We are pleased to welcome 28 new members elected in March 2015.
Click on each member's name to find out more about each artist.
Lyn Armitage
Painter in mixed media
Inspirations for Lyn’s work comes from flowers and nature. She does not aim to capture every detail, but to explore her responses to the remembered atmosphere of the scene en masse… read more
Philip Dawson
Painter in mixed media
The rhythms and patterns of Nature have never ceased to amaze me – my work is inspired directly from her canvas. . . . .read more
Daisy Fawcett
Ceramicist
The discovery of new surface, form and technique is what excites me; it’s like being an explorer, an inventor.. . .read more
Emma Fitzpatrick
Painter
I studied Visual Communications at Dunlaoire College of Art & Design in Ireland and have worked as a commercial designer for over 20 years. The subject matter of my work is diverse including figurative drawing and landscapes but I have a particular interest in drawing faces. . . .read more
Jacqui Gallon
Interdisciplinary - 2d and 3d
I am an interdisciplinary artist, working in both 2-D and 3-D and utilising different media, depending on the theme to which I am responding. Drawing always underlies my practice . . . .read more
Suzanne Harry
Painter
Suzanne's landscape paintings evoke the essence of place, rather than the literal. Small studies are completed en plein air and then developed on larger canvases in the studio . . .read more
Alan Hopwood
Painter
Drawing influences from the varied cities and landscapes of the UK, Alan uses traditional painting techniques and digital manipulation to explore and express human emotions and states of mind. . . .read more
Fiona Humphrey
Printmaker
Fiona's collagraph and drypoint work explores themes of isolation, individuality and community whereas her linocut prints portray familiar scenes with a contemporary folk narrative . . . . read more
Andrea Jaeger
Interdisciplinary Photography
Andrea Jaeger undertakes artistic investigations into the medium of photography and its boundaries. The work of art that emerges is not intended as a result, but as an object of knowledge that demands to be engaged with. . . . read more
Graham Lacey
Painter
Graham worked as a graphic reproduction artist for many years; now he mainly works in oil in an expressive style 'alla prima'. . . . . read more
Gillian Adair McFarland
Painter
I have an interest in the impact of things on each other. . . . read more
Judy Merriman
Painter
Judy lives partly in Rutland and partly in West Africa from which she draws much of her inspiration for her figurative and portrait oil paintings. . . . . read more
Annie O'Connor
Painter
After taking early retirement in early 2013, Annie was acccepted on to the BTEC Foundation course in Art and Design at De Montfort University . . . . read more
Kerry Pears
Painter
From sketchbooks filled during a recent circumnavigation of the world in a sailing yacht, I am now producing work from the inspiration of my travels . . . . read more
Ruth Randall
Illustrator
Ruth Randall studied Graphic Design at Loughborough College of Art & Design and was a wildlife illustrator for various publications and organisations. . . . . read more
Peter Rapp
Printmaker
My work can be inspired by everyday observation, from the many sketches I make, or from sources such as books and music. . . . . read more
Siyuan Ren
Painter
It could be the subject matters, injection of the mood and philosophy to my work, or bringing some traditional Chinese art and craft into a western media. My aim is to integrate Chinese art with western art. . . . . read more
Rita Sadler
Painter
I have learnt that I can always find inspiration for my art from my immediate surroundings, my home, garden or the back lane where I walk our dog every day. I am happiest working from life. . . . read more
Linda Sharman
Painter
I paint a lot from memory every day places, people, the feel, atmosphere, colour, light and people going on with their everyday lives. . . . . read more
Keith Sturgess
Painter
Sketches made on the spot and remembered images act as catalysts to Keith's work, capturing atmosphere and energy of the landscape. . . . . read more
Lisa Timmerman
Painter
isa Timmerman trained at Loughborough Art College and then gained a BA Hons degree at Bristol Art College before working for many years in the fashion & textile industry in London & East Asia. Since becoming a professional artist in 2011 . . . . read more
Susan West
Printmaker & Photographer
Following a successful career in computational chemistry I did a foundation course at Loughborough University . . . . . read more
Roger Whiteway
Painter
I paint landscape in planes of flat colour, in the style of the old railway poster artists, and still life, often with a scenic background and in a cubist style. . . . . read more
Victoria Whitlam
Textiles
I work in both free motion machine stitch and hand stitched applique to create pictures with a ‘painted’ look .. . . . read more
Alan Willey
Painter
Alan Willey graduated from Southampton College of Art, where he studied Fine Art. . . . . read more