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Having studied Painting and Printmaking at City & Guilds of London Art School. artist Christopher Aggs has exhibited widely and taught Drawing, Painting and Printmaking in multiple universities in the UK.  'I see myself as a realist painter and prefer to work directly from observation. I am endlessly fascinated by the task of translating what I see into paint and consider that the world i …

Peter Brown is an all-weather painter of street scenes and city landscapes. Known for working directly from his subject, he is affectionately known as 'Pete the Street'.  'Pompous as it sounds, Peter has never felt more alive than when he is painting on the streets of places like London and India. He never knows what he’s going to paint until he gets there and even then the landscape ch …

Known primarily as a printmaker, London based artist Vicky Oldfield finds beauty in the natural and everyday world. From the domestic to woodland flora and garden flowers, and weeds by the roadside to bottles on a clustered windowsill - all are grist to the mill for her work. Especially known for her botanical subjects she has a fascination with the structure and design found in flowers and plants …

Barbara Richardson RBA is a London based artist, working primarily oil and water colours.  'Over the years I have amassed a great deal of still life objects and some I paint repeatedly. I try to catch the transient beauty of flowers and am fascinated by the problems involved in painting portraits. There are many painters who inspire me and I go often to our great collections and loan exh …