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MEET THE ARTIST
Continuing our fortnightly series, our latest profile of a Sheen artist is a painter with a high-flying background. Here is your chance to ...
MEET THE ARTISTS
Jen Howe
Jen is interested in exploring the space between abstraction and realism. Using mixed media she creates abstracted landscapes to convey the mood, the weather or form of the land.
Each painting is an experiment, she starts with a loose idea but likes to see where the process takes her. How will the pigments interact with each other? How will the colours or texture change the mood of the scene. This can lead her down interesting and unexpected paths and means each painting takes her on a new journey. She often paints over parts or all of a painting to introduce layers of transparent colour, leading to a more interesting and complex surface.
Jocelyn Horsfall
Jocelyn Horsfall is an award winning fine art photographer, specialising in atmospheric images inspired by flowers and the natural world.
She creates contemporary wall art with a painterly and impressionistic style, bringing an original touch of colour and harmony to your living or work space.
Lindy Barletta
Potter Lindy Barletta has owned and run a ceramics studio in East Sheen for 30 years. Sharing her passion for clay by teaching all levels at the Sheen Pottery studio and also designing and making work to commission for art consultants and interior designers.
Lamps, tableware and interior accessories are available at Sheen Pottery and you can also visit the new workshop and Once Gallery at Studio 134 from 4th July. Once is a new and unique gallery of handmade furniture, textiles, art of the main event : Ceramics.
Rachel Hunt
Rachel works in a variety of mediums to captivate her surroundings, be they wildlife, architectural landmarks, or the dynamic energy of sports, particularly rowing. Her work celebrates the unique beauty found in both everyday settings and iconic events, from historic bridges and riverside vistas to the vibrant atmosphere of rowing regattas. Through a modern, graphic style that combines clean lines, bold colours, and a sense of nostalgia, she aims to capture the essence of these moments.
HARRY ARMFIELD
Harry Armfield has lived in East Sheen since 1997. He began painting in his teens and won the art prize 3 years running at his Grammar school. However, the powers that be (Jesuit priests) dissuaded him from going to art school as they considered it a haven for ‘drop-outs’ and ‘undesirables’ (and besides the priesthood was a far better option!) So, many years lapsed before Harry took up the pencil, charcoal and brush again. Pre covid in 2020, to be precise when his wife enrolled him in a life-changing art class. Since then, Harry has painted most days, to make up for lost time, specialising mostly in oils and acrylics, (and often, the sharp end of old debit cards). He paints landscapes and portraits in the main, and latterly has been experimenting with abstracts. Much to his surprise, his paintings are starting to sell.
sue lee
Sue started out as a graphic designer but has increasingly moved towards illustration during the course of a 20+ year freelance career. While still designing, she enjoys incorporating illustration into her work where possible, and likes the challenge of seeing how they can work together in various contexts.
Wanting an outlet for her love of all things vintage, specifically mid-century, Sue started her Pennychoo brand in 2010, publishing and selling greetings cards and stationery. Having enjoyed a short course in children’s book illustration at Chelsea School of Art, Sue is again feeling drawn back to the sketchpad and paint pots and is excited to see where this might take her. Her love of plants and gardening as well as an ongoing interest in the imagery of dark fairytales and folklore are likely to feature and Sue hopes membership of this group of artists will fuel and support this new direction.
tracey english
Tracey is a illustrator and surface pattern designer living and working in SW London, she creates all her designs out of collaged pieces of hand coloured paper. Tracey works with an agent Jehane Ltd on licensing designs and also has her own range of products which she sells through an Etsy shop and at local makers markets.
Zoe Ellison
Zoë is an illustrator and picture book maker based in SW London with a masters degree in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. She uses drawing, painting and printing to bring colour and texture to her work.
Karen Pitcairn
Karen is a figurative sculptor working mainly from life models. She aims to create a sense of the person and to capture their spirit, rather than produce a realistic representation. The textured surfaces of her sculptures and the obvious handling of the clay give rise to an emotional tension which is emphasised by the interplay of light and shadow.
Anna Starling Mural Design
Whether you’re looking for a decorative feature mural to breathe life into a room, a large scale mural for a public space, or a playful mural to transform a child’s bedroom into a world of dreams, Anna can help you to bring your vision to life.
joanna ling ceramics
Joanna Ling designs and makes ceramics from her garden studio in Southwest London. In a world of mass production, she feels it important to cherish the singular which is why every piece she creates is unique, considered and handmade. Her designs tend towards minimalism and therefore look at home in most interiors.
As a child who grew up in the countryside, the fields and woods of England deeply imbue her work - be it in the forms her pieces take or the decorative elements she uses. Joanna ran the Cecil Beaton archive at Sotheby’s for many years and the photographer’s sense of style and designer’s eye have been a great inspiration for her ceramics.
