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Alasdair Wallace Blue Green Unicorn, 2023 Acrylic on card Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Painter and sometimes printmaker. Lives and works in Glasgow. Education Glasgow School of Art 1987-91 Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Settlements - Linlithgow Burgh Halls 2019 Orbiteering - Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay 2019 Oscillate Vacillate Orbit & Revolve - Glasgow Print Studio 2018 Incidences - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 'Curle', The Revelator, Glasgow 2021 LOWLANDS, Lowlands Artists Collective, Oxford House, Glasgow 2020 Society Of Scottish Artists, Edinburgh 2019 Royal Academy Summer Show, London 2018 Littlejohn Award Exhibit - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh AWARDS John Gray Award - RSW Edinburgh 2018 W Gordon Smith Award - SSA Edinburgh 2018 William Littlejohn Award - Royal Scottish Academy 2017 City Of Glasgow College Award - RGI Glasgow 2016 The Walter Scott Award - RSW Edinburgh 2015 Armour Award - Royal Glasgow Institute 2005 Noble Grossart Painting Prize 2001 Guthrie Medal, Royal Scottish Academy 1999 COLLECTIONS Glasgow Museums & Galleries Collection, Walter Scott And Partners, City Of Glasgow College, Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, Cromarty Arts Trust, The Royal Scottish Academy, North Lanarkshire Council, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork I sometimes like to make images which are humorous or whimsical and which usually feel emblematic but are always ambiguous. A chubby cart horse/unicorn chasing an unattainable carrot seems like a metaphor. For what? I'll leave it up to the viewer to decide.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do  

Jon Joanis Study for Pavillion 2/4, 2023 Acrylic and wax on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Jon Joanis (b. Montreal, 1969) spent his formative years learning drawing and painting under the Canadian painter and illustrator Leslie Coppold (Royal Canadian Academy of Arts) while assisting in teaching high school art classes and also briefly apprenticing with Canadian painter Stanley Cosgrove. In 1988, after completing a Fine Arts and Design program near Montreal, Jon had two works selected to represent Canada for a UNESCO exhibition in Paris. Throughout, Joanis studied and performed music professionally as a jazz guitarist, eventually becoming a student of guitarist Mike Stern in New York City, and also studying guitar and composition under Roddy Ellias in Montreal. Over the years, Jon worked as an artist and designer for other artists and special effects companies in Montreal and Los Angeles, painting, sculpting and model-making as well as freelance graphic and interior designing. Jon continues to play and write music, while seriously reacquainting and reconfirming his relationship with drawing and painting. Select Exhibitions/Awards NEW PAINTINGS - A solo show curated by Lisa Schiff SFA ADVISORY (2022) September 7 - October 12 at SFA Advisory in Tribeca, NYC featuring recent works. UNNATURAL NATURE: POST-POP LANDSCAPES - curated by Todd Bradway ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES (2022) RIDICULOUS SUBLIME SFA ADVISORY (2021) Group show at SFA Advisory Curated by Lisa Schiff NOW|Futures HUXLEY-PARLOUR (2021)   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Lisa Golightly Blue Sea and Man, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Lisa Golightly's artistic career began with photography. Her father was a painter, and though she grew up exposed to his practice, she discovered her appreciation for photography at an early age. However, while working on her Fine Art Photography and Photojournalism BFA, she found her way back to painting, developing an artistic practice which marries a deep technical and theoretical understanding of photography with painting. "As straightforward as it may sound, I have fallen in love with the brush, the color, the intimate experience of painting and creating my own world." Today, Lisa's artistic practice still begins with photography. She first scours the internet and estate sales for bundles of anonymous old photography and film. Then, she reframes, rebuilds and reimagines existing subjects of these forgotten photos in the terms of her own memory. She exaggerates light and color in a way that recalls old film photography, painting in pastel, washed out palettes that mimic overexposed film. Working with acrylic, and painting in a distinct painterly style, she references impressionism, pointillism, as well as the oeuvre of Fairfield Porter and Lois Dodd to create paintings that are both anonymous and inherently personal in nature. Lisa's work straddles the line between the familiar and the anonymous, creating an uncanny gray area in which we can all find some part of ourselves, our history or our memory. Lisa further explores the relations between memory, physical distance and the passage of time in this body of work. These paintings are more an exploration of memory than a visual reproduction of film photography. They are a bricolage of truth, interpretation and memory that capture the act of suspending time and the innate flaws in