Simon Farr
Simon studied Fine Art at Harrow and Portsmouth. He worked as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist for newspapers and magazines for many years - notably political cartoons for The Guardian and Telegraph and cartoons for the financial letters page of the Daily Mail every Wednesday for a very long time. He now makes narrative works that exploit the more comic, esoteric and bizarre aspects of human relationships and behaviour. He works mainly on paper in a variety of mediums but occasionally, when pressured, he rises to the challenge of a portrait in oils.
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I love you Pencil and chalk pastel on paper 21 x 29cms
Shuggy Bain Acrylic ink on paper 29 x 42cms
The Headteacher Oil on canvas 55 x 70cms
Pris Forrest
Pris Forrest was born in Malta but settled in Scotland, eventually attending Edinburgh College of Art, where she developed an interest in Printmaking. Moving with a young family to East Anglia, she worked as technician and tutor at the Art School in Suffolk College. She joined exhibiting groups which enabled her to exhibit abroad, locally and in London. She became preoccupied with Suffolk’s flat and watery landscape, also pursuing her interest in horses and music, all of which figure prominently in her work. She has a lifelong love of drawing, which she still teaches privately, and has her own printmaking studio in the Suffolk countryside.
Email: prisforrest@yahoo.co.uk
Kingfisher 1 Etching 15 x 13cms
Deben Swans Etching 20.5 x 25cms
Ian Shoeing Bubble Etching 21 x 18cms
Claire Fried
Claire is a figurative colourist working in Suffolk. Her new work is based on her residency / cultural exchange in Wenzhou, China in Autumn 2019. Her inspiration is from landscapes, portraits and still life, mainly in oils on linen or board. The artwork is working with colour and pattern, remaining figurative and impressionistic. As a continuous discipline Claire draws from life and is currently working with inks. A studio visit can be arranged and portraits commissioned.
Email: claire.fried@zen.co.uk Website www.clairefried.co.uk
The Wall, Wenzhou, China Oil on linen 100 x 100cms
Deben from Ramsholt, Suffolk, UK Oil on canvas. 30 x 40cms
Banks of the Stour, Suffolk, UK Oil on board 29 x 21cms
George W Gill
Born in Sheffield, October 1949. Studied 'Painting and Drawing' in Sheffield, Oxford, St Albans, ‘Illustration' at Watford College of Art & Design. Acquired a Degree in Graphic Arts. Changing media kept his work fresh and honest. Favourite medium was Oils. ‘Art and Music define my life’ was entirely true for him. George was interested in a wide range of well-known, obscure, diverse artists from all over the world from Constable, Tom Coates, Diebenkorn. Awards included 'Outstanding Work' ‘Best Painting’ and others, at the Mall Galleries, London and in the Counties. George had Shortlistings and was Accepted by the Royal Academy, London; Shortlisted by the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
Email: paintbox@btinternet.com. Website: www.gillandoshelda.com
City Crossing Oil on canvas 70.5 x 101cms
November, Blythburgh Oil on canvas 61 x 72cms
Summer Days Oil on canvas 79 x 99cms
Paul Godden
Paul Godden was born in Ipswich Suffolk and attended Ipswich Art School for four years. After leaving Suffolk he settled in Brighton East Sussex where he lived and worked for thirty five years. In 2023 he returned to his home town of Ipswich. Generally he paints in an abstract expressionist style but has been known to paint a mandala or two and is a skilled life drawing artist."I don’t paint in order to try and reproduce something from life but rather to express what is inside myself that can’t be expressed by any other method. I have worked hard over the years to develop my own ‘Language’ and I use this to express whats inside me."
Website: https://artist.6fish.co.uk/
Brush-Strokes-III Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 40cm
Ilsa Acrylic on Canvas 70 x 70cm
Pandemic 1 Acrylic on Canvas 76 x 76cm
Miranda Grayling
Miranda is Ipswich born but moved to Denmark in 1988 and returned to Ipswich area again in November 2016. Miranda is self taught but has learnt from courses whilst living in Denmark. In recent years Miranda has moved more over to different print techniques and after acquiring a relief press in 2022 is looking to combine different elements in her work. Paint pulled onto rice paper and silk screen printing is used on most artworks in a collage form. A love of trees, hedgerows and nature is inspirational. Miranda also enjoys the fun side of creating and drawing "Quirky " characters.
www.instagram.com/mirandagrayling
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When nature speaks Mixed media collage on MDF 18 x 18cm
The colours of Summer Mixed media collage on canvas 30 x 30cm
Wear your crown with pride Mixed media drawing on paper 26 x 26cm
Caroline Greene
Caroline had work selected for the Chelsea Art Society 2019 exhibition, and was shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Royal Society of Oil Painters and the New English Art Club open exhibitions. She won the NEAC's national Barbara Hepworth Drawing Competition, and most of all loves to paint outdoors. Caroline attends weekly Life Drawing classes and values traditional drawing skills. She paints in oils, gouache and watercolour, and draws in charcoal and ink, mainly landscapes, still life and urban/village scenes. Caroline tries to capture shape, feeling, atmosphere and light in a straightforward way, and her aim is to keep growing and learning as an artist.
Email: ccr1ccr2@gmail.com
Website: www.carolinegreene.co.uk
City of London from Hampstead Heath
(painted outdoors)
Oil on muslin laid on board 25 x 36cms
Ancient oak at Rendham Charcoal on paper 20 x 20cms
Daffodil in a jar Oil on board 15 x 15cms
Kate Griffin
Kate Griffin studied with the Open College of Creative Arts. She is a Suffolk based artist who has lived in the area most of her life, having originally worked as a health professional and then in education. Her work reflects the world she sees around her and communicates ideas of loss, absence and temporality. Her current body of work explores the subjects of illness and solitude, which she communicates through the intimacy of her paintings.
The Hospital Table Oil on board 50 x 58cm
Remembrance Oil on canvas 38 x 48cm
Pill Packet Oil on canvas 31 x 48cm
Mary Gundry
Mary has been painting professionally for over 25 years – mostly figurative work. She owned a gallery in Southwold for 11 years and a subsequent gallery in Halesworth for a further 7 years. Although her work is often associated with children on the beach and Suffolk scenes – reproduced as cards and prints – both the subject and approach have changed over time, so represented here are three recent examples. One is a pastiche of Dame Laura Knight’s work, one of little girls dancing in a more impressionistic style and another of Tide Mill where her influence is John Piper.
Email: marygundry@tiscali.co.uk
Shadows, Southwold Beach Oil 56 x 46cms
Little Girls Dancing Oil 25 x 15cms
Tide Mill, Woodbridge Ink and watercolour 36 x 26cms