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  • Nigel Waters

    Location: Devon, United Kingdom
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    I am a graduate professional artist with BA Fine Art First Class Honours 2006. I'm inspired by the landscape and create work that abstracts what I see and experience. Often working en plein air I create dynamic & colourful compositions. I'm inspired by abstract expressionism with rapid expressive mark making & striking colours of Fauvism. I have a strong exhibition catalogue over 20 shows in 2025.

  • Ashley Karrell

    Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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    Ashley Karrell is an award-winning Creative Director in Visual Art, Photography, Theatre and Film with a career spanning over 15 years. He has produced a broad spectrum of work that includes art exhibitions, commercial and experimental video productions, and mass participation pieces across and outside of the UK.

  • Dave Parsons

    Location: South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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    I am an artist working in Sheffield painting and sculpting alongside welding, making and restoring to make money. I went to art college in tI mid 80's for an art foundation course and failed it so not really trained but not fully an Outsider. At 60 I was diagnosed with combined Autism and ADHD and discovered an underlying cause for many situations I have been in that have influenced my work

  • Lindy DeMelo-Garner

    Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
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    Lindy works from her studio in Cheadle and is inspired by her coastal New England roots. Her work is colourful as she layers glazes to make pieces with movement & depth. She strives to make functional tactile pieces people will reach for time and again.

  • Olamide Ayomipo Adesola (ayo'lamide)

    Location: Durham, United Kingdom
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    I am Olamide Adesola aka Ayo'lamide. I have a masters degree in Fine Art from Teesside University and a BSc degree in Fine Arts from Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria. I started art as a young girl. I have participated in exhibitions, home & abroad. This was done so as to solidify my intention of achieving an uninterrupted creative/professional practice as a professional artist. I am happily married.

  • Jacqueline Mary Hughes

    Location: Somerset, United Kingdom
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    I am a sustainable textile artist and designer exploring the intersection of craft, storytelling, and wellbeing. Using embroidery, layering, and fabric manipulation, I transform overlooked materials into textiles that celebrate resilience. My work, often shaped by personal health experiences, empowers women and gives voice to hidden stories.

  • Ksenia Semirova

    Location: East Sussex, United Kingdom
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    Ksenia Semirova is a UK-based hand embroidery artist who mixes various techniques with plain materials such as threads, beads, pieces of textile to produce intricate artworks. Her works are a inspired by cultural, historical, social, and political contexts, interwoven with her personal perspective to create outcomes that hold profound meaning.

  • Sasha DeWitt

    Location: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    I'm an abstract landscape artist and creative facilitator based in Staffordshire. My visual practice explores place, memory, and belonging, often grounded in walking, mapping, and the use of locally gathered pigments.

  • David Freeman Powell

    Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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    I am a predominantly self taught artist working across a range of textile mediums with a particular focus on weaving currently. I use a range of different size handheld or tabletop looms, mainly working with natural & recycled fibres in combination with found objects that maybe natural or manmade.

  • Jelena Havelka

    Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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    Jelena Havelka is an abstract painter and printmaker based in Leeds. She holds a PhD in Psychology, and her art education comes from residencies and workshops with artists and printmakers in Yorkshire. Her work is grounded in a concept of embodiment, translating felt experiences into textured surfaces that echo the physicality of emotion.

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