doing so. These works also explore the sense of collective memory, and the universal nature of human experience. Lisa comments that when procuring old photographs, "Strangely, a lot of times it's like 'Oh that could have been my family.' It's fascinating how a lot of images are something we all have, certain things, times or places that we all document similarly." Born in Eugene, Oregon, Lisa Golightly studied at the University of Arizona where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art Photography and Photojournalism in 1996. Solo exhibitions include Marking Time, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2020), Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA (2020), Recent paintings, Clove and Creek, Kingston, New York (2018), If Only For A Little While, Good Eye Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2016), and more. Her work has been reviewed in Paper Magazine, Luxe Interior and Designs, The Huffington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. She has participated in art fairs including the Venice Art Walk in Venice Beach, California. Her art was selected for a promotional campaign in London, England in celebration of International Women's Day. She was also chosen to produce an album cover and interior art for musician Alec Lytle. Lisa lives and works in Portland, Oregon, where she spends her days in the old carriage garage-turned-studio in the back yard of her 100-year-old home. Education 1998 BFA in Studio Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY 2022 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2020 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2019 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Thoughts on Summer, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Selected Group Exhibitions 2022: "5", Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Wilderness, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Two Person Exhibition, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT Gallery Representation Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle Billis Williams, Los Angeles George Billis Gallery, NYC/CT Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole WY Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork I often do detail studies for larger paintings. These little postcards are small portions of larger paintings I am working on.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Ji Won Cha Bloom, 2023 Acrylic and coloured pencils on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Ji Won Cha (b. South Korea) is an artist based in London. In 2020 she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Painting, and is now enrolled on the MA programme at The Royal College of Art. Her paintings use the natural world as a metaphor, this subject becoming a matter for both a celebration of life and contemplation of fear; a subject of spiritual longing but also a subject of technical evolutionary development. The resultant works appear as flows of imagery from a seemingly unconscious mind. Education Royal College of Art MA 2021-2023 Rhode Island School of Design BFA 2020 Select Exhibitions/Awards 2023 | Shortlisted for Jackson's Painting Prize 2023| Dungeons and Daydreams, Wilder Gallery, London 2023 | Look mum no hands, BeAdvisors art, London 2023 | Two by Two, BWG gallery, London Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Celebrating the arrival of springtime, Bloom 1 and 2 introduce emotional attributes to the work. Looking at how the landscape shapes our sense of belonging, how it shapes our stories and tales, our behaviours, the works encompass and are embedded with intensity - one being more of a representative study, and the other having a more abstract language, which cannot be easily explained, processed, or measured- through mark making, symbols, and colour.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

David Hamilton Contemplating The Line Between Perception And Reality, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About David Hamilton is an award winning artist from Northern Ireland who studied at undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Ulster Belfast. He worked extensively throughout the UK and Europe as a scenic artist and art director producing themed sets for the entertainment industry and in 2008 started making his own work. Since then he has been selected for exhibition with the Royal Academy, the Royal Ulster Academy, the Royal Hibernian Academy and the National Gallery of Ireland. His work has also been longlisted for the John Moore Painting Prize, the BP Portrait Awards and shortlisted for the Jacksons Painting Prize. Education University of Ulster/ Art and Design Centre, undergraduate and graduate levels. Select Exhibitions/Awards Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland Hennessy Portrait Prize, Dublin (highly commended winner) National Gallery of Ireland Zurich Portrait Prize, Dublin selected finalist. Jackson Painting Prize shortlisted artist. Winner BBC Northern Ireland at Seventy Art Competition. Contestant, Sky Landscape Artist of the Year, season 8, 2023. Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Both my paintings titled "Heat" and "Sandstorm" are part of an ongoing body of work exploring the impact of human activity on the environment. The painting titled "Contemplating the line between perception and reality" was inspired by a quote from Carl Jung, who said, " It all depends on how we look at things and not how they are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning are worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Danielle Winger Moon Trees, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Danielle Winger was born in Reno, Nevada and spent her early life moving throughout the United States. She received her Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Apparel Design from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master Fine Arts in Painting from East Tennessee State University. Winger is an internationally recognized artist, belonging to prominent private collections throughout the US, England, Australia, New Finland, Germany, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Scotland and Austria. She is represented by Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville, TN, Visions West Contemporary in Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT, and Otomys in Melbourne, AU. She recently exhibited in Spring Break Art Show in NYC, with Galerie COA in Montreal, QB and has an upcoming solo exhibition with Seizan Gallery in Tokyo, Japan in 2024. Winger has been published by Art Maze Magazine Edition 32, in Friend of the Artist Volume 9 and on the cover of Colorado Homes Magazine. Danielle lives in Northern Indiana with her husband and three children. Education Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Design from Middle Tennessee State University Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from East Tennessee State University Select Exhibitions/Awards Art Maze Magazine edition 32-22, 2023 Out 2023, 4 person exhibition with Galerie COA, Montreal, QB, 2023 Art for Charity Collective, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK 2022 Works on Paper 4, Blue Shop Cottage, London, UK 2022 Spring/Break Art Fair NYC, 3 person booth Curated by Todd Kelly, 2022 Between Two Gardens, Solo Exhibition, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN 2021 Gallery Representation Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO Otomys, Melbourne, AU Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork In my paintings I honor the landscape as itself and as a metaphor. Mountains become places of ascension, inwardness and grace. Desert as indifference. Untamed and wild landscape, in all its apathy, elicits a primal pull to enter it, to be joined with it, to know it intimately. Seeking the solace of empty places, I create intensely personal portraits of quiet, meditative spaces that encourage contemplation, reflection and investigation of self, sublimity and the divine.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Crimson Boner The Boss (El Jefe), 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Crimson studied Art History Africa and Asia at SOAS and worked at Battersea Arts Centre after graduating. It was a very creative environment and her boss, Tom Morris, encouraged her to do 'what she really wanted to', a novel notion for a girl from a council estate who was resigned to working to make ends meet. She studied Life Drawing, Digital illustration and also achieved a Foundation Art and Design at Chelsea Art School, UAL and went on to a BA Fine Art at Central St Martins, however after completing the first year she fell pregnant and suffered several years of infertility. She never returned to St Martins, but is studying MA Fine Art at Brighton Uni. She received an ACE grant in 2022 to develop her painting practice and is receiving mentorship from The New Art School. She has two children and works to support herself. Education BA Art History & Archaeology Africa & Asia, SOAS, BTEC Foundation Art& Design Chelsea, UAL Select Exhibitions/Awards Unknown Friends, Hypha Studios Hatton Gardens, May 2023 Now Is The Time, Atrium Gallery, Brighton Centre for Contemporary Art, May 2023 Sugar Cube II, The Lido Stores Margate, December 2022 Two Left Eyes, solo show, The Lido Stores Margate, November 2022 The Secret Postcard Auction, Combat Stress, Bankside Gallery, October 2022 The Sussex Contemporary, British Airways i360, August 2022 Weary Harold, ASC Gallery, March 2022 Give Me Love, Lido Stores Margate, February 2022 With Love II, @painttalk, December 2021 Second Floor Studios Painting Open, No Format Gallery, September 2021 Looks Like It's Gonna Rain, Motions Sickness Project, June 2021 ING Discerning Eye, December 2020 & 2021 Figurative Art Now, selected by Jo Baring, Mall Galleries Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Working from my imagination is a choice, it's a way of valuing the self; a way to reclaim time. It's a way to explore different qualities of thought. It's an act of free falling and trusting; it's hopeful and beautiful and a gentle rebellion.