Artists
Artists
© Emsworth Patient Participation Group 2021
Sheila Buckle
I moved to Emsworth with her husband in 1976 and has lived in this lovely
town ever since,
She has painted and exhibited her work in Emsworth for many years and paints
in acrylic, pastel and watercolour, on a wide range of subject matters.
Sheila was delighted to win the SAA Artist of the Year 2016 Award for Best
Abstract/Experimental Amateur Artist.
dbee robinson
In 2009 I gave up my job as a Quality and Environmental
Engineer and moved to Penang, Malaysia to support her Husband in his
overseas work assignment. There I rekindled love for painting and studied
Chinese art and calligraphy. I uses all different types of media, but painting on
delicate rice paper is her favourite. It’s such a challenge, as unlike canvas
or watercolour paper, mistakes can rarely be rectified. Even when the painting
is completed it has to be ‘backed’ with glue and more rice paper to give the
painting stability for framing which can sometimes damage the finished
artwork.
I recently completed the story and illustrations for my second children’s book
in the ‘Lilly Finds’ series, both now published and available as Apple eBooks.
I has enjoyed being part of numerous joint Exhibitions and Art Trails in
Malaysia and in the UK, but truly loved my first solo exhibition in Penang,
Malaysia, ’Lost and Found’ where I first started to exhibit her ‘Fusion Art,’
a mix of East and West media and techniques. The Exhibition ran for 6 weeks.
Adrian Weston
Shirley Blackley
Hello, I'm Shirley Blackler. I live in Emsworth with my
husband, two teenage children, and my adorable 2-year-
old collie ’Athena’. Emsworth is a beautiful historic fishing
town on the south coast of England on the border of
Hampshire and West Sussex. My passion for art began at
a young age, picking chives that grew wild behind our
garage. I would use the freshly picked chives to draw on
the side of the garage and then from my swing I’d watch
the pictures dry on the dusty chalkboard wall. Those fond
memories of childhood innocence and the smell of those
lovely pictures will stay with me forever. My love of the
outdoors, nature and some have said, my childish
imagination, have inspired my passion for discovering the
Lucky Leaf People. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
https://luckyleafpeople.com
Andrew Pearson
I live near Emsworth with my wife Joyce, my chief adviser
and valued critic.I interpret the traditional subjects of
landscape, still life and the human figure in my own way,
aiming not for realism so much as for visual impact, energy
and strong design. Painting being an activity in two
dimensions, I value and exploit the flatness of the picture
plane. My work is essentially about shapes and their
relation to one another and to the space they occupy. I am
influenced by Chinese painting and calligraphy, in which
space and balance are very important.
Starting a painting I generally have little idea where it is going.
Before judging a work finished I will probably have made many
changes and perhaps restarted more than once. My work is a journey with obstacles and
turning points, and sometimes, with luck, an arrival. I value ambiguity.
Being untaught, I have my own views on learning about art; I carry no art school baggage. I
think that technique should not be more highly valued than ideas (look how scrubby
Matisse's work could be – but what design!) With this in mind I conduct one-day workshops
in which I try to lure people out of their comfort zones into the bigger worlds hiding in their
heads. I have found it possible to get people to produce exciting and beautiful work of a
kind they did not dream of; this is enormously satisfying to them and to me.
Artists I especially admire include Zurbarán, El Greco, Corot, Manet, Boudin, Diebenkorn,
Vaughan, Serra, Eardley and Doig. Actually, nearly all artists have something worth looking
at. I look at a lot of art.
mike evans
Having spent a life in electronics and software engineering I
decided it was time to get a life and broaden my horizons so
started to paint about four years ago. Initially in acrylics and then
more lately in watercolour. Particularly like impressionism and
loose watercolour work although I find both hard to achieve. Every
piece of work can be a challenge but equally rewarding. My other
interests include dinghy racing, motorcycling, gliding and walking.
Carol Price
After six years as a fine art student at Stourbridge, Ravensbourne
and Goldsmiths Colleges of Art I taught Art and Design for thirty
years. For the last seventeen years I have developed my own
work in watercolour, acrylic and, more recently, printmaking.I'm
inspired by the rhythms, patterns and movement in both the
natural and manmade world with subject matter forever evolving.
