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Previous lifetime career - International Graphic Designer. A watercolour artist and tutor since 1992. A very wide range of subjects ensures a never ending quest for new horizons.

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John uses coloured cements to create his works. Blind Appoach Landings is one of 12 different designs used for Heritage trail stones on the housing development at the former Crompton/ Marconi site Writtle.

Flying Norseman by John Fortnum

In other works by John, 30ft high (10m) spruce trees and cement are used to create a spectacular sculpture entitled 'Robert De Brune'. This is the tallest sculpture created by one person single handed). This is located in Bourne Wood, Lancashire. Robert de Brune was a 13th C poet and monk, one of the first people to create works in the English language.

Born 1972, Essex, England, and presently living in Chelmsford, Andrea
Farmer is an established artist and graphic designer. She graduated from
the Kent Institute of Art and Design in 1993 with a HND in Graphic Design
and Illustration.
Andrea's paintings are unique and vibrant. Her work is held in collections
worldwide with a variety of corporate and private commissions. Various
artworks are currently on long term exhibition with galleries, corporate
and charity/healthcare establishments in England. Andrea will also be
exhibiting extensively through to 2010 with the Rogue Gene Collective,
Art4Essex, Activate and in solo/group/gallery exhibitions. Andrea is
currently represented by Chimaera Gallery, Kent.
Andrea's work is inspired by the ever changing environment plus nature's
colour, mood, texture and form. She favours a vibrant use of colour - oil, ink and mixed media are her preferred mediums. Gold and silver leaf also
feature in many of her artworks adding opulence to her unique style of
painting.
Dramatic skies, cloud formations, movement and light feature heavily in
her contemporary landscape and sunset paintings. Living in Chelmsford,
Essex, England the vast beautiful countryside and local views also
influence her work - alongside her travels to warmer climates, especially
the coasts and islands of the Mediterranean and Adriatic which feature in
her tranquil seascape and island paintings.
 www.andreafarmer.co.uk

As a self-taught artist, I have painted since childhood exploring drawing, water-colour and oil painting in my formative years. Having obtained a Fine Art “A” level back in 1970 I was encouraged by work colleagues to persevere with my paintings and drawings, undertaking a few commissions on the way. However, it was not until 1996, that through an evening class things really began for me when, by a stroke of luck, I discovered pastel

Landscapes and townscapes have since become my forte. I have entered local and national competitions and exhibitions with some success. My art materials travel with me everywhere, Italy and the Caribbean firm favourites. I enjoy capturing local scenes, and work “en plein air” whenever I can. I also undertake commissions and teach workshops from my studio, give demonstrations to art groups across Essex and teach two local art groups. Pastel and more recently, water-colour full day workshops are now regular events and well attended with very positive feedback. I am planning specific topic based workshops e.g "colour in music and paint", "towards abstraction" and "fragmentation art".

Graham was born in Chelmsford and has lived in Essex most of his life, particularly in Waltham Abbey where he has a studio. He previously lived, painted and studied in Edinburgh, gaining a diploma, an Andrew Grant Award and a commended post graduate qualification in drawing, painting and printmaking from Edinburgh College of Art. His work has been influenced by his travels to Greece, Crete, Tunisia, Holland, France and Scotland; also by his studies of Egyptian, Mexican and British art.

He works from the life model and landscape direct, but many of his works have a broader thematic approach, being concerned with the energies of the planet and its natural forces. He is also a well published poet, with a number of awards from The International Society of Poets.

I have been dabbling in art for as long as I can remember, for over 50 years. When I retired from engineering 13 years ago I rediscovered my love of art and had time to focus on art once more. For the present my main interest is portraits using acrylics. I like to add texture to my work, such as paper cloth and any material which helps to create dimension and movement in the painting.

During a career spanning more than 40 years in the Arts, Vin has variously worked on the creative side of film, television and the theatre as well as running Basildon’s first Arts Centre for four years from 1968. Since retirement, he has taken up sculpture and is chairman of The Foundation for Essex Arts and acting director of the Essex Centre for Architecture.

Bob Fisher has lived in Colchester for over 20 years and visits Norfolk and Suffolk on a regular basis. A lifetime love of photography has been turned into more of a full time act after his retirement from teaching in 2002. Currently Bob is involved in major project at Basildon under the aegis of the Essex Arts Foundation and involving five Basildon Primary Schools.
His high standard of work provides his clients with beautiful and original prints which hang in homes, work places, hotels and restaurants throughout East Anglia. Commissions for particular photographs are gladly undertaken

Details art work by Silos (Fred Nason)

1. music - acrylic on canvas

2. on the street - spray paint on canvas (stencils and free hand)

3. stencils - spray paint on canvas - oriental trees (cut vinyl stencil
designed by Richard Sleightholme) Mr potato head (hand cut stencil)

Also visit my underconstruction site www.silosart.co.uk

Graham Shelvey, designer, furniture designer, interior designer.

Grahams 3rd artwork shows three pieces of turned wood designs. More details to follow.