Stuart Fiddes

Life drawing © Stuart Fiddes

As an art student of the late sixties, I realised that graphic design was where I wanted to go. Now after over 30 years of working in the “creative industries” and having owned successful design companies I have returned to my roots and am exploring all the nooks and crannies of my once-dormant soul. Thus [...]

Alison Rickman

Alison Rickman

On returning to Devon in 1998, Alison studied ceramics with Clive Pearson, specialising in Greenman plaques and in parallel took a City & Guilds teaching qualification and then taught Bellydance and Feng Shui at local Colleges. She also is a British Horse Society Assistant Instructor, trained at Col .W. (Bill) Froud’s and Capt. Hewitt’s, Devon. [...]

Sarah Gallifent

Sarah Gallifent / Rippling Mussells / Photograph

By staying faithful to her textile tradition, subjects are photographed by focusing on the colour, texture, pattern, light, movement and linear features which weave through the fabric of the picture. By paying attention to detail, Sarah uses the camera lens to isolate an object, extract it from its context and remove any indication of scale, [...]

Mike Bentley

Mike Bentley

I have a strong interest in People and Landscape; Landscape in its broadest context; its ability to surprise to reveal layers of history, transience and certainty. People in the landscape and their challenges. I’m also interested in detail in the landscape and seascapes of North Devon. Statements about food, the environment, green issues. I’ve worked [...]

Jilly Collins

Jilly Collins / Milliner and founder of The Artful Hat Company

Made from sensual silk or tactile velvet, the structured soft hats are often historically inspired and voice an echo from the past but shout a contemporary look. I make hats for every occasion, from the most elaborate event to everyday wear, selling a great many velvet hats in the winter. Fascinators are once again extremely [...]

Duncan Hopkins

ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY / Oil on canvas / 100 x 120cm / 01.2011

Why do I make paintings? Essentially, I make paintings because I like to make pictures. I have always made pictures for enjoyment, communication or as secret codes. Over the years I have made images using collage, photography, drawing, more paint, print and digital media – some for myself, some for clients. I have made pictures [...]

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