CHARITY ART AUCTION

CHARITY ART AUCTION
at Mint Hotel, Westminster
03 November 2011
7pm until 9.30pm
Artworks themed
This catalogue does not include a full representation of all artworks in
the silent and live auction. It will continue to be updated with more
artworks and a bidding from price.
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DEBORAH AZZOPARDI
BBRRRINNNGGG, Screen print 10 of 50, 110cm x 110cm
Deborah Azzopardi has been producing her distinctive, playful images for over 25 years. She
is determined to enjoy life to the fullest, to express herself creatively, whether or not her
work is commercially viable. Essential to her success is painting things that make her happy.
As a result, her images are inviting, colourful and honest. Without any great philosophical
mission, she is free to play with the drama and joy of the everyday. She breaks her subjects
down into vibrant segments, into moments we have all experienced, and which she has
captured forever in paint. The respect she has gained in publishing reflects the honesty and
innocence of her intentions. The viewer is allowed to ponder, without preconceptions, the
moments she represents. Her paintings and Limited Editions celebrate the comedy of
turbulent relationships, seductions, the fantasies and worries of us all. To possess a piece of
her work is to embrace the qualities that make us human, to be captivated by her palette of
colour.
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KATHY BARKER
This lot is a commissioned portrait
Kathy trained at Wimbledon School of Art in Fine Art Painting (BA Hons) and Printmaking
(MA). She was awarded a studio at the Florence Trust, London and latterly commissioned to
write 'Drawing and Painting the Clothed Figure' published 2005. As her career progressed,
she followed her true passion for portraiture and studied at the Charles Cecil Studio
(Florence, Italy) in the classical atelier fashion. In addition to working as a portrait artist, Kathy
teaches life drawing and oil painting at her Fulham based studio, the Hurlingham Club and
offers postgraduate drawing tutorship at West Dean College which is part of the Edward
James Foundation. Kathy’s work has been seen at selective exhibitions including the Society
of Women Artists 2008 and at the Royal Society of Portrait Painting 2008.For Kathy, painting
portraits is a privilege – an exciting opportunity to savour a moment and capture the essence
of her subject. To view her extensive portfolio, visit www.kathybarker.co.uk.
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CAROL BASS
August Parade, Oil on Board, 76cm x 76cm
Carol Bass is the queen of colour and bright, rich tones infuse her work in the form of
overlapping and often primitive shapes. These shapes become symbols of universal
themes such as love, separation, yearning, hope, and desire. Her art reflects her joy of
the world, literally humming with positive energy. Based on the rugged coast of Maine
in New England, Bass is inspired by its physical beauty and she lives surrounded by
forest and sea. She has a Fine Arts degree in painting and sculpture from the
University of Georgia, and also studied at the University of Maine, the Vermont Studio
School, and taught sculpture at MECA in Portland Maine. In addition to paintings she
creates 3D layered pieces, totems, and walking houses based on the houses on stilts
from the South Carolina coast where she was raised. Bass has had many solo
exhibitions in New England and her work is collected across the US. She is also the
author of several books about colour.
Carol Bass is represented by the KPK Gallery
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DAVID BATCHELOR
Untitled (proposal for Lyric Theatre), ink and pastel on card
David Batchelor makes sculptural installations from objects found in the streets of London, hollowed,
stacked and given a new life as empty but brightly coloured light boxes or as unlit composites.
Consistent throughout his works is the lurking familiarity of the material leftovers of modern life, from
factory scrap to disused or broken domestic items, re-purposed into hypnotic, beautifully patterned
objects presenting a distillation of colour’s presence in our everyday environment.’When I make works
from light boxes (such as Brick Lane Remix, 2003), or old plastic bottles with lights inside, I hope the
illumination suspends their objecthood to some degree and makes the viewer see them a little
differently – see them as colours before seeing them as objects.’ The brightest possible palette fills
the range of neon-lit columns, modular crates, spherical shapes, and unlit clusters (such as Parapillar,
2006), the artist’s ‘vehicles for colour.’ Batchelor is interested in reconsidering colour theories from a
contemporary context, which he explores in Chromophobia (2000), a book dedicated to the subject.
