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.

E farr@simonfarr.co.uk

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Simon Farr

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

Pris Forrest

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

Claire Fried

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

George W Gill

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/

Paul Godden

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.

mirandagrayling@gmail.com

www.instagram.com/mirandagrayling

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Miranda Grayling

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

www.instagram.com/carolinegreene.art

Caroline Greene

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

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

Mary Gundry

Shadows, Southwold Beach Oil 56 x 46cms

Little Girls Dancing Oil 25 x 15cms

Tide Mill, Woodbridge Ink and watercolour 36 x 26cms

Jennifer Hall

Jennifer Hall is a practising artist with a studio at Butley Mills Studios where she is able to cast her own work in bronze. She is the Secretary of Clock House Arts Association, the charity that runs the studios. She is also a member of the Sudbourne Printmakers where she practises the art of printmaking. She has an MA in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas from The Sainsbury Research Unit, University of East Anglia; a BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of East Anglia/Suffolk College; and a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design, Norwich School of Art.

Email: jen@jennifer-hall.com

Website: www.jennifer-hall.com

Jennifer Hall

Head: Oak (Summer) Bronze 47 x c.31cms (at widest point)

Duncan Etching and Aquatint 20 x 25cms

Staverton Thicks Charcoal drawing 30 x 42cms

Maggi Hayward

Maggi studied at Ipswich School of Art from 1966 - 68, then at Croydon College of Art until 1971, becoming a Member of the Chartered Society of Designers. She has worked as a designer of textiles, graphics and museum exhibitions and after many years designing with the aid of computers she is now enjoying the manual process of printmaking and, in the words of printmaker Peter Green, ‘the workmanship of uncertainty’. She looks for the textures and patterns in Natural History collections, plants and landscapes and is inspired by the simplicity and economy of mid 20th century artists and designers.

Email: maggi.hayward@hotmail.co.uk

Maggi Hayward

Groyne B113, Felixstowe Relief print 20 x 14cms

Railway sleepers, Landguard Point, Felixstowe

Relief print 38 x 16cms

Pangolin escaping from Ipswich Museum Relief Print 26 x 15cms

Ali Hollingsworth

Ali Hollingsworth would describe herself as a self-taught country-loving artist, who loves to create “stories” using paint, found objects, print and ephemera, textiles, and text, often within a box. She loves to paint, sew, print, and model so this medium suits her skills well. She is inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell and John Piper and is a devotee of Mr Finch who sews fantastical creatures in a modern way. Ali was born in Cornwall and lives in Suffolk. She exhibits her work on-line on Etsy, or works to commission.

Email: aliholls248@gmail.co

Ali Hollingsworth

The Wedding Guests Assemblage 22 x 17cms

Tiny Tot No.9 Assemblage 21 x 27cms

I truly was a Princess Assemblage 14 x 18cms

Nicki Holt

Nicki Holt was born in London. She studied Illustration at Harrow School of Art and worked as a freelance illustrator for 17 years. She moved to Suffolk in 1989. Her main focus now is printmaking; sources of inspiration are plants, poetry, twilight, shadows, reflections, odd buildings, and the Suffolk landscape, layering her work with many textures. She makes etchings, collagraphs, relief prints, monoprints and collages which reflect an intense love of nature. She uses imagination to represent something she feels is the darker, mysterious side of the natural world. She has shown work in London and nowadays exhibits regularly in Suffolk.

Email: littlefishy2@gmail.com Website: nickiholtprints.co.uk

Nicki Holt

Big Sun Collagraph & Mixed Media 34 x 25cms

Ash Tree and Sheep Etching 25 x 29cms

Lost Balloon Etching 24.8 x 7cms

Tammany Hunt

Tammany is a self taught artist, based in Ipswich. Her practise has evolved through a variety of experimental methods, she is always searching for new inspiration but a fascination with portraiture frequently calls her back. She likes to work quickly, feeling her way around the subject with paint from the outset. Tammany's pieces have settled upon a style that demonstrates a love of strong tonal values and fluid use of oil paint, pulled or pushed across the surface to leave visible yet subtle brush marks.

tammanyhunt@hotmail.co.uk

www.tammanyhunt.weebly.com

Tammany Hunt

Self Portrait Oil on Panel 20 x 30cms

Framlingham Castle Arch Oil on Canvas 50 x 40cms

Garden Envy Oil on Canvas Board 20 x 20cms

Marina Jacobs

Marina is a Suffolk based artist - born in Ipswich and currently living in Felixstowe - who works with oil paint on canvas. A self-taught artist, she takes her inspiration from nature, attempting to capture the beauty of scenes that attract her attention and draw her in when she is out walking. She has exhibited in Ipswich and Felixstowe, winning the Award for Best Exhibition Painting in 2018 at the Felixstowe Art Group Annual Exhibition.

Website: www.marinajacobsartist.co.uk

Email: marinajacobs@hotmail.co.uk

www.facebook.com/marinajacobs.paintings

www.instagram.com/marinajacobsartist/

Marina Jacobs

Autumn Leaves #1 Oil on canvas 50 x 100cms

Autumn Leaves #2 Oil on canvas 20 x 25cms

Wisteria on fence #2 Oil on canvas 50 x 100cms

Pat Jourdan

Pat Jourdan trained for four years at Liverpool School of Art. She usually uses oil paints on board. A former member of the Norwich Twenty Group, she has exhibited widely: Norwich Castle Museum; solo exhibitions - Norwich Assembly House; Maddermarket Theatre. Moving to Galway she had solo exhibitions in the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin; Davis Gallery, Dublin; Galway Central Library. Later group exhibitions in Aldeburgh Gallery and Aldeburgh Baptist Chapel. ‘I don’t always know how a painting is going to develop - it has a life of its own, growing through several layer at times. Each one is a surprise.’

Pat is also a prizewinning writer of poetry, short stories and novels.

patjourdan004@gmail.com

patjourdan.wordpress.com

Pat Jourdan

Punks at a Demo Oil on board 53 x 71cms

Delphiniums in the Kitchen Oil on board 52 x 53cms

Striped Sheet Landscape Oil on board 60 x 71cms

Marian Lishman

Marian started working as an artist while living in Dubai in the 2000s, producing artwork for individuals, interior designers and hotels. She returned to Ipswich after 7 years and continued her art practice, having built a studio in her garden. Her paintings are abstract, often using her goto colours of blue and green and the images are open to interpretation. Having completed a series of organic paintings covered in resin, she also now works on abstract expressionist pieces. Participating in exhibitions around Suffolk and beyond, her paintings are in homes as far as Japan, Australia, the USA and Dubai.

marian@azureart.com

www.azureart.com

www.instagram.com/marianlishman

Marian Lishman

Waiting it out Acrylic on canvas 20 x 30 inches

Fractured Wave Acrylic and resin on canvas 60 x 60cm

Coast Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm

Hilary McPherson

Hilary originally studied textile design at Croydon School of Art. She now paints in oils, acrylic, watercolour and pastels, as well as enjoying the immediacy of monotypes. The natural world, landscape, natural objects and still life are favoured subjects. Hilary grows organic flowers on a local community farm which is a vibrant source of inspiration.

Email: hilly@harriet7.plus.com

Hilary McPherson

The Party; memories series 2021 Oil on canvas 30 x 30cms

Seaside 1920; memories series 2021 Acrylic on paper 21 x 15cms

Pond Life Oil on canvas 30 x 40cms