FORMER MEMBERS' GALLERY
geoff barnes
Geoff began painting 20 years ago, becoming proficient in watercolour and oils before settling on pastels as his favoured medium 12 years ago.
Although he is well known locally for his pastel landscapes, Geoff In fact continues to work in many mediums, including oil pastel, watercolour and oil as well as soft pastel. His subjects vary, but paints portraits in oil and his watercolours are often landscapes.
mary buck
Following in my grandfather’s footsteps, I took to art later in life after running my own business. I studied fine art and loved every minute, using different media and techniques, playing with paint and really enjoying the experience.
I belong to several art societies and exhibit widely. I have now found my niche: I paint mostly in oils and take my inspiration from the Dorset landscape in which I have lived for most of my life.
I belong to several art societies and exhibit widely. I have now found my niche: I paint mostly in oils and take my inspiration from the Dorset landscape in which I have lived for most of my life.
sue burleigh (ticklywitch)
Sue’s cartoon illustrations, worked in pen and ink, are well-known, appearing weekly in Dorset newspapers and have also appeared in Punch and European newspapers. Her cards are sold throughout the UK and she has illustrated many books, including the Scarybones books with Ron Dawson, Bitz and Pieces with Brian Moore, and recently, a book on Blandford Ghosts with the Blandford Museum. She also recently collaborated with punk artist/actor, Johnny Delux, on a 5-minute children’s horror story film, Little Wide Awake (You-Tube).
Since 2010, she has also painted with acrylic on canvas, exhibiting in a local café, regularly with BAS, and in 2012 at the Cork Street Gallery in London, and with the Cartoonists Club of Great Britain, of which she is a member.
Since 2010, she has also painted with acrylic on canvas, exhibiting in a local café, regularly with BAS, and in 2012 at the Cork Street Gallery in London, and with the Cartoonists Club of Great Britain, of which she is a member.
elizabeth (liz) carr
Elizabeth declined her offer of Art School and instead followed a career as a make-up artist, mainly working in Italy for the fashion industry. During her travels, she was greatly inspired by the deserts of Arizona and Utah.
Her semi-abstract paintings are usually worked in gouache and ink (sometimes acrylic). Liz likes to have fun with her artwork, delivering rather off-the-wall, brightly coloured subjects.
Her semi-abstract paintings are usually worked in gouache and ink (sometimes acrylic). Liz likes to have fun with her artwork, delivering rather off-the-wall, brightly coloured subjects.
roger clark
Roger trained as an illustrator, later working for firms like BOAC and Vospers, making detailed technical drawings or ‘exploded’ parts required for manuals. He has, however, always made fine woodcarvings of animals in his ‘spare time' for his own pleasure, for which he is particularly known locally.
Now living locally, he has exhibited exclusively with Blandford Art Society, where he has also shown large but finely detailed pencil drawings of animals. Last year, he was runner-up in the woodcarving category of the national ‘Wisdom Comes with Age – But too Late’ competition.
felicity (flic) clayton
I have no art college or formal training, although I attended a few evening classes in the 1960’s, but then had no time to paint until retiring in 1986. Since then, I have done occasional workshops – though I now feel too old for these - and I still attend weekly classes with Clare Shepherd.
john cody
John enjoys life-drawing and organises the Tuesday evening session in Stourpaine village hall. He has also painted scenery for the amateur dramatic productions he directs. He is reluctant to talk about his art interests or process, but his large scale works speak for themselves.
jill goatman
I started drawing and painting lessons in 2002 at Wokingham College and progressed to an OCN course in 2005 under the tuition of some very interesting people. Art was then curtailed for a number of reasons and I began painting again in 2009, mostly in pastels and acrylics, and more recently, in oils which I am enjoying immensely.
I attend classes with David Marl and Colette Fowler-Marson and am most grateful to them both for their enthusiastic encouragement. I especially like to paint land and seascapes, and trees feature predominantly in a number of works. My aim is to capture realistically places I have enjoyed visiting and which are particularly special to me, bringing them alive using textures, fine detail, and the occasional little bit of artistic licence!
I attend classes with David Marl and Colette Fowler-Marson and am most grateful to them both for their enthusiastic encouragement. I especially like to paint land and seascapes, and trees feature predominantly in a number of works. My aim is to capture realistically places I have enjoyed visiting and which are particularly special to me, bringing them alive using textures, fine detail, and the occasional little bit of artistic licence!
Margaret Hasted
www.saa.co.uk/art/margarethasted
Margaret has been painting for 20 years. She was chairperson of the Broadstone Art Society from 2002-2006, and had paintings hung in the Mall Galleries and Westminister Halls, London, also Southampton City Art Gallery, Sherborne, Dorchester, Blandford and Romsey, among others.
Margaret is also a member of Dorchester Art Club and Blandford Art Society.
Margaret’s work is mostly in acrylics and mixed media, with an emphasis on abstract/modern and landscapes, with most work started outside, whether it is floral or seascapes.
www.saa.co.uk/art/margarethasted
Margaret has been painting for 20 years. She was chairperson of the Broadstone Art Society from 2002-2006, and had paintings hung in the Mall Galleries and Westminister Halls, London, also Southampton City Art Gallery, Sherborne, Dorchester, Blandford and Romsey, among others.