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Tafadzwa Masudi Secret Lover II, 2023 Acrylic paint on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Tafadzwa Masudi (b. 1988) started painting at an early age in Harare while assisting a family friend who introduced him to the visual arts. In 2010 he moved to South Africa and started working in a clothing factory until 2020 when he was laid off. He took the opportunity to start painting full-time and soon his work featured in group exhibitions at galleries in Cape Town. "Circumstances forced me to leave my country of birth and become a migrant. I relate to people who had to travel elsewhere to create a better life and this is what I currently paint. Images that show their sense of self, their dreams and their aspirations." Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 - Pakutsvaga. Africa First X Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv 2021 - Waiting for a better tomorrow. WORLDART, Cape Town ART FAIRS 2023 - Volta New York 2023 - Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022 - AKAA, Paris 2022 - Volta New York 2022 - London Art Fair 2022 - Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2021 - Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg 2021 - FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg (online) 2021 - Art X Lagos (online) Gallery Representation WORLDART, Cape Town. Blond Contemporary, UK. Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv. Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork My brightly coloured paintings depict scenes filled with balloons, people and patterns. Observed through the lens of a migrant person existing in a foreign land, the works reflect on optimism and the pursuit of a better future.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Richard J. Butler Bowl/Void, 2023 Acrylic, gouache and watercolour on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Drawing inspiration from ancient art and mythology, Richard J. Butler's alluring paintings skirt the boundary between figuration and abstraction. Constructed of intricate surfaces built up in layers of grated pastel, acrylic gel and paint, his work often depicts figures and silhouettes that seem to dissolve within vast colour fields. Over the past seven years, the artist has developed a unique technique which consists of pressing large packing blankets onto the still wet painting, a method similar to that of decalcomania. The blankets' vertical lines are transferred to the painted surface, leaving a systematic imprint on the canvas whilst distorting the image. When viewed from a distance, recognisable forms appear while up-close, miniature abstract landscapes abound, creating sensual and hallucinatory surfaces that explore painting's illusionistic potential. Butler's work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, France and Belgium. He has exhibited with Bowman Sculpture, London; Masterpiece Art Fair, London; Modernity Stockholm, London; Hannah Barry Gallery, London; Canopy Collections, London; J. Hammond Projects, London; Kreuzberg Pavilion, Berlin; KARST, Plymouth. Education Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (BA Fine Art), 2005-2008 Leeds College of Art & Design, Leeds (Foundation Diploma in Art and Design), 2004-2005 Select Exhibitions/Awards When Matter Becomes Form, Bowman Sculpture x Canopy Collections, London, 2022 Spring Syllabus, J Hammond Projects, London (curated by Lisa Slominski), 2018 The Unlimited Dream Company, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, 2017 The Brightness is the Color, NAM project, Milan, 2016 Richard J. Butler, ATTIC, Brussels (solo), 2016 A Journey to Avebury, KARST, Plymouth, 2014 Gallery Representation Canopy Collections   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Christopher Gee Birch Trees at Night, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Christopher Gee (b.1987) is a British artist from Portsmouth, England. He lives and works on the Thames Estuary, Essex. His small scale works on paper explore stillness and isolated scenes. His paintings are informed by historic houses and landmarks, often forgotten or overlooked sites of familiarity and intrigue. Walking and collecting are key to his practice. His graphic yet naïve-looking paintings, conjure places both historical and imagined, taking us on a fragmented journey through forested landscapes, vernacular architecture, and archaic towers. The intimacy and execution of these paintings convey themes of silence and solitude. His influences include Northern Renaissance painting, Folk Art, the Romantic landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich and the naive paintings of Alfred Wallis. He also takes inspiration from the novels of Hermann Hesse and W.G. Sebald. Education MA Drawing UAL Wimbledon College of Art London, 2012 BA Drawing UAL Camberwell College of Art London, 2010 Fine Art Foundation UAL Byam Shaw School Central Saints Martins London, 2007 Select Exhibitions/Awards Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London 2021 Winter Show, Amanda Aldous Gallery, Hampshire 2021 Winter Exhibition, 155a Gallery, Dulwich, London 7 Dec 2020 - 23 Jan 2021 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 Sophie Breitmeyer, The Art Registry, London 2020   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Bex Massey, Trans Rights Now, 2023 Acrylic, pencil and ink on paper Signed on Recto 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.)   