His dazzlingly saturated objects reconsider the tension between form and the very materiality of
colour, perhaps with a wink to earlier forms of light and neon art. ‘I often use colour to attack form, to
break it down a little or begin to dissolve it. But I am not at all interested in ‘pure’ colour or in colour
as a transcendental presence… So if I use colours to begin to dissolve forms, I also use forms to
prevent colours becoming entirely detached from their everyday existence.’
Kindly donated by David Batchelor
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CRESSIDA BELL
Cressida Bell is a British designer specialising in textiles and interiors. From her
London studio she produces a wide range of products including accessories for men
and women and artefacts for the home. She also undertakes the production of many
bespoke items from stationery and illustration to murals, carpets and furnishing
fabrics. Cressida Bell set up her company in 1984 on leaving the Royal College of Art.
She previously studied in the fashion department of St Martin’s School of Art in its
1980s heyday. Her work is known for its uncompromisingly decorative nature and its
independence from mainstream fashion. There is an undoubted influence from her well
known Bloomsbury Group forebears (Quentin Bell was her father and Vanessa Bell her
grandmother); but it is not an all pervading one, and she has forged her own very
individual style over the last 25 years.
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ELLEN BELL
Acts of Love 8, 2010 Text from Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine, published by Methuen in
1991 (Inspired by Ringer Sargent’s Mr & Mrs I N Phelps Stokes, 1897)
Ellen Bell is an artist currently based in Bath. Her drawings, installations and sculptures are
informed by ideas surrounding intimate communication through the written and spoken word.
Bell interacts with found books, paper texts and other ephemera making three-dimensional
narrative pieces that seek to subtly challenge our understanding of what is, and is not,
possible when using language to communicate complex feelings.
Bell’s work has been shown in many solo and group exhibitions and has featured in various
notable national and international art fairs such as COLLECT at the Victoria & Albert Museum
and SOFA in Chicago. Bell also produces site-specific work for public art projects, including
her critically acclaimed installation piece, Speaking Soul, at the City Gallery in Leicester in
2007. In 2002 the Victoria & Albert Museum purchased a piece for their print collection. In
September 2008, Bell began a practice-based PhD at Dartington College of Arts (now part of
University College Falmouth) looking at whether engaging with an arts project can influence
intimate communication between couples. Since 2002, Bell has been a visiting artist and
lecturer at various art schools and colleges across the UK.
Ellen Bell is represented by Four Square Fine Arts
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SIR PETER BLAKE
Hope, Screenprint and diamond dust, 2011
Godfather of British Pop Art Sir Peter Blake has been collaborating with CCA since
2003, producing spectacular original prints. His work crosses all generational divides,
and inspires great respect from younger artists such as Damien Hirst, Gavin Turk, Pure
Evil and Tracey Emin. Knighted in 2002, an honorary doctor of the Royal College of
Art, and with his work represented in major collections throughout the world, Sir Peter
Blake truly is a grandee of British Art. Sir Peter Blake's work reflects his fascination
with all streams of popular culture, and the beauty to be found in everyday objects and
surroundings. Many of his works feature found printed materials such as photographs,
comic strips or advertising texts, combined with bold geometric patterns and the use of
primary colours. The works perfectly capture the effervescent and optimistic ethos of
the sixties, but are also strikingly fresh and contemporary. There is also a strain of
sentimentality and nostalgia running throughout his work, with particular focus towards
childhood innocence and reminiscence, as can be seen clearly in his recent Alphabet
series. Blake is renowned for his connection with the music industry, having produced
iconic album covers for the Beatles, Paul Weller, The Who, and Oasis.
Kindly donated by Sir Peter Blake
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CHARLOTTE BRACEGIRDLE
Half of Beckett, acrylic on postcard, 11cm x 14cm, 2011. Original photograph by Dmitri Kasterine 1965
I work with images that already exist. They are all reproductions, digitally mass produced in books,
postcards or prints. The printed surface is usually glossy, a perfect even finish, but the paint disrupts
this surface, leaving a shadow where once was a person or an object holding that person. It creates a
tiny rip in the surface of the world, a new physical layer. The brush stokes weave a new narrative.
By erasing elements in the photographs - I am subverting the narrative to get a new meaning. The
altered image is unnerving. The moment is suspended the instant before misadventure.
The interference is not always obvious... to some it creates a double-take. It could take any form
depending on the original image. Sometimes the impact is multiplied when the artwork is well-known,
but this is not always the case. Often the narrative is about loss, fear and lack of control. However, in
these works, I am controlling the scene and taking it away from the original artwork.