I love the challenge of new materials and techniques but,
whatever the subject or medium, my work maintains a bold
distinctive style.
I exhibit at a number of places locally and my studio is open for
the hugely successful Emsworth Arts Trail in April/ May each year.
(September this year 2021).
vince lavender
A love of reflected light and landscapes inspires my work
but living as I do in Emsworth on the south coast of
England, inevitably, seascapes are never far away.
I enjoy experimenting with the presentation of my work in
various mediums, as well as the traditional framed
photograph. Photographs are sometimes printed on
canvas, but more unusually, images are produced
bonded under glass, and directly printed onto aluminium.
I am also experimenting with direct print on wood, a
process which deliberately allows for the grain and
texture of the wood to be part of the final image.
Having been fortunate enough to have travelled widely over the years I have
collected a lot of photographic images on the way, and these have been a great
source of material for my work.
Recently, having finally retired, I have been investigating other areas of
photographic interest, such as Macro and Wildlife photography.
sylvia mundy
Drawing was a significant part of my zoological and
botanical studies, and I took particular pleasure in making
diagrams of scientific apparatus.
In 1959, I had my first try with oil paints and in 1972/1973
I attended evening classes at Oak Park School.
I retired in 1993 and did a course in Botanical Illustration
run by the Royal Horticultural Society. Then seeking a
broader view, I enrolled with South Down's College for a
part-time painting course. The tutor is Alan Worthy-Turner
to whom I am greatly indebted. I clearly remember one
class on Ben Nicholson's work, which to me was
inspirational. The thought processes which go through my mind in looking for
shapes, simplifying and putting my perspective on subject matter give me
enormous satisfaction and pleasure.
In June 2001, Channel 4 invited me to take part in their 'Water Colour Challenge'
programme. It was a great experience.
In 2004 I moved into acrylics and abstract painting and continued to explore
different techniques and media, including collage. Stone carving is the latest but
after a couple of years my wrists gave out.
In 2018 I returned to watercolour and mastered some new techniques
.
sue long
I originally trained as a painter but became interested in
etching and joined both the Print Workshop at
Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury and the Minories Art
Gallery, Colchester. I then studied printmaking at Chelsea
School of Art, London and became head of studio at the
Minories.
I have taught part-time in adult education secondary
education, private art groups and in private schools. I now
work mainly as a wood engraver making unique wood
engraved collages and mixed media relief prints.
My latest work ‘Coast’ is an ongoing series of unique wood
engraved collages inspired by the diverse coastal scene.
I have exhibited widely in open, mixed and invited exhibitions.
I have exhibited widely in open, mixed and invited exhibitions. Biography – 'Artists in
Britain since 1945 Vol 1'
nic cowper
Hi I'm Nic and I've been drawing since I was 8. I've
never formally studied, other than A level Art 1979-
80. I always sketched watercolour en plein air as my
way of relaxing and recording the world, then one
day in 2004 I sold my first oil painting for £2000 by
mistake.
My first arts trail was 2013, and I continue with that
because it makes me work hard and think about the
business of art.
During my A level I painted a huge oil on board featuring street scenes
around Havant, which now hangs in the Mayoral Suite at Havant Council
Offices. It is featured on the BBC's catalogue of publically owned art works -
Click here to see it. The one on the left is much better, but it's not mine!
Nowadays you will see quite a few of my iPad paintings around, as they are
very popular and large scale, making them good for public display.
mo hussey
I studied for a degree at Portsmouth College of Art.
My one-off works are displayed at various
exhibitionslocally.
Paint texture and surfaces mould the subject, creating
mood and movement
martin piercy
I moved to the Emsworth area in March 2020 but was not too far
away in Southsea and I had visited Emsworth exhibitions many
times.
I have also sold and exhibited in Chichester in recent years and
have got to know a few arty people from the area so becoming a
member of Emsworth Artists is very special because I know the
standard of work from its members is very high indeed.