Joanna’s stockists and clients include: National Portrait Gallery, Matches Fashion, The Newt in Somerset, Moda Operandi, The Edition 94, Birdie Fortescue, Sotheby's, Maison Estelle, Estelle Manor, Sketch London, The Lanesborough Hotel and Thyme England.
ross van nairn
Ross Van Nairn is an english fine artist and landscape photographer, born in London close to the Thames, his fascination and love of water has always informed his work. Living most of his life in Richmond near Richmond Park proved an inspiring place to develop his love of creating his paintings and photography. He has held a number of exhibitions and one man shows and more recently his painting entitled “Porthleven Storm” was accepted by the prestigious Mall Galleries in London and as a member of the Royal Photographic Society has had a number of fine art images selected for their annual exhibitions.
The artist W.H.Turner is one of his inspirations and when he attended art school in London,Turner’s use of light and dramatic movement directed him towards creating seascapes both in his painting and capturing storm waves down in Cornwall with his camera.
GILLIAN DENT
A long-time Sheen resident, Gillian has lived in the area for 25 years. Always drawn to creativity as a child, she was encouraged to pursue art but initially took a different path, building a career in dental technology. For 27 years, she specialized in crafting crowns and bridges while also teaching in the field.
Three years ago, she semi-retired and made a dramatic shift—swapping teeth for landscapes and never looking back. She rekindled her passion for art through courses at Chiswick and Putney School of Art and continues to experiment with color, light, and form.
Working primarily with water-soluble oils, she creates landscapes that range from abstracted to more realistic interpretations. Fascinated by the endless possibilities of color, she paints with the intention of making art she would love to live with. Her work has resonated with others as well, and she has successfully sold several pieces. For her, color is not just a tool but an endless source of excitement and inspiration.
PAUL HANNON
Paul is a painter and printmaker working in southwest London. Woodcuts and linocuts are his artistic heartland, deriving inspiration from the techniques of Edvard Munch and the German Expressionists.
Recent prints reflect the dynamism of the Italian Futurists with their swirls of motion and movement, and have echoes of traditional Japanese woodcuts where backgrounds have no importance. He says: “I tried to make them look like pen-and-ink drawings but they are actually finely cut linocuts.” His Runner print won the best linocut award at the East London Printmakers annual exhibition in Mile End.
Paul is also a member of the Printmakers Council, Richmond Printmakers and Barnes Artists.
CLARE boyd-smith
Clare came to art later in life. Not having connected with art at school, she was blissfully unaware of any inner creativity until she had a career change in her 30's! Since then she has spent numerous years exploring the human form in life classes, experimenting with abstract colours in pastels and exhibiting at Putney School of Art. She is now enjoying painting local landscapes in different seasons and mediums, mostly focused on Richmond Park, as well as capturing memories from trips abroad.
She likes to focus on a subject where she has a personal or emotional attachment, whether it be a person or a place, and she can capture their essence or feel. She enjoys using textures, particularly in landscapes, as well as experimenting with the colour palette.
ANNA GAHAN
Anna Gahan is a contemporary artist known for her modern landscape paintings, primarily created using palette knife techniques. Her work captures serene yet dynamic scenes, blending rich textures with a harmonious colour palette. With a background in psychology and interior design, Anna brings a unique perspective to her art, blending an understanding of human emotion with an eye for aesthetics and spatial harmony.
Her pieces often evoke a sense of calm and introspection, making them a perfect complement to thoughtfully designed interiors. Through her layered and textured approach, Anna aims to create a visual sanctuary that resonates on both a psychological and aesthetic level.
LEWIS HIER THOMAS
Lewis Hier Thomas is a self-taught artist based in southwest London and exhibiting across the city. His artworks are psychosocial contructions which often celebrate vitality and vivacity through the human form.
Primarily focusing on life drawing, Lewis' practice explores male beauty in all forms, frequently playing subtly with perspective and proportions, and sometimes introducing undertones of sensuality. He believes each person has innate beauty uniquely expressed through both their somatic expression and internal landscape — if only the onlooker can observe each individual through a lens which enables this inner and external beauty to be fully portrayed.
Lewis has developed a distinctive style which is achieved by breaking down the composition of his pieces in to shapes and rigid forms before later adding fluidity and softness to his artworks, whilst employing an intentionally limited colour palette for his practice, most often based on earthy tones or a greyscale palette. Using both dry media and digital techniques, his artwork also includes landscapes, portraits and abstract forms.
juliana jones
Juliana Jones is a visionary multidisciplinary artist whose creative spirit has been deeply rooted in the vibrant community of East Sheen for the past 18 years. To her, this charming corner of London is more than just a home—it is a wellspring of inspiration, a place where nature and artistry intertwine seamlessly. She cannot imagine living anywhere else, here she finds endless beauty in the changing seasons, the soft rustle of leaves in Richmond Park, and the fleeting dance of light on the Thames.
Richmond Park, with its sprawling landscapes, ancient oaks, and graceful deer, serves as her muse, infusing her work with an organic, almost ethereal quality that captures the soul of the natural world. Juliana’s artistic expression knows no bounds.
Her work traverses multiple disciplines, from bold and striking graphic images that play with contrast and form, to delicate and intricate textiles that tell stories through fabric and thread. Each piece is a testament to her keen eye for detail, her ability to distill the essence of nature into her art, and her passion for blending traditional techniques with contemporary design.