I'm a mischievous interventionist - like the trick where the tablecloth is whipped away, leaving the tea
cups in place.
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ANDREW BURGESS
Bauhaus, Gouache on paper, 2010
After graduating from Byam Shaw School of Art in 1996 London born artist Andy Burgess
developed a career as a painter of cityscapes and street scenes and an accomplished collage artist.
Many solo shows have followed since his first Cork Street exhibition in 2000. Burgess has been
represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery since that year and his work has been exhibited across
Europe and America. In 2002 he was commissioned by Cunard to paint two Italian cityscapes for
the Queen Mary II Ocean liner and in 2003/2004 he was appointed artist-in-residence for Crossrail
PLC documenting the sites affected by one of the largest engineering projects in British history.
Burgess's quirky and distinctive cityscapes, often brightly coloured and strongly graphic in style, and
his pop-inspired collages using vintage ephemera have attracted many admirers and collectors
including the celebrated writer Kazuo Ishiguro and the actor and writer Emma Thompson. Paintings
of Italian towns were followed by series of works that explored Cuba and then Miami, but
throughout his career Burgess has always returned to the mythic American skyline epitomised by
cities such as New York and Chicago. In 2009 Burgess moved to America where he now lives with
his wife and son.
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PATRICK CAULFIELD
Red Jug and Lamp, Screenprint on paper
Patrick Caulfield was a student at the Royal College of Art between 1960-63 alongside
David Hockney and Allen Jones. His subject matter draws more from the masters of
modern art such as Braque and Gris than from the consumer culture that preoccupied
his fellow students. His work is characterised by a reductive, streamlined use of line
and the depiction of banal, everyday objects saturated in colour. Caulfield consistently
used screenprint for his graphic work following his introduction to the medium by
Richard Hamilton and Chris Prater in 1964. The deceptive simplicity of his images,
perfectly matched by the aesthetic capacities of the process, is clear throughout the
various phases of his printmaking career. During his lifetime the Serpentine Gallery,
the Hayward Gallery and the Tate Gallery in London all held major retrospectives of his
paintings. More recently his prints were the subject of a survey at Tate Liverpool.
Caulfield died in 2005 having made an indelible contribution to British painting and
printmaking.
Kindly donated by The Alan Cristea Gallery
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CECILE CHONG
Blue Ones, 2009, Encaustic and mixed media on wood, 46cm x 15cm
Cecile lives and works in New York, she was born in Ecuador of Chinese parents. She has
exhibited work at El Museo, Wave Hill, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Praxis International Art, Corridor
Gallery, Sue Scott Gallery in New York and with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery in London.
Fellowships include Socrates Sculpture Park, AIM 2011 Bronx Museum, Urban Artist Initiative
NYC 2010, Aljira Emerge 10 and the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant 2008. Cecile's work is
in the collections of El Museo, Citibank Art Advisory, Peggy Cooper-Cafritz, Carmen Ana Unanue
and other private collections in the U.S., Europe and South America. Her work has been reviewed
in El Diario La Prensa, Singtao Daily, and The New York Times. She received an MFA from
Parsons The New School for Design in 2008, an MA from Hunter College, and a BA in Studio Art
from Queens College. Her early schooling took place in Ecuador, Macau and China. She is
currently part of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program in New York City.
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LEIGH CHORLTON
Relational Paradise, Oil and Shellac on paper, 60cm x 78cm
Leigh Chorlton was born in Manchester in 1973 and moved to Cornwall in 1983. He
completed a foundation course at Falmouth College of Art in 1993 followed by a BA
course in Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art in 1998, during which he studied at
Purchase, New York State. After his BA, and a break of six years, he started painting
again and teaching art. In 2010 he completed an MA in contemporary art theory with a
solo show at the Glasgow International Festival and an exhibition For IETM Glasgow.
Leigh’s work is about the idea of a retro renaissance; that is a renaissance 'lite' devoid
of heavy narrative, understanding that retro culture is about a surface lacking depth, to
attain the look of something past whilst eschewing historical complexity for a lighter
box set version. Leigh uses sampling, taking figures and poses within old paintings so
that each figure may separately reference an old renaissance work; creating a double
take of historical works. The compositions are pieced together arbitrarily with no
intentional narrative thread. His painting technique is imprimatura, covering paper or
canvas in oil paint working to the light rather than applying with a brush.
