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Lesley studied Graphic Design at Maidstone College of Art, and at Brighton gained her teaching qualification. All her working life has been in education, initially as a college technician, then a general class teacher and secondary school art teacher before working in community education, mostly...
Linday has always enjoyed drawing and in recent years has taken up watercolour painting, having picked up hints and tips from some of the finest artists and teachers. One of her favourite pastimes is painting ‘en plein air’ and she very much enjoys using the...
Richard Sorrell was born in 1948, the son of Alan Sorrell, the historical draughtsman and painter, and Elizabeth Sorrell, the watercolourist. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools (Post Graduate Course), having also attended Walthamstow Art School (Pre-Diploma) and Kingston College of Art (Dip AD)....
Sue Lees drew and painted all through her childhood (teaching herself to draw horses at the back of the class), ending up with an Art A Level. Later she went to a watercolour class when she had her first baby and has been fascinated by watercolours...
Ian studied at the Norwich School of Art and at The Slade London where he admired the work of Sir William Coldstream and met Euan Uglow. Working in watercolour oils and other media Ian has exhibited widely in Great Britain, Scandinavia and Australia. Ian is...
Surinder trained as a Chartered Accountant in the City of London and worked most of his life for a couple of Lloyd’s Broking houses- insurance/ reinsurance – first as a finance director and then as a CEO. He travelled extensively round the world on business...
Christine is an experimental artist who has attended many watercolour, acrylic and printmaking workshops, since retirement from a Human Resources management role in the University of Cambridge. Christine has a love of colour and vibrancy, which she strongly believes lifts the spirit, and uses this...
Chris trained as a Textile Designer at Nottingham Trent College of Art in the department of Fashion and Textiles. ( Degree ) Her love of colour and pattern is evident in her loose vibrant watercolours. She exhibits in local exhibitions and galleries and is a...
Tony has been painting local scenes in watercolour for many years, but many of his paintings are inspired by his experiences of sailing around Britain and Europe so the sea and boats feature heavily in his work. He is fascinated by the elusive imagery of...
Susanne enjoys all aspects of working with watercolour. She particularly likes the fluidity and unpredictability of the medium. She is fascinated by the number of approaches an artist can take: a quick colour notation can be added to a sketch as an aide memoire, or...
Currently working in watercolour, Helen Otter relishes the opportunity to capture light and colour, in this charming, magical medium. She takes her inspiration from John Sell Cotman whose flat planes of colour, render light with simplicity, the tonal changes bringing any subject to life. Helen...
Lillias August (b1955) is a member and Honorary Secretary of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (RI) and an Honorary member of the Institute of East Anglian Artists (IEA). She studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London followed by a postgraduate course in...
Mark has painted for over 40 years. First as a self taught artist, then receiving a B. A. degree in painting and printmaking from Sheffield Hallam Polytechnic. He now paints in watercolour and other water based media, drawing inspiration from landscape, using sketchbooks, photographs and...
Wendy is a figurative painter from Norfolk. Her love of nature and our intimate relationship with the environment is often reflected in her paintings filled with a deference for the natural world. Wendy paints mainly in water-based mediums including traditional egg tempera. She has won awards...
Jill has been drawing and painting since childhood. After a classical training in Italy at the Studio Simi in Florence, she studied Graphics and Scientific Illustration at Middlesex Polytechnic and worked in the publishing industry for some years as children’s book designer and freelance illustrator....
Growing up in the countryside, flowers and plants have always been a part of Carol’s life so it is only natural that they should become her painting partner. Carol’s first attempt at watercolour was a flower painting workshop, where she found the medium so exciting...
Born in Dagenham, Essex in 1952 John Crossley studied Sculpture at St. Martins School of Art in the early 1970’s. He has taught sculpture, drawing and painting at all levels up to M.A and was Senior Lecturer at Chelsea College of Art. John holds membership to...
Denise qualified and practiced as an architect in Cambridge and developed her interest in watercolours alongside architectural design. She is inspired by flowers, landscapes and man made objects and loves to explore and experiment with the many and varied ways of using watercolour to depict...
Susan Keeble is based in the village of Margaretting, near Chelmsford, and coming from a family of artists, she has been painting for as long as she can remember. While there remains a strong figurative quality in her paintings, her main focus concentrates on the...
Currently studying for an MA in Fine Art in Cambridge Maggie Scott’s watercolour paintings with a botanical theme are developed from her drawings and photographs taken on her allotment and in friend’s gardens. The latest work attempts to capture both the ephemeral delicacy and the...
Julia Sorrell is a British artist known for her portraits and imaginative drawings and paintings using figures and natural forms such as wood, shells, rock and plants using a range of media from pencil, charcoal, pen & ink, pastel, watercolour and oil. She currently lives...
Helen Clarke’s purpose is to create paintings which lift the spirit and enhance peoples’ lives. Favourite subjects are flowers, landscape and still life, freely capturing the essence of their natural beauty. Designing original greetings cards is a speciality and many are sold locally, as well...
