ARTISTS
Mary Brazier – Painter
Mary’s work depicts real and still life scenes from home and travel with strong feelings; providing an interesting and engaging peep into the past and present.
Contact:
Sefton Lodge, Stockgrove Park,
Leighton Buzzard Beds
T: 01525 375404
Mary’s work depicts real and still life scenes from home and travel with strong feelings; providing an interesting and engaging peep into the past and present.
Contact:
Sefton Lodge, Stockgrove Park,
Leighton Buzzard Beds
T: 01525 375404
Luis Costa – Photographer
Luis is a local landscape photographer living in Pitstone. “I love to photograph landscapes and the local countryside offers me plenty of opportunity to explore that passion. Ashridge Forest, Ivinghoe Beacon and Pitstone Hill to mention just a few, are truly inspirational local landmarks and supply all the right ingredients for my photographic work.”
Contact:
T: 01296 661135
E: luis@luiscosta.co.uk
Luis is a local landscape photographer living in Pitstone. “I love to photograph landscapes and the local countryside offers me plenty of opportunity to explore that passion. Ashridge Forest, Ivinghoe Beacon and Pitstone Hill to mention just a few, are truly inspirational local landmarks and supply all the right ingredients for my photographic work.”
Contact:
T: 01296 661135
E: luis@luiscosta.co.uk
Amanda Curbishley – Painter
I am a local artist that enjoys experimenting with colour. Working from a home studio and a local art group, my work has been exhibited and sold at various art exhibitions in Buckinghamshire.
Contact:
T: 01296 428358
E: amanda.curbishley@ntlworld.com
I am a local artist that enjoys experimenting with colour. Working from a home studio and a local art group, my work has been exhibited and sold at various art exhibitions in Buckinghamshire.
Contact:
T: 01296 428358
E: amanda.curbishley@ntlworld.com
Daphne Cox-Wilkinson – Mixed Media
BA (Hons) Visual Studies artist working in clay, oils, charcoal etc. Now studying glass work techniques at Hull Art College. Her latest piece ‘Vital Links’ is currently on show at the Ferens Art Gallery in Kingston-upon-Hull.
Contact:
12 Church Street, Burton Pidsea,
East Yorkshire HU12 9AU
T: 01964 671755
E: daffers1928@btinternet.com
BA (Hons) Visual Studies artist working in clay, oils, charcoal etc. Now studying glass work techniques at Hull Art College. Her latest piece ‘Vital Links’ is currently on show at the Ferens Art Gallery in Kingston-upon-Hull.
Contact:
12 Church Street, Burton Pidsea,
East Yorkshire HU12 9AU
T: 01964 671755
E: daffers1928@btinternet.com
Peter Davies – Photographer
I am a photographer and artist. My subjects vary but my personal interest lies with the natural world. There is always something new be it in landscape or wildlife. There will be on display original art, mounted photographic giclee prints, and prints of my art work using some of the best inks, paper and stretched canvas available. There is also a selection of greetings cards.
Contact:
T: 01296 662766
M: 07966490577
E: peterdavies36@btinternet.com
W: www.peterjdaviesphotography.com
I am a photographer and artist. My subjects vary but my personal interest lies with the natural world. There is always something new be it in landscape or wildlife. There will be on display original art, mounted photographic giclee prints, and prints of my art work using some of the best inks, paper and stretched canvas available. There is also a selection of greetings cards.
Contact:
T: 01296 662766
M: 07966490577
E: peterdavies36@btinternet.com
W: www.peterjdaviesphotography.com
Ron Hunt – Painter
Ron takes inspiration from the Art Deco and Art Nouveau period. Working mainly with Acrylic Ink, he seeks to achieve style and colour and if possible to tell a small story.
Contact:
T: 01323 472322
M: 07900 554776
E: randlh@btopenworld.com
Ron takes inspiration from the Art Deco and Art Nouveau period. Working mainly with Acrylic Ink, he seeks to achieve style and colour and if possible to tell a small story.
Contact:
T: 01323 472322
M: 07900 554776
E: randlh@btopenworld.com
Nyree Kavanagh – Painter
Having worked in the media for many years I decided to pursue a more personal artistic expression through painting. To be free from commercial constraints I feel liberated and my work at the moment is concerned with simple everyday objects painted in a straightforward almost faux naive style. Available for commissions for the home and personalised children’s canvases too.
