BAS Summer Brochure 18 (Online)

Ashe Peacock
Ashe Peacock studied fine art in Perth, Western Australia and
began painting in oils 5 years ago after leaving the fashion
industry in London.
Ashe works traditionally in oils, concentrating mainly on
portrait commissions and still life.
Richard Milo
Jane Sheppard
Working with clay in a direct and personal way is deeply connecting. My forms are
made using simple processes (coiling, pinching, smoke firing) which allow me to
work spontaneously and with the elements. The work varies in scale from large
sculptural forms based on monoliths, to simple tiny bowls made in the palm of my
hand under a full moon or beneath a tree. Embracing imperfection is important, to
create unique pieces that sing in their own space.
Clay is a very receptive medium and I work with large, universal themes - death,
rebirth, and the interface where the sacred meets the domestic. Universal symbols
and patterns find their way into surface decoration
until it’s hard to place the pieces in a historical or
cultural framework.
Ultimately, it’s the process of making that excites me
the most. Each piece provides a gift in the form of
a journey rooted in the rhythm of history. They are
markers of time, humanity and mystery.
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Above: Ceramic work by Jane Sheppard
(pictured to the right)
Richard Milo is a painter and illustrator and was
born in Edinburgh 1971. He finished College of
applied arts, graphics department and Academy
of fine arts, graphics department in Skopje.
Had solo exhibitions in Skopje, Malmo and
Stuttgart. Worked as Set designer for numerous
theatre and film projects. Animation, antique
paintings restaurateur, Illustrator and designer.
Author of a coming of age novel. Lived and
worked in London, Brighton, Zurich, Prague,
Skopje, Schaffhausen, Winterthur. Bath resident
since 2015. His latest work is portraiture and
illustration.
“I study the invisible as much as I study the
appearance. I resort to forms of expression
suitable to the subject so my work is not much
bound to style or medium. As for the inspiration
I am very much taken by the splendour of
transience.”
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