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James Naughton is one the UK’s leading contemporary landscape painters and has exhibited extensively in London and across the UK. Ascot Studios Contemporary Art Gallery are proud to represent him in Lancashire, and bring his work to new audiences in the Ribble Valley and across the North West of England. Read more... |
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"Angela Wakefield is a rising star of British art; her work, mainly urban scenes of the North of England, is receiving acclaimed attention whilst exploring a new reality essence in our counterculture… I have not seen such arrangement in art since viewing paintings by Edward Hopper." Ian Welland, Art of England. Read more... |
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Colin Halliday is a hugely talented northern painter and has exhibited extensively across London and the rest of the UK. Ascot Studios are proud to represent him in the North West throughout 2010, and a wide range of his originals are available from the Ribchester gallery. Read more... |
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Margaret Francis is the widow of the American Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis, and Ascot Studios are extremely proud to represent her in the UK. Sam Francis was, without doubt, one of the foremost painters of the 20th Century and his work now hangs in the Tate Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in the leading International Art Galleries and Museums throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. Read more... |
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This free and derestricted manner of working is very impressive and the resulting works are always finished to a high specification. They are large-scale, high-impact, well-balanced, shiny, aesthetically pleasing objects that have a real sense of purpose. Jeff comments, "...my overriding aim is to create something that is exciting to look at using the discarded materials I find in the workshop" Read more...
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Rebecca's work has stemmed from research and development of her interest in nature and natural organic objects. Her artwork is largely based on examining colour, form and texture in the natural environment. Read more... |
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Paul Stone began painting while completing his first degree in Art History in 1997 and since then has painted alongside his many teaching jobs, including Painting Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. Since completing his Masters in Fine Art in 2007, Paul has focused his practice on traditional still life compositions, albeit with a fresh contemporary look. Read more... |
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Rob Miller is a prolific landscape artist now living and working in Ribchester. His paintings of the UK and Europe display a maturity and depth of understanding that set him aside from his peers. A strong awareness of geology and the impact of mans behaviour upon the landscape are inherent within his work. A number of seasoned art collectors are paying an avid interest. Read more... |
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Moira Metcalfe is a well established artist living and working in the bustling market town of Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales. Born in 1953, she used to visit the Dales as a child and was inspired by the dramatic landscape around her. Her work explores landscapes of constantly changing moods and climates with an enormity of light and movement, producing unique and personal responses to the influences of her surroundings. Read more... |
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Paula Velarde has had an extensive
career as a professional artist and Ascot Studios will be representing
her throughout 2010. Her paintings evolve from direct observations
of the vitality of the landscape. As Paula explains, "I
am one of a small number of painters who brave the elements
to work 'en plein air', in all weather and seasons... The rugged,
ever-changing landscapes of the North of England are a constant
multi-coloured inspiration." Read more... |
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Simon
Shorrock lives and works from his home studio in Adelaide, Australia. When Simon was living in the UK he exhibited his early work alongside
Angela Wakefield in a number of exhibitions in the North of
England. Currently he is now working on a series of paintings based on the Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, as well as other work with a strong social/philosphical narrative. His imaginative colourful original paintings have an unrivalled intensity and his highly developed techniques with oil paint are truly exquisite. Read more... |
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Born in 1974, Sally grew up in the picturesque village of Goostrey in Cheshire. Being part of a creative family with a fondness for the countryside, she soon adopted the creative spirit and a strong appreciation for nature. In 1996 Sally graduated with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art & Painting from Bath School of Art & Design and moved to Lancashire in 2000. She now works as a professional artist from her studio in the Ribble Valley and teaches art at Blackpool & Fylde College. Read more... |
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Phil Harwood is the Director at Ascot Studios and has performed & exhibited at a variety of cutting-edge festivals in the UK and Europe. Back in 2001, his hard-hitting video 'Animal Wrongs' was chosen on merit from candidates across the UK to be exhibited at the Bourges Film Festival in France. Read more... |
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Jonny Rotherham is fascinated by the position of women in contemporary society. In his paintings of young women, Rotherham captures both the physical presence and inner tensions of his subjects. Read more... |
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Edward Foster has a deep love of nature which, undoubtedly, comes across in his colourful and imaginative paintings. The spiritual connection between man, animals and the landscape is the theme of much of his work. Read more... |
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Award-winning landscape artist Richard Clare is known for his colourful and dynamic paintings of the northern landscape of England, and more recently of Tuscany where he lives most of the time. Read more... |
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Katie has undertaken a wide range of public and private commissions and has contributed greatly to the art scene in rural Lancashire. Currently she is focussing her attention on developing her career as a creative practitioner and is a resident artist at Bee Mill Studio. Read more... |
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Sarah Victoria Scott is the youngest artist working from the studios at Bee Mill in Ribchester. It is the physical processes of nature that have inspired and informed her work. In her installations and in her paintings, Sarah aims to show the instability and constant growth within nature. Read more... |
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Michelle Fielding is an established installation artist and is one of the residents at Ascot Studios. She is a talented emerging artist who has exhibited at various Museums & Municipal Galleries throughout the North West of England. Read more... |
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Anna creates 'on canvas' conflits between the mixed media she uses, photocopy and paint, or paint and print. She explores the clash between organic humanistic and the replicated inhuman; a reflection of the consumer environment. Read more... |
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