I got into painting on a regular basis comparatively late in life but
the past twenty years have flown by and seen me working as a
resident artist at the Riverbank Gallery - Port Solent (unfortunately
now gone like most of the shops around at that time) and I was known by many as the 'wave
man' because of the large surf waves and colourful skies paintings I was producing at that time.
I followed on from that by opening my own gallery in Hampshire and began organising art and
life drawing classes. I have also taken part and organised many exhibitions as well as being
represented by other independent galleries over the past twenty years.
I have now "retired" but continue to paint and also spend more of my time capturing the south
downs and local area with my camera. Photography has been a hobby from a small boy and I
would now love to include some of my photography in future exhibitions when possible.
However, I may have got into art late in life but I did take signwriting classes many years ago
and I worked on many decorative signs cumulating in my biggest ever assignment to reproduce
a highly decorative/artistic celling as part of the renovation work on a large Hampshire property.
It was backbreaking but I am glad I did it - with a lot of help from my very artistic wife.
marian forster
I began my artistic career as an archaeological illustrator
working on the Mary Rose project, drawing a wide range of the
artefacts recovered from the ship. This detailed pen and ink
work honed my drawing skills but it was not until 1990 when I
took up painting that my artistic world exploded into colour!
I get much of my inspiration from life here in the Emsworth area
and endeavour to bring humour and an eye for the unusual to
my paintings of the region, its people and harbour birds. I
specialise in feline, wildlife and maritime subjects and have won
the award for best watercolour at two consecutive exhibitions of
the Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Gallery London.
I first love is watercolour painting but over the past 2 years I have been studying a variety of
print making techniques including etching, screenprinting and relief printing
I am a member of the Society of Feline Artists and take part in their Annual Exhibition in
London and more recently their online exhibitions
julie turner
From monoprinting to screen printing and lino cut, my work is
strongly influenced by the local environment and love of colour.
My images are hand printed, allowing the ink to sit above the
paper to give an intensity and tactile feel not achieved by
commercial printing. I am a member of Omega Printmakers,
Portsmouth and Emsworth Artists and exhibit regularly within the
local area.
I completed a City & Gulds in printmaking ten-years ago and
have been experimenting with printmaking techniques ever
since. I occasionally hold workshops and demonstrations for
those interested in my techniques.
I am always happy to discuss and undertake commission for
clients. You can see more of my work at PO10 in the High Street, Emsworth.
liz dickson
I always loved painting at school but it wasn’t until inspired by
Hannah Gordon and Watercolour challenge that I took it up
again going to classes with John Hunt in Wells, Somerset and so
began the love and challenge of watercolours. Now living in
Hampshire I am with Simon Cowper whose wonderful teaching
and encouragement have given me confidence. I love painting
for my grandchildren 4 year old twin girls and my niece and
nephew and it is so rewarding to see my paintings framed in
their rooms and cards saved and displayed. (They look so much
better later and framed !) I am so flattered when people want to
buy one of my paintings.
Although I am retired I still teach piano having graduated from
the Royal Academy a few years ago! I also walk daily in the countryside with my springer and
cocker spaniel loving the landscapes and skies and the sea in all weathers.
jo silcock
I have enjoyed painting all my personal and work life.
I work in various mediums including watercolour, acrylic and mixed media.
I like to experiment with all types of mark making.
My style is inter-changeable from figurative through to abstraction.
I live in Emsworth and I am influenced and inspired by the surrounding
area of the beautiful Chichester Harbour. My subjects include coastal,
botanical, flora and fauna and I always enjoy a new challenge
I am also involved in teaching art to adults and children inspiring creativity
and relaxation enabling friendships to develop within a calm environment.
john tweddel
I started my career as an air-to-air photographer working for a
Hawker Aircraft, hence my interest since retiring returning again to
photography.
I took up painting as a hobby about twenty years ago and have
taken a special interest in combining digital imaging with traditional
painting techniques.
In recent years I have focused on the photographic and digital art
techniques, printed onto canvas.
Most of my work is inspired by the landscapes of Emsworth and
surrounding area.
jan copsey
I went to the West Sussex College of Art and studied a
Foundation Course, followed by a Course in Fashion Design.
