It was over forty years ago now that I remember watching my father painting and drawing in his studio at home; just the same way in which my youngest son now watches me. This is when I decided that I wanted to be a painter. See All Keith Proctor Originals

My first recollection of having an interest in art was at the age of 10 when I entered into a school Easter Card Competition and won first prize. This inspired me to carry on drawing, particularly incorporating my main interest at that time of aircraft and cars. Things changed when I was 12 – for Christmas I was given a set of oil paints and an easel (the easel I still use today 40 years later!).

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Timmy Mallett is known as a TV and entertainment personality, but is just as versatile and colourful in his artistic endeavours. See All Timmy Mallett Originals

The year of 1967 (when I was 16) proved to be a significant turning point in my life; not only did I start at Medway College of Art in Kent, but on the first day I met Sally who was later to become my future wife.
Up until that time I had got used to being acknowledged as the ‘arty one’ from my class mates as I travelled through the educational system of primary and secondary school; it was with a mixture of excitement and trepidation that I started my time at Art College. I was finally there!

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Based in Essex and with a background in graphic design, David has worked as a professional oil painter for over 10 years. See All David Pilgrim Originals

Amanda produces stunning one-off glass pieces which come framed in mirror frames as shown.

Much of her artwork is based around a theme of hearts which she calls, ‘Art from the Heart’. Using mixed media, she creates the most beautiful vivid originals of abstract and semi-abstract forms.

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“Looking through the bottom of a pint pot, or over the rim of a wine glass, life is casually seen. People amuse, dogs delight, inanimate objects become alive and suddenly the world is on your doorstep. It leads one to love all animals and some people. The world is a miraculous accident. I intend to stick with it for some years. The Greek philosophers took the same path.” See All Lawrie Williamson Originals

I have been painting for as long as I can remember. I lived on the outskirts of London which meant I benefited from being within easy reach of London Galleries and open countryside, both of which were a source of immense inspiration to me. As an only child I had the freedom to immerse myself in my work, I also received a great deal of encouragement and guidance from my Grandmother who raised me for which I am eternally grateful.

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Born and raised in North Shields, 1971, my childhood was filled with happy times; from building tyre swings over streams to doing ‘dodgy deals’ in bike parts with my friends. Some days I’d play football for so long that I’d hardly have the energy to walk home; arriving back to my dinner plated up and shrivelled to a crisp- my mam would never mind though.  Memories of my father working in the shipyards (when they were still running) with other proud hard grafting men also sit clearly in my mind. 


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A pivotal moment in the young Paul Kenton’s life was a move from his birth place in Derby to the West Country when he was eight years old. As a teenager he learnt to surf on the wild beaches of North Devon and as a keen surfer he has travelled the world realising inspiration for another passion; his art. Now settled in Ilfracombe with his Brazilian partner, Alexandra and two young daughters, Kenton still surfs when he’s not in the studio or enjoying the hectic pandemonium of family life. 

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I have been surrounded by the art business for as long as I can remember, my father being Gerald Coulson, one of the country’s foremost landscape and aviation artists. I grew up with oil paintings propped up to dry in various places around the house and kind of took it all for granted. My father worked in a spare bedroom and for a while as a young child I thought all Dad’s did the same.

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Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1945 Douglas Hofmann attended grade school through high school in his hometown. After high school he enrolled in a business college in Baltimore only to leave after a month questioning his career choice. He started to work at a local department store as a window trimmer where, Hofmann says, he learned about color design. See All Douglas Hoffman Originals

I was born in 1974 in Plymouth.  I don't know my dad and have no memory of him as he has never been in my life.  I've always been very close to my mum as a result.  I left school at 15, with zero qualifications as I was constantly moving up and down the country with my eighties power mum!  See All Stefan Marner Originals

After studying art at North Tyneside College, I became self employed as a professional artist in 1984.  I used this time to experiment with all medium including glass engraving, printing and painting, but always seemed to be drawn back to oil paint.  Even as a child I can remember my grandmother using oil paint in a paint by numbers set.  This caught my attention and I was fascinated with the medium.

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Born in a coastal town of North Wales, Kerry’s passion for art was inspired by a love of beautiful old picture books. See All Kerry Darlington Originals

I was born in Bournemouth, Dorset on the 25th March 1970 and have lived within10 miles of my birthplace all my life. I can’t remember exactly when it was, but I know I was very young when I first started learning to draw. Detail was always my thing; if my drawing didn’t look like the object or scene I was looking at then I would find it a most infuriating experience.

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Born in South Wales in 1952, and brought up in a South Yorkshire mining village, Gwyn eventually moved to study Illustration at Manchester Polytechnic in 1976. After graduating she joined the prestigious London Illustration Agency, Artist Partners, and spent many years as a successful, bookcover artist, painting bookjackets for authors such as Catherine Cookson, Maeve Binchy, Laurie Lee, D.H. Lawrence, Agatha Christie, the list is endless. She remembers these as very happy, fulfilling years, and still maintains strong

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The childhood adventures in the woods and streams of the English countryside were very influential in Tim Cotterill's development as an artist. “This was the beginning of a life-long fascination with an animal whose nature and disposition would influence my own perspective on life and the joy to be found in it. I didn’t know then that I would someday be known as The Frogman."

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