Painting
Miranda Thompson
Miranda Thompson trained at Farnham College of Art & Design and The University of Arts, Canterbury before following a career of teaching and painting.
She loves to use different mediums including ink pens, coloured crayons, watercolour and gouche for her illustrations, and pastel, charcoal, acrylics and gold leaf for her artwork. Her illustrations have taken her on to write and illustrate children’s storybooks such as The Little Girl and the Swallow and The Orange Tree.
Miranda has exhibited in London, Kent and throughout the South East.
A6 Greetings Card
Jasmyn Fraser
Jasmyn creates painted gardens, keeping flowers in bloom all year round. From her studio in East Sussex, she makes images of flowers and foliage found in the natural environment.
Intricately painted from foraged flowers, her paintings celebrate the vibrant colours and delicate textures found in our surroundings. Harking back to Dutch Masters, each piece is a curation of flora and foliage made with rich oils and a plethora of pigments.
A selection of floral oil paintings.
£62
Chris Schneider
Chris studied an Art Foundation in Worthing and went on to complete a degree in Graphic Design at Nottingham. She set up her own graphic design business in 1997 but stopped in 2019 to pursue painting full time.
The majority of Chris’ work is based on landscapes however she also loves creating abstract paintings, and playing with colour and shapes. With her abstracted landscapes, Chris is trying to capture the atmosphere of moments, the never-ending skies and sense of space. It’s all about contrasts, whether it is light and dark or colour contrasts.
Spring Downs 2
27 x 27 cm (framed)
Acrylic
£170
Jo Burton
As a self-taught artist, Jo developed her own style over time, finding a particular joy for acrylic.
Living in the Kent countryside provides Jo with an abundance of inspiration, and she spends much of her time exploring and capturing the beauty of the natural world.
"I believe that art has the power to connect people to their surroundings and to inspire them to appreciate the beauty of the world in which they live. Through my art, I aim to share my personal perspective on the natural world and the moments that I capture on my walks."
Joy
36 x 25 cm
Giclée print
Edition of 100
£90
Mike Unsworth
Mike has studios in France and Kent and regularly exhibits in both countries. His work is contained in many private collections, as far a field as Thailand and Australia.
He tends to work thematically, usually based on inspirational places he has visited eg Africa, Iceland, the Andes, Norway and many English landscapes, especially Dartmoor!
He has had many very successful solo exhibitions in London, and before moving to Kent he was awarded the Harrison and Walker prize for the best painting to capture the essence of Shropshire.
Mike's 2D work is primarily completed in acrylic / mixed media. He sees his work as an emotional response; an attempt to capture the spirit of a subject, rather than being a photo realistic representation. Texture, colour and light are usually strong features of his work; hence his many moody, stormy landscapes.
Rainy Coast
Mixed Media
£180
Caroline Daly
Caroline is a local artist based in Kent, painting mainly in oils and acrylics. Her landscape paintings are formed by her emotional response to the scene, and her love of the outdoors, especially the coast, is reflected in her explorations of structure, nature, light and colour. The movement of water, trees and clouds are also a recurring theme.
Caroline's still life works explore the interplay of composition and light as well as texture and geometry.
Caroline studied History of Art at school and at University alongside her Hispanic Studies degree. She then lived and worked in Madrid before pursuing a professional career as a Solicitor in the UK. Since leaving the legal profession and whilst raising her family Caroline has continued to paint, first exhibiting in 2023.
Sunset at Kirk Newton
56 x 43 cm
Oil on canvas board
£235
Lottie Reason
Taking inspiration from her garden and natural elements, Lottie paints primarily in oils, using texture with dripping colour to create paintings depicting the ethereal quality of plants.
Having taught interior design, paint effects and organised creative workshops, she now works from her local garden studio. For many years she has painted with a strong group of local artists and has exhibited throughout Kent.
Josie's Chair
40 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
£275
Samantha Butcher
Samantha likes to see beyond a traditional view point and invites you into her quirky world where you can visit “above and below” in some of her paintings and enjoy a natural flow in others. Nature is full of wonder and mystery and this is where she takes her inspiration. Samantha loves colour and beauty, in all it’s imperfections and this is reflected in her paintings.