After I left college, I worked locally in a Florist Shop and gained
my City and Guilds in Floristry. I have since spent many years
working with flowers on countless occasions and in varied
environments, running my own business from home.
I have always practised my Art in all sorts of ways from sketching
and painting whilst on holiday to Pub signs.
Having lived just outside Emsworth for 40 years with my
husband and family, I have come to love the area and a lot of my
subjects are local scenes.
My children have all left home now hence I have a bit more time
to pursue my Art.
Over the years I have participated in many local Exhibitions also I have done a little teaching,
which I found most satisfying.
The mediums I use are mostly Watercolour and Acrylics, with all kinds of subjects being of
interest to me – any subject is a challenge!
fabiola knowles
Artist Printmaker
In recent years I have turned more and more to printmaking as
my main creative focus. Drawing informs and drives most of my
printmaking, it is usually the starting point from which prints will
develop, although I sometimes work more directly and
spontaneously.
I have several sketchbooks on the go at any given time, which
makes for seemingly chaotic recording. Amid the chaos of my
sketchbooks , somehow things fall into place and develop into
finished prints in the studio. All my work is printed by hand and
colours are mixed as I go.
I work in a variety of printmaking disciplines such as
collagraph, linocut, silk screen and monoprinting. I like to experiment with intaglio and relief
methods and will often combine the two in my collagraph work.
I take inspiration from the world around me and am interested in the relationship we have with
our environment, both natural and built. Shape, space, pattern and light are elements I look
for when I'm developing ideas, striving to capture the perfect balance in my compositions.
My work currently presents a feeling of stillness which I am enjoying exploring.
cilla draper
Cilla Draper
Daniel tidbury
Internationally renowned British abstract artist, Daniel Tidbury,
lives and works in the beautiful village of Emsworth on the UK’s
south coast. Tidbury launched his art career in 2016 producing
acrylic paintings on canvas. His early works are bold and
colourful, free-flowing and dramatic, often featuring abstract
seascapes or skyscapes. Broad expressive strokes provided the
freelance graphic designer and commercial photographer a new
way to express himself.
Constantly exploring techniques and styles often working large
scale in acrylics Tidbury allows his emotions to transform into
unique images on canvas. With no underlying narrative what
emerges is the result of an unprescribed therapy, an expressive release.
Tidbury continues to produce unique artworks, shipping to collectors across the world, on an
ever meandering creative pilgrimage. art.
chris doyle
I have lived in Emsworth for almost 20 years with my wonderful wife,
Helen and son, Sam.
My interests in photography, astronomy, and art have evolved during
my early morning walks with Archie our Working Cocker.
Now I am lugging my camera kitbag, taking and composing pictures
whenever something catches my eye.I spent 2018 walking the same
route throughout the year to appreciate the way the seasons, tides,
weather and light interplay with each other and still marvel at how
beautiful the local scenery can be.
It is only by doing these walks with Archie that my portfolio and website
have come about. Take a look through my lens!
Bea veness
BEA VENESS graduated from Chichester University with a Fine
Art degree. She produces abstract and semi-abstract limited
edition prints combining linocut and screenprint, featuring
landscapes, seascapes, plants and favourite objects, breaking
down the images into the essentials of line and colour. All work is
hand-printed onto archival paper.
helena hines
Paintings and Prints
Helena loves the sheer abstract beauty of the earth and strives to
translate this into paint through the poetry of marks and colour.
Landscapes have spirit, both recognisably ‘real’ and imagined; we
say we feel alive out there and yearn to connect with nature.
Helena’s painting process is informed by printmaking, and indirect
process like breakage and mend, with many layers and combinations.
Helena lives and paints in Emsworth, was a director of Chichester
Artel Contemporary Artists, and has shown with various galleries
including Beaux Arts, Bath, and solo shows locally and in London.
She was a prize winner in the Portmouth Biennale. Her work is held
in private collections in the UK and beyond.
You can see her work at the annual Emsworth Arts Trail and
Emsworth Artists.
She studied Fine Art and Printmaking at Brighton, Bath Academy of
Art, and Chichester University (MA 2006).
