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A J Callan (bio)
 
Callan was born in Glasgow in 1958, and so, growing up in 1960’s Britain, was encouraged to let his imagination rule him. It was due to this encouragement that he turned to art as a child.
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Beryl Cook (bio)
Beryl Cook was born between the two world wars, she eventually left Kendrick School in Reading at the age of 15, where she went to secretarial school and then into an insurance office. After moving to London and then Hampton, she eventually married her next door neighbour from Reading, John Cook. He was an officer in the Merchant Navy and after he left the sea in 1956, they bought a pub for a year before John took a job in Southern Rhodesia with a motor company.
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Bruce Mckay (bio)
Growing up in Toronto, I was always drawing. As a little kid, animals were my favourite subject. My parents were very encouraging, and when I was about ten years old they arranged for me to spend time with a wonderful artist named Ralph Abrams.
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Carol Gillan (bio)
Carol was born in Lancashire in 1961 and studied art in Brighton. After working as an illustrator on a variety of projects she finally decided to devote herself to a career as a full time fine artist.
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Caroline Shotton (bio)
I have been painting for as long as I can remember. I lived on the outskirts of London which meant I benefited from being within easy reach of London Galleries and open countryside, both of which were a source of immense inspiration to me.
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Chris Oxenbury (bio)
'The Art of Comedy' is the launch collection from artist and comedian Chris 'Okse' Oxenbury, one of the art world's sensational new talents.
Drawing upon his two main loves, comedy and painting, Okse has captured the iconic comedy heroes of both past and present. Set to be a storm, Okse's first published collection will undoubtedly strike a chord with comedy lovers and art collectors alike.
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Cyril Croucher (bio)
Cyril was born in 1951 and grew up in Shoeburyness, a small village in the East of England. As a child, he spent many happy hours in the company of his grandmother - a great storyteller who merged fantasy and reality in her spellbinding tales. These stories provided the inspiration for his early work, and traces of fantasy can still......
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David Laity (bio)
David Laity is a Australian artist who believes that the important things: inspiration, passion, perseverance and dedication cannot be taught but must come from within.
David Laity's work focuses on sensual form. He is inspired by or modelled on his wife and muse, Regina, these are the images that he is most passionate about. David appreciates that success comes from painting what you feel strongly about. 'I paint what I love. I love the sensuality and beauty of the female form. My works are a celebration of love and intimacy. I'm endeavouring to show that sexuality is something that can and should be celebrated.'
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Georgia Ducco (bio)
Born in Alessandria, Italy in 1971 Georgia Ducco studied at the Institute of European Design in Milan, before moving to England to continue her studies at Chelsea College of Art. After graduation she used her creative talents working as a window dresser for the English Teddy Bear Company. Georgia Ducco currently juggles her time between freelance work producing greetings cards and her painting.
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Helen Rhodes (bio)
Helen Rhodes gained a First Class Honours Degree in textile design from Loughborough College of Art and upon graduation started working as a full time painter. It was not long before her intriguing originals caught the eye of publishers and galleries alike.
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Ian Rawling (bio)
Ian was born in Norfolk in 1966. Art was his best subject at school and his favourite pastime at home; he loved to indulge his creative side, not only drawing and sketching but also building and making things to impress his family and friends.
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Joan Somerville (bio)
Scottish artist Joan Somerville is entirely self-taught. Although given the opportunity to study at the Glasgow School of Art upon leaving school, she decided instead to start a family and later embarked on a 12 year career in local government. She then tried a succession of different jobs, while continuing to draw and paint both in her spare time.
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Kim Haskins (bio)
Artwork available - Biography coming soon
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Linda Jane Smith (bio)
Linda Jane Smith has always loved drawing and, as a child, entered as many art competitions as she could. She eventually studied Graphic Design at Bournville College of Art, which gave her the ability to use discipline to work very precisely, and also the confidence to settle down anywhere to paint.
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Louise Braithwaite (bio)
Louise discovered her talent for art and design at school, where she specialised in screen printing. Having completed an Art Foundation Course at Portsmouth College of Art, she embarked on a 4 year Degree in Media and ..........
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Lynn Poland (bio)
As a child I spent whole days painting and drawing on in solitude in my room. I left school as soon as I could and enrolled on a two year foundation course with A level subjects – all art based. It was an idyllic time for me. The art disciplines were all taught by practising artists, which was a great benefit. Between 1982 and 1985 I trained as a printmaker in Manchester. My work at this time was figurative and in my last year at college I had two pieces exhibited in the Whitworth Young Contemporaries Exhibition.
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Michael Abrams (bio)
Artwork available - Biography coming soon
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Paine Proffitt (bio)
I was born in 1972 in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. Both of my parents were journalists and my father was the foreign war correspondent for Newsweek Magazine at the time (and later a novelist), so we never spent a long time in any one place.
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Peter Adderley (bio)
Born in 1965, Peter grew up in rural Staffordshire. He studied at North Staffordshire Polytechnic and gained his degree from Wolverhampton Polytechnic. After graduation he freelanced as an artist and card designer, but in 1990 he decided to devote himself full time to painting. In 2004 Peter’s outstanding talent won him a place in the final of the DeMontfort New Artist Competition. His prize was a publishing contract, taking his status as a professional artist onto a whole new level.
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Sarah Jane Szikora (bio)
Sarah Jane Szikora was born in county Durham, England, in 1971. Sarah was encouraged from a young age to pursue her interest in drawing which led to a course in art and design at Harrogate College. Illustration at Cleveland College of Art followed from where she developed a love of drawing the human form!
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Terry Wogan & MAC (bio)
Sir Terry Wogan has got together with MAC (Stan McMurtry), an award-winning cartoonist from The Daily Mail, to produce a set of 6 prints of his much loved ToGS. ToGS which stands for Terry’s old Geezers and Gals, is Sir Terry’s pet name for the listeners and fans of his radio show on BBC R2 called ‘Wake Up To Wogan’. Sir Terry and Mac are life long friends and thought it would be a great idea to capture some of the famous phrases and catchphrases from Sir Terry’s listeners in to some pictures. Although these saying were said a lot by Sir Terry they all came from his listeners in his long history on Radio. These prints perfectly represent the phrases used for there titles and also capture an image of Sir Terry’s ToGS. They also sum up the love for his listeners and his life long friend MAC.
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Todd White (bio)
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Toni Goffe (bio)
Toni Goffe studied painting and illustration at Southampton College of Art in Hampshire between 1952-1956, gaining a National Diploma in Design. On completing the course, he moved to London where he freelanced as an illustrator within an advertising agency, while also playing professionally in many notable jazz bands. Throughout this period, he continued to study painting with a number of private teachers and also started illustrating children's books on a freelance basis.
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Victoria Ball (bio)
After studying Art and Design at Cheltenham College of Higher Education, Victoria graduated from Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, in 2002 with a First Class BA Honours degree in Illustration.
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