Margaret is also a member of Dorchester Art Club and Blandford Art Society.
Margaret’s work is mostly in acrylics and mixed media, with an emphasis on abstract/modern and landscapes, with most work started outside, whether it is floral or seascapes.
amanda keyte
I studied at Eastbourne Art School in the 1960’s and followed this with a career in illustration. After a long gap bringing up four children and working in schools, I can now concentrate on painting again.
My work evolves from studying landscapes and trees; the intensity of colour and intriguing natural forms are a rich source of subject matter. I endeavour to capture the strength and beauty of trees using different media and have a favourite time-worn birch tree in the Peak District which has inspired many paintings.
My work evolves from studying landscapes and trees; the intensity of colour and intriguing natural forms are a rich source of subject matter. I endeavour to capture the strength and beauty of trees using different media and have a favourite time-worn birch tree in the Peak District which has inspired many paintings.
sue murison
Sue has painted for many years, beginning with a pastel course at Hornsea School of Art sponsored by John Lewis. While living in Kuwait she started again, this time in oils, and has since used all media.
Sue loved portraiture, but is now exploring landscape in mixed media: watercolour, oil pastels, soft pastels and acrylic, transforming the limitations caused by macular degeneration and the consequent inability to see detail into an opportunity to ‘loosen up’ her style. Her paintings were shown in a travelling exhibition organised by the Blind Association, which aimed to encourage those with deteriorating vision not to give up activities they enjoy. Sue particularly admires Hockney’s drawings and his adventurous use of colour.
antigone (tiggy) neaum
I paint: I draw. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. So I study painting, I read about it, I visit galleries. I’ve done it all my life and I guess I always will.
I will try to get better but will probably just end up with more paintings…
I will try to get better but will probably just end up with more paintings…
sarah nicholls
I have always had an interest in art and enjoyed studying Art and Design to degree level. I have enjoyed working with lots of different media over the years, but now find that working with fabric is the medium which suits me best.
I use a mixture of hand embroidery, machine embroidery and different textures of fabrics in order to create my work. I like to find inspirational, interesting or funny quotes to add to embroidered fabric. I also like to make things that will make people smile.
pauline prime
Pauline has painted for many years, for a long time concentrating on mastering watercolours until, at last, she began to feel restless. After a pastel course with Tony Paul, she painted mainly animals in pastels, but since a workshop with Stephen Foster, Pauline now particularly enjoys painting with a palette knife in acrylics, using a small brush for fine detail such as hair (hare?) and exhibits with Blandford Art Society.
GILL SIMONDS
After obtaining a National Diploma in Graphic Design at the Canterbury College of Art, I enjoyed a career in advertising. Following this, I became an acrylic painter and have exhibited widely with the National Acrylic Painters Association.
Having always been fascinated by the natural world, I have collected over the years pebbles, fragments of rock, minerals, fossils and pieces of bark. The shapes, colours and designs within these have inspired my semi-abstract paintings.
VALERIE TOMS
I have been painting for 30 years working in oils, pastels, acrylics, as well as watercolour, studying under various tutors.
I won a silver cup in one competition and certificates in several others, and have sold paintings to both English and American buyers.
I won a silver cup in one competition and certificates in several others, and have sold paintings to both English and American buyers.
pauleen trim
Pauline recently retired from 25 years teaching Art and Design at Bournemouth and Poole College. She is a member of the Hilliard Society of Miniature Painters and the South West Society of Botanical Artists, and exhibits with both.
Apart from miniatures and botanical paintings, she also paints watercolours in various formats of a wide variety of subjects, and having taught City and Guilds embroidery produces textile art in several media.
Annabelle Valentine
www.thevalentinegallery.co.uk
Annabelle is a prolific, full-time artist who studied Fine Art Illustration for four years at Exeter and Portsmouth, having learned many skills from her mother.
She is an established commission painter, completing numerous commissions over the past 11 years, and has previously attended many craft fairs and shows as a public demonstrator.
Although she is known primarily as a portrait artist, she also creates beautiful animal portraits, and any other subject is welcomed.
She is a direct descendant of the famous 19th century portrait and landscape artist, John Linnell (the patron of William Blake), and is also related to the artist, Samuel Palmer.
Annabelle is a prolific, full-time artist who studied Fine Art Illustration for four years at Exeter and Portsmouth, having learned many skills from her mother.
She is an established commission painter, completing numerous commissions over the past 11 years, and has previously attended many craft fairs and shows as a public demonstrator.
Although she is known primarily as a portrait artist, she also creates beautiful animal portraits, and any other subject is welcomed.
She is a direct descendant of the famous 19th century portrait and landscape artist, John Linnell (the patron of William Blake), and is also related to the artist, Samuel Palmer.
Jane Williams
I have always enjoyed textiles and stitching, and my main interest is in textile art which uses a needle as opposed to a brush. After I did my City and Guilds in Art and Design for Embroidery, I realised that painting and stitching go hand in hand.
I am now attending classes with Sue Fawthrop, whose work I admire, using acrylics in an abstract way and I find this very exciting.