Artists
Artists
© Emsworth Patient Participation Group 2021
marian forster
I began my artistic career as an
archaeological illustrator working
on the Mary Rose project,
drawing a wide range of the
artefacts recovered from the
ship. This detailed pen and ink
work honed my drawing skills
but it was not until 1990 when I
took up painting that my artistic
world exploded into colour!
I get much of my inspiration from
life here in the Emsworth area
and endeavour to bring humour
and an eye for the unusual to my paintings of the region, its
people and harbour birds. I specialise in feline, wildlife and
maritime subjects and have won the award for best watercolour
at two consecutive exhibitions of the Royal Society of Marine
Artists at the Mall Gallery London.
I first love is watercolour painting but over the past 2 years I
have been studying a variety of print making techniques
including etching, screenprinting and relief printing
I am a member of the Society of Feline Artists and take part in
their Annual Exhibition in London and more recently their online
exhibitions
I moved to Emsworth with her
husband in 1976 and has lived
in this lovely town ever since,
She has painted and exhibited
her work in Emsworth for many
years and paints in acrylic,
pastel and watercolour, on a
wide range of subject matters.
Sheila was delighted to win the
SAA Artist of the Year 2016
Award for Best
Abstract/Experimental Amateur
Artist.
During lookdown She has attended an online contemporary
abstract art course by an international professional artist.
Sheila's abstract paintings are atmospheric and create either a
sense of calm, peace and joy or energy, power and
movement.
Sheila Buckle
vince lavender
A love of reflected light and
landscapes inspires my work but
living as I do in Emsworth on the
south coast of England,
inevitably, seascapes are never
far away.
I enjoy experimenting with the
presentation of my work in
various mediums, as well as the
traditional framed photograph.
Photographs are sometimes
printed on canvas, but more unusually, images are
produced bonded under glass, and directly printed onto
aluminium.
I am also experimenting with direct print on wood, a
process which deliberately allows for the grain and texture
of the wood to be part of the final image.
Having been fortunate enough to have travelled widely
over the years I have collected a lot of photographic
images on the way, and these have been a great source
of material for my work.
Recently, having finally retired, I have been investigating
other areas of photographic interest, such as Macro and
Wildlife photography.
sylvia mundy
IDrawing was a significant part of
my zoological and botanical studies,
and I took particular pleasure in
making diagrams of scientific
apparatus.
In 1959, I had my first try with oil
paints and in 1972/1973 I attended
evening classes at Oak Park
School.
I retired in 1993 and did a course in
Botanical Illustration run by the
Royal Horticultural Society. Then
seeking a broader view, I enrolled with South Down's College
for a part-time painting course. The tutor is Alan Worthy-Turner
to whom I am greatly indebted. I clearly remember one class on
Ben Nicholson's work, which to me was inspirational. The
thought processes which go through my mind in looking for
shapes, simplifying and putting my perspective on subject
matter give me enormous satisfaction and pleasure.
In June 2001, Channel 4 invited me to take part in their 'Water
Colour Challenge' programme. It was a great experience.
In 2004 I moved into acrylics and abstract painting and
continued to explore different techniques and media, including
collage. Stone carving is the latest but after a couple of years
my wrists gave out.
In 2018 I returned to watercolour and mastered some new
techniques
Sue Long
I originally trained as a
painter but became
interested in etching and
joined both the Print
Workshop at Gainsborough’s
House, Sudbury and the
Minories Art Gallery,
Colchester. I then studied
printmaking at Chelsea
School of Art, London and
became head of studio at the Minories.
I have taught part-time in adult education secondary
education, private art groups and in private schools.
I now work mainly as a wood engraver making
unique wood engraved collages and mixed media
relief prints.
My latest work ‘Coast’ is an ongoing series of unique
wood engraved collages inspired by the diverse
coastal scene.
I have exhibited widely in open, mixed and invited
exhibitions.
