We are pleased to welcome these 17 new members to Leicester Society of Artists elected in April 2016

Painting

Wayne Anderson

Illustrator

Wayne Anderson is an award winning British Illustrator and is best known for his fantasy and children’s books including Ratsmagic and The Tin Forest
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scculpture

Natasha Burns

Metalsmith and Jewellery Designer

Natural forms, both perfect and imperfect, are the inspiration for Natasha Burns' enamelled vessels and jewellery.
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Painting by Maria Collingham

Maria Collingham

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Maxine Dodd

Painter

The theme of Maxinne's work is speed and movement, often with sport as the subject - specifically endurance cycling, taking inspiration from the Tour de France, La Vuelta de España and the Tours of Britain and Yorkshire.
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Painting

Louise Ellerington

Painter

Louise Ellerington's symbolist paintings are widely collected in the UK including a series of horse related paintings which she calls 'Kelpies/Human Horses', which she sees as a vehicle to project both human and animal emotions.
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Painting

Chrissie Everard

Painter

Chrissie Everard develops images from organic forms, using strong colour and expressive brushwortk, working with a variety of mixed media.
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Painting

Tim Fowler

Painter

Tim Fowler has painted a recent series of portraits is based on photos of Victorian people and people from the 1940's; his paintings are partially recognisable images distorted with strong colour and abstract elements.
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Glass by Graeme Hawes

Graeme Hawes

Glass maker . . . see more

 

Painting

Stuart Hill

Painter

Stuart Hill is a published and prize-winning author and professional maker of book whose subject matter is drawn from the mythology of many cultures, and from the natural world.
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Print

Liza Lee Jowsey

Painter and Printmaker

Liza Lee Jowsey is a painter, printmaker, tutor and lecturer who explores through emotional responses the infinite microscopic interior world that defines us and the infinite exterior landscapes we inhabit.
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Painting

Terry Lord

Painter

After a 45 year career in art, Terry Lord now paints purely for pleasure, looking for the light to produce paintings with feeling.
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Painting

Katie MacDowel

Painter

Katie MacDowel works in mixed media, mainly with fluid colour including inks and watercolour to achieve loose impressionist images.
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Painting

Dave Pidgeon

Painter

Dave Pidgeon does not consciously align himself with any movement or style; his expressionistic paintings are driven by emotional responses and by developing both realistic and abstract qualities during the painting process.
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Painting

Andrew Sales

Painter

Andrew Sales paintings are be viewed as a collection of different scenes and events that work together; he draws his ideas from historical painting mixed in with his own experiences, adding specific personal thoughts and myths.
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Painting

George Sfougaras

Painter

Travelling has played an important role in George Sfougaras' life and his interests include cultural nuances, special needs and historical events and minutiae, as well as broader global impact concepts in politics, gender, religion and relationships.
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artwork

Ruth Singer

Textile Artist

Ruth Singer is fascinated by material culture, history and the power of objects in human narratives and uses intensely personal and emotive subjects or historical themes in her textiles inspired by people and the traces left behind.
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artwork

Danielle Vaughan

Ripped paper artist

Danielle has worked full-time as a professional artist since 2014.  She creates images from ripped paper recycled from magazines and other found objects. Text finds itself within her images - mostly it is random, but occasionally deliberate.
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