Art Gemini Summer Exhibition

ArtGeminiPrize Exhibition 

Following the success of the past ArtGeminiPrize editions which attracted over 8,000 entries from 44 countries, 

London Lighthouse Gallery & Studio sees the launch of the 11 th Edition ArtGeminiPrize 2024. This late-summer 

exhibition will be celebrating international contemporary art for emerging and established artists worldwide. 

Featured Artists 

Art works featuring painting, photography, print and sculpture. 

£4000 cash prizes. 

• Aly Lloyd 

• Amanda Sumpter 

• Angelo Asaro 

• Annamarie Dzendrowskyj 

• Caroline Burges 

• Catherine Robinson 

• Cheng Cheng 

• Chris Avis 

• Clarissa Gurd 

• Eloise Campbell Bowling 

• Francesca Busca 

• Gail Astbury 

• Guglielmo Alfarone 

• Jen Miles 

• Jesus Suarez 

• Jo Lovelock 

• Libby Wheatcroft 

• Maiko Kanno 

• Mary Swift 

• Miranda Lopatkin 

• Nunzio Miano 

• Petra Richards 

• Rachel Tooth 

• Rory Brooke 

• Rory Brooke 

• Sarah Hills 

• Sarah Strachan 

• Simon Cardwell 

• Tedi Lena 

• Vickey Oldfield 

• Wang Boyuan 

• Xun Wang 

• Yeside Linney 

• Yvonne Magee-Scott

Aly Lloyd 

Aly Lloyd is a British artist recognised for her contemporary painting style that fuses geometric abstractions 

with deconstructed and expressive natural form. Her meticulous and methodical approach to painting 

results in compositions often perceived as having a post-internet digital aesthetic, elements of optical 

illusion, and emotionally charged undertones. She predominantly chooses women as her subjects, 

portraying them as symbols of strength and resilience and draws upon her daily experiences for inspiration, 

building multiple layers of found and distorted imagery into her compositions. 

Central to her practice is the exploration of visual properties at opposing ends of the spectrum – primarily 

between free-flowing natural form and the fixed lines and rules of mathematical shape, but also in spectral 

extremes of colour and artistic styles (abstraction versus intricate detail) and the impact these have on our 

visual experience. She considers her instinctive desire to deconstruct stimuli into patterns, categories and 

binary simplicity as fundamental to the way she processes the world around her and part of her journey to 

explore her own neurodiversity. 

Aly is self-taught and spent her early years honing her craft alongside studies in Psychology, obtaining a 

Ph.D., and a subsequent career in the fashion industry. She considers her diverse journey as having a 

profound influence on her work – from her acutely analytical mindset and interest in capturing and 

portraying the human psyche, to her intrinsic love of contemporary, innovative and emotionally charged 

aesthetics that convey a subtle story about her subjects.

Title: The Forgotten One 

Medium: Acrylic 

Year: 2024 

Size: 60cm x 60cm 

Price: £2600

Amanda Sumpter 

My sculptures are the result of a steady process of instinctive decisions that are made as I constantly 

investigate and refine form and marks as I carve. Working predominately in alabaster, notions of 

transformation and fragility are explored. Each form appears familiar but is never explicit. Each starts with 

a drawing, but this quickly becomes secondary to the dynamic process that begins to happen the minute I 

begin to carve. The unexpected relationships that develop between the curves and planes of a piece start 

to define what is essential for the carving to suggest an energy lying just beneath the surface of the stone. 

This has always been important – I have always wanted to create pieces that you want to touch and hold in 

your hand as you explore the surface with its splits and folds and swellings - if there is no temptation to 

touch, the piece has not been fully realised. 

Taking this a stage further, I have recently started to carve and manipulate the slate plinth that the carving 

will sit on. The slate folds and slumps. Both the carving and plinth are now sculptural objects, and one 

needs to relate to the other for each piece to work. Considering the neutral often ignored space between 

the two is essential and further possibilities to explore line and form, rhythm and balance very much come 

into play.

Title: Ally 02 

Medium: Alabaster and reclaimed Welsh slate 

Year: 2023 

Size: 49cm x 17cm x 19cm (LWH) 

Price: £1100 (including plinth)

Angelo Asaro 

Angelo Asaro, an Italian artist living in London, has a unique journey marked by a blend of 

engineering and artistry. With a master's degree in Engineering, Angelo initially established a 

successful career as a Product Manager. However, his true passion has always been art, a pursuit he 

has continuously nurtured alongside his professional life. The transformative lockdown of 2020 

served as a catalyst, reigniting his creative spirit and prompting him to fully embrace his artistic 

vocation. This allowed him to channel his analytical skills into the meticulous details of his artwork, 

blending precision with imagination. 

