Hampshire

Born in Poland, Arkadiuz now lives and works in the New Forest. He creates his vessels from white stoneware clay, a strong and resilient medium.

Bev’s inspiration is found in the local boatyards and coastal areas, especially with the ephemeral colours, patterns and textures found on boat hulls and boatyard detritus.

Caroline works from an open studio in Winchester where visitors can come and go whilst she paints. ‘I am not an artist who yearns for solitude.

Chris likes painting foliage and ‘the chaotic, messy bits of nature – the bits people walk past or over without noticing’. Working in oils and at life size, Chris has a meticulous eye for detail and a wonderfully quirky view of the world.

Claire works from a wonderful garden studio, and is one of our most popular contemporary landscape artists. We love Claire’s subtly evocative colour palette and painterly treatment of stormy Dorset skies, reminiscent of J W Turner’s paintings.

Gail specialised in ceramics and exhibited her work at New Designers in London – the annual showcase for the UK’s top graduate designers.

Jackie just loves making pots – a passion that began at Southampton College of Art when she was seventeen. She now has her own studio in the New Forest.

Jo creates bespoke designs and unique handmade collections from silver, gold and semi-precious stones.

Julie moved to Milford on Sea in 2014, and is inspired by the wonderful Hampshire coast line, translating it into ‘abstractions of reality'. She is fascinated by the feel of the landscape and always works in series, her studio becoming a three-dimensional ‘sketchbook’ of ideas and experiments.

Michael has come along way since graduation in Design in 1997. At the beginning of his career, working from his parents garage, he used nuts and bolts and reclaimed steel to create all sorts of animals, reptiles and bugs.

Nicola is a sculptor making functional and decorative art for interiors and the outdoors.

Since early 2015 the New Forest dream-pop quartet has been shaking up the UK underground scene with their grunge-injected pop music.

Sheila's work has a distinctive graphic style combined with stunning use of colour, and is largely inspired by the Dorset and Hampshire landscape.

Stephen works out of studios in the New Forest and South of France, where he runs highly successful painting and printmaking workshops throughout the summer months.

Stewart’s stunning metre square canvases take their cue from the colours of the sea and coastline; local fishing boats and beach huts.

Victor lives by the sea and loves boats. He originally trained as a graphic designer, followed by a MA in Textile Design at the Royal College of Art in London.

Will Rochfort is a Hampshire based artist who works predominantly in oils and focuses on snapshots of people in time.