Hannah Aria

Originally born in Rochdale, Hannah relocated to Ipswich as a child. She was a Health Promotion Specialist prior to entering the professional arts arena and is an experienced Youth and Community Worker. Hannah debuted at Art Fair East last year and has exhibited at London’s Brick Lane Gallery, The Minories Galleries and various esteemed locations across Suffolk. The recently featured BBC Radio Suffolk Artist  is also undertaking a Residency at Quay Place; facilitating weekly workshops. Hannah is a Conceptual Mixed Media Artist with a heart for social justice. Her work contains philosophical undertones to inspire the soul and awaken the senses.

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Valerie Armstrong’s work is strongly affected by her past career as an art therapist. Due to the personal trauma of the recent four years, to find healing she has tapped back into her art therapy training and experience to create paintings which delve beneath the surface of reality.

These works are built up with abstracted layers of paint, mixed media and collage, so that beneath the surface lies history and information which can sometimes be glimpsed at through glazing or sanding back through surface layers. Whispers of thought shadows which can be barely glimpsed.

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 Through the liberal application of acrylic paint onto canvases and boards Sarah Baddon Price allows abstracted images to reveal themselves throughout the process of painting. Her paintings have been described as confident, vibrant and dynamic. She expresses her response to and reflects the world around her with a diverse range of subjects all abstracted into her own inimitable style.  

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 Most of Helen’s work is produced in her garden studio in Suffolk, where she is often found with her partner Bub and their two dogs Jack and Ollie. Her work is constantly changing and developing and therefore quite diverse. She will often repeat or revisit subjects, particularly those that carry a personal significance. Helen works primarily in oil, but also uses graphite and occasionally collage. Her paintings can be seen in galleries throughout Suffolk and London and occasionally in group exhibitions within the local area. 

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Laura Beardsell-Moore is a figurative artist based in Suffolk. She specialises in oil paintings of flowers, still life and portraits. Laura grew up in rural Suffolk and her early interest in art led to her studying art and art history at school. At 18 she left Suffolk to study Fine Art and Art History at the Winchester School of Art, followed by a Masters Degree in Art Criticism, Theory and Philosophy at the University of Essex. She later completed a course specialising in colour theory at Central St Martins and has also undertaken some classical training under a former director of the Florence Academy of Art. Laura has taught GCSE, A Level and BA (Hons) Fine Art students in the past. More recently she has taught workshops in oil painting along with some private tuition.

Using traditional oil painting techniques with contemporary subject matter, Laura’s work aims to capture fleeting moments in a timeless way. 

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Mark worked as a solicitor but gave up law to study art after moving to Suffolk in 1979. From 1985 he worked in a design studio, since 1993 as a freelance illustrator also teaching painting and art history classes, while continuing to paint. He has work in various private and corporate collections in Britain and the USA. Recent commission for a painting to hang in a new medical centre in Ipswich. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018 – Winner of the Hugh Casson Drawing Prize. His main interest is landscape, in particular the balance between the natural and artificial, the effect that the imposition of man-made structures has on our natural surroundings. 

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 Lucy Bell grew up in rural Buckinghamshire and studied at Ruskin School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. She has lived in East Anglia for 20 years, often showing with RASEAG (RA Schools Graduates of this region). Lucy is an abstract landscape painter mainly working in oils, inspired by the local environment. Her work is influenced largely by 20th century artists who use expressive colour – from Van Gogh to Klee and Sean Scully. The play on texture and pattern in nature has parallels for her with textiles.  

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 Since graduating, BA(Hons) Art and Design, Sherie has had a diverse artistic career. She won the Anna Airy award shortly after completing her degree. Sherie’s expressive landscapes are an embodiment of the connection she feels between herself and the Earth. Her art has touched on different mediums and styles, often combining them to create mixed media pieces. However, whether abstract, decorative or realistic, it is capturing spirit, feeling and intimacy which is fundamental to her work. Sherie lives in Suffolk where she exhibits locally. She has undertaken many commissions and has works in private collections.    

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 Rita moved to Suffolk in 1971 with her husband and their three children. Having attended various art classes, including evening classes at Middlesbrough Art School, she eventually became a student of Michael Norman in 1989, which continued for many years. His teaching was invaluable. Favourite subjects are old, interesting buildings, the countryside and riverscapes. Her work is generally traditional, though sometimes verging on abstract. She also enjoys portrait painting. Rita has exhibited widely in East Anglia, and had solo and shared exhibitions. Was an award winner in 2014 with the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists. Has had many commissions. 

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  Susie taught Art in High Schools for many years. She is the author of ‘The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics’ published by the Crowood Press. Susie is a member of the Suffolk Craft Society as a Printmaker. Susie trained at Cheltenham and Lowestoft colleges in Art. Susie has exhibited widely, and now works from her studio in Woodbridge where she is painting, sometimes using mixed media and collage. Susie builds up a composition that is seen from a different and perhaps more unusual viewpoint. Most recently Susie has exhibited at Snape Maltings and in the Longshed, Woodbridge as well as taking part in Open Studios 2022. 

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