Angelo’s paintings are rich narratives of his life experiences, blending symbolic and surreal imagery to 

explore intricate themes. His work delves into the spectrum of human emotions touching on the 

fragility of existence, the duality of human nature, the inevitability of destiny, the ephemeral nature 

of time and the small but significant footprint of human existence. Each piece serves as a distinct 

window into his inner world, inspired by his keen observations of human emotions and the intricacies 

of life. His surreal paintings act as mirrors, reflecting the multifaceted nature of human existence, 

social pressures, individual identity, and the pursuit of authenticity. Through a deeply personal lens, 

Angelo invites viewers to engage with these universal themes, offering a glimpse into his soul. 

Angelo's paintings have been showcased in international galleries, renowned art fairs, and virtual 

exhibitions. His works have also been featured in prestigious international publications, including 

British Vogue and Vanity Fair.

Title: Ready-Made Thoughts 

Medium: Oil on Canvas with paper additions 

Year: 2023 

Size: 60cm x 50cm x 3.5cm (WHD) 

Price: £2450

Annamarie Dzendrowskyj 

Annamarie Dzendrowskyj's work is a response to Junichiro Tanizaki's contemplations on aesthetics 'In 

Praise of Shadows', where beauty is found in the shadows of life, in the interplay between darkness and 

light, highlighting that one cannot exist without the other. 

Tanizaki offers 'a gentle warning against the quest for airbrushed perfection and reminds us that too 

much light can pollute and obscure our natural world.' A message that bears critical relevance today, 

drawing attention to the fragility of our environment and our collective responsibility in shaping a 

sustainable future, towards a sensitivity and empathy for the natural world. 

Dzendrowskyj originally trained as a classical ballet dancer, followed by a career as a PADI Scuba Diving 

Instructor/Examiner. She holds a BA Hons Degree in Philosophy (Lancaster University, UK) with speciality 

subjects in existentialism and aesthetics as well as a BA in Fine Art and a BA Honours Degree in Painting 

(National Art School, Sydney, Australia). 

Dzendrowskyj has exhibited in the UK and internationally, with work held in public and private 

collections. She has held solo exhibitions at Artereal Gallery in Sydney, Queensland Centre of 

Photography in Brisbane, the Muse Gallery and One Paved Court in London. Shortlisted for the Arte 

Laguna Prize 15th, 13th, 10th Editions and awarded Caudan Arts Centre Exhibition, Singulart Prize, 

Biafarin Honours Award and Fallani Serigraphy Residency. Shortlisted for the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize, 

and Art Gemini Prize - awarded 2nd place in 2015. A recipient of Finalist and Honourable Mention awards 

in Circle Arts Foundation Artist of the Year and featured in Art IDEAL.

Title: The Stillness of Shadows IX 

Medium: Oil on Australian polyester canvas 

Year: 2023 

Size: 23cm x 40cm x 2cm (HWD) 

Price: £950

Caroline Burges 

My sculpture, ‘The Art of Being’ has echoes of the landscapes and seascapes of Kent and Cornwall. The 

artwork contains fleeting memories of the lightness experienced from immersion in nature; touched by 

the crisp folds of the leaf of the hornbeam in spring and by the ripples of the sea caught in the winter 

sunlight. Reflecting this beauty, my sculptures evoke a sense of stillness and a certain loss and 

loneliness. They can be life-affirming and yet uncertain. The subtle vulnerabilities and surface textures 

that result from the fabric manipulation become the essence of the form. Soft, complex and exhibiting a 

quiet power, the works express an emotional response to my lived experience as a woman in the twenty 

first century. The touch and smell of new linen and calico excites me and I work almost exclusively with 

textiles. I particularly enjoy the physicality of the making process as the material is wrapped and 

manipulated to transform it into a 3D form. I work with the fabric responding to and resisting its natural 

qualities to settle on the final form. As my hands tightly bind the fabric to create the textures, I have the 

feeling of a profound sense of history being bound into the fabric. I am reminded of the creativity and 

industriousness of my mother, of skills passed on from one generation of women to the next. This 

energy expended in the construction flows through the sculpture as light plays on the textured surface 

and animates the form.

Title: The Art of Being 

Medium: Calico slate 

Year: 2024 

Size: 15.5cm x 30cm x 22cm (HWD) 

Price: £895

Catherine Robinson 

Catherine’s current work focusses on the cyclical patterns of nature with its seasonal rhythms of growth 

and decay. Made over the course of a year, in tune with each season, her Five Elements series of collages 

comprising Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water, draws on the ancient Chinese system of correspondences 

between the phases of nature and the unfolding stages of human life. Wood relates to Spring, the East, 

green, wind, birth, childhood, order, anger and the dynamic upward energy of new growth. It was inspired 

by the dappled light filtering through birch trees in the spring. 

Catherine studied Fine Art at Canterbury Christ Church University, specialising in printmaking. She works 

from her studio in Kent, using techniques including etching, drypoint, woodcut and linocut, and with 

collage made from her own printed papers. The starting point of her practice is observational drawing. 