Leigh Chorlton is represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
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CRESSIDA COWELL
This is a rare colour piece of Hiccup and Toothless, painted for the cover of ‘How to Speak
Dragonese’ from the hugely popular series of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ books, recently
made into a highly successful film (3 more in the making) by Dreamworks Animation.
Cressida Cowell studied English at university and then went to art college where she got
degrees in graphic design and illustration. For her final project at art school she created a
children’s book called ‘Little Bo Peep’s Library Book’, and was lucky enough to have that
book published by Hodder Children’s Books in 1998. Since then she has written ten more
picture books, including the ‘Emily Brown’ stories, which won the Nestle Children’s Book
Prize in 2006. In 2002 she began to write a book for older children. Remembering the stories
she had written as a child she turned these ideas into the book ‘How to Train Your Dragon.’
There are now eight books in the Hiccup series and Cressida is working on the ninth. A film
of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ was made by DreamWorks Animation and released in March
2010.
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NICK CUTHELL
Joseph Cross as William Parsons, 2009 (Joseph Cross played William Parsons in the
2009 play of Truman Capote’s novella Breakfast At Tiffany’s at the Theatre Royal
Haymarket), Oil on canvas, 90cm x 55cm
Nick Cuthell is a young artist exploring contemporary concerns through traditional
media. He divides his time between the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Italy. His
work is held in collections in London, New York, Geneva and Wellington. Cuthell has a
well developed portrait practice and he works on private commissions, as well as public
large mural projects for a range of clients.
Nick Cuthell is represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
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GRAHAM DEAN
Yellow Figure
Graham Dean is essentially a painter of identity. But more than the identity of the
body, it is the identity of the soul as evoked by these sumptuous watercolours. For
Dean, the body is a ‘holding-pen of emotions’, a ‘thinking body’ similar to the research
done by Wilhelm Reich. His characters are the receptacles of these emotions, ideas,
and memories. They are witnesses of the human condition and our complex
relationship with the world. Our individuality, our identity is formed by this interaction
of our inner lives which is constantly penetrated and altered by the outside world.
Graham’s painting is an investigation between the inside and the outside, the surface
and what lies beneath. Arms, faces, torsos, legs become interchangeable – anonymous
but recognizable. The body becomes a canvas, torn and stretched, a vehicle for the
imagination of the artist. The works are open to interpretation, free, as are the
movements of watercolour, colours and sensual shapes.
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CHLOE FREMANTLE
Rhythms 77, cockerel on rust, emul on paper, 2009, 38cm x 38cm
Chloe Fremantle completed her training in Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art in London in
1972. She has been painting for forty years living in Italy, New York and London where she
has been based since 1987. Chloe’s inspiration for her paintings comes from nature. Her
love of plants originated in early childhood at the family home and gardens in Suffolk and it
is the rhythms, the patterns, the infinite variations and repetitions of flowers, trees and
nature at large that fuel her imagination and drive her painting. Chloe has created an
alphabet and language of painting that encapsulates those rhythms and patterns inherent in
petals, waves, splashes, leaves, flowers, seeds, trees, tracks, contours, spirals, curves,
clouds and circles. In the spirit of ‘visual’ Haiku, the artist uses her observation of simple
elements in the natural world to impart a symbolic interpretation of universality, constraint,
stillness, energy, movement, peace, freedom, chaos, imagination, beauty, endurance,
strength and empathy. Her work is held in many private and corporate collections.
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REBECCA GRANT
Robert, Acrylic and ink on scripts, 69cm x 59.5cm
Growing up, Rebecca won many national art awards from 'Britain in Bloom' to '50
Young Artists Award' and has been presented with awards by the likes of Princess
Alexandra and HRH The Prince of Wales. She then went on to pursue a very successful
career in acting but still maintained her art pratice, focusing on the subject matter of
theatre. Whilst starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams, Terry Johnson's
One Flew over The Cuckoo's Nest and BBC's Holby City she spent her free time
painting actors. She also exhibited her portraiture of the complete cast of One Flew
over The Cuckoo's Nest including Christian Slater. Recently, Rebecca released her 10
year collection of work suitably named 'An Actor's Art' at The Philippine Embassy,
London where friend and colleague Robert Powell unveiled his portrait. Rebecca has
sold works in Paris, London, Scotland and New York. Rebecca drew inspiration from
her grandfather Raymond de Longueuil, a renowned French artist. The Philippine side
of her family gave her inspiration to express vibrancy and character in her work.