Biography – 'Artists in Britain since 1945 Vol 1'
Nic Cowper
IHi I'm Nic and I've been
drawing since I was 8. I've
never formally studied, other
than A level Art 1979-80. I
always sketched watercolour
en plein air as my way of
relaxing and recording the
world, then one day in 2004 I
sold my first oil painting for
£2000 by mistake.
My first arts trail was 2013, and I continue with that
because it makes me work hard and think about the
business of art.
During my A level I painted a huge oil on board
featuring street scenes around Havant, which now
hangs in the Mayoral Suite at Havant Council
Offices. It is featured on the BBC's catalogue of
publically owned art works - Click here to see it. The
one on the left is much better, but it's not mine!
Nowadays you will see quite a few of my iPad
paintings around, as they are very popular and large
scale, making them good for public display.
mo hussey
I studied for a degree at
Portsmouth College of Art.
My one-off works are displayed at
various exhibitionslocally.
Paint texture and surfaces mould
the subject, creating mood and
movement
martin piercy
II moved to the Emsworth area in March
2020 but was not too far away in
Southsea and I had visited Emsworth
exhibitions many times.
I have also sold and exhibited in
Chichester in recent years and have got
to know a few arty people from the area
so becoming a member of Emsworth
Artists is very special because I know the
standard of work from its members is
very high indeed.
I got into painting on a regular basis
comparatively late in life but the past twenty years have flown by and
seen me working as a resident artist at the Riverbank Gallery - Port
Solent (unfortunately now gone like most of the shops around at that
time) and I was known by many as the 'wave man' because of the large
surf waves and colourful skies paintings I was producing at that time. I
followed on from that by opening my own gallery in Hampshire and
began organising art and life drawing classes. I have also taken part and
organised many exhibitions as well as being represented by other
independent galleries over the past twenty years.
I have now "retired" but continue to paint and also spend more of my time
capturing the south downs and local area with my camera. Photography
has been a hobby from a small boy and I would now love to include
some of my photography in future exhibitions when possible.
However, I may have got into art late in life but I did take signwriting
classes many years ago and I worked on many decorative signs
cumulating in my biggest ever assignment to reproduce a highly
decorative/artistic celling as part of the renovation work on a large
Hampshire property. It was backbreaking but I am glad I did it - with a lot
of help from my very artistic wife.
julie turner
IFrom monoprinting to
screen printing and lino cut,
my work is strongly
influenced by the local
environment and love of
colour. My images are hand
printed, allowing the ink to
sit above the paper to give
an intensity and tactile feel
not achieved by commercial
printing. I am a member of Omega Printmakers,
Portsmouth and Emsworth Artists and exhibit
regularly within the local area.
I completed a City & Gulds in printmaking ten-
years ago and have been experimenting with
printmaking techniques ever since. I occasionally
hold workshops and demonstrations for those
interested in my techniques.
I am always happy to discuss and undertake
commission for clients. You can see more of my
work at PO10 in the High Street, Emsworth.
liz dickson
II always loved painting at
school but it wasn’t until
inspired by Hannah Gordon
and Watercolour challenge
that I took it up again going to
classes with John Hunt in
Wells, Somerset and so
began the love and challenge
of watercolours. Now living in
Hampshire I am with Simon
Cowper whose wonderful teaching and
encouragement have given me confidence. I love
painting for my grandchildren 4 year old twin girls
and my niece and nephew and it is so rewarding to
see my paintings framed in their rooms and cards
saved and displayed. (They look so much better
later and framed !) I am so flattered when people
want to buy one of my paintings.
Although I am retired I still teach piano having
graduated from the Royal Academy a few years
ago! I also walk daily in the countryside with my
springer and cocker spaniel loving the landscapes
and skies and the sea in all weathers.
Jo Silcock
II have enjoyed painting all
my personal and work life.
I work in various mediums
including watercolour, acrylic
and mixed media. I like to
experiment with all types of
mark making.
My style is inter-changeable
from figurative through to abstraction.
I live in Emsworth and I am influenced and
inspired by the surrounding area of the beautiful
Chichester Harbour. My subjects include coastal,
botanical, flora and fauna and I always enjoy a
new challenge
I am also involved in teaching art to adults and
children inspiring creativity and relaxation enabling
friendships to develop within a calm environment.
john tweddel
I started my career as
an air-to-air
photographer working
for a Hawker Aircraft,
hence my interest since
retiring returning again
to photography.
