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Dirty Hans began painting upon finding it was the only thing that brought a calming effect over his childhood hyperactive tendencies.
Seeing the work of artist such as Roy Lichtenstein and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec works strongly influenced his painting style.
Living in Antwerp for 9 years with Traveling experiences have influenced his techniques giving enthusiasm to focus, Unrestricted energies in simplifying paintings in a bold, fresh, way Inspiration for his work has come from many things, the imagery of the 1950`s culture, movies, Comic books, pulp-magazines traveling and studying more traditionalist contemporary artists.
He paints with acrylics, spray paint on canvas and has produced pop art and renaissance pieces, he has now started to experiment into the "Digital art Media"
He is going from strength to strength with his creative artistic ability. He has attracted collectors worldwide and within the UK. His work can be found in galleries throughout the UK and is now proving competitive force in the new media art world.
Fred Birchal is a Brazilian artist from Belo Horizonte, in 2011 he finished his graduation in graphic design, however, the acquisition of the designer title doesn’t say much about his interest in art as a consumer, scholar or artist. Since his early years he showed a certain creative impetus. The school desks and his notebooks used to serve as a canvas for sketch of the impressions that invaded his senses. Were his first creative laboratory. Over time, he found references that came to guide not only his small daily subversions of the school supplies, but also academic and professional production. The diverse cultural manifestations of postmodernity, mainly film, music and names like Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Norman Rockwell built the basic structure of his current production.
Chloe, is a self-taught artist, mixed media/digital/new world media, print/ acrylic paint/ Ink, embellishments. Contemporary artist.
Chloe is a Humanitarian and very keen animal rights activist.
Each piece of work is unique whether it be a limited-edition print or an original piece of work, each limited-edition print is hand finished using diamond dust inks and acrylics, enabling every piece to be unique in its own right.
Chloe likes her work to evolve organically and typically each piece has a message attached to its creation.
Original pieces can be up to 6 layers of inks, resin, acrylics and print transforming the artwork into a 3’D effect.
Sage is a self taught artist who lives and works in the United States. His work focuses on contrast, technically and visually. He pairs opposing colors and themes in a surreal way to communicate the emotions of life's hardships. Combining realistic, abstract and street art techniques, he has achieved a distinct look to represent his ideas. Sage's main focus is using contrast and representational art to directly draw out the emotions and experiences of the viewer. His work hangs in many countries and has participated in shows around the world.
Chris is an experienced and accomplished artist, enjoying a successful career as an illustrator after graduating from Leicester College of Art, England in 1979, where he studied graphic art and design. He turned his focus from illustrating to fine art in 2009 and his popular gallery series, featuring depictions of famous paintings, sells in selected galleries throughout the UK. These particular works are full of warmth and humour and Chris enjoys the process of creating the jokes as much as executing the final paintings.
Recently, he has begun producing abstract paintings, mostly with acrylics but some with texture as well. The majority of these are made without using brushes and this, coupled with the bold application of paint, provides Chris with a much looser way of working in contrast to the high level of detailed brushwork he employs in the gallery series.
After spending the early years of his career in London, he now lives and works in Bournemouth, Dorset. When not at work in his studio he can usually be found paddle boarding, windsurfing, mountain biking, or walking his Border Collie on the beach.
I was born in 1986 and grew up in Barnet north London.
I always had a keen interest in art ever since my Grandad introduced me to the work of John Varley, the renowned 18th Century watercolour artist. The Varley’s are related to the Jeffery family.
I first realised I wanted to be an artist in secondary school. A few classmates and I used to have bets to see who could draw the best portrait of someone. I really enjoyed going to school and showing them to see their reaction. I painted a portrait of my dad for a mock GCSE which got admired by the entire art class.
I continued to study art to degree level. I received a lot of guidance and advice throughout the years but my technique is mostly self taught.
When studying art at college and University, we were mainly left to our own devises. We were given a subject and asked to come up with a portfolio of work and to develop an idea to a few final images. They didn’t teach us techniques which meant we had to learn on our own.
I always wanted to paint with oils and come up with colourful detailed paintings, this wasn’t always well received by my tutors but my classmates were always quite impressed with what I came up with. It was then that I picked up methods and techniques to get the mark making I wanted with oil paints. It’s a case of trial and error a lot of the time, trying new ways of controlling the paint, from there my style has evolved.
A lot of the time a painting evolves as I paint it. I always have a basic composition in mind but I let brush come up with the shapes and I choose colour almost on the spot. Other times I see an image in my head and quickly sketch it out. I normally work in two stages, I first paint the entire canvas in base colours. After it has dried I paint a second layer, adding more and more detail. After I finish a painting, I leave it a day or so before looking at it again, this helps me pick up on areas that need changing.
My work is fairly diverse ranging from portraits to landscapes in both pencil and oils. I love working with vivid, bright colours to create a unique and modern style. I am a huge Sci-Fi movie fan and I love special effects. There was I time after I finished University when I wanted to be a concept artist for films and video games. I tried my hand at digital painting and got some pretty good results, but paint just has a depth and feel that can’t be beaten. I still get a lot of inspiration from concept artwork and that type of imagery.
I also get a lot of inspiration from views around me and take the odd photo. My parents have a house in the Herefordshire countryside and one on the Isle of Harris, both have stunning views which constantly give me ideas.
