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| Christopher Bell Course Director / Fine Art Tutor MA Slade University College London, BA Chelsea College of Art, Certificate in Education, Certificate in Counselling, Painting Scholarship to Yale University. I am both a practising artist and a teacher. My background is in education, teaching art to young students, teachers and adults. I am an Advanced Skills Teacher and led the Development of Thinking and Learning Skills in East Sussex schools. My work as a painter, is mostly two dimensional, incorporating a range of surfaces and media. Layering techniques together with historcal references also play a major role in the creation of these images. I have exhibited in the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, in the USA and Germany. My work is also in private collections, and I undertake commissions. I also cook the pizzas! |
Christopher Bell |
| Julian Le Bas Painting Tutor BA (Art) Brighton University, Post-Graduate Painting Certificate, Cyprus College of Art, City and Guilds Adult Education, Brighton College (Art Education) I am a Brighton-based practising artist. The landscape is my main source of inspiration; I paint directly from the subject. My solo exhibitions include the Bede Gallery, Jarrow (1992) and the Towner Art gallery Eastbourne (1990). I was a prize winner in the Royal Overseas League Annual, London (1988) and have exhibited in the Jerwood Drawing Prize (2001). As a part-time lecturer, I teach Life Drawing at the University of Sussex, Morley College, London, and the University of Brighton. I also teach Art at Lewes Prison. |
Julian Le Bas |
| Cressida Bell Surface Design Tutor BA Fashion ( St Martin's School of Art ), MA Textiles ( Royal College of Art ) I founded my company, Cressida Bell Ltd in 1984 to design and hand screen print original fabrics. Since then my work has expanded to include all forms of surface decoration, includin murals, painted furniture and rugs. My book 'The Decorative Painter' aims to instruct in both the creative and practical sides of decorative art. I am keen to demystify the design business and show how different designs evolve and are carried through the centuries by generations of designers in many different disciplines. Commissions have included Warner & Sons, Laura Ashley, The British Museum, V&A Museum and Terry Farrell & Associates. Galleries shown at include Davis & Langdale (New York), The Whitworth Museum and The Crafts Council. |
Cressida Bell |
Penny Fox
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Penny Fox |
| Maggie Ramage Painting and Drawing Tutor A graduate of Glasgow School of Art A Scottish artist who divides her time between Glasgow and Barga. A graduate of Glasgow School of Art, Maggie lectured for many years in fine art in the city. Though now mainly devoted to her own work, she now teaches Drawing and Painting at the University of Glasgow and Barga in Italy. Maggie is a water colourist, she specialises in commissioned portraiture, life drawing and landscape paintings inspired by her native Scotland and by the Tuscan countryside. Her work is in private collections in Europe, North America Australia and the Far East. |
Maggie Ramage |
