Featured Artists
Ali Fife Cook
Although I’ve done a variety of artistic things all of my life – crafts, designing posters, pottery – it was only recently and rather late in life that I felt I could actually call myself ‘an artist’. I use pastels,…
Jayne Ashenbury
I was all set to study Art and Drama at Cheltenham University (having studied both at A level) but fate changed my path. I became a Signwriter – self taught and self-employed – as part of the Princes Trust and…
Anne Blackwell Fox
The first art prize I won was at primary school. It was a book called ‘Sketching Out of Doors’ by Leonard Richmond. It’s the only prize I’ve ever won. It’s something I still enjoy doing today! Usually when I’m settled…
Michael Street
I began painting with oils as a self-taught artist in my late teens, and then honed my drawing skills while reading Zoology in 1967 – 70, having to produce very accurate drawings of specimens and dissections. My satisfaction in this…
Barbara Beckerleg
I am from a family of artists originating in the far west of Cornwall. I lived in Tavistock for many years and, although I still work there, I now live in Plymouth. I’m inspired by the land and seascapes around…
Jean Mintoft
I have to admit right away that I am definitely not in the first flush of youth! But right from my earliest years I always loved painting, drawing and doing anything arty-crafty that I could find, even though no-one else…
Janet Brady
After graduating from the Royal college of Art in 1985 my first career was as a fashion designer in a very creative predictions company in London. It was fast paced, coming up with new ideas for big companies season after…
Ian Pethers
I grew up in East Berkshire near Windsor and the River Thames and spent my twenties working on the river as a lock keeper. I began painting at the age of eleven after a holiday in the Tamar Valley and…
Colin Pethick
I’ve been a full time professional fine art painter and freelance art tutor since graduating in 2003, based in the Tamar Valley, at St Anne’s chapel, working mostly over the South West of England. I was born at Gulworthy and…
Adrian Edwards
Watching the grey pink smoke lifting from the blazing flares, I became very aware of the fluorescent yellow gilet labelled ‘Pages of the Sea’ I was wearing. On November 11th 2018, I was one of the invited artists asked to…
Anne Crozier
My background is in farming, having grown up in North Somerset. I went to school in Bath and then went on to train in the hotel and catering industry. Shortly after marriage my husband and I went on to start…