Collectors Selection

Painting

Aksorn Rukpong
“I work as a painter. The majority of ideas for my work come from my fascination with the phenomenal qualities of light and my experience of being in different cultures and places.”
Aksorn has studied fine arts in Bangkok, Thailand and at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Following her degree show in 2007 she was one of the artists picked out for an exhibition featuring best art work of postgraduates from London art colleges. She now has a design studio in Bangkok but continues to produce paintings for exhibition in UK. www.aksorn-pongtarin.co.uk

Alan Wickham
Alan studied art and graphic design at Eastbourne College of Art and Brighton Art College, and then went on to work as an art director for a London advertising agency. He started painting in 1995 and has produced drawings and cartoon work which has been featured in the national press. Alan is now working mainly on water colours from his Brighton studio.

Alberto Martinez
Alberto was born in Cuba in 1977. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts 'Oscar Fernandez Morera', in Trinidad, Cuba, specializing in sculpture, design and cartoonism. After his Fine Arts degree he participated in numerous collectives and solo exhibitions in Cuba. He also designed and produced billboards and general art works while in the army. He now lives and work in  Brighton where he has exhibited his distinctive work at open houses for several years.

Cyril Mount
Cyril Mount has been painting for over 70 years. He served in North Africa during the war and his paintings from this time are in the Imperial War Museum along with later commissioned work. Now retired from teaching art, he paints every day from his studio at the Phoenix in Brighton. A figurative painter, his work is always evolving - all life is there. He combines a sense of both the serious and the mischievous and describes himself as a life-time rebel, now “almost reformed”.
www.cyrilmount.net

Darvish Fakhr
"I was adopted by Brighton 14 years ago and have since been sourcing its people and surroundings for inspiration. My work is about light. I am interested in the what light reveals, what it conceals and the synergy between these two states. I also like riding my bicycle."
Darvish won the prestigious National Portrait Gallery BP Travel Award 2006 and has since undertaken commissioned work for the National Portait Gallery. www.darvish.com

Diane Brandrett
“My background is in cartography and technical illustration, both requiring a level of draughtmanship with an attention to detail and a need to convey visual information accurately. This has influenced the way that I approach my work.
My commissions range from portraiture to Trompe L'Oeil murals where the fun of deceiving the eye creates the illusion of reality. My present work is my interpretation of the beautiful Sussex landscape with its gently swelling curves and undulating form.
Love of light and pattern had led me into using gold leaf to help convey the warmth and ethereal quality of the majestic skies and rolling chalk lands of the South Downs.”

Naomi Tydeman RI  NEW THIS YEAR
Naomi is an award winning  watercolourist and was elected to membership of the RI (Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour) in 2004.  She exhibits regularly at the Mall Gallery in London and have won several prestigious awards, including Welsh Artist of the Year watercolour prize and several RI prizes including the Winsor and Newton prize for the most outstanding group of paintings in this years RI show. Naomi has her own gallery in Tenby, Wales.  www.naomitydeman.co.uk

Pongtarin Bejrachandra
“ I work as an architect, painter and composer. I am interested in using concepts and processes from one art form to manipulate and create other art forms. In my recent work, I look for a way to communicate the beauty of hidden / unseen structures.”
Pongtarin studied architecture in Bangkok and Music Technology in Brighton before completing postgraduate studies at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. www.aksorn-pongtarin.co.uk

Sculpture

Lorna Tyler
“My interest is in sculpting the human body shown through an exploration of the tender qualities of it’s forms, using the sensual medium of clay fired to stoneware. Since 2002 I have exhibited regularly, including at the Grace Barrand Design Centre, Nutfield, Surrey and at The Mall Galleries, London with The Royal Society of British Artists and with The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition.”
www.lornatyler-sculptor.com 

John Baldwin
John Baldwin creates intricate and unique sculpted artwork in wood and has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad. John says of his current work : “Having worked for too long on large sculptural and architectural projects, mostly in glass reinforced plastic, it was with relief that I was able to devote time to developing ideas on a more intimate scale. In choosing wood as a medium I aim to achieve the desired result in the most direct manner.”

Marie Prett NEW THIS YEAR
Marie is a ceramic artist whose influences include Chagall for his bold colours and original story telling and Klimt for his beautiful use of colour and pattern. Marie's passion is for the narrative in each piece; the story behind the smile and humorous pose.: "It is my constant aim to create an infusion of energy, movement, colour and humour into each piece; to inspire curiosity and make people smile". Marie exhibits regularly and is planning to open her own gallery. www.marieprett.co.uk 

Jackie Summerfield
Jackie  is a  ceramic artist who  produces original figurative sculptural ceramics and also works to commission. Portrait busts, decorative wall panels and stylized animals form the basis of her works. www.jackiesummerfield.co.uk

Photography

Jai Lusser
Jai is self taught as a photographer and creator of the Garden Expansion Kits – a series of weatherproof photographic prints designed to open up new and surprising horizons in even the smallest of gardens. Jai produces bespoke work on commission. www.gardenexpansionkits.co.uk

Mixed Media

Jonathan Angell
Hands-on creative mechanical innovator who has exhibited world wide. Designer of special effects in film and theatre, including work for Harry Potter, Band of Brothers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He will be showing mechanical windmills at Collectors' Selection.

Simon Royer
Simon Royer has a natural affinity to subjects in the natural world. In his stunning works of life in the oceans he uses an eclectic mix of craft, sculpture and fine art, traditional techniques and contemporary material. Simon mostly works to commission.
www.naturalhistoryinart.co.uk