111 Andrew Keenleyside
Art forms: Painting, Printmaking
Andrew Keenleyside is an award winning local painter and printmaker, who lives and works in Harpenden. His main subject matter is the local landscape and the changing seasons and how these affect the colours and moods of a particular view or composition. Andrew’s painterly and textural approach is evident in the surface details of his canvases. He reflects: “I try to capture the essence of a landscape by using vibrant and exaggerated colour combinations.” Andrew is also a printmaker who specialises in the technique of ‘Solar-Plate’ etchings, again featuring local views of Hertfordshire. He states: ‘I enjoy the element of chance in the intaglio printing process, as well as the ability to reproduce an image more than once.’ He has had a series of one-man shows in London, the Home Counties and East Anglia, as well as numerous group exhibitions in and around Hertfordshire. His work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
See also: www.andrewkeenleyside.com.
Telephone: 07968 340713
Email (Website): andrewkeithkeenleyside@gmail.com
112 Audrey Pollok
Art forms: Mixed Media 3D
I’m a keen recycler and use small objects made from plastic, wood, jewellery, etc. to create decorative borders for mirrors approximately 18/20 inches in diameter. I call the objects Bits from Boxes as that is where many of the items come from. I start with a board and just a few things, and during the coming months I add to it as I acquire bits. I work on several pieces at the same time as this saves re-handling of the bits. The uniqueness of the mirrors is guaranteed because if I had the same items at a different time I doubt they would be arranged in the same way. The scope is endless, and I get new ideas every day, which is why I find Bits from Boxes so fascinating.
Telephone: 07983 835704
Email (Website): auntyaudrey@hotmail.com
113 Chantal Fisher
Art forms: Book & Paper Arts, Sculpture
Chantal individually hand cuts, paints, shapes and makes all her delightful flowers in her studio in Wheathampstead from speciality crepe paper, wire, and a dab or two of glue. Her love of crepe paper flowers stems from her complete inability to keep a real plant alive! "I love the fact that I can make a copper or rainbow rose - or a bee's bottom nestling in a foxglove flower!" https://www.chantals.co.uk
Telephone: 07887 520661
Email (Website): chantal@chantals.co.uk
114 Claire Pringle
Art forms: Ceramics
I use ceramic techniques to capture and preserve things of beauty and importance. My work focuses on capturing and preserving two diverse areas: domestic handicraft skills, such as sewing and crochet, that have been passed down the generations, as well as locally found wild and garden plants. Preserving the skills of my female ancestors is important to me and I use vintage sewing pattern pieces to create unique porcelain forms. Detailed crocheted pieces created by my great grandmother can often be seen within my work. The incredible skills needed to create such intricate work are often overlooked and seen only as ‘women’s work’. By preserving them in porcelain, I hope to raise the status of these textiles. The intricate nature of wild plants, which I find locally, can also be captured, and preserved. By pressing them into porcelain and adapting my glazes, I can uncover details that are also often overlooked. Porcelain is a wonderful medium in which to capture such fine details.
Telephone: 07973 627717
Email (Website): claire_pet@hotmail.com
115 Kat Kerr
Art forms: Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration, Textiles
Kat Kerr is an illustrator of people, place, and particularly folktales, using limited and vibrant colour palettes. Previously a psychologist working with narrative therapy, she has always been drawn to the power of story and folklore. Now, she tells those stories through her art.
She primarily creates prints using an iPad and digital brushes. The media may be digital, but all work is drawn by hand and professionally printed. Traditional medium like ink, watercolour and acrylic fill her sketch books and are sometimes incorporated into digital work. Hand embroidery and thread painting is also a passion, focussing on illustrating family phrases and colloquialisms, enjoying the tactile nature of thread and the history the medium holds.
Telephone: 07854 906765
Email (Website): katkerrillustrates@gmail.com
116 Sarah Coveney Evans
Art forms: Painting
Telephone: 07710 074132
Email (Website): sarah@sarahcoveneyevans.com
