Artist:

Russel Mills:
    Does album and book covers. He also does set design and lighting. His lighting is very abstract using lines and shapes with deep backgrounds of colours like blue or black creating a solemn atmosphere. His individual artwork really looks into texture. His work looks rusty and old as if he painted on the side of an old metal boat.
   




 Max Gaspirini:
    Mundane work capturing deep emotion in faces. His style caught my eye instantly with his rough technique creating a cracked, pale complexion. Dripping technique in some areas which creates a feel of confusion, questioning if they are really there at all.







 Carol Wilson:
   Mixed Media, oil and acrylic paints. Abstract and realism. Inspiring use of rich colours, her work really reaches out to me. Her style and mixed media also captures a look that i would like to achieve when exploring my own style of art.









 Ian Murphy:
    Fine art and goes into great detail on his drawings of architecture. His work looks rough with his way of bringing in mixed media backgrounds. Architecture in old buildings have always interested me as i have visited many old castles and ruins growing up. The use of pages in his backgrounds make it look as if the words are telling the story of the buildings.



Kerry Buck:
    Collagraph artist, acrylic painter and illustrator who focuses on landscapes and nature. Her acrylic paintings are quite bright and cartoon like due to the block/straight lines style she does. Whilst the rest of her work is quite dark and sharp. I like this contrast as it shows two viewpoints, the cartoon style could be a false reality compared to the darker style that is the harsh reality. Or how stories can create a pretty, picket fence world but when you grow up you see the bare truth of the dirt that lies beneath in.










Cas Holmes:
   Mixed media collages using fabrics and illustrations of flowers, insects and birds. Her work is very softly light, innocent and aged with the rough edges and used looking fabrics. I like the way she layers her materials as it is very faint and hazy. This style could work when recreating the feeling of having a hazy dream as certain details are missing and eventually all fade out from memory to indescribable.






Anne Moore:
    Mixed media work with printmaking using etching, monoprints and linocuts. Her style looks similar to Russel Mills, using colours that appear rustic but adds more layers. This particular piece caught my interest with the figures dancing in that haze as it looks unusual but intriguing and very much like a strange dream. The change from dim to light also interest me as it creates focus on the figures and adding a mist of magical suspicion.





Sue Brown:
   Sue begins with a gum arabic transfer and using acrylic, ink and pencil adds layers of detail. Her work usually focus on nature and birds. The vicious markings add a sense of risk and fast movements with the delicate insects flying. The subtle glistening pink markings add to that delicacy, standing out from the mix of bold black, white and grey. Her artwork style interest me as it is elegant but also convolunt.