Samantha loves working with acrylics as they give her work a wonderful depth and crispness of colour and allows her versatility in the techniques that she uses on the canvas.
Samantha seeks adventure and happiness in all that she does and her ethos is to make you smile and bring joy to your wall.
Dandelions in the Ocean Breeze Greetings Card
£3.50
Shirley Jenner
Shirley mainly paints landscapes from her holidays and nostalgic scenes of times gone by. Using acrylic and textural mediums she creates rough and tactile paintings with sentimental emotion.
Illuminated Waves
81 x 55 cm
Acrylic on canvas
£250
Alison McLean
Ali is a self taught artist working in oil & cold wax, acrylic & collage.
She is inspired by all that is around her, whether it be on her doorstep or on her travels. The sights, the texture, the experiences and the feelings, nature in all it's bounty.
Her work ranges from non-representational mark making to abstract landscapes and florals to semi-abstract seascapes. She chooses a colour palette, influenced by the seasons, and lets go of what the final outcome will be by intuitively letting one mark inform the next. The result is an authentic and honest portrayal.
Green Meadow
39 x 39 cm
Acrylic on canvas panel
£170
Kaye Hodges
Kaye studied Illustration at the University of Wales (Gwent College of Art) and went on to work as a freelance illustrator with leading London-based illustration agency Artist Partners, on commissions for books, magazines, advertising and children's books.
Her work has appeared in local and national exhibitions and has been included in the National Portrait Gallery Portrait Award (1981, 1984 and 2010). Her work was also selected for the Daily Mail ‘Not the Turner Prize’ exhibition of figurative painting at the Mall Galleries, London, and in 2017 she was selected to take part in the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year competition.
Kaye is an Associate Member of the SGFA (Society of Graphic Fine Arts, The Drawing Society).
She has worked on mural projects in hospitals, schools, sports clubs and private homes in England, and in 2002 worked with theatre designer Will Bowen on sets for a production at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Grace
31.5 x 33.5cm
Oil on board
£700
Sue Clark
Sue is a botanical artist working mainly in watercolour, using the 'live' article to create a feeling of natural texture, shape and design. She is a medalist at the Royal Horticultural Society, and her work is in private, institutional and corporate collections.
Dahlia 'Verrone's Obsidian'
Giclee Print
£75
John Ashenfelter
John's landscape subjects are places he visits or lives near. A simple wheatfield can provide a platform for colourful expression, so it is not the place that is important, as the basic composition it provides for initial drawings and sketches. Landscape becomes an emotional springboard.
He enjoys the immediacy of acrylic paints, and the introduction of Posca pens allows for an integration of drawing and painting that can provide a visual energy of line, shape, and texture.
There is always a new medium or avenue to explore – so these basic landscape subjects allow him to focus and develop, when otherwise he is tempted to wander into creative tangents that are sometimes best left in the sketchbook.
Towards Orrest Head
33.5 x 33.5 cm
Acrylic and post pen on canvas
£210
John Wiltshire
There's value in differences as opportunism, it's a necessary part of human behaviour. We notice differences because we have evolved to survive as hunter gatherers. John is interested in how we carry this with us; we notice things but don't necessarily apply it as directed by our evolution. Perhaps opportunity functions differently in contemporary life but our behaviour still presents difference as opportunity, if we choose to act on it in our own way…
In John's painting practice, it is these differences which connect his works. Whether something in the landscape or in objects, we notice differences and they shape us as individuals becoming our interests and a part of our identity.
Untitled (Rough)
42 x 59 cm
Oil on calico
£650
Juliette Atkins
Since moving from an urban environment, Juliette has been inspired by the natural world's beauty and colour that she finds in the Weald of Kent.
Her paintings are intended to celebrate this colour and are infused with texture and form, creating their own atmosphere. Juliette’s aim is for her audience to feel the power of the wind, the chill of the winter sunshine, and the golden glow of autumn. She also experiments with the pointillist style of Seurat, in her recent painting of the Sandhurst windmill, with the intention of the colours portraying the intense midday sun.
