Shirley Crowther Contemporary Art - Artist Showcase

Alison Bolton				The ever changing mood of the New Forest and Solent are the basis for Alison's acrylic paintings which, although abstract in form, convey the echo of the landscape seen within a structure which enhances the reality.

Joanne Bowles				A recent graduate, Joanne's work in metal and ceramic reflects the constantly changing environment.

Barbara Burns				Barbara's work evolves from her experience of landscape shapes and pattern, producing richly textural paintings in oil on canvas. These are created over many months allowing her to develop images whilst building glazes and depth of colour.

Ben Catt				Ben is deeply influenced by the landscape in Cornwall where he lives: the changing weather, the environment and atmosphere of the place.

Patricia Crowther				Inspired by sea and coastline, Patricia is concerned with the abstract elements of painting - shape, form and space, texture, surface and colour - which she develops using a subdued palette in oils, oil pastel and precious metals.

Anne Davies				Although often alluding to harbour and landscape scenes, there is a strong abstract element to Anne's work, with fine layers of acrylic colour revealing an archaeology of images below the painted surface.

Carol Farrow				Carol's wallhanging 'paperworks' are created with hand made papers, painted and waxed. The medium creates an almost sculptural quality, tactile and textural, whilst her colour flows across the pieces, or series of pieces, sometimes intense, merging and diffusing into softer tones and hues.

Georgina Fermer				Georgina''s abstract paintings are strong and quiet; they are dynamic in structure with an emphasis on the use of colour, and yet they entice the viewer to look more deeply and reward long contemplative viewing.

Jo Ganter				Jo is fascinated by space, light and architectural form, reflected by abstract imagery in her etchings, many of which are printed on a very large scale.

Carolyn Genders				Inspired by the natural world, Carolyn seeks to create ceramic pieces that are an integration of form and surface, using texture or pattern to emphasise nuance of shape and create mood and atmosphere.

Rebecca Gouldson				Rebecca creates one-off etched wall pieces from a variety of metals, including copper, gilding metal and silver, with a rich palette of textures decorating the surface.

Sam Hall				In Sam's ceramics the simplicity of form and minimal use of glaze/oxides used in conjunction with scored line, random marks and a sombre palette, create a tension where drawing and form cohabit together.

Phillipa Karakashian				A printmaker, Phillipa uses motifs reminiscent of the urban coastal environment and gathered objects to create her monochromatic, delicate and textural one-off pieces, which hint to the mapping of a particular kind of landscape.

Ursula Kellett				By juxtaposing natural elements (earth and sand from all over the world) with the synthetic (modern paints and varnishes) Ursula produces unpredictable interacting patterns and colour, works which represent both past and present.

Julia McNeal				Julia works in paperclay seeing the objects she makes as finds, imperfect evidence of our times, in the way we might look at early writing, preserved because it is stamped in clay.

Alastair Michie D Art RWA FRBS				Originally inspired by the American abstractionists, Alastair's distinctive paintings in acrylic draw upon a lifetime's resource of images, experiences, colours and shapes created from his beloved Dorset landscape and coastline.

Frances Murray				Frances uses low technology itaglio printmaking, creating both single works and grid combinations, suggesting metaphorical landscapes and giving rise to meditations in line, texture and colour.

Meridith Namsoo				Meridith is fascinated by watercolour because of its enormous graphic potential. Working on both paper and canvas, her paintings incorporate different surfaces - paper, gesso, print - to take this medium of intimate scale into a looser format.

Gill Parry				Gill is inspired by natural organic shapes with their symmetry and imperfections. She uses a heavily grogged stoneware clay to produce a textured surface exploiting the often unexpected interactions between clay, fire and glazes.

Giles Penny				An accomplished sculptor whose distinctive ideas and style are recognisable in works of all scale whether large public pieces cast in bronze or his small and original cut-outs.

Jasia Szerszynska				Jasia's work concentrates on experimental printmaking and drawing, using a variety of techniques including collagraphy, intaglio, carborundum, lithography, monoprints, screen print and drypoint.

Chetana Thornton				Abstract in form, Chetana's oil paintings reflect her passion and involvement with people and places and her interest in the layered and textural use of her medium, creating rich, fluid works full of energy and depth.

Molly Verity				Vibrant colour and a freedom of expression typify Molly's paintings in oil on canvas, using layers of translucent colour and descriptive mark making.

Amanda Wallwork				Amanda's work is concerned with place, its history, its location. Painting onto gesso on board, her pieces have a three dimensional quality, a patina of age and time, and graphic storyline.

Sandra Whitmore				The Sussex countryside and coast are the main inspiration for Sandra's abstracted landscapes paintings, using a variety of media,gentle colour, descriptive line and texture to create energy and atmosphere.

Rosalind Wyatt				Words are Rosalind's passion and her technique of using collage with its countless possibilities for writing and sewing line, mark, symbol and letter, creates a multi-layered and atmospheric portrayal of her chosen text.

Yuk Kan Yeung				Many differing cultural influences go into Yuk Kan's delicate and fascinating porcelain pieces, combined with her love of drawing and use of the medium and its decoration to reflect both emotions and a sense of place.