Contact:
M: 07802 423285
E: nyree_kavanagh@sky.com
Having worked in the media for many years I decided to pursue a more personal artistic expression through painting. To be free from commercial constraints I feel liberated and my work at the moment is concerned with simple everyday objects painted in a straightforward almost faux naive style. Available for commissions for the home and personalised children’s canvases too.
Contact:
M: 07802 423285
E: nyree_kavanagh@sky.com
David Lilley – Sculptor & Furniture Maker
David carves each piece of wood in sympathy with its own unique character. The thin shells emphasise the elegant strength of the material. In his work as a furniture maker, he combines his sculptures into functional pieces.
Contact:
M: 07761 765130
E: david@david-lilley.co.uk
W: www.david-lilley.co.uk
David carves each piece of wood in sympathy with its own unique character. The thin shells emphasise the elegant strength of the material. In his work as a furniture maker, he combines his sculptures into functional pieces.
Contact:
M: 07761 765130
E: david@david-lilley.co.uk
W: www.david-lilley.co.uk
Stella Parslow – Painter
Stella is a self taught artist who started painting with Enamel on Ivorine ( imitation Ivory) and Eggshells.
Her first exhibitions were The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (Miniatures Section) and the Medici Gallery, London. From these beginnings she has experimented extensively with techniques of watercolour and gouache, creating a unique collection of detailed fine work which has been widely published.
Contact:
T: 01908 648697
E: paint@stellaparslow.co.uk
W: www.stellaparslow.co.uk
Stella is a self taught artist who started painting with Enamel on Ivorine ( imitation Ivory) and Eggshells.
Her first exhibitions were The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (Miniatures Section) and the Medici Gallery, London. From these beginnings she has experimented extensively with techniques of watercolour and gouache, creating a unique collection of detailed fine work which has been widely published.
Contact:
T: 01908 648697
E: paint@stellaparslow.co.uk
W: www.stellaparslow.co.uk
Catherine Phillips – Painter
I am a local artist with a degree in textile design. I enjoy experimenting with media, using flowers as my inspiration and this is my mainstay.
Commissions are taken to add impact to interiors, or personalised using photographs and collage.
Contact:
T: 01525 378032
M: 07545 624789
E: catherine.osmond.phillips@gmail.com
I am a local artist with a degree in textile design. I enjoy experimenting with media, using flowers as my inspiration and this is my mainstay.
Commissions are taken to add impact to interiors, or personalised using photographs and collage.
Contact:
T: 01525 378032
M: 07545 624789
E: catherine.osmond.phillips@gmail.com
Jackie Roberts – Painter
Whilst living and painting in Nigeria in the 1980’s my love of painting led me to Art College as a mature student. I now paint and exhibit in Spain and from home in Oxford, exhibiting locally and taking commissions for portraits.
Contact:
Manor Cottage, Brill Road, Horton-cum-Studley
Oxford, OX33 1BU
T: 01865 358831
E: anthony.roberts63@tiscali.co.uk
Whilst living and painting in Nigeria in the 1980’s my love of painting led me to Art College as a mature student. I now paint and exhibit in Spain and from home in Oxford, exhibiting locally and taking commissions for portraits.
Contact:
Manor Cottage, Brill Road, Horton-cum-Studley
Oxford, OX33 1BU
T: 01865 358831
E: anthony.roberts63@tiscali.co.uk
Mick Waterhouse – Sculptor
Mick Waterhouse carves images portraying the natural world mankind inhabits and comments on his place there and effect on it. The Green Men and animals, often set in flowing foliage, made in native timbers bear the marks of the makers tools.
Contact:
Prune Tree Cottage, 64 High Street, Cheddington,
Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7 0RQ
T: 01296 661839
E: Mickwaterhouse@yahoo.co.uk
W: www.www.sculpture@bicester.org.uk
Mick Waterhouse carves images portraying the natural world mankind inhabits and comments on his place there and effect on it. The Green Men and animals, often set in flowing foliage, made in native timbers bear the marks of the makers tools.