About Bex Massey (b.1985, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British artist working across painting, collage and installation. Education 2013. MA FA. Chelsea College of Art 2007. BA hons FA. The School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Select Exhibitions/Awards 2022: 'The truth is out there', (SOLO). Roman Road, London. Shortlisted 'BEEP Painting Prize' 2021: Winner 'Repaint History Prize for Womxn Artists' 2020: 'We didn't start the fire', (SOLO). VOLT Eastbourne. 2019: 'Do you want chips with that', (SOLO). SHELF SPANISH CITY, Whitley Bay. Winner 'ButterBiggens Prize in British Painting'. 2018: 'ÀhhÁÀhhÁ', (SOLO). SLUGTOWN, Newcastle upon Tyne. 2017: 'ÀhhÁ', (SOLO). arebyteLASER, London. 2016: Shortlisted 'Taking Shape Prize' Shortlisted 'Bloom Award' 2014: Shortlisted 'Young Masters Art Prize' Shortlisted 'The Signature Art Prize' Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork For this years 'Art on a Postcard Summer Auction' I have made two postcards based on Windows 97 motifs seen in my recent solo show 'The truth is out there', Roman Road, 2022. 'Lie back and think of England' is lifted directly from 'Unruhe' (original canvas found here: ) . This postcard combines clunky error code box and text from Lady Hillingdon's journal (1912). This phrase was used with the addition of 'OK?' to discuss the assertion as well as the current zeitgeist of post Brexit 'Great' Britain and my unease in this milieu. At the time of being asked to make work for this year's auction Brianna Ghey had just been murdered. 'Trans Rights Now' therefore feels especially pertinent whilst hate crimes like this occur and the current Tory government continues to erode civil liberties for the Trans community.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Zafiro Storm Bizum, 2023 Oil pastels, tempera, acrylic, watercolour, oil, markers and pencil on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About My relationship with art is given by the education and passion that I received from my mother's side. It was, has been and always will be the engine of my life. My childhood and adolescence were spent in a very complicated environment. After a major depression, at the age of 17, I decided to enter The School of Art. I graduated in 2001 with honors from the EADT of Catalonia in the specialty of Jewelry Design (1996-2001) Obtaining Honors in the Final Degree Project for "La Escuela Llotja de Barcelona" (School that evaluates all artistic careers in Catalonia, Spain). The same year, 2001, I was the winner of the Illustrious "FAD JEWELRY AWARD" in Barcelona. After obtaining the FAD award, I was selected by BARNAJOYA and the FAD Awards to exhibit at "The BARNAJOYA International Jewelry Fair" 2001. Two years later, in 2003, the DDI (Department of Design and Innovation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain) selected me among the best designers, including me in their guide. My collaborations with artists took place years before, as was the case with the international sculptor Rufino Mesa, with whom I collaborated years before. In 2006 I was part of "NECRO-LITOS" of the como visual artist. For personal reasons. I spent a few years away from art in general, and from my career as a jewelry designer. It was in 2010 when I returned, internationally with my first painting exhibition "The PRINTED FOOTPRINT" at "Art House Gallery and Studios", Brooklyn, NY. I resumed my collaborations as a visual artist in 2015, this time, a participant in "El Milagro" of the international artist Abel Azcona at "The Gray Square Gallery", Spain. And, once again, I was summoned to participate in "DES-ENTERRADOS" by Abel Azcona, curated by Marisol Salanova in the Art Gallery "Conde de Rodezno" Spain in the same year 2015. That same year, I participated in "The 30th Anniversary of the BMW Painting Awards" in Madrid, with the portrait exhibition "FOUR ROOMS" I was interviewed for the Cultural Magazine "ACENTO CULTURAL" in Madrid that same year, 2015, for my artistic career as an internationally renowned artist. interview from which echoed Fahrenheit Magazine, Mexico D.F, publishing my Painting Series in the press "Anthropomorphous". In 2018 I was selected to exhibit the artistic installation FEC (these are the initials of the chemotherapy I received) in the "REG-ARTE" Contest, with the collaboration and within the Malaga Film Festival -MAF-Málaga. Two years later, Saatchi Gallery selected me as a featured artist in the "Saatchi Take Over" competition, London, UK in 2020. In 2021, I became part of the art gallery "Maison Contemporain Gallery" in Paris with my artworks "War Diary". In 2022 I became part of the Perdomo Gallery art gallery in Miami with my artworks "La Triada Combustible". Currently, I am part of the group show CON Spring Edition'23 at the Circle of None art gallery, London and to my delight, I have been selected by Gemma Peppe to be part of the group exhibition of Art on a Postcard Summer Auction 2023, London Exhibition in which I feel honored to participate, for its vital significance, and the great help to the community that is dealing with Hepatitis C. Education Graduated with Honors in Arts and Design specializing in Artistic Jewelry Design from EADT, Catalonia, Spain. (1996-2001) Honors in the Revalidation and Final Degree Project by the "Escuela Llotja" Barcelona, Spain. (2001) Select Exhibitions/Awards Exhibition with "La HUELLA IMPRESA" in the Art House Gallery and Studios, Brooklyn, NY. 2010 Participation in "El Miracle" by the International artist Abel Azcona at The Grey Square Gallery, Catalonia, Spain. 