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VICTORIA HALL
Beggar's Opera, C-type print, 2011
Victoria Hall lives and works in Suffolk. Since graduating from her MA in Fine Art at
Chelsea College of Art & Design in 1995 she has exhibited extensively nationally and
internationally. Her work is held in numerous collections, including the Arts Council of
England, ICR Collection Oslo and the Hiscox Collection. The series ‘Portrayal’ has
received international interest and been included in the new book ‘Identities Now:
Contemporary Portrait Photography’ by Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art and features in the
latest issue of the USA based Shots magazine, Autumn 2011. As well as ‘From Portrait
to self Portrait’ launching later this year. She has received several awards including New
Partners Arts & Business 2000, London Arts Board 1999, British Council 1998.
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TAKA HARA
Clay, Paint, Eggshell and Graphite on a Wooden Base in a Glass Dome
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Takayuki Hara’s work concerns sexuality, identity, and repression. His
unique ability lies within the transformation of these elements into graphic and intricate
linear drawings or highly imaginative and beautiful sculptures embracing the often dark and
sexual subject matters. His influence comes from various sources such as old master
paintings (from Da Vinci to Bosch) to Japanese pop subculture (Takashi Murakami to
novelist Haruki Murakami). French philosopher Giles Deleuze is one of the influences he had,
along with strong influence from Freud. His seemingly eclectic collections of influences are
tied together and well digested, feeding his work visually and conceptually, creating the
seamless sense in his work, transforming those differences into one new entity, unravelling
new potentiality of being. He studied creative writing in Japan, the rich narrative elements of
his work which tie those creations together come from the background as a writer. He lives
and works in London, and is currently tutoring at City and Guilds of London Art School.
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GHISLAINE
HISLAINE HOWARD
Ayub Khan Din Study, Oil and charcoal, 61cm x 91.5cm
Ghislaine Howard was named as a Woman of The Year in 2008 for her contribution to art and
society. A painter of powerful and expressive means, her works deal with the human condition
charting and interpreting our shared human experience. She has worked on many music,
theatre and dance collaborations, including Vesali Icones at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in
London 2005 which celebrated Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s seventieth birthday, as well as
films and television documentaries such as Degas and the Dance in 2004, which won the
prestigious international Peabody Award. Her monumental cycle of paintings The Stations of
the Cross / The Captive Figure continues its acclaimed tour of British cathedrals. For
Liverpool’s celebrations as Capital of Culture in 2008 she produced a major new work The
Empty Tomb. This was on view at Manchester Cathedral during Easter, 2010 and in the crypt
at York Minster this year.
She is continuing to work on a series of paintings in response to daily news images –365 of
these paintings were shown at Imperial War Museum North in 2009 and they will form part of
an exciting three year collaboration between Ghislaine and York Minster that will culminate in
2013.
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TOM LEIGHTON
Oxford Street, C-Type Digital print mounted on Perspex
Tom Leighton was born in London in 1981. Following his BA in printmaking from the
University of Brighton in 2004, he gained an MA from the Royal College of Art in 2006.
Throughout his practice, Leighton has worked with urban landscapes. In 2006 he won the
John Purcell Paper Prize and the Thames & Hudson Book Prize. He has exhibited in London,
Paris, Tokyo and the United States. Collections include The Sandor Family Collection,
Chicago, Kunsthalle Weishaupt Collection, Ulm Germany, MuCEM (French National
Museum of European and Mediterranean civilizations), Tiroche Collection, UK/Israel, The
Shein Family Collection of Pennsylvania, Felix Robyns, 12 Advisors Group,
London/Brussels, Nicholas Topiol, President of Christian Lacroix, Paris, The UBS Art
Collection, JCA Group, London & The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Leighton lives
and works in London and is represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London.
