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Contemporary Art Gallery situated on the North Norfolk coast. Our innovative exhibition programme includes the work of established contemporary artists, acclaimed modern masters and emerging new talent.

Operates the Arts Council's 'Own Art' Scheme for interest free credit on works of art.

Lee Campbell

My work is a fusion of science and mysticism.

I am London-based artist working mainly in oils and directly influenced by my environment; from the Pacific light of my childhood in New Zealand to my current location on Eel Pie Island. The island is surrounded by trees and the daily tidal fluctuations energise this historic location, but it is a poem by Robert Graves about a mystical forest which inspired the 'Forest Series'.

Throughout my career I have placed myself in a series of unusual locations in order to stimulate my imagination, these have included a Space Research Lab. a Victorian church in London, an ancient Dominican Priory in Kent, empty shops, a canal house on a Thames-side dock yard and most recently the National Physical Laboratory in London, where I responded to the images scientific research by using photography and mixed media.

Invited artist Florence Bienalle 2009

The piano (pictured) was painted with roses in the form of a union jack to celebrate summer in London as part of a public art project July 2009 - currently situated in the Plaza Arcade, Oxford St. London.

My painting is a direct response to the world around me. I work in oils which I love for their painterly qualities. I am interested in the composition of the image in relation to the edges of the support; a strong underlying two-dimensional design, and a fascination with light, colour and mood.

I paint a variety of subject matter always from the subject: the figure, landscape, and still life. Some larger work is painted in my studio at home from drawings and paintings. I work in sketchbooks where ever I go and put a great deal of emphasis on drawing believing that it underpins all good painting. Life Drawing is a regular part of my practice.

I have access to an artist's studio on the Suffolk coast where the ever changing sea and sky dominates. It’s a wonderful vantage point for observing people walking or sitting on the beach and the sea wall, either in conversation or quiet reflection.

The last five summers were spent in Italy painting people and the landscape, and studying the art and architecture of that beautiful country. Previous to that I have travelled widely throughout France and Spain both painting and studying Western Art.

Born in 1983 in West Yorkshire, local artist Chloé Small now lives in Manchester.

Chloé's work is influenced by the American artist Edward Hopper, whose style of scene painting, rooted in the presentation of the familiar and concrete ("Nighthawks" 1942), are echoed in Chloé's own work.

Another influence is David Alfaro Siqueiros whose perspective on his mural work is where Chloé has developed her taste for the angles shown in her work.

I am inspired by everything around me, but especially the Nature Reserve where I live and the fields that surround the house. Living and working in and around The Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve, I have become increasingly concerned about the need for people to be aware of the incredibly valuable and diverse landscape that they live in. I hope I can help people to appreciate this with my art.

Brief biography & Exhibitions

Born in 1967 and brought up in remote rural areas of the Highlands of Scotland, Lynn studied at Gray’s School of Art graduating in 1990. Based on a picturesque croft in Gairloch Lynn has a workshop/studio, from where she also operates a framing business.

Working in watercolour, pen & ink, acrylic and oil, Lynn takes inspiration from her surroundings – the sea, sky, colours, light and aims to capture an essence of emotion in her work drawing the viewer in to the story that unfolds.

Various shows as a student including, Wood group – Foresterhill - Aberdeen, RSA student’s exhibition - Edinburgh, Sketch club – Aberdeen, Highland Open – touring Highlands, New Graduates – touring Highlands
Solo Exhibition Eden Court Theatre Inverness 1991
Wild Wood Community Project Gairloch 1993
Exchange Group Trip – Wild Wood Poland 1995
The Big Picture Highlands 1997
An Talla Solais Ullapool 2005, 2006, 2007
Elements Gairloch heritage museum 2007
Elements II Macphail Centre, Ullapool 2007
West Coast Open 3 An Talla Solais Ullapool 2007
Highland Open Studios Home 2007
Highland Open studios Lime tree, Fort William 2007
Highland Art Fair Strathpeffer 2007
Macmillan show Strathpeffer 2008
Highland Open Studios Beauly 2008
Highland Open Studios Home 2008

Online Fine Art Gallery & Shop. Symond Whittle, a self taught artist displays his Oil Paintings and Sculptures. Fine Art Prints and Art Cards available to order. www.artbysy.co.uk

After four years art training Mari worked as illustrator before painting and travelling widely. Singapore, Thailand, India, Mexico and many European countries. Italy including Venice and Tuscany have also inspired this artist.India also gave her the opportinity to develop an energetic style of brushwork that has transformed her canvases. Mari works from home in London but manages to spend most winters on warmer climes. Mexico, where she spent two winters recently inspired some colourful images. She has worked as artist-in-residence in Bangkok ( four times) in an international school and at a school in North London.
Having organised her own exhibitions in the past she is now looking towards finding galleries to support her and finding organisations and companies to commission artwork.
The huge pleasure of brushing paint onto canvas, or covering paper with washes of watercolour, are what motivates this artist, and it is apparent to the viewer that she enjoys what she does immensely and her paintings speak for themselves.

