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. [...]

Albert Duplock

Albert Duplock / sea creatures and sleeping figures (detail)

I love telling stories in my work and try to create pieces that are full of detail and rhythm. I am fascinated by the way people stand and gather together to celebrate whether on the beach, at a festival or sports event creating patterns and energy. I work in a variety of mediums depending on [...]

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 [...]

Gillie Jackson

Gillian Jackson / Paintings / Blossomscape

Being magnetised to the sea I went to Swansea to get my BA (Hons) Degree then came back to Westward Ho! where my studio is now situated. My own practice mainly consists of painting and drawing in all mediums and print. An avid snap-shot photographer, I studied photography at degree level also specialising in using [...]

Rosie Burns

Rosie Burns - 'From Here to There' solo exhibition 2009

I have always needed something to do, or make. At playschool there was concern that I had no interest in any interaction, just the easels. At 17 I was selling vivid watercolour ink nudes in a café, working to commission in watercolour and pen and ink. Since then I have taught Palestinian Bedouin English, worked [...]

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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