2015 Participation as "DES-ENTERRADOS" by Abel Azcona and Curated by Marisol Salanova at The Art Gallery Conde de Rodezno, Pamplona, Spain. 2015 Participation in The 30th Anniversary BMW Painting Awards, Madrid, Spain. 2015 Interview for the Cultural Magazine "ACENTO CULTURAL" Madrid, Spain. 2015 Press publication in "Fahrenheit Magazine" of the ANTHROPOMORPHE Series Mexico D.F. 2015 Exhibition of the Painting Series, "LA QUE NO TIENE NOMBRE II" (The One with no name II") at The Gallery PÓPULO CADIZ, Spain. FEBRUARY-APRIL, 2017 Exhibition with the artistic installation "FEC" in the ´ REG-ARTE´ Contest, with the collaboration of the Malaga Film Festival -MAF- MALAGA, Spain. APRIL, 2018 Exhibition with the Artistic Exclusive Series Painting "War Diary ·War Portraits/Ukrainian Cities Invaded" at Maison Contemporain Gallery PARIS, France. 2021-2023 Exhibition with the Artistic Exclusive Series Painting "War Diary ·War Portraits/Ukrainian Cities Invaded" at Perdomo Gallery MIAMI. 2022-2023 Exhibition with the CIRCLE OF NONE art gallery in London in the show group CON Spring Edition 2023 Gallery Representation MAISON CONTEMPORAIN / PERDOMO GALLERY / CIRCLE OF NONE Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork My work deals with various political issues such as the energy crisis, climate change, the current Central European war and its derivatives. For the series created, especially for AOAP, I have highlighted the most activist part of the speech. I have shown more clearly the dimension of the female character, the girl. With traits that illuminate the discourse of abuse, protection and the empowerment of reason, but since creation. From the female drive. The one that lies in the exact balance between the rational and the creative. The one that is established whole and without fissures. A character who up to now has lived in harmony with the rest of the work, but who is now shown on the scene and points to the viewer. There are four titles: MY LIMITS, a work that makes use of nature as a protective and defensive barrier. Beauty and strength go together without questioning their symbiosis. I show myself, I am. Full. But I know my true beauty. And that beauty is my limits BIZUM, a work that talks about the immediacy of the use and consequently the abuse of everything that is within our reach. The characters in the play laugh mischievously, in a relaxed but expectant attitude. You could say they are ready. ATOMIC, a work that speaks of the potential and high management capacities in complex situations Change our anatomy and adapt to the environment. Turn our ballast (decayed flower) into a soccer ball with which to strengthen our drive towards better results. PLAY HIDE with THE ELEPHANT in the ROOM talks about the fact of playing hide and seek before such an important issue as evidence. The climate crisis. And playing hide and seek with the elephant in the room is not wanting to see the evidence. If we summarize the language, we find ourselves again, before a type of mistreatment, disaffection and ignorance.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Lisa Golightly Hands on Waist, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Lisa Golightly's artistic career began with photography. Her father was a painter, and though she grew up exposed to his practice, she discovered her appreciation for photography at an early age. However, while working on her Fine Art Photography and Photojournalism BFA, she found her way back to painting, developing an artistic practice which marries a deep technical and theoretical understanding of photography with painting. "As straightforward as it may sound, I have fallen in love with the brush, the color, the intimate experience of painting and creating my own world." Today, Lisa's artistic practice still begins with photography. She first scours the internet and estate sales for bundles of anonymous old photography and film. Then, she reframes, rebuilds and reimagines existing subjects of these forgotten photos in the terms of her own memory. She exaggerates light and color in a way that recalls old film photography, painting in pastel, washed out palettes that mimic overexposed film. Working with acrylic, and painting in a distinct painterly style, she references impressionism, pointillism, as well as the oeuvre of Fairfield Porter and Lois Dodd to create paintings that are both anonymous and inherently personal in nature. Lisa's work straddles the line between the familiar and the anonymous, creating an uncanny gray area in which we can all find some part of ourselves, our history or our memory. Lisa further explores the relations between memory, physical distance and the passage of time in this body of work. These paintings are more an exploration of memory than a visual reproduction of film photography. They are a bricolage of truth, interpretation and memory that capture the act of