Art has become an obsession for me. Unrestricted by the commands of academic training, I have been driven by passion to train myself.
An imaginary, figurative artist and illustrator who has exhibited widely in the UK and worked commercially for advertising agencies and design studios in London and the Midlands.
As well as a studio in West Sussex, Angela has a house in Italy where she paints and researches Italian life and its people.
Lindfield based Julia Clarke's uses acrylics on canvas or mixed media (including pastels and charcoal). This year she has followed the title of Light and Colour by exploring the effect of portraying light through a series of works where increasingly more form and colour are incorporated. The theme for all these works is based on jazz musicians, singers and dancers and the aim is to catch as much atmosphere as she can into each piece.
Jill Latter is a locally based illustrator, particularly working in watercolours with pen and ink detail. Her other style, Inky Stick, is literally as it sounds, a stick and a pot of ink, giving a great freeness and spontaneity to an illustration.
Jill is also running an Inky Stick workshop as part of the Festival weekend!
Inspired by woodlands and trees, Bleau aims to interpret the detail, essence and magic of nature and trees within her collages. Working on canvas Bleau uses a variety of materials and techniques, including organic materials such as pressed leaves, materials from the woods and natural papers in her work. Bleau's message within her work is about caring for our environment, waking up to the affects of climate change and appreciating our woodlands.
