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Michelle House

Michelle House is an abstract artist with over 20 year’s experience creating unique textile artworks and digital art prints. Her inspiration comes from the patterns and geometry within architecture. As well as the physical mixing and layering of colours, the texture of cloth and the print process.

Michelle House moved from painting and collage on paper to applying the same approach with textiles. Taking photographs and making drawings, she then edits and designs on a computer, before transferring her photographic images to silkscreens.

Michelle uses screens in conjunction with hand-cut stencils as a palette from which to select and build up her final composition. Using imagery and colour in an abstract way to create focal points, balance and space.

The dye’s and pigments, in combinations of transparent and opaque layers, are screen-printed and painted on to differently textured fabrics, which are then meticulously sewn together to make a single piece, or series of related works.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Selected Exhibitions

Bankfield Museum – Halifax
Ruthin Crafts Centre
London Design Festival
Collect – Saatchi Gallery
Dulwich Picture Gallery

Selected Commissions

British Academy
Ham Yard Hotel
Peter Jones
Broomfield Hospital
Hove Polyclinic
Davis Polk Wardwell, Paris
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Prints
Digital
Wall Panels
Textiles & Rugs

Textile Type:

Textiles
Wall Hangings
Rugs

Mediums:

Collage
Digital
Prints – Artist
Prints – Other

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Architectural
Cityscape/Urban
Interiors

Michelle House - Crafted City - Orange & Pink

Michelle House - Chevron Looking up Reeds

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My inspiration comes from the patterns and geometry within architecture. As well as the physical mixing and layering of colours, the texture of cloth and the print process.

Michelle House

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Zac Greening

Zac Greening draws his inspiration principally from nature – ‘the ultimate sculptress’. He finds the sculptural forms created by the sun, moon, waves and trees particularly inspiring as symbols of sustainability.

He works in a wide range of media from discarded plastic bottles to organic matter. Often these materials are fused together to reinforce the aesthetic or narrative that he’s looking to express.

A narrative is created that highlights the relationship between man and the natural environment.

Common themes found in his work often abstractly express or make a comment on current issues. Issues such as sustainability, environmental degradation, or consumption. Alternatively they may simply be an expression of the marvel and awe he sees in a sunset or the kinetic and meditative experience found in the rolling of sea waves.

Zac Greening communicates and reminds the viewer of mankind’s inextricable socio-economic and spiritual link with the natural world

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Selected Commissions

Window Displays

Jigsaw
Monsoon
Viyella
Topshop

Brand Installations

BMW
Jaguar
Sony
Speedo
Good Energy

Available for commission of site specific artworks.

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Sculptures
Installations
Wall Panels

Sculpture Type:

Exterior
Interior

Medium:

Mixed Media
Recycled Materials
Wood
Other

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Animal/Botanical

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A narrative is created that highlights the relationship between man and the natural environment. Common themes found in my work often abstractly express or make a comment on current issues.

Zac Greening

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Allan Forsyth

Allan Forsyth (b. 1971) is a photographic artist based in London. Forsyth’s work explores a breadth of themes, reflected in the range of techniques he employs. Analogue and digital exposures taken by the artist exist in his work, alongside computer generated imagery, photograms, and photographic collages from historic magazines and vintage postcards.

Forsyth’s work conveys his love of the drama of nature, seeking to expand the beauty of natural forms that we sometimes overlook in everyday life showing an extra dimension in his work. The resulting works are mesmerising, vivid images of flora and fauna created by Forsyth using various photographic techniques to enhance colour and create movement.

Allan Forsyth often uses extensive digital manipulation in editing his images, resulting in a photographic aesthetic that is highly stylised and immediately recognisable. He identifies himself as ‘an artist that uses photography’ rather than a photographer, emphasising the importance of the image over the tools and processes. This move away from the camera has also led Forsyth to explore camera-less photo imaging techniques like the photogram, a Victorian Era process in which light projected onto photosensitive paper captures the silhouette of an object placed in front of it.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Exhibitions & Collections

Exhibited and Collected Internationally

Awards

Certificate of Commendation at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Best Landscape for Brooklyn at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
ICON Art & Design Award

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Photography

Mediums:

Photography
Photomontage
Photograms

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Animal/Botanical
Still Life

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My work conveys my love of the drama of nature, seeking to expand the beauty of natural forms that we sometimes overlook in everyday life showing an extra dimension in his work.

Allan Forsyth

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Kim Baker

Kim Baker bases her work on nature and nature morte as a motif. She combines this with abstract expressionism and the materiality of paint. She uses the motifs of flora, forests and fauna whilst retaining a gestural and layering technique. Kim often paints over an existing painting which can give the works a sense of history and depth.

Influences include Dutch 17th Century floral still life’s, the baroque painting of Murillo, the chiaroscuro of Caravaggio and American abstract expressionism of the 1950’s especially De Kooning.