suspending time and the innate flaws in doing so. These works also explore the sense of collective memory, and the universal nature of human experience. Lisa comments that when procuring old photographs, "Strangely, a lot of times it's like 'Oh that could have been my family.' It's fascinating how a lot of images are something we all have, certain things, times or places that we all document similarly." Born in Eugene, Oregon, Lisa Golightly studied at the University of Arizona where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art Photography and Photojournalism in 1996. Solo exhibitions include Marking Time, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2020), Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA (2020), Recent paintings, Clove and Creek, Kingston, New York (2018), If Only For A Little While, Good Eye Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2016), and more. Her work has been reviewed in Paper Magazine, Luxe Interior and Designs, The Huffington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. She has participated in art fairs including the Venice Art Walk in Venice Beach, California. Her art was selected for a promotional campaign in London, England in celebration of International Women's Day. She was also chosen to produce an album cover and interior art for musician Alec Lytle. Lisa lives and works in Portland, Oregon, where she spends her days in the old carriage garage-turned-studio in the back yard of her 100-year-old home. Education 1998 BFA in Studio Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY 2022 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2020 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2019 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Thoughts on Summer, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Selected Group Exhibitions 2022: "5", Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Wilderness, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Two Person Exhibition, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT Gallery Representation Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle Billis Williams, Los Angeles George Billis Gallery, NYC/CT Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole WY Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork I often do detail studies for larger paintings. These little postcards are small portions of larger paintings I am working on.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Melanie Berman Your Heart is my Heart, 2023 Ink, acrylic and pen on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Melanie Berman explores the language of abstraction within paintings. She draws from traditional and contemporary techniques and observations. Using the interplay of the paint and the momentum of intuitive gestures to be captured within a time and space that is relevant today. Berman is drawn to the intrinsic values of her materials whilst infusing her work with a personal language and signature palettes. She uses abstraction and colour marks as if it were a universal text full of integrity, in which she features allegories that reflect on social, ideological and emotional planes. References stem from nature, music, poetry, dance that are entwined to suggest alternative possibilities for human life. The non-objective also interests her, as she translates sound into colour and illusionistic forces of connectivity into patterns. In her poetic paintings, loud fluorescent pink or orange flicks contrast with soft, quiet tones. The colours dance amongst themselves to convey a contrasting sense of rhythmic order or disorder, adding to the joyous energy of the work. The marks could be seen as akin to genetic coding or the human perception of nature and our own ecological consciousness. They could also be compared to the pages of a journal or inner landscapes, restoring the balance of collective reasoning in society. Education BA Fashion Design 2.1 Berkshire College of Art 1980 - BA Hons UCA 2008 Select Exhibitions/Awards Most recently she exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy (2020, 2021, 2022) - Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London (2019, 2021, 2022). Her work also featured in the Royal Academy Calendar 2021. She exhibited at Wells Art Contemporary Exhibition in 2021, also the Beep Painting Biennial in 2022 and the Bankley Open Exhibition in 2022. Barclays Bank residency 2021-22 Exhibit at Trinity Art Centre Kent. Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Spoonful of sugar '- ....makes the world go round - A childhood memory of singing along full of hope for the future, full of freedom and vision to heal the world. The abstract piece documents that journey through coloured marks. Your heart is my heart ' Abstract contemporary painting, Inspired by poets offering love and empathy in the world through their visual writings and verbal readings.. The gestures and nuances of the coloured marks became trigger points to express pure emotions of our love ones.