I took up painting as a
hobby about twenty years ago and have
taken a special interest in combining digital
imaging with traditional painting
techniques.
In recent years I have focused on the
photographic and digital art techniques,
printed onto canvas.
Most of my work is inspired by the
landscapes of Emsworth and surrounding
area.
mike evans
Having spent a life in
electronics and
software engineering
I decided it was time
to get a life and
broaden my horizons
so started to paint
about four years ago.
Initially in acrylics and then more lately
in watercolour. Particularly like
impressionism and loose watercolour
work although I find both hard to
achieve. Every piece of work can be a
challenge but equally rewarding. My
other interests include dinghy racing,
motorcycling, gliding and walking.
jan copsey
I went to the West Sussex
College of Art and studied a
Foundation Course, followed by a
Course in Fashion Design.
After I left college, I worked
locally in a Florist Shop and
gained my City and Guilds in
Floristry. I have since spent many
years working with flowers on
countless occasions and in varied
environments, running my own
business from home.
I have always practised my Art in all sorts of ways from
sketching and painting whilst on holiday to Pub signs.
Having lived just outside Emsworth for 40 years with my
husband and family, I have come to love the area and a lot
of my subjects are local scenes.
My children have all left home now hence I have a bit more
time to pursue my Art.
Over the years I have participated in many local Exhibitions
also I have done a little teaching, which I found most
satisfying.
The mediums I use are mostly Watercolour and Acrylics,
with all kinds of subjects being of interest to me – any
subject is a challenge!
Fabiola Knowles
Paintings and Prints
Helena loves the sheer abstract
beauty of the earth and strives
to translate this into paint
through the poetry of marks
and colour. Landscapes have
spirit, both recognisably ‘real’
and imagined; we say we feel
alive out there and yearn to
connect with nature.
Helena’s painting process is informed by
printmaking, and indirect process like
breakage and mend, with many layers and
combinations.
Helena lives and paints in Emsworth, was a
director of Chichester Artel Contemporary
Artists, and has shown with various
galleries including Beaux Arts, Bath, and
solo shows locally and in London. She
was a prize winner in the Portmouth
Biennale. Her work is held in private
collections in the UK and beyond.
You can see her work at the annual
Emsworth Arts Trail and Emsworth Artists.
She studied Fine Art and Printmaking at
Brighton, Bath Academy of Art, and
Chichester University (MA 2006).
Fabiola Knowles
Artist Printmaker
In recent years I have turned more
and more to printmaking as my
main creative focus. Drawing
informs and drives most of my
printmaking, it is usually the starting
point from which prints will develop,
although I sometimes work more
directly and spontaneously.
I have several sketchbooks on the
go at any given time, which makes
for seemingly chaotic recording.
Amid the chaos of my sketchbooks , somehow things fall into
place and develop into finished prints in the studio. All my work
is printed by hand and colours are mixed as I go.
I work in a variety of printmaking disciplines such as collagraph,
linocut, silk screen and monoprinting. I like to experiment with
intaglio and relief methods and will often combine the two in my
collagraph work.
I take inspiration from the world around me and am interested
in the relationship we have with our environment, both natural
and built. Shape, space, pattern and light are elements I look
for when I'm developing ideas, striving to capture the perfect
balance in my compositions.
My work currently presents a feeling of stillness which I am
enjoying exploring.
daniel tidbury
IInternationally renowned British
abstract artist, Daniel Tidbury,
lives and works in the beautiful
village of Emsworth on the UK’s
south coast. Tidbury launched
his art career in 2016 producing
acrylic paintings on canvas. His
early works are bold and
colourful, free-flowing and
dramatic, often featuring
abstract seascapes or
skyscapes. Broad expressive strokes provided the
freelance graphic designer and commercial
photographer a new way to express himself.
Constantly exploring techniques and styles often working
large scale in acrylics Tidbury allows his emotions to
transform into unique images on canvas. With no
underlying narrative what emerges is the result of an
unprescribed therapy, an expressive release.