Contact:
Prune Tree Cottage, 64 High Street, Cheddington,
Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7 0RQ
T: 01296 661839
E: Mickwaterhouse@yahoo.co.uk
W: www.www.sculpture@bicester.org.uk
Stevie Wilkinson – Painter
Stevie has a background in illustration with a BA Hons art degree. She is currently freelancing and working on commissions. She is also painting a series of children’s activities, gardening and farm animals, creating card designs, nursery pictures and murals.
Contact:
Peartree Cottage, Manor Farm Lane, Ledburn,
Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 0PZ
T: 01525 374270
E: stevie@wilko5.co.uk
Stevie has a background in illustration with a BA Hons art degree. She is currently freelancing and working on commissions. She is also painting a series of children’s activities, gardening and farm animals, creating card designs, nursery pictures and murals.
Contact:
Peartree Cottage, Manor Farm Lane, Ledburn,
Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 0PZ
T: 01525 374270
E: stevie@wilko5.co.uk
Andy Wilkinson – Photographer
Andy studied photography and design at St Albans School of Art & Design and at Exeter School of Art. Andy is displaying some of his landscape photography taken over the last year – shown here in sets which capture the depth of light and texture of landscapes both home and abroad.
Contact:
T: 01442 879712
E: andy@wilko5.co.uk
W: www.wilko5.co.uk
Andy studied photography and design at St Albans School of Art & Design and at Exeter School of Art. Andy is displaying some of his landscape photography taken over the last year – shown here in sets which capture the depth of light and texture of landscapes both home and abroad.
Contact:
T: 01442 879712
E: andy@wilko5.co.uk
W: www.wilko5.co.uk
James Sansome – Sculptor
Each sculpture is individually crafted and is unique. All of my designs are as bold as they are simple. Sculptures are left to weather naturally turning a soft burnt orange colour. Commissions accepted.
Contact:
Westend House, Manor Road, Cheddington,
Beds, LU7 0RP
T: 01296 661332
M: 07714 219417
E: jssculptureworks@hotmail.co.uk
W: www.jssculptureworks.googlepages.com
Each sculpture is individually crafted and is unique. All of my designs are as bold as they are simple. Sculptures are left to weather naturally turning a soft burnt orange colour. Commissions accepted.
Contact:
Westend House, Manor Road, Cheddington,
Beds, LU7 0RP
T: 01296 661332
M: 07714 219417
E: jssculptureworks@hotmail.co.uk
W: www.jssculptureworks.googlepages.com
Lynn Allen – Painter
Lynn Allen is a painter printmaker who loves colour. She works in watercolour, pastel and print. Her work is inspired by the patterns and shapes found in landscape, everyday objects and the human form.
Contact:
T: 01442 267525
E: lynn@lynnallen.orangehome.co.uk
Lynn Allen is a painter printmaker who loves colour. She works in watercolour, pastel and print. Her work is inspired by the patterns and shapes found in landscape, everyday objects and the human form.
Contact:
T: 01442 267525
E: lynn@lynnallen.orangehome.co.uk
Nicky Belton – Painter
Nicky’s background in textile and fashion design has a clear influence on her work, from the topics she chooses down to the highly textured handmade papers and vibrant coloured inks she uses to present her quirky drawings.
Contact:
M: 07747 561518
E: nicky@nickybelton.com
Nicky’s background in textile and fashion design has a clear influence on her work, from the topics she chooses down to the highly textured handmade papers and vibrant coloured inks she uses to present her quirky drawings.
Contact:
M: 07747 561518
E: nicky@nickybelton.com
Peter Botwell – Painter
Peter trained as an architect and has a particular interest in drawing and painting
historic buildings and landscapes. He has exhibited widely in Buckinghamshire
and neighbouring counties and is a member of both Buckingham and Milton Keynes
Art Societies.
Contact:
T: 01280 815946
E: peterbowtell@tiscali.co.uk
Peter trained as an architect and has a particular interest in drawing and painting
historic buildings and landscapes. He has exhibited widely in Buckinghamshire
and neighbouring counties and is a member of both Buckingham and Milton Keynes
Art Societies.