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JAMIE LUMLEY
Wilton’s Music Hall, Photograph, 51cm x 41cm
Jamie Lumley is a graduate of The University of North London and The London College of
Printing. The majority of his work concentrates on urban landscapes and parts of London
that are unusual or often hard to find. Jamie has worked extensively with Film London
producing a book of iconic London film locations. These images have been exhibited at City
Hall, in Leicester Square and in Beijing, China. Other work includes shooting film stills and
publicity, which has taken Jamie to Borneo, Madagascar and Nepal; where he was the
official photographer on his mother, Joanna Lumley’s 2009 visit with the Ghurkha Justice
campaign. In the same year, Jamie’s exhibition entitled ‘Prayer Flags and Goalposts’ at the
Mews Gallery in Mayfair was well received, and raised £2000 for the Namaste Children’s
House in Nepal, whilst also establishing Jamie as an up-and-coming photographer. Jamie’s
images are often compared to paintings, and this style is a key feature of his most recent
work. He is represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery.
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MIA
This painting is part of a series inspired by a seven month-long journey painting a
Model D concert grand piano for Steinway & Sons, London. My inspiration for painting
comes from movement and life, which is why I want the paintings in this series to
evoke the energy, movement and colour of the Ballets Russes. Diaghilev inspired
collaboration between composers, choreographers, dancers and artists. He also
realised as well as anyone that different artistic disciplines complement and enhance
each other. You could say that I'm writing a musical score in colours which I hope will
touch everyone who sees the painting. I grew up in the North of Argentina in a house
where the piano room was my refuge. I went there to day-dream and listen to my
mother playing. She was a wonderful pianist and played for hours every day. Art and
Music were her passions and she was my greatest inspiration. Whenever dancers,
theatre groups or musicians came to town, she took me to see them. When I was
fourteen we saw a performance by a Russian ballerina which encouraged me to find
out about the Ballets Russes and I have been fascinated by them ever since. I want to
evoke their variety and emotional power in the painting and combine them with my own
passion for colour, but that’s all I can say because, as Francis Bacon said, ‘if you can
say it or write it, don't paint it...’
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BOYARDE MESSENGER
'Washing Line Choir' Edition 1/5, Lamda photographic print in Box Frame, 45cm x 60cm
Messenger, originally a painter, studied at Bedales and Wimbledon School of Art following
on to photography, graduating with BA (Hons) from The Bournemouth Arts Institute.
Messenger started commercially, but her art career quickly flourished & she now lives half
the year in Belize, Central America where she makes her art. Messenger describes her art
as covering the Body + Space, photographing fantasy landscapes by night and body
painting nudes by day. Messenger exhibits internationally with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery,
with her first solo show in 2009, Cork Street. She recently exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery,
London, with The Art of Giving. Although Boyarde is well known for her BODY art, with her
iconic hand-painted Pop Art Bottoms, SPACE is as important. Her landscapes combine her
aesthetic appreciation with the search for narrative. In particular it is through her Night
Prowls, transforming everyday scenery and the unspectacular, into an open film still,
subsumed in cinematic style, to reveal void spaces energized by human interaction. Some
places have become habitual, safe places she visits every day, to be re-examined through
the quietness of night, or perhaps venturing into the unknown, ‘these un-peopled scenes
awaken the boogie in a baleful moonlit masquerade that suggest dream states full of
spectral narratives’. By using a three minute shutter speed, the magic of moonlight sets the
stage for something remarkable never to be seen by day.
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MR BRAINWASH
RAINWASH
Mr. Brainwash is the moniker of Los Angeles-based filmmaker and Pop artist Thierry Guetta and
was featured in the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. He has spent the better part of the
last decade attempting to make the ultimate street art documentary. Meanwhile, inspired by his
subjects, he started hitting the streets, from Los Angeles to Paris, with spray painted stencils and
posters of his Pop art-inspired images. He rapidly emerged as a renowned figure on the
international street art scene. In June 2008, Mr. Brainwash made his art show debut with one of
Los Angeles's most memorable solo exhibitions; Life is Beautiful, held at the historic CBS Studios
on Sunset Boulevard. In addition to his widely recognized images, Life is Beautiful featured larger
than life installations which included a 20-foot robot made of old televisions, a life-size recreation
of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and a pyramid made from 20,000 books. Originally scheduled to
open for only two weeks, the exhibit was extended for three months, attracting more than 30,000
visitors. Mr. Brainwash's work continued to garner recognition from art collectors and street art
enthusiasts alike. In 2009, Madonna approached him to design the cover of her greatest hits
compilation entitled Celebration. In addition to the CD album, Mr. Brainwash created 15 different
covers for the accompanying vinyls, singles and DVD releases.
