Adriana Ionascu
"Ceramic Works"
I am a Romanian artist living in Loughborough. My primary interest is in ceramics
but I have also undertaken projects in a wide range of media including film,
drama and photography. I also paint traditional religious icons.
Alan
Dorrell
I started painting somewhat seriously, after participating
in a Community College course, over the winter of 1990-1991. This was on the
occasion of retiring from full time teaching, as a handicraft specialist,
metal and woodwork and allied subjects.
Andrew
Grant
Figurative compositions with an emphasis on colour
and form. New ways of drawing the figure using coloured paper and subdivision
of the plane.
Barry
Hipwell
Miniaturist
Interviewed for PMP by Jennifer Lau
06/07/00
Bharti
Gohil
A young print maker who lived in Loughborough when
we started PMP. Having been brought up with the experience of both eastern
and western cultures, her work is about the contrast between the two.
Bruce
Clark
I am the son of a Consett (County Durham) steel worker
and I was born in 1936. I started painting at a very early age and attended
the Oswald Bage School of Drawing for some years from the age of about 11.
Bryan
Page
Sileby born artist who has been drawing and painting
since the age of four when he drew a pheasant on a rather expensive book belonging
to his father!
Chris
English
Chris was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in 1950.
He came to live in Charnwood Road, Loughborough, in the early 1960s at the
age of 12, when his father began working as a lecturer at what is now Loughborough
University.
David Carbone
Loughborough based artist David Carbone was born
in Leicester. David's mother is Leicestershire born and bred and his father
came from Italy.
Dorothy
Whetnall
Was born in Melbourne, Australia. She also lived
on the sea coast in Sydney for 16 years. Dorothy came to Charnwood in 1976.
Evelyn
Silver
Loughborough based performance artist Evelyn Silver
was heavily involved in the early days of youth theatre and performance art
in the area. She organised performance arts events at the 'Pink Room' venue
in Loughborough.
Faye
Chamberlain
The Bench Series
Football Focus
Pinhole Animals
Jacqueline
Vickerstaff
Jackie is a Woodhouse Eaves based artist who sometimes
works in a mixture of wire, paper clay and string to produce 2D and 3D work.
Jane
Toseland & "Faith Bears"
My first experience of making bears was in 1996 when
after trying other needlecrafts I attended a two evening Teddy Bear workshop
in Loughborough, and I've never looked back since.
Jemma
Rix
I gained my degree in printed textile design at Loughborough College and over
the years since then I have developed my style of work. My influences include
raw and naive art, the work of Hundertwasser and Paul Klee, and fabric and
paper designs from around the world.
John
De'ath
I am a self taught artist living now for the last 50 years in Loughborough.
John
Leak
John is a painter living in Loughborough.
Interviewed for PMP by Anna Mitchell, 07/07/00
John Saunders
John is a well known painter living in the village
of Burton on the Wolds.
Jon
Williams
Ceramics and scrap.
"We live in a society that segregates itself for it's own identity and
security. The most powerful voice of each era's art can be felt in the reflections
of it's founding generation..."
Joyce
Miller
Was one of the longest serving members of Albert
Street Artists. She died suddenly and unexpectedly, and sadly was not discovered
for several days. Her work was contributed by other members in her memory.
Judith
Eason
I am an Artist Printmaker living and working in Loughborough.
I began my artistic career at the Medway College of Art, Rochester, Kent,
and worked as a freelance graphic artist in London. On moving to Loughborough
I worked for local firms producing graphic art.
Kevin
Ryan
I have been fascinated by masks since I was a child. Perhaps it was
the Lone Ranger or the Black Knight, the Man in the Iron Mask or Ned Kelly.
Perhaps it was masks from further flung traditions such as the carved wooden
masks of Africa and Tibet.
Mal
Trott
Mal is a puppet maker and jazz musician living
in the Charnwood village of Barrow Upon Soar.
Mary
Byrne
My recent work, after a period of painting
semi-surrealist still life, returns to an interest in people and the images
we make of them.
Mr
Barradell
Mr Barradell is a self taught painter and creator
from Loughborough.
Interviewed for PMP by Kevin Ryan, 25/04/00
Mrs
Galaira
She first studied drawing at art college in India
and used to teach drawing and sewing on a part-time basis.
Nita
Rao
Forest Path
This installation has evolved over several years, including 10 months in Asia.
Travelling has influenced my work, giving it a transient feel with tipi structures,
as well as the vibrant colours of India.
Paul
Gent
Paul trained at Loughborough College of Art and Design
(as it was then called) and has been an artist in residence with Charnwood
Arts since the 1997. He regularly travels the world in pursuit of his work.
Peter
Dobson
Peter came to live in Loughborough at the same time
that we began PMP - his work brings a fresh take on almost everything!
Peter
Twombley
Drawings and Reliefs
Peter makes reference in his drawings to the marks and incisions in landscape.
The richness of closely observed minutiae and qualities of light and atmosphere
promote emotional response.
Purnima
Chavda
I Am With You
"I wanted to combine the beauty of sign language with photography. The
idea came out of a larger project looking at languages and different forms
of writing including braille and the languages of South Asia.
Rick
Jackson
Rick works mainly in watercolours and enjoys painting
local scenes in and around the Charnwood area. He likes the freshness and
transparency of watercolours plus ease of use and portability.
Sally
Chisholm
"After leaving school I read Geography at Newnham
College, Cambridge. I taught briefly but stopped work to raise children...".
Stuart
Hollis
I am a Charnwood boy, having spent most of my life
in the village of Birstall.
My chief interests in photography are people and places.
Susan
Crinage
Susan has been a Chartered Architect since 1980,
having completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Liverpool and Manchester
universities.
Sylvia
Owens
Originally from Shrewsbury, Sylvia studied sculpture
at Loughborough College of Art and has stayed in the town since graduating
over 14 years ago.
Tony
Francis
Jamaican born Tony Francis is a Loughborough based artist who paints whenever
he can in his spare time. He began as a child by taking a tube of oil paint
and painting over his father's drawings!
Tony
Thory
In my travel work I try to draw the viewer into unfamiliar scenes with the
hope of informing the viewer emotionally and factually about distant lands
and people.
Zoe
Childerley
A photographer and multimedia artist who has been
working with Charnwood Arts on the 'People Making Places' project since March
2000.