Tidbury continues to produce unique artworks, shipping
to collectors across the world, on an ever meandering
creative pilgrimage. art.
cilla draper
carol price
IAfter six years as a fine
art student at Stourbridge,
Ravensbourne and
Goldsmiths Colleges of Art
I taught Art and Design for
thirty years. For the last
seventeen years I have
developed my own work in
watercolour, acrylic and,
more recently, printmaking.I'm inspired by the
rhythms, patterns and movement in both the
natural and manmade world with subject matter
forever evolving.
I love the challenge of new materials and
techniques but, whatever the subject or medium,
my work maintains a bold distinctive style.
I exhibit at a number of places locally and my
studio is open for the hugely successful
Emsworth Arts Trail in April/ May each year.
(September this year 2021).
chris doyle
I have lived in Emsworth for
almost 20 years with my
wonderful wife, Helen and
son, Sam.
My interests in photography,
astronomy, and art have
evolved during my early
morning walks with Archie
our Working Cocker.
Now I am lugging my camera kitbag, taking and
composing pictures whenever something catches my
eye.I spent 2018 walking the same route throughout
the year to appreciate the way the seasons, tides,
weather and light interplay with each other and still
marvel at how beautiful the local scenery can be.
It is only by doing these walks with Archie that my
portfolio and website have come about. Take a look
through my lens!
bea veness
I graduated from
Chichester University
with a Fine Art degree.
She produces abstract
and semi-abstract
limited edition prints
combining linocut and
screenprint, featuring
landscapes, seascapes, plants and
favourite objects, breaking down the images
into the essentials of line and colour. All
work is hand-printed onto archival paper.
dbee robinson
In 2009 I gave up my job as a
Quality and Environmental
Engineer and moved to
Penang, Malaysia to support
myHusband in his overseas
work assignment. There I
rekindled love for painting
and studied Chinese art and
calligraphy. I uses all different
types of media, but painting on
delicate rice paper is her
favourite. It’s such a challenge, as unlike canvas
or watercolour paper, mistakes can rarely be rectified. Even
when the painting
is completed it has to be ‘backed’ with glue and more rice
paper to give the
painting stability for framing which can sometimes damage
the finished artwork.
I recently completed the story and illustrations for my
second children’s book in the ‘Lilly Finds’ series, both now
published and available as Apple eBooks.
I enjoyed being part of numerous joint Exhibitions and Art
Trails in Malaysia and in the UK, but truly loved my first
solo exhibition in Penang, Malaysia, ’Lost and Found’ where
I first started to exhibit her ‘Fusion Art,’ a mix of East and
West media and techniques. The Exhibition ran for 6 weeks.
Adrian weston
I
Andrew Pearson
I live near Emsworth with my wife
Joyce, my chief adviser and valued
critic.I interpret the traditional subjects
of landscape, still life and the human
figure in my own way, aiming not for
realism so much as for visual impact,
energy and strong design. Painting
being an activity in two dimensions, I
value and exploit the flatness of the
picture plane. My work is essentially
about shapes and their relation to one
another and to the space they
occupy. I am influenced by Chinese painting and calligraphy, in
which space and balance are very important.
Starting a painting I generally have little idea where it is going.
Before judging a work finished I will probably have made many
changes and perhaps restarted more than once. My work is a
journey with obstacles and turning points, and sometimes, with
luck, an arrival. I value ambiguity.
Being untaught, I have my own views on learning about art; I carry
no art school baggage. I think that technique should not be more
highly valued than ideas (look how scrubby Matisse's work could
be – but what design!) With this in mind I conduct one-day
workshops in which I try to lure people out of their comfort zones
into the bigger worlds hiding in their heads. I have found it possible
to get people to produce exciting and beautiful work of a kind they
did not dream of; this is enormously satisfying to them and to me.
Artists I especially admire include Zurbarán, El Greco, Corot,
Manet, Boudin, Diebenkorn, Vaughan, Serra, Eardley and Doig.
Actually, nearly all artists have something worth looking at. I look at
a lot of art.