She has exhibited widely, in both solo and group exhibitions, including at the Mall Gallery in London, 

Turner Contemporary in Margate, Linden Hall Studio in Deal and the Horsebridge gallery in Whitstable.

Title: Five Elements – Wood 

Medium: Collage on board (mixed media) 

Year: 2023 

Size: 110cm (diameter) 

Price: £1100

Cheng Cheng 

Cheng Cheng is a meticulous painter, special editor of Xiling Seal Society Press, member of Xiling Seal 

Society Friends Association, member of Zhejiang Artists Association, specially invited Chinese painting 

cultural exchange ambassador of Beijing Association, a member of Commonwealth member country, and 

member of Beijing Artists Association.

Title: Good Luck and Family Harmony 

Medium for print: Traditional Chinese 

painting on silk scroll 

Print Edition: 100 

Year: 2023 


Price: £300 

Original Painting 

Medium: Traditional Chinese painting on 

Silver Platinum xuan paper 

Year: 2023 


Price: £9000

Chris Avis 

Searching beneath the surface by unpacking the layers that we keep secure is a fundamental aspect of my 

work. Often nostalgic, sometimes beautifully melancholic, I make tender unsettling images drawn from my 

reflections of human behaviour. 

As a woman my interest in female identity has grown from studying the frozen expressions on mannequins, 

to looking into the lack of self-esteem in many older women, through to working on intimate relationships 

between mothers and daughters. My work on anxiety and depression in ‘Voices in the Shadows’ (2019) 

delved into the hidden world of domestic abuse. While work selected for Compassionate Funerals (2024) 

considered the use of memory, dream, and loss to articulate a narrative. My work often challenges the 

viewer to reflect on hidden emotions. 

In 2014 I devised and directed a Barbican Guildhall Open Lab and in 2015 this work was shown at Rich Mix, 

London. In 2013 a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship funded six weeks of research to explore the potential 

opportunities for older artists across Europe. This involved interviews with artists, museum curators and 

gallery owners in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Berlin.

Title: Shadow Dream 

Medium: Digital montage ink print on 

archival photographic paper 

Year: 2022 


Edition: 3 

Price: £320

Clarissa Gurd 

As an artist, my work is driven by an examination of my surroundings and a focused lens on the 

environment. Through imagery and unconventional environmentally conscious photographic practices, I 

strive to shed light on issues related to freshwater ecosystems and our natural environment. 

While degradation proliferates globally, restoration requires local engagement and a renewed bond 

between communities and their immediate environments. Our efforts, however small, can ripple 

outward, causing waves which can positively impact ecosystems near and far. By fostering a deeper 

appreciation for the intricate web of life and the delicate balance that sustains it, we can collectively 

work towards a more sustainable future. I urge the viewer to contemplate their own relationship with the 

natural world and to recognize the profound interrelation of all living beings. 

Serving as a visual narrative, my practice highlights the interconnectedness of human activities and the 

natural world, underscoring the urgency to address regional environmental issues which have farreaching 

consequences for river ecology and the health of our planet. Ultimately, it is a testament to the 

resilience of the natural world and a reminder of our collective duty to actively safeguard its delicate 

balance for generations to come. To truly see the legacy of our actions.

Title: Riverine…an ecology 

Medium: Matt inkjet photographic print 

Year: 2024 


Edition: 2/10 

Price: £600

Eloise Campbell Bowling 

I was born in London and currently reside in West London, where the vibrant art scene provides endless 

inspiration. My passion for photography and art has been a lifelong journey, nurtured by exploring London’s 

galleries and absorbing the work of influential artists. As a photographer, I strive to capture the essence of 

emotion, nature, and the human experience through vibrant compositions. My portfolio spans documentary, 

portraiture, and abstract art photography, cultivated during my Master's at Falmouth University. Each 

endeavour is driven by a fascination with storytelling through imagery, with recent years focused on themes 

of grief and memory. 

As a female photographer, my journey has been both challenging and rewarding, offering opportunities to 

connect with others and explore healing through the lens. I look forward to continuing this exploration and 

sharing my work with audiences who appreciate the art of storytelling.

Title: The Boy, The Man, The Father. 

Medium: Archived photographic images 

Year: 2024 

Size: 42cm x 59.4cm 

Edition: 1 of 10 

Price: £480

Francesca Busca 

As an Eco-artivist, ‘Rubbish artist’ and mosaicist, Francesca pioneers' sustainable art by creating her 

artworks entirely out of waste. Torn between optimism and surrender, she is haunted by the idea of 

mankind’s imminent self-destruction. Yet she believes in a future through systemic re-thinking. Every tessera 

she creates is in-itself a constructive protest, against our disposable lifestyle. 

