A listing of Bideford Bay Creatives who specialise in the Visual Arts.
Mike Bentley
I’ve studied Fine Art in Bradford and Exeter. Specialising in Painting and Printmaking. I enjoy the society of ideas and community and have collaborated with writers and poets. I’ve also worked with young people on digital film making and with communities on environmental art projects. Exhibitions have included, The British Print Biennale, Sheffield Crucible, The Association of Photographers Gallery London. Art Trek 2009. I’ve also supplied images and artwork for commercial projects, Woodmansterne, Boots, The Observer, RHS Garden, Bookcovers.
Lou Boulter
Foundation Degree Fine Art acheived on partime basis in 2009 whilst working within the travel industry.
Born in the Netherlands, I was given a set of oil paints at the age of 13 and have played with many styles and media since. Having lived all over Devon over the last 20 years I now mainly paint West country subjects that show the intense beauty of nature, sometimes in close up, sometimes in panorama. Inspired by artists such as the Scottish colourists (Peploe, Cadell, Hunter) and the “railway poster” artists such as Richmond and Wilkinson, I work mostly in oil, but enjoy watercolour, acrylic and lino-print also.
Rosie Burns
Obsessive creative is probably an accurate description. I became a full time, self-employed Artist in 2004, I have experience in secondary school Art Teaching, managing an Art Gallery, community based / workshop teaching and selling and exhibiting my work in solo shows and through a number of galleries.
Patricia Butler
BA Hon’s Fine Art, Birmingham University. BTEC Diploma in Art and Design and figurative sculpture. I live in Appledore where I have my studio.
Albert Duplock
I was born in Sunderland and studied at Sunderland and the Royal College of Art. I am keen on drawing and it is the foundation of all my pictures. My work is allegorical. I like to weave layers of colour and subplots into a simple image. The Southwest landscape, music, dance, the figure, comics and fairy stories provide inspiration.
Stuart Fiddes
Arriving in North Devon, intending to stay for just a few weeks, I quickly fell under the spell of Bideford Bay. Even in winter months there is great beauty in the growling skies, rugged beaches and the myriad-coloured sea. As someone interested in drawing and photography the area was a place where I felt at home and soon I decided to stay put.
Sarah Gallifent
Former woven textile designer and recent holder of the prestigious title ‘Royal Horticultural Society Photographer of the Year’, Sarah Gallifent, captures abstract images with coastal and plant inspired themes.
Janis Glover
Passionate about the patterns and marks in the Devon landscape and it’s coastline, I paint draw and sculpt from my studio by the sea. I work from the figure and am inspired by it’s landscape qualities and colours. Experienced in taking workshops and groups in schools, I exhibit locally and across the country.
Dave Green
A photographic artist who has built up a unique vision of the world through his digitally constructed images. None of his photographs are simply photographs; most of them are made from up to 100 separate images layered, like strata, on top of each other to build up an impression of what it is like to be in a place, giving the viewer far more than a visual experience.
Karen Hawkins
‘Art is a celebration of our lives and our space within this world. Through colour, space, pattern and form, art offers a vibrance that visualises and celebrates an expression of ourselves and the world around us’. Oceanicarts is run by Karen Hawkins a public artist who lives in North Devon. She takes her inspiration from the environment of coastline and countryside and the unique cultural heritage of the region.
Annabel Hill
After studying textile design in London and teaching children art workshops for environmental charities and in schools. I’ve now moved to North Devon to continue developing my own artwork and to teach. My own company Annabel Hill Designs produces cushions, scarves, cards and fine art. I’m looking forward to cultivating the latter especially printed (mono/lino and silkscreen) pictures.
Duncan Hopkins
I am webmaster for the Bideford Bay Creatives. I work with painting, drawing and video. I am currently researching a MA in Fine Art: Contemporary Practice.
Ian Hudson
Professional artist for thirty years, watercolours being my principal medium, however, I sometimes use charcoal (for life-studies and figures, pastels and pencil too). My subjects include landscapes, wildlife, portraiture, and maritime studies, particularly those of working sail on the Taw/Torridge estuary during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I also teach watercolours and life-drawing at various venues.
Gillie Jackson
As visual artist, teacher, writer, I enjoy working in a variety of different areas and disciplines. Since completing a Fine Art Degree, my visual work concentrates on painting and photography. I’m passionate in using the arts as a health tool and run art groups in the Mental Health. Travel documentation using creative writing, poetry, photography and drawing is another area I’m working on to become published.
Janet Jopson
I love working with the technique of Batik and Lino-cut printmaking, which both explore line, colour and texture. My themes are local land and seascapes, flowers and animals. My most recent work explores these elements through paint. I am making a series of paintings in acrylic that explore the sea’s surface. I want to capture the sense of fluid movement and weather conditions around the North Devon coast. I also run day workshops from my studio in Westward Ho!
Alison Rickman
Alison has lived in Devon since 1970 and was lucky enough to be taught by Ken Doughty at Park School and Harry Juniper at Beaford. Alison went to Bristol College of Fine Art and gained a BA Sculpture. Alison joined the BBC in London in 1983 and worked as Designer, Art Drector and Digital Post-Production Artist. She likes to make costumes and mixed media sculptures and plans a series of digital montages of Horse in Landscape from photos she has taken in the Albuquerquie area of the USA.
Sue Russell
Sue Russell celebrates her passion for vibrant colours and textiles through her work that ranges from teaching art and craft courses to celebrating Carnival arts across the South West. She is the founder of Flying Colours, a carnival arts group based in Bideford.
Laura Storr
A qualified Biology teacher and an up and coming photographer presently completing a Diploma in Professional Photography. I have greetings cards for sale in Appledore, the village I grew up in, and have contacted many magazines/journals re contributing photos and written work on nature based topics. I intend to have a website where I sell prints and offer informal/relaxed portraits and possibly weddings.
Rachel Sumner
I am a professional artist working mostly in textiles and found materials, making embroideries, fabric montages and driftwood assemblages. I have recently resumed printmaking. For many years I have exhibited my work at the Burton Art Gallery where I am best known for my hand painted silk ties and scarves. My inspiration comes from the sea and the natural world as well as the making process itself and I enjoy making work with animal themes. Studio visits by arrangement. Commissions welcome.
Peter Ward
Only with a relationship and understanding of the natural world can we realistically engage with the challenges, both environmental and social, that we are presently facing. Peter’s contemporary practice hopefully enables a sense of reconnection and compassion through the use of appropriately derived materials, and cross-disciplinary actions and events.
Sarah Woolfenden
Sarah is an artist living and working in North Devon. She is currently working on large pen drawings of trees and woods in her area, particularly Torrington Common and Rosemoor RHS Garden. These drawings show a fascination with line and tone as well as mood and history.
