All Artist Profiles
Ian Norris
Ian Norris studied fine art at Blackburn College of Art and is a member of The Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. Ian Norris starts the process of any painting by
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Kate McKennan
Biography Kate studied Fine Art at Manchester College of Art and Design gaining a BA Hons in Fine Art in 1972 and a First Class Hons post graduate certificate of
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Jason Hicklin
Biography Jason Hicklin’s work captures the feel of the weather and light and its effect on the landscape. All of Jason’s work is begun outdoors. Carrying the minimum of equipment,
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Maggie Robinson
Biography Having grown up in the beautiful countryside of the North Yorkshire Moors in a large musical family, Maggie moved south to go to University and spent the next 40
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Barbara Sykes
Biography Barbara has a BA Hons. Degree in Fine Art and an MA in Printmaking and Art Theory. She has a studio near to her home and is a member
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Peter Holt
Biography Currently based in Leeds, Peter was originally from the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire. Following studies at Liverpool School of Art, he worked for many years in London on
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Michael Ashcroft
Biography Michael was born in Lancashire and studied art and design at Bishop Rawstorne High School. He also studied A-Level Fine Art and OCA Portraiture at Runshaw College. He then
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Paul Aston
Biography Throughout my working life I have acknowledged the place of my birth in the village of Awre, on the River Severn in the Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire. My
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Malcolm Taylor
Biography Malcolm is a past President of Manchester Academy of Fine Art and also a member of The Pastel Society and The Royal Society Of British Artists. He has been
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Melanie Wilks
Biography Melanie Wilks has an MA in Fine Art -Sculpture from Manchester Metropolitan University. She is a member of the Yorkshire Sculptors Group as well as MAFA, exhibiting regularly withboth
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Shaun Smyth
Biography Shaun was born in Cheshire and grew up in Runcorn on the shore of the River Mersey, he chose to study art at Halton College in Widnes that enabled
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Gill Hamilton
Biography Gill Hamilton was born in Lancashire in 1953, she attended Burnley Art College and Ripon College of Education studying Art and Education. After early retirement from teaching she began
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Estella Scholes
Biography Estella is an artist based in Crewe, although most of her source material comes from an enduring love of the coast of North West Wales. She originally trained as
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Colin Taylor
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by ‘landscape’; why it looks the way it does, how we shape it, use it, manage it and live in
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Sarah Sharpe
Biography Sarah is a painter and print maker specialising in lithography. She is interested in the experiences of women, in particular being a mother, and the mother/daughter relationship. Her work
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Steven P. Smith
Biography Steven Phillip Smith was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1974 and has been a full-time artist since 1996, after studying Fine Art at Wigan & Leigh College and Middlesbrough
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John Sprakes
Biography Many of John’s paintings have been inspired by the landscape along Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland. This stretch of dramatic landscape starts at Wallsend in Newcastle to Bo’ness on the Cumbrian
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Amrik Varkalis
Biography After graduating from Manchester College of Art, Amrik has continued to paint and show her work in number of prestigious galleries. Within the contemporary art world she strives to
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John Hewitt
Biography John Hewitt completed a PhD in 2008, on the subject of contemporary English courtroom sketches. His research encompassed aspects of reportage drawing, various modes of print publishing, relationships between
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Ron Coleman
Statement I use an abstract expressionist approach to my painting and the resulting abstract painting is visual evidence I have absorbed some life experience that is of interest and is
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Kate Collins
Biography Kate Collins was born in Macclesfield 1948. She began as a freelance illustrator with an ambition, designing cards for the Medici Society and other companies. Her work has
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Adam Ralston
Biography Adam was born in Lytham St. Annes in 1970. He paints in oils from direct observation on location. He is a member of the Manchester Academy Of Fine Arts,
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Pat Niemira
Biography Patricia is an artist/printmaker who particularly enjoys the expressive quality which can be obtained through the use of printing inks and techniques. In particular the use of collagraph incorporating drypoint
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Katie Lenegan
Biography Katie Lenegan is an artist based in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. She studied at the Manchester School of Art, MMU and graduated with a B.A.Hons Degree in Fine Art and
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Julia Midgley
My practice revolves around drawing, etching extends that practice. Larger developed works on paper refer to sketchbook records; ancient sculpture; eccentric characters from paintings, folk art; and horses. These works
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Jo Jenkins
Biography Jo is a retired art teacher who now paints full time. Her paintings are a response to places she has visited and images that she remember. Jo enjoys being
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Rob Pointon
Biography Born 1982, Rob Pointon has been painting since he was a child under the tutelage of his artist Grandmother, then, as an adult, graduated with a First Class Honours
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Pam Ibbotson
Biography Pam Ibbotson studied for a BA in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University, receiving a first class honours degree in 1987. She was elected a member of the Manchester
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Frances Seba Smith
Biography Born in Canada, Frances studied at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Montreal, and after graduating worked as the graphic designer for the Sun Life of Canada. After moving to England,
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Peter Davis
Biography Peter Davis has been MAFA’s Archivist since 2022 and delivers talks on our archives. He is also a northwest based prize-winning professional artist whose portraits and urban landscapes capture
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