Gesamtkunstwerk, her eco-artivism encompasses every aspect of her life, from veganism to renewables, 

second-hand clothes, minimum plastic, wildflowers and vegetable gardens (…) to not flying, as she strives to 

live sustainably. Fostering a passion for evolutionary ecology and vegetal neurobiology, Francesca 

realises how her artworks seem antithetic to what she loves, being synthetic rather than organic in nature. 

However, she finds organic material too precious to use, hence chooses to use only waste, as unrecyclable as 

possible. 

Ex-City solicitor, Francesca graduated with distinction at LSoM in 2019, where she also lectured Fabrication. 

Internationally, she exhibited in 100+ venues, was published in 90+ articles and textbooks, and won 20+ 

awards. 

She is the founder of Payment in Kind(ness)© (accepting eco-friendly gestures as payment toward her 

artworks) and ArtforTrash© (creating artwork for corporate, residential or institutional settings with their 

own waste), and she runs pro-bono art projects on eco-awareness and sustainability with schools and 

institutions internationally. 

Following her recent year-long collaboration and consequent residency with the Institute of Marine Sciences 

in Venice, Francesca will be on a non-exclusive retainer with the Institute from September, collaborating 

with some prestigious art institutes over the next few years.

Title: Cinderella Tries the Shoe / Imposter 

Syndrome 

Medium: 100% waste: 1310 plastic medicine vials 

& impostors on wooden board 

Year: 2024 


Price: £2750

Gail Astbury 

Gail is best known for her stacked series of paintings that wake the senses. The painting in this exhibition is 

the bottom panel of one of her Triptych series from 2022. It started as a documentary piece about the pine 

forest fire that raged around the camp sites, nature areas and dunes of Teste de Buch close to the Arcachon 

coastline. On July 15 th , Gail woke to a poetic shower of embers that had floated 100´s of kilometres inland 

as the fires still raged after 3 days of desperate attempts to put it out. She decided to try to capture some of 

the feelings that this tragedy was evoking. 

It began with small studies but then she felt that the subject demanded greater size to carry the heat and 

drama of the scene. She stretched the trees over three canvases to enhance the overwhelming and 

mesmerising feeling of looking up at trees on fire. The lone figure at the bottom of the canvas is a reference 

to one of her favourite paintings ‘Hunters in the Snow’ by Pieter Bruegel. 

In the famous masterpiece, the hunters and their dogs slump back into the village empty handed during one 

of the coldest winters on record and they symbolised vulnerability In the face of nature's cruel forces. The 

irony though was that in Teste de Buch a young firefighter started the blaze to earn himself some extra 

overtime. Gail’s deep red painting is an ode to human frailties. 

Gail grew up in Lancashire, England, on the Morecambe Bay coast. After graduating with a degree in Fine 

Art painting from Wimbledon School of Art under Prunella Clough, she continued to paint alongside 

running a company in the public arts. 

In 2010 she gained an MA from Goldsmith’s University London and now teaches painting at OPEN Ealing 

Arts Centre. Her painting practice is now split between her urban London base and her ‘off grid’ rural 

retreat in Western France.

Title: Teste de Buch (Bottom panel) 

Medium: Oil on stretched canvas 

Year: 2022 


Price: £1200

Guglielmo Alfarone 

The figures are portrayed staring intensely. Each subject is deeply engaged with the own history, present but 

at the same time detached. They are the youth of a disenchanted world, proudly brandishing their own 

disillusions to a distressed observer. 

Born in Italy, Guglielmo Alfarone has participated in national and international exhibitions since the age of 

17. 

Among others, he has taken part at the Venice Art Biennale and performed one of his «live paintings» in the 

gardens of the Guggenheim Museum of Venice. 

After graduating with a MA from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts in 2009, he chose to further develop his 

work in London where he now lives and work. The list of solo show include New York, Milano and London, 

as well as group-shows across Europe. 

Among exhibitions his projects includes official brands campaign such Philips Modern Man.

Title: Mauro 

Medium: Mixed media on canvas 

Year: 2023 

Size: 60cm x 90cm x 2cm (WHD) 

Price: £1500

Jen Miles 

Completing my MA in Children’s Book Illustration in 2008, I worked as an illustrator for many years including 

for major publishing houses in the UK, US and Europe. 

Then during lockdown, I decided to indulge my passion for drawing and painting the natural world full time. 

Inspired by Japanese art and Victorian illustrators, I paint the animals that inspire me, exploring the detail of 

their feathers, fur and scales, and the plants, skies and water of their natural environment. 

Unashamedly decorative, my pieces feature the rich hues of pigment heavy watercolour paint and the 

luxury of 24 carat gold and platinum leaf. 

I live in Norfolk and divide my time between animals I see locally, and exotic creatures from further afield.