Catherine Smith has a BA (Hons) Degree in Graphic Design from Northumbria University and worked as a graphic designer and on community arts projects in the north east before moving to Suffolk. Finding more time to devote to painting and drawing she started exhibiting her...
Pamela Marshall Barrell has always been passionate about art, and after owning an art gallery for 23 years, decided to explore painting. After completing a course with the Open College of Arts and attending workshops by prominent artists such as Richard Sorrell RWA and John...
Penny always liked to draw and paint as a child, and decided to begin drawing and painting again about thirty years ago. She attended several one day, weekend and short courses in Cambridge and East Anglia, with a focus on drawing, watercolour, pen and wash...
Charles Nightingale was born in South-East London and began painting aged 5. He joined the RAF and served from 1957 to 1961, and on leaving the service studied mathematics at what was then Woolwich Polytechnic. After this he continued studies in applied mathematics and later...
David is a self-taught artist based in Cambridge. David cannot help but notice contrast. He is drawn to light and dark; how it communicates depth and form, clarity and intrigue, particularly in relation to the everyday, the ordinary that is often overlooked or taken for...
Lesley Munro trained at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, graduating in 1984 with a B.A.Fine Art (Hons). She worked in Television and Advertising in London before training as an Art teacher. She worked in Scottish education for many years. Lesley...
Justin has exhibited in Canada at the Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria Island, British Columbia; the Oeno Gallery, Ontario; and the Arta Gallery Distillery District, Toronto. His watercolours have been accepted for open competitions at the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Watercolour Society...
Anthony was born in Ipswich in 1938 and was educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich; The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester; and Southampton University. He started painting at the age of 29 after accidentally coming across a small book entitled “Starting with Watercolour” by Rowland Hilder....
Fran Godwood is inspired by local gardens and old buildings, working mainly in pen and watercolour. She uses a dip pen to pick out the textures of trees and the contrasting shapes of flowers and leaves, and then adds watercolour. Fran also enjoys sketching chickens...
Penny’s art career began when she sold her greeting card business in 2019. She works in a loose expressive, semi abstract fashion in watercolour and mixed media. Her work is inspired by the local valley fen landscape, flowers and natural forms. She lives on the...
David has painted watercolours, exhibiting them in galleries, for over 40 years. The Royal Miniature Society, of which he is an Associate Member, has exhibited his miniatures for 30 years. David enjoys painting the wild, quiet places of Britain, the rivers and streams, ponds and...
Janet’s work is focused on the portrayal of botanic subject matter in a diverse range of media. Having purchased her first book of wildflower illustrations at the age of six, her preference remains unchanged and she still loves to capture the essence of the uncultivated...
Petula Stone trained as a graphic designer, and has worked on an eclectic mix of products, from packaging for specialist teas, Christmas puddings for Harrods, to postage stamps for the Guernsey Post. Her work has appeared in magazines, childrens’ books, on TV and on chinaware and...
Hugh has sketched since school. When travelling professionally or on holiday, he always packed his watercolours to take advantage of creative opportunities. With semi-retirement, he has time to explore further the infinite possibilities of watercolour. Repeating themes in his work, whether Norwegian Arctic Circle or...
Virginia Albutt studied at Corsham, and worked in the theatre in Oxford and London. On moving to Cambridge, she taught in the School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University. More recently, Virginia was commissioned to produce greeting cards, and has a range of her own...
Alan was born in Ipswich, Suffolk in 1942. He was granted a scholarship in art at Northgate Grammar School and was fortunate to receive training under Colin Moss at the Ipswich School of Art. He qualified as an architect and now retired, paints full time...
Sarah-Cate Blake is an artist based in Cambridge and has been painting in watercolour since 1993, although originally trained as a sculptor at Bretton Hall in Leeds. Sarah-Cate has an interest in the movement of colour and light, enjoying the atmosphere watercolour creates. In painting...
Phyl McGrath is one of the original members of the SEAW. She is still a member although she no longer takes part in exhibitions. She does still paint and mostly donates her paintings for charitable fundraising. In 2019, she painted Ely Cathedral and raise £350...
Born near the Essex coast and now living on the Essex/Suffolk border, Jan knows the local landscape well and finds it a great inspiration for her work. She has been working professionally as an artist since 2005, exhibiting widely in East Anglia and running general...
Caroline Furlong had only studied art O level when at school and dabbled slightly, when, for a certain special birthday present her partner gave her a surprise weekend away at Flatford Mill. This was a Watercolour for the absolute beginner course and he managed to...
Watercolours are a passion Mel Collins has returned to in retirement after a 40-year career in teaching and education management in Bristol, Kenya, Cambridge and Peterborough. Mel studied Art and Architecture at A Level in the 1970s but has recently benefitted from the professional guidance...