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JAMES MYLNE
Audrey, Print 50/100 10 of 50
James first started exploring photo-realist drawing with ball point pens aged 16. After
finishing his art MA in 2006 he started the first website dedicated to ballpoint drawing. Now
with four solo public exhibitions behind him (with more being planned) he is becoming
recognised as a world leader of this emerging medium. He now mixes his unique ballpoint
talent with other drawing media, such as markers, ink and spray paint.
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ISSAC NUGENT
Carrying the Wounded, oil on canvas, 107cm x 122cm
Isaac Nugent is a nineteen-year-old figurative painter currently studying at Edinburgh College
of Art. Recently he has had group shows at both his Art College and independently with the
Young Artist Partnership in both West London and Sussex, been nominated two years in a
row for the Saatchi Schools Prize, and arranged a successful solo show in Berkshire. He has
two group exhibitions taking place early in the New Year.
In the last few years the artist has painted themes as various as his parents wedding to the
interiors of Argos catalogues or electric drills on a giant scale. What all the themes share is a
strong narrative element, whether obvious or suggested, binding the picture together to
create true dramatic punch. Nevertheless the materiality of paint the artist finds very
important, and ‘delighting the eye’ is crucial to his approach to picture making. Halpert Fine
Art and features in the latest issue of the USA based Shots magazine, Autumn 2011. As well
as ‘From Portrait to self Portrait’ launching later this year.
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TAMSIN PEARSON
Walk through Pisa 2, oil paint on gesso board, 20cm x 30cm
Tamsin Pearson was born in Hampshire in 1979. She did her Art Foundation at
Winchester School of Art and completed her BA Honours degree in Fine Art Painting at
Wimbledon School of Art in 2001. In her second year at Art School she took part in the
Erasmus exchange to The Academia in Carrara, Italy. Since graduating Tamsin has
exhibited and sold her paintings with galleries in London (including the Oxo Tower
Gallery, The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, The Woolff Gallery and Will’s Art Warehouse) and
Hawaii (Punahou Art Gallery). She has also shown work in hotels and Art fairs across
the country (including Battersea, Bath and Bristol). Tamsin has carried out a number of
commissions privately and through galleries. She was awarded the Florence Trust
Residency in London from 2002 - 2003. Also during this year Tamsin was the winner of
the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College Prize at the New Ashagate
Gallery in Farnham.
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CHRISTIANE POOLEY
Lost in Blues, Oil on canvas, 22cm x 27cm
Christiane Pooley was born in 1983 in Chile. She completed her Fine Arts studies at
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and her postgraduate studies at Chelsea College of
Art and Design, London. Solo exhibitions include ‘Atrapadosen lo desconocido’ (2010)
Patricia Ready Gallery in Santiago de Chile and ‘I also ask myself’ (2008) at New Galerie de
France in Paris .She has participated in a number of group shows such as FIAC (2008) at
the Cour Carée du Louvre in Paris, The Shape of Things to Come (2008) curated by Medeia
Cohan in London and The Hamster wheel (2007) curated by Franz West in Venice.
Christiane Pooley lives and works in Paris.
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KLARI REIS
Ludiomil 2010, Mixed media on panel wood, 30.5cm x 30.5cm
Klari Reis currently lives and works in San Francisco, California. She received her MA from
City and Guilds of London Art School in 2003.
Her artwork has been exhibited and displayed in the USA, Italy, Germany, Spain, Scotland,
England, China, and the United Arab Emirates. Her work is in the public collections of the
MEG centre in Oxford England, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, The Peninsula Hotel, The
Pullman Group, Theo Randall restaurant in London’s Intercontinental Hotel, Standard Life
Investments in Bristol and London, Out the Door Restaurant in San Francisco, 200 Brannan in
San Francisco, Morley Fund Management in London, Datasafe in San Francisco, Elan
Pharmaceuticals, and Cytokinetics in San Francisco.
Her paintings are in private collections of contemporary art patrons worldwide and have been
featured in international publications such as The Art of England, The New York Times, GQ
Australia, Wired UK, Nature Chemical Biology, Elle Magazine, Time Out London, Artweek San
Francisco, Giornale Del Medico, The Independent, Scottish Field Magazine, Frieze Magazine,
the Financial Times, the San Francisco Business Times, BBC1, CNN Business Report and
CBS news market watch.