Title: Koi II 

Medium: Watercolour, pen and ink 

Year: 2023 


Price: £995

Jesus Suarez 

Jesus Suarez is a fine art photographer based in London. His inspiration stems from the visual language of 

signs and symbols, as he delves into history, myths, and personal experiences to continually enrich his 

creative vision. Jesus sees photography not only as a means of artistic expression but also as a therapeutic 

outlet, creating connections with life experiences and promoting a foundation for a well-balanced mindset. 

On My Way is an archival pigment photography print, on Hahnemuhle glossy FineArt Baryta paper. This 

photograph was taken using Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). Through the intentional blur, Jesus aims 

to capture not just the visual essence of woodland trails, but also the emotional and existential layers of our 

individual journeys. Each photograph is a testament to the continuous, evolving process of moving forward, 

finding direction, and ultimately, discovering oneself amidst the ever-changing landscape of life.

Title: On My Way 

Medium: Photography 

Year: 2024 


Price: £265

Jo Lovelock 

Jo paints directly on pre-owned paper maps, and her current body of work explores the connections in our 

lives. By deconstructing the maps and weaving them back together she is seeking to fine new patterns or 

directions in our fragmented and interwoven lives; searching for harmony amongst the chaos and discord 

that surrounds us. 

Jo invites viewers to rethink their perceptions of place and movement. She highlights the fluidity of our 

world and encourages deeper contemplation of how we navigate and impact our environment. 

Jo is a mixed media artist. She originally studied at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design and holds a BA in 

printed textiles. After a ten-year career in graphic design, she returned to study at the University for the 

Creative Arts earning an MA in art textiles in 2016. 

She has shown work in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. In 2017 she had a joint 

exhibition at the prestigious GalleryGallery in Kyoto, Japan. She has also had work selected for the RA 

Summer Exhibition, London (2022 & 2024) Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2022) and Royal West of 

England Academy, Bristol (2022 & 2023).

Title: Connections VII 

Medium: Mixed media 

Year: 2023 


Price: £355

Libby Wheatcroft 

Libby Wheatcroft is an emerging artist, living and working in East London. She holds a BA [Hons] in Fine Art 

from Loughborough University (2020) and a Distinction in Art and Design from Oaklands College (2017). 

Libby's practice spans painting, video, sound, and collage, reflecting her dynamic and multifaceted approach 

to art. Her work delves deeply into personal experiences, often touching on themes of self-perception, the 

modern digital experience, and her journey with ADHD, as seen in her solo exhibition “Attention!” at 

Theatre Deli, London (2021). Her work explores the complex feelings she has towards technology and her, 

sometimes, chaotic creation processes. Despite this, Libby observes the beauty and humour of her 

surroundings, making comment on the importance of seeing ‘through the glass’ and beyond. 

Libby has exhibited widely across the UK, including a solo installation and a number of group exhibitions. 

Her oil painting ‘Save for Later’, earned her the CASS Art Award through a recent exhibition “CURTAINS” at 

The Alchemy Experiment (May 2024). ‘Through the Glass’ has just been returned from its recent run in 

‘ASCERTAIN’ a group exhibition held by LumiNoir at Espacio gallery. Another piece of Libby’s in also currently 

on display at ‘The Minors’ in Colchester. 

In addition to Libby’s participation in exhibitions, she has curated shows through Henarch Galleries, located 

in London Liverpool Street. Her artistic journey is marked by a commitment to exploring different mediums, 

visiting new galleries, supporting emerging artists and always seeking new opportunities to develop as an 

artist and creative.

Title: Through the Glass 

Medium: Oil Paint 

Year: 2024 


Price: £5500

Maiko Kanno 

Maiko Kanno graduated from Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka University (2006), majoring in Lifestyle Art. She has 

held solo exhibitions in Sendai, Tokyo and Osaka as well as group exhibitions and art fairs in London, Los 

Angeles and Taipei. 

Wars, natural disasters and personal worries are never ending. We are constantly hurt and sometimes we 

want to cover our ears. But all we can do is continue praying that each time the difficulties will pass, and we 

can rise back up. I painted a girl folding paper cranes with a wish in mind.

Title: Endless Repeat 

Medium: Acrylic on paper 

Year: 2024 


Price: £3900

Mary Swift 

Mary Swift is a London based artist, working in realistic style and traditional painting techniques with a 

strong illustrative element and decorative approach. Her art is inspired by birds, animals and London - 

glowing with the festive spirit, filled with magic of a fairytale, awe of surrounding beauty, and focused on 

the individual personality of every character she creates. 

Coming from a line of artists and having a classical fine art education herself, with a degree in textiles and 

interior design, Mary works freely in all painting and graphic mediums - including oil, acrylic and 

watercolours, and in all scales from miniatures to murals.

Title: Painting Shepherds Tavern 

Medium: Wax Pastel on black canvas board 

Year: 2022 


Price: £800

Miranda Lopatkin 

Miranda’s work often feels like a cross fade in a film. She works with 35mm and medium format slide 

projectors sometimes projected onto people and the final images are captured with a digital or analogue 

camera. 

