Joan Moncrieffe (Prowse) is a professional artist designer, and works in many different media, watercolour, pencil, pastel, wool, metal and wood to mention a few. She specialises in needle felting, wildlife illustration and three dimensional creations. She is based in Exmouth, Devon. We began by asking...
Kirsten studied Fine Art in Exeter. Her work centres around the environment, drawing on the colours, texture and drama of Devon and Cornwall landscapes. She uses different media, responding to different themes accordingly. She has exhibited widely throughout the South West. "What is it about the...
" Mirror Neurons: the Empathic Brain 1 Jo is a well known fibre artist, living near Totnes, weaving hand-made tapestries. She also teach Mindfulness Meditation, hence, her work is strongly influenced by mindfulness and neuroscience. We began by asking her. What are the main influences upon your work...
Chris Neave's "Miro's Colmer's" Chris Neaves is a Bridport based artist. In addition to selling his work through London and West Country galleries, he has his own cloud9studio in Bridport where he exhibits his work. We asked him three questions regarding his work. What was your inspiration for...
"Grand Central Station". Charcoal on watercolour paper. Devon-based artist Jane Branch is this week's 'Artist of the Week'! Jane is inspired by the Cornish and Devon coast and the human figure. We asked her about three of his most intricate works: In your work ‘Grand Central Station’ we see the use of...
"Fish Barrel" Original Lithograph print This week our artist of the week is Goran Hahne. Goran is an acclaimed artist all over his native Scandinavia but less well-known in the UK. He lives in Dorset in a village near Blandford. We asked him about three of his most...
"Venice to the Lagoon" Painting in stitch. This week our artist of the week is Dorset-based artist, Val Webberley. We asked her about three of her works. 'Venice to the Lagoon’ is part of your series of works featuring Venice. Can you tell us more about Venice as inspiration in your work? "I...
Boats at Portscatho, watercolour and gouache Our artist of the week this week is Martin Maxim.We asked him three questions about his work Can you tell us more about this composition and your preoccupation with ‘seeing’, in particular how you capture light and shadow? “Seeing these boats on...
Yvonne lives and works on the edge of Exeter, where she has a studio in her cottage garden. We asked her first what led her to jewellery making. She explained, ‘Well, I tried oil painting and dabbled a bit in pottery, but failed to find any real...
David has lived in Clevedon in Somerset for many years. We asked him about his route to becoming an artist? I grew up surrounded by the natural world and its wonderful shapes and colours. A love of nature has stayed with me throughout life. My parents were...