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TRACY SATCHWELL
Decadence
Tracy Satchwill's playful theatrical collages are inspired by historical narratives and locations in
which she tries to translate real events into illustrations sometimes blurring the line between truth
and fiction. Some of her subjects include Marie Antoinette, Agatha Christie and other women
throughout history. Recently graduated with a BA (Hons) in Illustration at University of Plymouth,
Tracy has exhibited at the Courtauld Institute of Art, The Old Truman Brewery and has been
represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery at various art fairs throughout London. She has
exhibited in New York and nearer to home in Devon at Torre Abbey and Greenway National Trust.
Tracy's work develops from a passion of capturing an historic moment in time by combining
photography with illustration, print and found objects. Scenes are brought back to life by
photographing real-life models, digitally adding piece-by-piece costumes, props and backgrounds
and creating contemporary collages. She is particularly interested in Victorian toy theatres with a
number of her works created three-dimensionally as boxed theatre sets. 'The Court Life of Marie
Antoinette' collection depicts six scenes of the French Queen's life namely 'Discover', a time of
exploration at Versailles, 'Spectacle' the Queen on display, 'Decadence', a time of indulgence,
'Party', a playful period, 'Escapism', getting away from it all and 'Mourning', her last period of
sadness.
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RACHEL SHAW ASHTON
A Particular Response, 60cm x 62cm
Having studied at Brighton Art College under the tutorship of Raymond Briggs I spent
many years as a freelance illustrator. About ten years ago I became frustrated with the
limitations of working to other people's briefs and decided to do my own thing.
Since then I have shown my work at various galleries in West and Central London. For
the last couple of years I have been represented by a gallery in Marylebone where I
regularly take part in exhibitions.
Moving into the medium of paper cutting has helped me create 3D images that I
believe work really well in conveying ideas I have. The work is hopefully thought
provoking but I like that they can be perceived differently to different people. When
people tell me what their take on a work is, it's great to hear a completely fresh
opinion.
My recent works continue to explore my curiosity with thoughts and feelings that are
kept hidden away. Sometimes disguised or unidentified, sometimes put to one side to
be dealt with later. Not always under control but ultimately it's our choice whether to
reveal them or keep them out of sight. I like the fact that this can culminate in a potent
force. In some works I use chaotic figures and movement to indicate lack of control
and, in others, order and simplicity to give an indication of complacency and
resignation.
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RICHARD SIMMONS
Venice Lines, Lambda print sealed under acrylic on aluminium dibond,104cm x 57cm
One of my earliest memories is being given an antique wooden camera as a toy. As a
teenager I dug the camera out of the loft and made paper negatives with it. Since then
I have been obsessed with the visual world (perhaps to the detriment of my
appreciation of the narrative). Cameras and images have been part of my life since my
earliest memories. I love to capture the moment and to photograph the transient event.
This is of particular relevance when photographing theatre. There is nothing more
rewarding than for a photograph to be appreciated for the emotion it reveals.
Richard Simmons is represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
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CONSTANCE SLAUGHTER
Stage, Oil on canvas, 2010, 75cm x 100cm
Since graduating from Central St Martin’s, Constance Slaughter has been selected for the
Bloomberg New Contemporaries and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and has shown
her work in the UK and Europe. She just had her first solo show at the Minster Gallery
(Winchester). She is a painter of the everyday and the domestic, where home – as described
by Gaston Bachelard - is the seat of reverie and the poetic imagination. Each painting is like
an empty stage to be filled with stories. She is inspired by literature (particularly Russian),
fairy tales and the theatre.
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KATHERINE TULLOH
Untitled, 2010, radiant ink watercolour on paper, 15.cm x 27cm
Katherine Tulloh studied at Cambridge University and Chelsea College of Art. She has
had solo exhibitions - 'Mare Tenebrarum' and 'Hermetickal' at Transition Gallery, was a
2011 Artist of the Day at Flowers Gallery and was co-curator and contributor for 'Think
and Wonder, Wonder and Think' at the V&A Museum of Childhood. Her film 'All Night
My Dreams' won the Best Experimental Film, prize at the Swedenborg Society Film
Festival 2010.
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