There is a sense of past and present colliding in the final images. She doesn’t use photoshop to make her 

images. Often, she references the sense of presenting ourselves in one light and revealing emotion or a hint 

at the feelings beneath the shadows. She also plays with the idea of altering our appearance, largely 

through light and shadow. In addition, she is also interested in the female gaze to show emotion and 

intimacy while also showing respect. 

Miranda has exhibited widely, including inclusion in exhibitions at Tate Modern, National Portrait Gallery 

and Royal Academy of Arts. Miranda was also a finalist in the 

2023 Art Gemini Prize. She won first prize in the Artsdepot Open. 

Miranda has an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, and a BA hons in Theatre and Performance from 

the University of Warwick. 

Other recent exhibitions include group exhibitions at Willesden Gallery, Bakery Gallery, Herspace Festival, 

Hansard Studios, Downstairs at the Department Store and ING Discerning Eye all in London. 

Miranda was previously awarded a place on the Florence Trust residency scheme and has been mentored 

by artist Franko B.

Title: Gazing 

Medium: Photography 

Year: 2024 



Price: £600 framed, £275 unframed

Nunzio Miano 

Chewing Hubba Bubba aims to capture a mundane moment in time. It is an abstract portrait of someone 

mindlessly chewing gum. The nonchalant figure invites the viewer to pause and reflect on their own daily 

activities and how they respond to the chaos around them. 

Inspired by the beauty of human emotion and the complexity of the human mind, Nunzio Miano's 

paintings are a visual representation of our inner worlds where colours and shapes communicate more 

than words. His unique style combines bold brushstrokes, vibrant colours, and intricate detail to create 

captivating and expressive works. Each piece is a unique and personal journey, inviting the viewer to 

explore their own feelings and thoughts.

Title: Chewing Hubba Bubba 

Medium: Synthetic polymer on cotton canvas 

Year: 2023 


Size: £700

Petra Richards 

Initially Petra taught herself how to draw using basic student grade paper and pencils. However, her 

passion to depict fine detail, which has become intrinsic to her work, led her to work in colour and to 

experiment with subjects. 

Vivid colours and textures, as well as dramatic compositions are the distinctive features of her work - 

which she endeavours to achieve in all her pieces. 

In the past couple of years, her works have been selected for various exhibitions, including those held by 

the Pastel Society, the Society of Graphic Fine Art, the Birmingham Royal Art Society, and the Chelsea Art 

Society where in their annual exhibition of June 2024 she won the Artists and Illustrators Magazine Award 

for her painting of “Grace”. 

In December 2022, two of her Household Cavalry Horses won the first and second prizes in the Best 

International Coloured Pencil Artist category at the Equus Film and Art Festival in Sacramento CA. In 

October 2023, her drawing, ‘Drinking with Giants, The Adams Family’ was published in “CP Treasures Vol 

9; Coloured Pencil Masterworks from around the globe” – a book featuring artwork from the best 100 

coloured pencil artists in the world. 

Petra is always very eager to learn new techniques and disciplines. She is hugely inspired by fellow artists 

and nature. She loves how textures and colours, in combination with light, create uniquely soulful subjects 

and images, which can never be repeated having been captured at a fleeting moment in time.

Title: Edgar – A Juvenile Bateleur Eagle 

Medium: Coloured pencils on drafting film 

Year: 2022 


Price: £1430

Rachel Tooth 

As a contemporary painter my objective is to drive a composition through the use of colour, form and 

light. Nature is often an avenue of inspiration in which I can create visual spaces that intersect the 

observed and the abstract. 

By balancing the visually dynamic with subtle transitions of colour I utilise the emotional and the 

delicate to sit alongside what is often seen as a visual poem. 

Exploring many styles and allowing paintings to develop their own identity through creativity and 

experimentation is fundamental to my work.

Title: Finisterra – Earth, Sea and Sky 

Medium: Oil, charcoal and pigment stick 

on birch panel framed 

Year: 2019 


Price: £2000

Rory Brooke 

In my art I emphasise blocks of colour, strong geometric shapes, and contrasting patterns and textures. 

Most of my pictures are landscapes often with a focus on simplified composition. I am interested in 

underlying issues and context in society, including climate change, the environment, development and 

our neighbourhoods. I mostly work in screenprint and linocut which fit well with my approach. I am the 

founder of East London Printmakers.

Title: Cliffe Creek, Version 1 

Medium: Screenprint 

Year: 2024 



Price: £600 framed, £400 unframed

Sarah Hills 

My paintings explore the notion that the places we have lived and experienced in the past exist within us 

and impact how we perceive the elusive nature and progress of time. 

From the archives of memory, certain cherished objects, quotidian motifs and borrowed and 

appropriated images are reimagined to create charged psychological spaces, suggesting hidden 

narratives, and reflect a disorientating search for meaning. 

