing art school Amanda became a freelance wildlife illustrator working and living in London. A move to the West Country in the early 1990’s ...

John Kingsley was born in Glasgow in 1956. He studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1973-77. His art tutors included James Robertson, David Donaldson and Geoffrey Squire.

In 1979 John Kingsley was elected an artist member of the Glasgow Art Club. ...

Ian Ledward was born in 1946. He studied Three Dimensional Design at Leeds College of Art and has taught at Jacob Kramer and Edinburgh Colleges of Art.

Ian is a member of the Society of Scottish Artists. Inspiration for his art work comes from both ...

Jane Lion was born in London during the 1950's. She grew up in Beirut, Borneo, Singapore and later the Isle of Wight living in a nomadic lifestyle. Much of Jane Lion's life was spent on and by the sea which has undoubtedly influenced the subject content ...

Charles MacQueen was born in Glasgow in 1940. He was educated at St Aloysius College and then attended the ...

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 ...

Born in 1936 in Landywood, Staffordshire, Ronald Morgan studied art at Walsall School of Art (1951-53, with George Willott ARCA). He is a painter in watercolour, black and white, oil and pastel, Ronald Morgan is also a draughtsman, illustrator, linguist and teacher.

He is a member ...

George Muir grew up in Wanlockhead, a small village in the Lowther Hills of Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland. She studied for a degree in Interior Design at Edinburgh College of Art and then went on to train as an art therapist.

Taking ...

Paul Robinson was born in Penrith, Cumbria in 1959. He grew up in the Cumbrian village of Lazonby, in the heart of the Eden Valley and later studied Fine Art at Carlisle College of Art.

After graduating Paul Robinson moved to London he began a successful ...

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 ...

Dorothy Stirling was born in Glasgow. She studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art (1983–87) and now lives and works in the North of Scotland.

The art work of Dorothy Stirling is firmly rooted in her love of the Scottish landscape. Dorothy’s paintings often feature the ...

Paul Stone grew up on the Suffolk coast and began painting while completing his first degree in Art History in 1997. Since then he has painted alongside his many teaching jobs, including Painting Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. After completing his Masters in Fine Art ...

Alan Tyers was born in Coventry in 1944. He won a full time place in the School of Art at the age 13! Tyers trained in fine art, with particular emphasis on impressionism. He then left after five years to pursue a very different artistic ...

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 ...