Contemporary mixed media artist with over 10 years experience of painting on either canvas or paper in any size, subject matter includes landscapes/seascapes as well as abstract art. View artworks online at www.sarahsweet.co.uk. Affordable art available to both public and corporate sectors all enquires welcome.

I paint unique, bizarre sensually vibrant urban landscapes or cityscapes usually of Manchester in the North of England thereby following in the tradition of Valette, L.S. Lowry and others. My paintings often begin with an almost Lowryesque naivism but then wander into more bizarre directions eclectically pooling influences as diverse as Soutine, Munch, Derain, cartoons and lately even elements of abstract expressionism wherein I try to marshall its useful emotional and sensual qualities in an otherwise figurative landscape. My paintings have been used promotionally by the University of Lancaster, the University of Manchester, in pop videos, in magazines, and made into postcards by the Manchester Tourist Office. They are exhibited regularly in the Northwest of England, and are in private collections around the world.

Rona uses a mostly monochromatic palate of oil on canvas to paint images of people. She is interested in the inner psyche and in capturing a particular mood. She paints what is close to her and hopes to gain a greater understanding in doing so. Her themes focus primarily on relationships and past works have included the role of women in Japanese society, the family, pregnancy, motherhood and a series based on the 1950s. She is currently working on a news series about age and beauty. Originally from Toronto, Rona now lives in Oxford with her family. Her formal training took place at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Canada. She has had solo shows in Toronto, Ottawa, Tokyo, London and Oxford.

I have been exploring the North Devon coast for the last three years. My study is of the hidden coast found only through a vertiginous climb down a cliff path or by leaving the sandy beach and trekking over seaweed strewn boulders at low tide. This is a wild coast, unpopulated by holiday-makers, the domain of seagulls that can make you feel quite unwelcome. It is also an historic coast where millions of years can be seen in the layers of strata of an eroded cliff face and the more recent past can be found in smooth rusting ship parts, in memorial of hundreds of wrecks, littering the rocky shore.
These photographs are made possible through the technology of digital imaging. I have embraced this new medium and challenged it to assist with the documenting of what is seen at the back, top, sides and floor of a cave through combination of exposure, focus and stitching of more than 50 images.

The Suffolk Craft Society gallery exhibits and sells the very best in design-led contemporary crafts in East Anglia. Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. Admission FREE.

The gallery delivers a minimum of twelve shows a year, ranging across all media, showcasing dynamic and exciting new work by emerging and established artists based in the North West of England.

The gallery also works collaboratively with other galleries and arts organisations. PAD Gallery is an important part of the visual arts community in Preston, promoting and supporting local artists.

PAD shop is a lifestyle store selling distinctive, individual and high quality products.

Visit us to get that special one off item for your home or that unusual gift for a friend. There's something to suit every budget and you can guarantee whatever you choose it will be unique!

Our range includes furniture, ceramics, visual art, photography, jewellery, wood carvings, sculpture, fashion, books, cards and gifts. We're always evolving and introducing innovative new products to tempt you.

The staff are always on hand to help you. We have a wide range of artists and designers on our database ready to undertake a commission to meet your specific requirements.

We are a self supporting group of artists & makers - painters, potters & ceramic artists, kiln & stained glass makers, felt & textile artists, silversmiths & jewellers, automata & toy makers. Based in the South Pennine Hills of Yorkshire, England, our work is often inspired by the beautiful countryside all around us. Please visit our website to see some examples of our work and what we are doing at the moment.

Jane Evans studied Chinese Brush Painting at the Chinese Artists’ Guild and the Philippine Chinese Art Center in the Philippines, studying with Chen Bingsun, Hau Chiok and Sy Chiu Hua. After returning to Britain, Jane continued to develop her painting, exploring the versatility of Chinese techniques and materials by using them in adventurous ways. Drawing on Eastern and Western ideas about light, space and perspective, she has evolved a highly original style, creating colourful abstracted paintings that combine both aesthetic traditions.

Jane has held successful one-woman exhibitions and taken part in group shows. She undertakes commissions and runs courses and workshops in Britain and abroad. She is Honorary Co-president of the Chinese Brush Painters Society.

Gallery 1- exhibition space hosting shows from selected local national and international artists.

Gallery 2- exhibition space hosting art work from Abbey Walk Galleries resident artists.

Workshop - varied programme of workshops exploring a wide variety of media.

Shop - offering a broad range of professional and student quality art supplies.

Studios - professional well equipped spaces to licence to artists

Clare trained at The Slade School of Fine Art and was Slade Prize winner on graduation. Her work is vibrant, political, beautiful and thought provoking, and very much a response to her life, surroundings and the political situation at any moment.

Encounters specialise in designing and delivering tailor made participatory arts projects that evolve organically from the homes and streets where people live. We co author evolving artworks with people of all ages and cultures, mapping and collecting urban histories and other evidence of everyday life. Encounters create a sense of place, a snapshot in time which is then retold to a wider community through, exhibitions, public art, performance, publications and uniquely tailor made events.

Darran Slater was born in Salford, Manchester in 1965. Taking his early inspirations from Andy Warhol he has developed his own style of figurative, original hand painted art.