They are mostly of interior scenes that are seemingly devoid of human presence, the traces that remain 

acting as a proxy for specific people or places. 

These hauntological reflections acting like parts of a puzzle that will eventually consolidate to form the 

whole. 

In the creation of these works there is an attempt, through the materiality of the paint - repetitive mark 

making, disintegration, decomposition, rupture, and failure - to explore the mutability of memory, and 

the fleeting nature of life. 

At times deeply personal, my work seeks to reactivate places and people through the imagery of empty 

spaces, doorways, and windows. 

Acting as indirect portraits, these works suggest transitional moments and portals; inevitably leading to 

thoughts of loss, desuetude, and one’s own departure.

Title: Lou’s Chair 

Medium: Oil on linen 

Year: 2024 


Price: £1900

Sarah Strachan 

Sarah Strachan is a transdisciplinary artist, based in Cambridge (UK), where she completed an MA in Fine Art 

following a career pivot to focus on her art practice. Her interest lies in how our perception of being in, 

knowing and belonging to the world affects our ecological awareness and thinking. In her practice she senses 

environmental changes through 'conversational drift' with people, places, the land and the materials and 

objects associated with these. 

Sarah has exhibited her work across Europe, USA and online. She was selected as one of the top 25 emerging 

ceramic artists at the British Ceramic Biennial (2021) and was awarded the Sustainability Art Prize (2021 and 

2022).

Title: Becoming V 

Medium: Hand built stoneware ceramic 

Year: 2022 


Price: £650

Simon Cardwell 

Simon Cardwell is a distinguished visual artist from Adelaide, South Australia and captivates audiences with his dramatic flower 

images set within mesmerizing landscapes. His art delves into themes of human emotions, self-awareness, and identity amidst 

freedom and isolation, using nature's beauty as his canvas to evoke deep introspection. 

Rooted in the traditions of photography, Simon masterfully blends manipulation and painterly concepts, creating stunning 

botanical art and nature-inspired still lifes. Each image is meticulously pre-conceived and transformed into a surreal still life, 

where every element plays a crucial role in the overarching concept. Viewers are invited to connect with their souls, finding 

tranquillity in the existence he portrays. 

Simon thoughtfully arranges birds, butterflies, botanicals, clouds, and other natural elements to emphasize specific narratives. In 

works like The Temple of Flora: The Coming Storm, he juxtaposes a sense of foreboding with beauty, illustrating how even in the 

midst of tragedy, beauty persists. His goal is to explore the human condition by employing familiar symbols from nature that 

evoke deep emotional responses, highlighting our collective experience and complicity in its unfolding. 

Studying Visual Art in Adelaide and the Netherlands, Simon gained a rich cross-cultural foundation that informs his work. His 

talent has garnered international acclaim, with his works featured in prestigious collections like the Australian National Gallery. 

Now based in Sydney, Simon draws inspiration from his dedicated studio, crafting visual narratives that explore human emotions 

and invite viewers on transformative journeys. His dedication and unique ability to convey profound themes make him an artist 

of enduring significance in the contemporary art world.

Title: The Innocent 

Series: The Coming Storm – Temple Of Flora 

Medium: Photographic (mixed) 

Year: 2024 


Edition: 8 

Price: £1760 unframed

Tedi Lena 

This portrait is an immaculate oil on canvas of artist Alan Gouk. Handling the medium with such 

precision and intricacy, I have definitely brought Gouk to life. This is second portrait of Alan I have 

started in the studio at Hampstead School of Art London, where Alan sat for me. Was an Amazing 

experience that an artist to paint another artist. I felt very emotional specially because of his age, 80 

at that time. (Alan Gouk 1939-2024)

Title: Portrait of Artist Alan Gouk 2 

Medium: Oil on canvas 

Year: 2020 


Price: £7000

Vicky Oldfield 

Vicky Oldfield is an artist and printmaker who likes to find beauty in the everyday - some weeds on a 

roadside, or a cluttered windowsill can set off a new collection. She treasures both the eccentric and the 

ordinary, inspired by collections of found objects and natural forms; she is fascinated with the structure and 

design found in flowers and plants, often redrawing the same plant many times over to explore the subtle 

variations in its form. 

She starts with drawing often directly on to the plate which is then drawn into and collaged with a variety of 

materials, card, fabric, paper, string, sand and anything else that may come to hand; it’s recycling at its most 

creative! The plates are then sealed, inked up and printed in intaglio or relief on damp paper using an etching 

press. The embossed textural quality of the print is unique to this method. They are often printed in one 

colour and then hand painted. 

After leaving school, Vicky attended Art College and then worked as a commercial designer in wallpaper and 

textiles in both London and Paris before becoming a full-time artist in 2008. 

