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Eugène who also arranged for him to take drawing lessons. Such was his ability that after only two years of parttime study, he won first prize in the figure-painting class at the Bordeaux Ecole des Beaux-Arts. With the help of money earned from painting portraits of his uncle’s parishioners, at the age of 21 William went to Paris to train in the studio of François- Edouard Picot. Chosen as a contestant for the Prix de Rome in the years of 1848 and 1849 (ten contestants were admitted each year), he was finally awarded the prize in 1850. As was the tradition, the winner was sent to Rome for four years to study at the Villa Medici where the techniques of the classical and Renaissance masters were taught. While there he also took the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the country locating and copying many Renaissance masterpieces and visiting towns and lakes which had inspired the landscape artists. The influences from this period are readily apparent in all his future work. Returning to Paris in 1854, Bouguereau regularly exhibited at the Salon and was awarded many commissions for portraits and decorative series. Throughout his later career he gained much official and public recognition, gaining many awards. Bouguereau was also a respected teacher and in 1881 was elected president of the painting section of the Paris Salon. In 1883 he became president of the benevolent Society of Painters, Architects, Sculptors, Engravers and Designers, which promoted and attended to the welfare of new and struggling artists. In 1879 Bouguereau became engaged to the young American artist Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837-1922) who was his neighbour in Montparnasse, but their wedding was initially opposed by his daughter Henriette and also his mother, not until whose death at the age of 91 in 1896 were they able to marry, and they lived together happily for the few remaining years of his life. Each summer Bouguereau would return to his birthplace of La Rochelle to paint in his studio he had built there and it was there that he died in 1905 after several years of heart disease. He is buried in the famous cemetery of Montparnasse, near where he had lived in Paris. He declared that he was only really happy when painting and indeed he completed almost 700 canvases during his long career. PETER BROWN Brown was born in 1953 in Burnley, England. “We lived above the family florist business till I was 15 and was influenced by being surrounded by all that fantastic colour and floral art in contrast to all the black, hard grittiness of a cold, dirty Northern mill town. We had no bathroom; hot running water and the toilet was down the bottom of the yard next to the coalhole. I was determined to do better in life!” “The methods I employ in my artwork are to take a subject that interests me at the time and try to give it a unique twist; often incorporating repeated imagery with my design background coming into play here. Sometimes I take photos and distort them on my computer, playing with the colours and contrasts then use these images to form a basis for my work.” “When people ask about my career I describe myself as an artist without the angst, a bit of a chameleon, ready to change and be flexible to produce art people want to buy.” ALEX BURNETT Born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1977, Burnett’s childhood was spent on a farm in the north-east of the country. “I loved to record my surroundings in drawings and paintings from an early age. I studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. This course enabled me to merge my love of the written word with my passion for drawing. I developed the skills that help me today: printmaking, painting and how to finish a project on time.” “My style has been influenced by the work of contemporary Scottish artists, such as Barbara Rae and Victoria Crow who create vibrant pieces of art depicting the landscape and its people. I also look at trends in fashion and interiors. I have a large collection of textile samples and magazine clippings to help eradicate artists’ block!” “I use acrylics, other water based media and collage techniques to create my work. I like to be versatile with methods and styles so I enjoy developing contemporary and more classical pieces. The majority of my work is rich in colour and texture and I like to incorporate patterns and text into designs.” JANE-ANN BUTLER Born in Devizes, England, a market town surrounded by beautiful countryside, Jane’s interest in photography came at the age of ten after her parents gave her a Polaroid camera. “Photography became fun and instant,” she says. The subject became her surroundings, Jane-Anne Butler
details of nature. A self-taught artist, Jane experiments not only with traditional photography and Polaroid imagery, but also fully embraces the digital process. She is an exhibiting artist in England and her reputation as a fine artist continues to grow through commercial representation by international photo libraries and art publishing houses. Butler’s art displays an intuitive response to nature through photography, capturing her subject’s physical and ethereal beauty. CHELLIE CARROLL London based Carroll has been illustrating for the past 4 years having previously worked in-house as a designer in a number of design consultancies in London on a wide range of corporate and bespoke projects. Chellie decided to move into illustration after being commissioned to work freelance on projects such as the PlayStation 2 launch promo and the launch of BBC3 (television), relishing in the creative freedom it gave her. Chellie’s work, which is mainly digital based, revisits the classical, traditional and beautiful aspects of graphic arts through her expressive and feminine illustrations. CRISTIANA CEPPAS Cristiana began her photographic career in San Francisco after leaving her native Brazil. Her personal and intimate style merges human subjects with natural environments. She has a special talent for capturing and showcasing the personality and beauty of a moment. Some of her corporate clients include AT&T, Cisco Systems, Intel, Visa, United Airlines, and Dreyers. FRANK CHEN Frank Chen Photography is a professional wedding, editorial, commercial, and assignments photography service studio now based in Shanghai, China, having moved from the US. Chen also takes assignments for publishers and other business interests. Frank’s objective in Shanghai is to spread the vast popular photojournalist style of wedding photography in the west to China. CHRISTIAN COIGNY Born in 1946, Swiss photographer. Coigny bought his first camera at the age of 19 and after studying photography, rapidly made it his career. After living for a while in San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro, he returned to Switzerland in 1976, settling in Lausanne. CARLO COLOMBO Colombo was born in Milan in the early 1950s of Argentinian parents. After spending much of his childhood and adolescence shuffling backwards and forwards between South America and Italy, his parents having divorced when Carlo was only seven, he finally settled in Tuscany where he resides today. One cannot think of Tuscany without thinking of the magnificent cypress tree, and so it is with Colombo’s work which is dominated by the iconic trees and palette of warm colours so typical of the region. Recent paintings reveal a movement towards a more graphical treatment and the artist has expressed an interest in furthering this style in his next series of landscapes. WENDY CORBETT “Although I did art to A-level standard I never really considered it as a career option as my real ambition was to work with animals. However, as a youngster I was discouraged by teachers from doing this, who suggested that I think of a ‘real’ job instead. This was reason that I actually ended up becoming a teacher. On doing this job I found that I was not suited to it at all and subsequently left with absolutely no idea what I was going to do.” “Over a period of time I tried my hand at a variety of jobs ranging from farming to forklift truck driving, with no real sense of direction. In my late 30’s I worked with my father as a sign writer and lettering artist for a number of years, until computers and modern technology put me out of a job. Again I had to rethink what career path I wanted to take. I had been experimenting again with my art in any spare time that I had, doing animal commissions and trying out different mediums and techniques.” “It had long been a dream of mine to live by the coast and one day I made a spur of the moment decision to move to Devon, with the intention of one day becoming a full-time artist.” “My first real opportunity to show my art came when a gallery in Kingsbridge, where I live, changed hands and I plucked up the courage to go and show them my portfolio. I was delighted when the owners took some pieces to try, and I’m glad to say that, I haven’t looked back since.” “The two subjects I paint are my two great passions - wildlife and the sea. I hope that, because they stir something deep within me, I transfer that to my work. Whether I am working on wildlife drawings or pastel seascapes I tend to lose myself in my work; I become completely absorbed and the time just flies by. I study the animals I draw in great detail, from books, film, and visits to my local zoo at Paignton, who do lots Christian Coigny
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