Contact:
T: 01280 815946
E: peterbowtell@tiscali.co.uk
Sue Cosby – Painter
Sue Cosby works with watercolours and acrylics in a natural style. She is best known for her land and sea scapes, but this year she has also included some city scenes of London.
Contact:
T: 01525 375404
E: sue.cosby@btinternet.com
Sue Cosby works with watercolours and acrylics in a natural style. She is best known for her land and sea scapes, but this year she has also included some city scenes of London.
Contact:
T: 01525 375404
E: sue.cosby@btinternet.com
Irene Douglas – Painter
I have been painting for 5 years. I use acrylic, water colour, charcoal and ink. The paintings in this exhibition are acrylic. Large bold style, colourful, atmospheric, contemporary. I have exhibited and sold at exhibitions in Bedfordshire.
Commissions accepted
Contact:
T: 01525 864915
I have been painting for 5 years. I use acrylic, water colour, charcoal and ink. The paintings in this exhibition are acrylic. Large bold style, colourful, atmospheric, contemporary. I have exhibited and sold at exhibitions in Bedfordshire.
Commissions accepted
Contact:
T: 01525 864915
Eddie Gosney – Photographer
Eddie studied photography at college and now after a career in advertising, he has returned to his first love. He is concentrating on developing a portfolio of limited edition photographic prints of his work.
Contact:
2 St Anne’s Close, Wendover, Bucks HP22 6JF
T: 01296 624425
E: eddiegosney@btinternet.com
Eddie studied photography at college and now after a career in advertising, he has returned to his first love. He is concentrating on developing a portfolio of limited edition photographic prints of his work.
Contact:
2 St Anne’s Close, Wendover, Bucks HP22 6JF
T: 01296 624425
E: eddiegosney@btinternet.com
Sue Gosney – Painter
I derive my inspiration from the Buckinghamshire countryside and places I have visited both in the UK and abroad and try to work from real life landscapes gaining as much reference as I can from my immediate surroundings.
Contact:
2 St Anne’s Close, Wendover, Bucks HP22 6JF
T: 01296 624425
E: suegosney@btinternet.com
W: www.suegosney.com
I derive my inspiration from the Buckinghamshire countryside and places I have visited both in the UK and abroad and try to work from real life landscapes gaining as much reference as I can from my immediate surroundings.
Contact:
2 St Anne’s Close, Wendover, Bucks HP22 6JF
T: 01296 624425
E: suegosney@btinternet.com
W: www.suegosney.com
Vanessa Lee – Painter
Vanessa’s mixed-media collage work is inspired by history and photography, often relating back to her own family’s past and genealogy. Her pieces are delicately embellished through embroidery and painting, creating picturesque snapshots of interesting places, which are sold as prints.
Contact:
T: 07749 700 394
E: vlee_88@yahoo.co.uk
W: www.artsnetbeds.org.uk
Vanessa’s mixed-media collage work is inspired by history and photography, often relating back to her own family’s past and genealogy. Her pieces are delicately embellished through embroidery and painting, creating picturesque snapshots of interesting places, which are sold as prints.
Contact:
T: 07749 700 394
E: vlee_88@yahoo.co.uk
W: www.artsnetbeds.org.uk
Jenny Molloy – Painter
Local working mum Jenny, paints in watercolour and draws in pastel as a hobby. She prefers to paint poultry animals and flowers, and has exhibited in her place of work, but mainly paints for enjoyment and personal satisfaction.
Contact:
Bramble Cottage, 8 Ledburn, Leighton Buzzard,
Beds LU7 0PX
T: 01525 375893
E: jenny@bramblecottage.co.uk
Local working mum Jenny, paints in watercolour and draws in pastel as a hobby. She prefers to paint poultry animals and flowers, and has exhibited in her place of work, but mainly paints for enjoyment and personal satisfaction.
Contact:
Bramble Cottage, 8 Ledburn, Leighton Buzzard,
Beds LU7 0PX
T: 01525 375893
E: jenny@bramblecottage.co.uk
John Morris – Painter
John studied art at St Paul’s College, Cheltenham under the tutelage of the late Harold Sayer ARCA, RWA, RE. Works were produced in watercolour, gouache and collage. After a fulfilling career in education, John has now been able to fully focus on his painting and still enjoys it’s challenge and rewards. He now lives in a cottage in Greenfield, Bedfordshire.