She has exhibited many times at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and was elected a full member of 

The Royal Society of British Artists in 2021. She is the published author of ‘Mixed Media Collagraph Prints’ by 

the Crowood Press.

Title: Gifts from Nature 

Medium: Hand coloured collagraph with chine colle 

Year: 2024 



Price: £495

Wang Boyuan 

Wang Boyuan is an artist based in London and China who explores absurdity and fantasy through printmaking, 

moving image and drawing. Born in Zunyi, China (1998), he earned a BA from the Central Academy of Fine Art 

and an MA from the Royal College of Art in London. He has exhibited internationally at the China Printmaking 

Museum in Guangdong, RuptureXIBIT in London and the Air Gallery in Manchester. His work has been collected 

by institutions including the China Printmaking Museum and the Odunpazarı Modern Museum. 

Drawn to anomalies and absurdity, his works employ imagination and humour to reflect on memory and 

personal experience. Plague is the remembrance of the pandemic - ‘during that time, no one went to school 

anymore and the indoor stadium that’s usually filled with laughter and excitement became empty. Those happy 

memories are just like a bubble - fragile and easy to break. Through the window, numerous viruses were coming 

in.’

Title: Plague 

Medium: Graphite on paper 

Year: 2024 

Size: 42cm x 59.4cm 

Price: £700

Xun Wang 

My name is Xun Wang. I started learning painting at the age of 3. In 2014, I went to New Zealand for studies 

and later obtained a Master of Art degree. After graduating, I have been living in New Zealand. Currently, I 

run a studio in Auckland. Alongside teaching, I have never given up on pursuing my own dreams and have 

consistently persisted in painting. 

Throughout my growth, I have been exploring the meaning of female existence. Through exposure to 

different cultures and social environments, I have deeply understood that within every woman there are 

tender and warm places. Therefore, the women in my artwork are often depicted as delicate and gentle. 

Influenced by Chinese meticulous brushwork painting, I incorporate the techniques of line drawing into my 

current oil and charcoal painting creations.

Title: Tide 

Medium: Oil painting 

Year: 2024 

Size: 60.96cm x 91.44cm x 38.1cm (WHD) 

Price: £3200

Yeside Linney 

Born in Nigeria and educated in England, retired from teaching English, Yeside is now a self-taught artist, 

who is driven by giving voice to her sense of identity, both realised and forgotten. 

Yeside employs multiple media, using acrylics and inks on dibond as her main modus operandi. Current 

work focuses on using busts of females – The Sisterhood Series - to explore the nature of a lost heritage 

through the overall theme of Healing. The busts also reposition narrative of the black female. “Ways of 

Seeing” is her celebration of the beautification of facial markings in exploration of the landscape of Self. 

Yeside has had considerable success: awarded Runner Up in the 2021 Surrey Artist of the Year competition. 

National recognition came with winning, both The Euan Millar Abstract Prize and The Susan Angoy Prize 

Heritage in The Woman in Art Prize 2022. The same year, she exhibited with established artists in Watts 

Gallery, Compton, Surrey. Last year, she exhibited at the TUC Congress Hall as part of the Windrush 75 

celebrations. At the invitation by the founder of Hospital Rooms charity, she contributed work for auction 

by Bonhams at Hauser & Wirth, Saville Row. Yeside was also a selected artist in two London exhibitions for 

Black History Month, 2023 resulting in work being acquired for the art collection of a global law firm. 

Recently, she exhibited in the new CasildArt Contemporary Gallery in Marble Arch. She is currently 

exhibiting in a group exhibition at the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.

Title: Ways of Seeing 

Medium: Acrylic and mixed media 

Year: 2024 


Price: £1500

Yvonne Magee 

My abstract paintings are expressions of the force and energy within the natural world. Sometimes we think 

we ‘observe' nature - but in truth, we are an integral part of it. I always feel conscious of the energy ‘beyond 

the appearance’. These deeper forces are not visible; however, they can be felt by all of us, but only when we 

slow down to look, listen, smell, taste, and above all, feel. I aim to help both myself and others to reconnect 

with the energy of nature. I believe it is the essential oneness of all life. My paintings open a door to the world 

of colour, light and movement within the form. 

My education and background is in art and art therapy, and my practice as a therapist, all feed into my 

paintings. I’ve lived in the Arizona desert, the Pacific Northwest, the east coast of Fife, and now in the Glens of 

Antrim. All of these places further inform my work. Time spent alone in the wilderness, or even the garden, 

drives the paintings. 

Over the years, my work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and is also in corporate and 

private collections in Scotland, Northern Ireland, France, England, Australia, the US, Vietnam, and China. 

People who live with my paintings often tell me that the paintings give them a deep sense of joy, uplift and 

connection with life.

Title: Cresting 

Medium: Acrylic on canvas 

Year: 2024 

Size: 60cm x 60cm x 2cm 

Price: £850

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