Her style is evolving from realism to contemporary, and she intends to move further towards abstraction in time.
“Walking in Manet’s Footsteps” Sandhurst Windmill
78 x 59 cm
Oil
£216
Anna Clement
Anna is a Kent born artist who paints at her home in Sevenoaks. Although not formerly trained, she has painted since childhood, being taught originally by her artist grandfather. For many years she has painted with a group of artists, the Stone Street Art Group, who are now firm friends, from whom she says she has learned a lot, and by whom she is continually inspired. The group has also had the benefit of a renowned group of visiting tutors including Andy James, Tim Benson and Alastair Adams.
Her artwork, in acrylics and oils, covers an eclectic mix of subjects in a distinctive, colourful and expressive style. She wants her work to be uplifting, and aims to pass on the beauty and joy she finds in her subject to the viewer.
Her work has been exhibited extensively in shows and galleries throughout Kent and Sussex.
Bottom of the Garden
59.5 x 84 cm
Oil
£490
Sophie M Cook
Sophie's work is principally concerned with observation, colour relationships and the dynamic interplay of marks on the painted surface. Flowers play a key role in her practice as their complex forms, limitless palette combinations and lyricism inform a visual language that she wants her paintings to convey. Each painting attempts to describe the language of form and light in a way which is unique and as a direct emotional response to the subject. Sophie works from life and looks forward to the change of seasons throughout the year and the effects these conditional shifts have on her work.
Sophie studied Painting & Drawing at the London Atelier of Representational Art and has a BA Honours Degree in History of Art. Her work has been collected widely in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US.
Pansies & Blue Cup
35 x 35 cm
Oil
£350
Baljit Balrow
Baljit Balrow is a Kent based artist who has widely exhibited internationally and in the UK for the past 20 years since graduating in Visual Art.
She is a long time creative mentor collaborating with a number of educational institutions and creative agencies and held an artists residence at the Open Studio, Museum of Kent Life (2004-2009).
Baljit creates bold and beautiful pieces, which focus on warmth, depth and light. She describes herself as an 'Intuitive Artist'.
"I admire those who can articulate words to allow someone to visualise their imagination. For me, it is the language of colour and markings."
Dancing Dishes
19.5 x 13.5 cm
Original mixed media on canvas
£350
Rowena McWilliams
Rowena studied her MA (Hons) in Art History at Edinburgh University, and has since taught art all over the world. She is a member of Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum, and is currently studying on The Bridge Art School professional development course with Sam Herbert.
“As an expressive painter, words, ideas and emotions are what inspire me. 'Seeing words' is a type of synaesthesia which offers an additional dimension to my experience of the world. Imagery is after all common to both art and literature.
Working in oils, acrylics and mixed media, collage forms an integral part of the process and the torn paper allows me to convey what I see and what I feel in the moment.
Noticing recently that my compositions contain a strong sense of movement, I used animation to enhance this effect to create a series of moving paintings. These will be sold as unique standalone pieces on framed monitors.
One ultimate aim is to use my work to move people both figuratively and literally, offering shared experiences and emotions as a form of therapy through art.”
Busy Mind
71 x 60 cm
Mixed media on board, with bespoke frame
£800
Marigold Plunkett
Marigold has an MA in Printmaking and has won several prizes, most significantly the Ingram Graduate Prize in 2020. She is a Kent based artist, working in both print and paint. She regularly exhibits in national as well as local exhibitions, including the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and the ING Discerning Eye in London. In 2023 Marigold was awarded an Arts Council Grant to focus on developing her painting practice and is currently taking part in the Turps Painting Programme in Hastings. Her current work focuses on the expressive effect of marking-making; using colour, form and line in unexpected and exciting ways. Whether working with landscape, or portraiture, this expressive approach is key to her practice.
The Girl with the orange hands who says what she thinks ad wears her heart on her sleeve
25.5 x 30.5 cm
Oil on board
£350