GLIL is a collage and street artist living in London, UK, who is best known for the intricate reconstructions of famous images using thousands of pieces of paper. "What you see is NOT what you get. You look closer and it's always something else, always something new. it should give a strange feeling of a beautifully organized anarchy, like an imminent explosion." Glil is recomposing some of the most famous images and iconic portraits in our society with materials that lose their value and relevance very quickly, like newspapers, magazines and flyers. The "Recycled Celebrity" series is about the metamorphosis of these dying objects into an integral part of the expression of beauty, genius, celebrity and immortality. "You can almost call it alchemy when you are transforming one person's throwaways into other people's treasures."
"Working with recycled paper keeps the creativity awake and alert. We can never plan anything in detail because you never know what you're going to find in a pile of old magazines and flyers. You have an idea in your mind and you are always searching for the perfect fit. Sometimes it takes minutes, sometimes even months to find the right element with the right color or the right message. Other times you just find something so unexpected and surprising that you have to change everything else just to fit it in, but this is what keeps this process fresh and exciting."
Born in Mirfield, West Yorkshire in 1960, Nigel Cooke sold his first painting when he was just 14.
But life got in the way of art, and on leaving school Nigel joined the Merchant Navy and travelled the world. After leaving the Navy, he subsequently joined Butlins as a resident caricaturist and entertainer in 1992. He later went on to open caricature concessions on Blackpool’s Central Pier and Pleasure Beach, in the Trafford Centre in Manchester and at Alton Towers, tucking well over 10,000 hours of live drawing and painting under his belt.
He also worked as a character designer for the Hong Kong-based and now defunct C.I.M International, designing figures for toys and other novelty items. Nigel is still a member of the National Caricature Network in the USA, a body he joined in 1996.
Ten years ago, Nigel Cooke returning to the fine art he loves best and is now widely known for his evocative portraits of cities across the UK, Europe and the wider world. His distinctive style is created by his use of mixed media acrylics finished with a drip technique similar to that used by Jackson Pollock.
Rayford was born in Standish near Wigan in 1978. He moved to York as a young child, and now resides in one of its picturesque surrounding villages.
While studying Industrial Design at University, Rayford developed his true passion for art in his spare time. After many years subsequently working as a creative 3D designer across a variety of industry sectors, Rayford launched his own business in order to pursue his interest in art further, and commit time to developing his ability and style.
Entirely self taught, Rayford draws inspiration from the beautiful landscape and eclectic mix of new and historic architectural features that can be found around the country. By excluding people from his paintings, Rayford instead draws on the personality inherent within our everyday surroundings to bring his pictures to life. The result is a style that brings fun and character to his subject, and a well received individuality that has been featured in various publications.
Amy Louise
Amy studied Art and Graphic design up to A-level, despite the Grammar School she attended always encouraging more academic subjects. After results day, she turned down a place to study English Literature at University in order to do her Art foundation year at Lincoln Art College.
Amy travelled 2 hours by bus each day to attend the course in Lincoln. Here, she finally had the space and materials to try a number of different creative practices, before settling on her passion for textiles. She then went on to study Fashion Design and graduated from The University of Lincoln in 2011.
Following her graduation, Amy completed a residency in Sweden for a Festival, working on designing and making elaborate costumes for the dancers of the Carnival. There is no doubt that her background in fashion inspires her paintings. The development of creating textile designs and her new collection of paintings share similar processes. Building and developing characters, giving the animals personalities, truly brings the artwork to life.
The vibrant colours of the characters immediately catch your eye against the neutral Farrow and Ball backgrounds an interior designers dream! The bold bitumen outlines give the work a real punch of contrast.
There is something magical about these cheeky little characters. You could have a taste of paradise from an exotic bird sitting comfortably next to a British Hare. We are delighted to be launching Amy Louise and her feathered friends here at Bucks.
King Random is a London born artist and designer with a propensity to create whatever feels right in the moment.
Often starting without a plan as such, he likes to let the work flow from a place of pop cultural iconography and style – heavily influenced by his past and present passions.
As a full-time self employed designer and artist, KR has worked on high profile projects for movies like Harry Potter along with creating brand identities for international brands like Ultimate Performance, The PGA, Estée Lauder to name but a few.
He combines a number of techniques from free hand illustration to digital compositing using his commercial experience to embellish the story telling aspect of his art.
KR has previously sold his work in galleries in London alongside other well established artists – the lockdown inspired KR to return to his roots of artistic expression.
KR’s name comes from his own disdain for the strict rules around design whereby he was once told by a university he couldn’t study both graphic design and illustration as they were different.
His approach was always about story telling, the mediums used are merely the tools to support those endeavours.
The KR name is about expressing a unified philosophy of people and spirit through a variety of mediums that to some may appear…’kin’ random.
Mr Sly is a British Artist known for his mixed media collages and his contemporary interpretation of 20th Century pop culture, combined with bold and graphic images are his unique trademark. Having experience in photo restoring and graphic design, he blends these talents in his artwork, by manipulating and restoring each image carefully. Now Producing limited edition prints and originals his work can be found in galleries across the U.K and U.S.A. His artwork can also be seen on the streets, paste ups of his images are now part of the street art scene in many cities. Born in Liverpool, England, he has travelled widely, which has informed his appreciation of urban and street art across the world. His first foray into the art world was inspired by 1980's band Frankie Goes to Hollywood and their iconic t-shirts from their hit song RELAX. It was this that spurred him to create artwork which is now gaining collectors across the globe. Mr Sly’s work is featured in the Saatchi Art gallery and Artsy. Recent clients involve Chelsea Football Club, L’Oreal and RedKen.