“Kim Baker’s striking oil paintings take inspiration from the memento mori tradition as it evolved in seventeenth century Dutch still life’s. Her canvases thus feature flowers, birds and insects, the traditional motifs of these earlier works, while retaining a spontaneous technique characteristic of more recent times. Baker often reworks her canvases repeatedly, painting one image on top of another until the finished work tells an additional story; that of its own genesis.”

Nature Morte. Contemporary artists reinvigorate the Still Life tradition.
Michael Petry
Thames and Hudson.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Education

Birmingham – BA Hons Fine Art
Cardiff Art College – Foundation
Hackney, London – Life Drawing

Selected Exhibitions

OTOMYS Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
Guildhall Gallery – London
Studio One Gallery – London
JAMM Gallery – London
Bo Lee Gallery – Hong Kong

Commissions

Gleneagles Hotel – Edinburgh
Four Seasons – St Petersburg, Russia

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Paintings

Mediums:

Paintings on Canvas

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Animal/Botanical
Still Life

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Kim Baker’s striking oil paintings take inspiration from the memento mori tradition as it evolved in seventeenth century Dutch still life's.

Michael Petry - Thames and Hudson

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Mark Godwin

The motif of Landscape has been a major part of the work of Mark Godwin for over 30 years. He has been greatly influenced by the 18th century Romantic notion of the Sublime, and our longing for an emotional encounter with nature.

These paintings are about finding a visual equivalent for his sensation before nature. They are paintings about the poetic idea of landscape. There is a nostalgia, and timelessness about his work, and a conscious blurring of the boundaries between abstraction, and representation. They are landscape of the imagination. They are paintings about feelings.

Mark Godwin began his artist training at Stourbridge College of Art and progressed on to Central School of Art, the Royal College of Art and Cite Internationale des Artistes in Paris. Following his training Mark went onto work as a copperplate printer for Palm Tree Editions, Albion Editions and London Contemporary Art.

Since then Mark has set up his own studio to develop his practice concentrating on painting and printing. He has exhibited extensively and his work has been included in many collections both private and corporate.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Selected Exhibitions

Bruton Street Gallery
Catto Gallery, London
Printmakers Gallery, St. Ives
Reuben Colley Fine Art, Birmingham
Curwen Gallery, London
Chenal Group, France
Documenta Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil

Selected Commissions

Grand Metropolitan
Bank of England
Sumitomo Bank Japan
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Smithkline Beecham
Morgan Stanley

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Paintings
Prints

Mediums:

Painitngs on Canvas
Paintings on Paper
Screen Prints
Etchings

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Landscape
Cityscape
Seascape

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These paintings are about finding a visual equivalent for my sensation before nature.

Mark Godwin

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Claire Malet

Claire Malet produces work is inspired by natural forms and landscapes. Fragments of sea-worn shells, the rock formations of a battered coastline, a curl of split bark, the dancing light and shadow of woodland all give inspiration.

I also draw inspiration directly from the characteristics of the medium. Working intuitively is key, allowing the metal to suggest a direction and find a relationship with the subject matter. I work in silver, copper, steel and ‘found metals’

Claire Malet is exhibited internationally, with gallery representation in UK, USA, Australia and Ireland.

I have pieces in several public collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum and the National Museum Cardiff. Awards include Goldsmiths’ Fair Best New Design Award 2014.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Selected Exhibitions

2018 – Homo Faber – Venice, Italy
2018 – West Branch Gallery, Vermont, USA
2013 – 2019 – Collect – Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 – Contemporary British Silversmiths, London
2016 – Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2014 – 2015 – Goldsmiths’ Fair, London
2014 – Manchester Art Gallery
2013 – Cheongju, South Korea

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Sculpture
Installations
Accessories

Sculpture Type:

Interior
Tabletop

Mediums:

Sculpture – Metal-Cast
Sculpture Metal-Fabricated
Gilding

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Natural Forms

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My work is inspired by natural forms and landscapes: fragments of sea-worn shells, the rock formations of a battered coastline, a curl of split bark, the dancing light and shadow of woodland.

Claire Malet

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Helen Lack

Helen Lack is a contemporary artist working in the UK and producing large format and statement art. She has a unique style which is energetic, individual and vibrant with an urban edge.

Her work has been described as having a richness of colours with a Pollock style, depicting the Abstract Expressionist movement. This has created a significant level of interest among galleries and collectors. As well as a healthy demand by companies requiring “office art”.

Helen paints by combining many layers and thick brushstrokes using mixed media and drip techniques. She conveys emotion in all her works, which is received by the viewer as intriguing and involving.

Her works are inspired by current events and environmental concerns. Her paintings showing passion and vibrancy as well as reflection and colour to her audience.

Helen Lack has displayed her collections in contemporary shows, collaborated with other artists and curated her own solo exhibitions. All have attracted media interest in the UK and Europe and have received much acclaim.

Her works have been exhibited in many prestigious galleries in London and New York, creating a truly international appeal. In addition, one prestigious gallery has asked for her works in Italy for very high-profile collectors.

