Alison Cosserat - Studio 1

My latest work is inspired by layers of time. I have a fascination with the patination and texture that builds up over many, many years forming untold stories and encounters along a journey. This is similar to the processes and effects created during my work as a gilder and restorer of antique gilt furniture. 

In my paintings I'm using the same traditional, organic materials and processes that I do in my gilding practice. Building up and knocking back, covering up and then revealing again.

Underlying all of this is a fixation with numbers and geometry that has appeared throughout much of my work. Trying to create some kind of order and rationale.

I hold a BA Hons degree in Visual Arts at Lancaster university.

email: alison@theoldbrickworkshop.com

Keith Crocker

Originally from Plymouth, the source of my work is mainly landscape, from observation but also memory and experiences. I now live in Somerset and work from my studio. I work intuitively to try to find a balance between various elements of texture, movement and geometry found within the landscape. Some can be representational although often I reflect on the emotional response to the natural environment which can lead into abstraction.

I try to paint what I see and also what I feel which is equally important to me. Ranging from textures on rocks, the elements, how light reflects on water, patterns in sand, simplifying shapes and surfaces all become some of the themes in the paintings. By using layers of colour, under-layerings of paint and blocking out shapes this helps create the textures I wish to capture. Initially I allow myself to be led by the paint and the marks, then later take control of the materials, refining as it develops. The paintings undergo many additions, revealing other textures and colours before I would consider them ‘complete’ and finished.

Email: keithcrocker77@gmail.com

Instagram: @circles_forever

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Joanna Commings

My father was an artist and I have been painting and drawing all my life.  Not a fan of trying to paint outdoors in our climate, my working practice is to go out and sketch, using charcoal, pencil or oil pastels, and take many panoramic photos of my subject, from which I will work up my paintings in comfort back in the studio.  I work in acrylics, which I love for their versatility, almost always on canvas.

What inspires me is the natural landscape, the effects of sunlight through foliage, clouds, reflections or movement of water, effects of season and weather.  I spent many years living on the North Cornish coast and still return there to inspire my work.  Living in Somerset I am lucky to have a great variety of natural landscape to explore, from canals and rivers to woods and moorland, as well as easy access to the coasts of both north and south Devon – all rich and endless sources of inspiration.

My work is exhibited at galleries in London, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset, and Hampshire.

I accept commissions, both for landscape and portraiture.

Email:  info@joannacommings.co.uk

Website:  www.joannacommings.co.uk

Telephone:  07749531160

Ruth Drew

As an artist I like to create a range of works, from animal portraits to large floral paintings and landscapes. My work tends to be a reflection of the beautiful Somerset countryside and the animals.

My development as an artist has grown from a background of graphic design, which has influenced my painting style. Using acrylics or oils in a bold colour palette, I work in a realistic painterly way. I am interested in the details of a subject: the curl of wool on a sheep, the glint of light in the eyes, or the fine hairs on the coat of a dog.

Animal portraiture emerged from painting my own two dogs and has progressed through a

series of commissions.

I am always happy to take commissions.Email: ruth@amberdeast.co.uk  Tel: 07432 107844

Tina Hill

In my work I am interested in exploring elemental transformations and the passage of time. More than just reflecting the natural cycles of birth and death, construction and destruction, I am interested in – ‘new life from old’; how artefacts can be discarded as worthless by one society only to be sort after and conserved by another. In this my work draws from both archaeology and geology. As well as museum artefacts and display. Printmaking as a process allows me to incorporate parts of one print into another, producing new images and concepts from fragments of old. As parts, fragmentation, and stratification are key elements in my work I try to express these ideas through the use of texture, colour and multiple layers or surfaces. My use of texture and colour also echoes the processes of decay and dissolution, the imprints and stains of time. I gained an M.A. (distinction) in Multidisciplinary Printmaking at U.W.E. in 2009 and I am currently an Artist Network Member of the Royal West of England Academy. My prints have been selected for exhibitions and are in privet collections, both in the UK and abroad.

Website: www.tinahillart.co.uk

Email: art@tinahill.me.uk

Maddie Rock

I am an artist and printmaker inspired by the natural world. Walking and drawing are my starting points, allowing me to explore and understand my subject before translating my experience into print.

I am particularly drawn to trees—their forms, textures, and presence in the landscape—as well as the rhythms of walking, especially along the coast path.

I work primarily with collagraphy, a process that allows me to explore surface and texture in depth. Through making plates, I search for ways to convey the structures, patterns, and atmosphere of the landscape, as well as my own movement through it.

Website: www.maddierock.co.uk   Instagram: @maddierockartist

Craig Askew

My work is rooted in the shifting light and weather of Plymouth Sound, where I look out from Cornwall across the water towards Devon. Each painting begins with time spent on location, where I write observations and make drawings in my journals—small visual notes that capture fleeting changes in atmosphere. Back in the studio, these become the foundation for larger works.

I think of my paintings as windows upon the sea: records of a moment in time, fragments of memory, and expressions of a place I know intimately. Through colour, texture, and gesture, I try to convey not only what I see but also the connection I feel to the sea and the landscape around it. My practice is a way of holding on to the transience of light, weather, and mood—transforming them into something both personal and universal.

Website: craigaskew.co.uk 

Instagram: craigaskewpaintings 

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