Contact:
T: 01525 714995
E: jjmorris24@yahoo.com
John studied art at St Paul’s College, Cheltenham under the tutelage of the late Harold Sayer ARCA, RWA, RE. Works were produced in watercolour, gouache and collage. After a fulfilling career in education, John has now been able to fully focus on his painting and still enjoys it’s challenge and rewards. He now lives in a cottage in Greenfield, Bedfordshire.
Contact:
T: 01525 714995
E: jjmorris24@yahoo.com
Edward Stamp – Painter
Edward Stamp is a member of The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and The Society of Wood Engravers. He is a landscape painter working in oils, watercolours and acrylics, and also in the relief printing method of wood engraving. Much of his landscape painting is in the form of small scale works made on the spot. North Buckinghamshire and the Vale of Aylesbury are his main sources of inspiration.
Contact:
T: 01525 240681
Edward Stamp is a member of The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and The Society of Wood Engravers. He is a landscape painter working in oils, watercolours and acrylics, and also in the relief printing method of wood engraving. Much of his landscape painting is in the form of small scale works made on the spot. North Buckinghamshire and the Vale of Aylesbury are his main sources of inspiration.
Contact:
T: 01525 240681
Joe Stockton – Painter
Joe Stockton specialises in watercolours and has exhibited extensively in the Midlands region and in London. He is particularly interested in depicting water with its myriad reflections.
Contact:
T: 01525 261364
E: jandjam@btinternet.com
Joe Stockton specialises in watercolours and has exhibited extensively in the Midlands region and in London. He is particularly interested in depicting water with its myriad reflections.
Contact:
T: 01525 261364
E: jandjam@btinternet.com
Ann Stone – Painter
Having retired from 40 years working in the NHS, I can now indulge in my passion for painting. I have tried different mediums, watercolour, acrylics, and pastel. For me, painting is a journey I am still travelling.
Contact:
T: 01525 280323
E: riversstone@msn.com
Having retired from 40 years working in the NHS, I can now indulge in my passion for painting. I have tried different mediums, watercolour, acrylics, and pastel. For me, painting is a journey I am still travelling.
Contact:
T: 01525 280323
E: riversstone@msn.com
Bethanie Ruston – Painter
Bethanie Ruston works in a combination of oil paints and thick acrylics to produce her hand painted canvases. Her poppy paintings are her speciality and primarily what she will be exhibiting at the Mentmore Arts Festival. Her work is fresh, contemporary and full of life.
Contact:
M: 07932 021301
E: bethanieruston@hotmail.co.uk
W: www.bethanieruston.co.uk
Bethanie Ruston works in a combination of oil paints and thick acrylics to produce her hand painted canvases. Her poppy paintings are her speciality and primarily what she will be exhibiting at the Mentmore Arts Festival. Her work is fresh, contemporary and full of life.
Contact:
M: 07932 021301
E: bethanieruston@hotmail.co.uk
W: www.bethanieruston.co.uk
Denise Saunders & Don Evans – Painter
Denise and Don are neighbours and are members of the Leighton Buzzard Art Society.
They have exhibited watercolour landscapes at the Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre
and Leighton Buzzard Art Society exhibitions.
Contact:
Waverley, Hilside Road, Leighton Buzzard,
Beds LU7 3BU
M: 01525 384769
Denise and Don are neighbours and are members of the Leighton Buzzard Art Society.
They have exhibited watercolour landscapes at the Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre
and Leighton Buzzard Art Society exhibitions.
Contact:
Waverley, Hilside Road, Leighton Buzzard,
Beds LU7 3BU
M: 01525 384769
Jim Hetterley – Painter
A retired art teacher, who paints mainly in acrylics and usually of local scenes
and landscapes. Also available for commissions.
Contact:
27 Bideford Green, Leighton Buzzard,
Beds LU7 2TH
A retired art teacher, who paints mainly in acrylics and usually of local scenes
and landscapes. Also available for commissions.
Contact:
27 Bideford Green, Leighton Buzzard,
Beds LU7 2TH