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Selected Group Exhibitions

Ben Moore’s Digital Age
Herrick Gallery Mayfair
Espacio Gallery, London
Marylebone Gallery
Roys People Art Fair
The Talented Art Fair
International Digital Exhibition – Manilla

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Natural Elements
Introspective

Other Works

Eezy Sleeze Clothing – Australia

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Paintings
Prints
Installations

Mediums:

Collage
Mixed Media
Large Statement Paintings on Canvas, Panels and Paper
Prints – Artist and Other

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Cityscape/Urban
Geographical
Interiors
Landscape
Portrait/Figurative
Seascape/Water

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My work has been described as having a richness of colours with a Pollock style, depicting the Abstract Expressionist movement.

Helen Lack

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Deborah Lanyon

Deborah Lanyon is based in Twickenham, London. She has been painting since the age of 15. In the late 1970’s Deborah trained at St Martin’s and the Byam Shaw School of Art.

Throough the years she has exhibited extensively in London, the UK and Internationally. Including Art First in Cork Street and more recently at the Jenny Granger Gallery in Whitstable.

Deborah’s work is collected by both private and corporate collectors including the Glass House Restaurant in Kew, the Square Restaurant in Bruton Street and in the Park Lane Hotel.

Deborah Lanyon works primarily in acrylic producing large scale abstract landscapes. She likes to emphasise both structure and colour in her compositions.

She has been influenced by the St Ives artists such as Roger Hilton, Patrick Heron and Ben Nicholson. From Roger Hilton she learned the importance of mark making. From Patrick Heron about colour and from Ben Nicholson the significance of structure to hold the painting together.

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

Milne and Moller
Putney School of Art
Pike Gallery
Archeus Fine Art
James Colman
Air Gallery
Archeus Fine Art
Fountain Gallery
David Curzon

Paintings available by commission.

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Paintings

Mediums:

Painitngs on Canvas
Acrylic on Canvas

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Landscape

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My work is primarily in acrylic. I work on large scale abstract landscapes. I like to emphasise both structure and colour in my compositions.

Deborah Lanyon

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Jonet Harley-Peters

Jonet Harley-Peters takes the natural world as her starting point. She interpret the effects of light on plants water and earth. As well as the shapes and shadows that float on the surface of fragile and changing nature.

‘I’ve always been drawn to symmetry and pattern and first started to explore geometry and proportion in my last year at Art school. Part of my childhood was spent in East Africa and the rest on the edge of Dartmoor. Africa gave me colour, pattern and red earth – while Dartmoor was full of mood, mist and water.’

Jonet works with basic geometry using raw pigments and photography to make low relief constructions and photo-montage. Her work is based on what I see in the natural world.

‘I take photographs and cut shapes to produce fragments and then take what I need to reconstruct to make a new ‘version’ and tell a new story. I am currently using triangles but my response varies due to the demands of the material.’

Raw pigments have an intensity of colour and photo-montage shows the extraordinary detail and texture of the natural world. Simple geometric patterns provide a solid structure on which to base explorations with colour and image.

Jonet Harley-Peters works mainly in low relief construction with curved and cut shapes backed with heavy weight paper and cardboard , when mounted the constructed shapes appear to float away from the surface. All the work is box framed .

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Selected Commissions

Bank of England
British Telecom
Paintings in Hospitals
Homerton Hospital
Central Middlesex Hospital
Reuters
Chelsea Harbour Club
William Morris Gallery
Bury Museum & Gallery
Sheridan Gallery
Pump House Gallery

I have exhibited widely but now work mainly to commission.

ARTIST SUMMARY

Categories:

Photography
Other

Mediums:

Photography
Photo montage
Low Relief Construction

Subject Matter:

Abstract
Animal/Botanical
Still Life

Jonet Harley-Peters - Moonflower and Columbine

Jonet Harley-Peters - Indras Alizeran Symmetry VIII

Jonet Harley-Peters - Geometry of the Lost Circle IX

Jonet Harley-Peters - Sweet Water Bitter Lake V

Jonet Harley-Peters - Geometry of the Lost Circle I

Jonet Harley-Peters - Fruit Plants & Trees VI

Jonet Harley-Peters - Acanthus & Bramble

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I take photographs and cut shapes to produce fragments and then take what I need to reconstruct to make a new 'version' and tell a new story.

Jonet Harley-Peters

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Thurle Wright

Thurle Wright works with books, maps and words on paper.

Her delicate paper reconstructions stem from an interest in the systems and structures of language. As well as the ordering of knowledge and the collecting, storing and accessing of words.

She cuts, folds, weaves and stitches lines of words into a new visual format. Traces of the original mingle with personal, often playful or poetic interpretations.

Originally from Zimbabwe, Thurle works from her studio in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter.

She has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including Collect2019 at the Saatchi Gallery, the Bookarts Triennial in Lithuania, Deptford X, and Brussels Art on Paper.

Numerous residencies include work for the V&A Museum of Childhood, Perth Central School of Art and Design, Camberwell Arts and various schools and colleges in the UK.

Her work is held public and private collections including Brisbane State Library