Artists
We find them either via recommendation from our advisors, via people we know, exhibitions we visit, people we work with or online through social media and digital galleries.
Emily Speed is an artist based at The Royal Standard in Liverpool where she works in performance, installation, sculpture, drawing and artists’ books.
Anthony White paints money. Not the image of the object but the symbol and its value.
To date he has been working on an Australian Dollars, British Pound, US Dollars and Euro series which follow a very simple process. White starts by painting a canvas with “£1”, for example, and then sells that work for the amount on the canvas - One Pound. Once this is sold he paints the next value “£2” and sells it for Two Pounds.
Based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Rachel Welford works to commission creating bespoke architectural glass artwork, including window, door and wall panels, screens and installations for any architectural application. Rachel also produces artwork in glass and paper based media following her own independent creative ideas making artworks and installations for gallery, domestic interior or exterior environments.
Image: Branches, 2011. Window panel, 2m x 1m, Sandblasted and water-jet cut glass and mirror in painted beech frame.
In the background is: ‘Surface’, 2011, Drawing, 1m x 1m, Graphite powder and black powder pigment on paper.
Andy Wicks recently completed a year-long residency at the Florence Trust in London.
His paintings depict objects that might initially appear otherworldly or imagined, but are in fact real structures for mooring boats that can be seen - should you look - dotted along the River Thames. Existing some place in the no-man's land between improvisation and ordinary functionality, they appear alternately too decrepit for use, or else modern, robust and sturdy.
Image : Julia, 35 x 25 cm , Oil on Polyester, 2010
Our very first featured artist lived just round the corner from the WeLikeArtists editorial computer. We then spread our selection across the atlantic to the States and now, we are back locally with Jon Burgerman.
We first came across Amy Young's work about 3 years ago while working on another project dealing with eco art.
Amy had produced a digestive table which contains a digestive system using composting worms, sowbugs and bacteria.
Glass work by Catherine Mears
Not surprisingly, our first featured artist would be someone just around the corner from WeLikeArtists.com!
Catherine Mears is a designer / maker based in Nottingham, specialising in a range of unique kiln-formed glass work. Encapsulated text and imagery add depth and detail to her work which can be commissioned to suit any occasion.
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