Most recently, she has ventured into the tactile and expressive world of lino printing, a process that allows her to carve out impressions of the world around her—each stroke and cut echoing the rhythm of Richmond Park’s wildlife and flora. Through this medium, she translates the textures of bark, the patterns of ferns, and the silhouettes of birds into striking, monochromatic works that pulse with life.
charlotte hicks
Charlotte Hicks is a British painter and printmaker, whose work centres around female empowerment and reclamation of the objectified female body in contemporary media.
Using bright colours and contrasting textures, Charlotte includes repeated motifs in her work (e.g. lips and legs) to emphasise the prevalence of this objectification in much of the media we consume daily. Her ultimate aim is to bring the attention back to the woman herself – making her the active subject of the piece, rather than the passive object.
HOPPO
Hoppo, aka Charlie Hopkinson started painting in 1989, but during a financial lull he picked up a camera and became a photographer for the following twenty five years. Now he has returned to painting.
His current work explores themes of concealment and secrecy expressed in abstract paintings with concealed text. Sometimes words and letters are visible, other times not, but in all cases, the writing still exists, and helps to inform us, the viewer, of the meaning of the work.
BECKY CUNNINGHAM
Becky Cunningham studied Industrial Design and Technology and loved the creative and visual aspects of the degree. She has always loved creating art, in particular painting, but family life and career meant that it has taken some time before she could return to it. Having now returned to painting and illustration, Becky is enjoying capturing the natural world and alternative views on canvas.
Becky has been building her current collections and doing commissions, working in South West London. Becky loves the creativity and inspiration of working alongside the other fantastic artists in the area.
evie balfe
Evie is a self taught multi-disciplinary artist whose work encompasses abstract paintings, minimalist line work, illustrations and sketches. Evie always loved art as a child but never considered pursuing it properly until 2020.
Being a musician first, Evie studied music at BIMM London and was initially pursuing music until she caught covid in 2020 which affected her breathing and temporarily her singing. This is where she rediscovered her love for art again, when her need for a creative outlet couldn’t be filled by singing.
Her work started resonating with people and she hasn’t stopped since, now pursuing both music and art simultaneously.
Her most recent collection is a set of abstract paintings focussing on women’s health, specifically PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). The pieces are made up of 10 acrylic ink layers to represent the 1 in 10 women diagnosed with PCOS in the UK.
JANNAH TRUNDLE
Jannah Trundle is a photographer number one, but as this creative outlet has become more “work” than play recently, she has turned to watercolour as a creative outlet and love experimenting with inks and textured detail. An Australian expat in London, she has lived in Singapore and Hong Kong, and takes inspiration for her surroundings, the colours in photographs she takes, and the meditative power art.
gill ross
Gill paints landscapes, portraits, pet portraits and still life using mixed media focusing on muted colours and textures working on paper and canvas.
Lucina Della Rocca
A resident of East Sheen for the last 50+ years, Lucina trained in painting and sculpture. As well as decades of observational work including various commissions, Della Rocca’s explorations in oil paint, watercolour, acrylic, graphite and mixed media stroke the blurred lines between one’s inner and outer worlds. Emphasizing hope and the power of the heart, her art practice is informed at once by years of devotional meditation practice and her commitment to reflecting upon current events concerning social and environmental justice.
She has work in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK and the War Remnant Museum, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
NICK GARDNER
Nick Gardner is a visual storyteller with a background in broadcasting, film, and fine art photography. He began his career as a BBC journalist before founding White Boat TV, a multi-award-winning production company creating content for leading brands for over 25 years.
After earning a First-Class Honours degree in Photography, Nick shifted his focus to cyanotype — a 19th-century process known for its rich blue tones and handmade aesthetic.
Through Salty Dog Pix, he combines digital photography with traditional darkroom techniques to create unique, hand-crafted prints. His ongoing dog portrait series, inspired by his Golden Retriever, Wellington, captures the individuality of local dogs in Richmond Park and East Sheen.
This work is currently on show at The Royal Kennel Club in London. His wider collection also includes images of Norfolk Broads sailing craft, African wildlife from Tanzania’s Selous Reserve, and landscapes from Richmond Park.
CASA DOT DESIGNS
Dot, of Casa Dot Designs, recreates in small watercolours, the beautiful and colourful ceramic tiles adorning many historic Portuguese buildings.
Dot's obsession with Portuguese tiles began many years ago with a short internship restoring old tiles at the National Tile Museum in Lisbon and more recently with 6 months lockdown in Portugal with just paper and paints for company!
gill haynes
Gill Haynes paints mainly flowers, still life and landscapes in oils, aiming to capture the colour, vitality and character of the natural world in a figurative style.
Distracted by a career in marketing, Gill properly resumed her artistic endeavours ten years ago and has since trained at the London School of Fine Art and is still learning, experimenting and enjoying the challenge of expressing the glory of nature in paint.
Having lived in East Sheen for over 20 years, Gill’s delighted to have met so many talented, friendly and supportive artists through the Sheen Artists group right on her doorstep.
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