Born in South London, Mick studied at Sidcup and Ravensbourne Schools of Art. He has lived and worked as a wildlife artist in the South Hams for many years and now works from his home studio in Stokenham. His works are well known to collectors and to the many publishers who commission his illustrations. Employing both graphite and transparent watercolour he works into the white of the paper, building the tone with drybrush overglazes, avoiding use of body colour, white paint or masking fluid.  

 

Mick was formerly represented by London's Malcolm Innes Gallery and has exhibited widely both in the UK and overseas. Examples of his work can be found in 'The Collins Guide to Fishes of Britain and Europe', Tony Sopher's 'Oceans of Birds', the novels of Henry Williamson, including 'Salar the Salmon', and many other publications. 

 

His work reflects many of his personal interests: natural history and the environment, angling, gardening, travel, going to sea and distance swimming off his local beach. He is also a painter of portraits and life studies. 

A fine art graduate of the University of Plymouth, Katharine has lived and worked as an artist in Devon for the past twelve years. In 1998 she moved to Dartmoor, where she gained her inspiration for painting moorland and farm animals, within their hostile, remote, yet beautiful environment. 

 

Painting primarily large canvases on oil, Katharine paints freely, enabling her to capture the tension and movement of her subjects. With the devastating foot and mouth outbreak in 2001, her painting of farm animals was temporarily curtailed. During this time she started to paint seascapes of the North Devon Coast, using minimal colour to evoke overcast, winter scenes and rough seas. 

 

Katherine held her first major exhibition at the Arndean Gallery, in London, and has developed a great following amongst collectors in London, France, USA and Hong Kong. 

With a love of printmaking and textiles, Bev completed a BA Hons integrated arts degree at Crewe and Alsager College. She later taught art to disadvantaged young people in South London. In 1986 she was artist in residence at the Clapham Community Arts project, teaching fine art and textile classes. 

 

Bev believes art should be accessible to all, and so has exhibited in small galleries across South London, as well as in prisons and mental health institutions across the UK. She has also exhibited as a solo artist in galleries in Devon and Surrey. 

 

Influenced by many artists, Gustav Klimt, and his rich textures and colours, Van Gogh's movement and energy and Georgia O'Keefe's large format flowers, Bev's work is taken from the study of nature. 

 

Her textile influence is evident, reflecting the form, vivid colours and optimistic quality of flowers and the mystery of what lies beneath the waterline. Experiments with textures and mediums creates her striking work. 

Diana is another long term resident of the South Hams. On retirement, she returned to painting with renewed vision and energy, exploring an exhilarating, vibrant approach to the use of oils. She works in a contemporary style, using a knife, with oils on canvas. 

 

The stunning and fascinating beauty of the South Hams, with its rugged form and structure of coastline, cliffs, beaches and landscape is a great inspiration to her, as is the great richness and splendour of the wider world. 

 

Diana has exhibited extensively throughout the South West, including the National Trust's Barn Gallery, at Greenway, Dittisham's Arts Festival, the Ariel Centre, Totnes and Harbour House in Kingsbridge.