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Alasdair Wallace Red Pink Unicorn, 2023 Acrylic on card Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Painter and sometimes printmaker. Lives and works in Glasgow. Education Glasgow School of Art 1987-91 Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Settlements - Linlithgow Burgh Halls 2019 Orbiteering - Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay 2019 Oscillate Vacillate Orbit & Revolve - Glasgow Print Studio 2018 Incidences - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 'Curle', The Revelator, Glasgow 2021 LOWLANDS, Lowlands Artists Collective, Oxford House, Glasgow 2020 Society Of Scottish Artists, Edinburgh 2019 Royal Academy Summer Show, London 2018 Littlejohn Award Exhibit - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh AWARDS John Gray Award - RSW Edinburgh 2018 W Gordon Smith Award - SSA Edinburgh 2018 William Littlejohn Award - Royal Scottish Academy 2017 City Of Glasgow College Award - RGI Glasgow 2016 The Walter Scott Award - RSW Edinburgh 2015 Armour Award - Royal Glasgow Institute 2005 Noble Grossart Painting Prize 2001 Guthrie Medal, Royal Scottish Academy 1999 COLLECTIONS Glasgow Museums & Galleries Collection, Walter Scott And Partners, City Of Glasgow College, Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, Cromarty Arts Trust, The Royal Scottish Academy, North Lanarkshire Council, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork I sometimes like to make images which are humorous or whimsical and which usually feel emblematic but are always ambiguous. A chubby cart horse/unicorn chasing an unattainable carrot seems like a metaphor. For what? I'll leave it up to the viewer to decide.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do  

Bex Massey Lie Back and Think of England, 2023 Acrylic, pencil and ink on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.)   About Bex Massey (b.1985, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British artist working across painting, collage and installation. Education 2013. MA FA. Chelsea College of Art 2007. BA hons FA. The School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Select Exhibitions/Awards 2022: 'The truth is out there', (SOLO). Roman Road, London. Shortlisted 'BEEP Painting Prize' 2021: Winner 'Repaint History Prize for Womxn Artists' 2020: 'We didn't start the fire', (SOLO). VOLT Eastbourne. 2019: 'Do you want chips with that', (SOLO). SHELF SPANISH CITY, Whitley Bay. Winner 'ButterBiggens Prize in British Painting'. 2018: 'ÀhhÁÀhhÁ', (SOLO). SLUGTOWN, Newcastle upon Tyne. 2017: 'ÀhhÁ', (SOLO). arebyteLASER, London. 2016: Shortlisted 'Taking Shape Prize' Shortlisted 'Bloom Award' 2014: Shortlisted 'Young Masters Art Prize' Shortlisted 'The Signature Art Prize' Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork For this years 'Art on a Postcard Summer Auction' I have made two postcards based on Windows 97 motifs seen in my recent solo show 'The truth is out there', Roman Road, 2022. 'Lie back and think of England' is lifted directly from 'Unruhe' (original canvas found here: ) . This postcard combines clunky error code box and text from Lady Hillingdon's journal (1912). This phrase was used with the addition of 'OK?' to discuss the assertion as well as the current zeitgeist of post Brexit 'Great' Britain and my unease in this milieu. At the time of being asked to make work for this year's auction Brianna Ghey had just been murdered. 'Trans Rights Now' therefore feels especially pertinent whilst hate crimes like this occur and the current Tory government continues to erode civil liberties for the Trans community.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Robyn Graham Knotty, 2023 Watercolour, acrylic and gesso on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About In paintings ranging from loose representations of nature to entirely abstract, Robyn Graham takes reference from everyday tapestries and the casual adornments of our immediate surroundings. Repetitive compositions bear comparison and act as an invitation to the viewer to reminisce on memories evoked by the physical furnishings or decorative textiles that were once present in their lives. Often overlooked and eventually disregarded the materials that created curtains, tablecloths and bedsheets were ever-present during conversations and relationships, are at the forefront of her work. Both her paintings and drawings a nostalgia for the security and comfort, that these embroidered surroundings once offered. Education BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, London (2012-2015) Select Exhibitions/Awards In Flower Beds, Hweg, curated by Joe Lyward, 34 Causewayhead, Penzance TR18 2SP, UK (2023) Patterns, Le Cabinet de Curiosités, curated by Paul Trigoust and Frederic Galliano, 33 Rue Auguste Comte, 69002, Lyon, FRANCE (2023) Some kind of delicacy, ok, goodbye gallery, North Acton, London, UK (2022) Les Danses Nocturnes, eastcontemporary, Curated by Agnieszka Fąferek and Julia Korzycka, Entrevaux, FRANCE, 14/07 - 31/10 (2021) Misc. New Painting, London: A Brief Survey, Queensrollahouse Gallery, North Acton, London, UK (2020) Contemporary Paintings and Prints, East Dulwich, 115A Gallery, London, UK (2020) From My Friends (with a little help), vol.2, Houseguest Gallery, Curated by Benjamin Cook, Kentucky, USA (2019) Let Me Know Before You Arrive, Warbling, Bethnal Green, London, UK (2018) Marching Through the Fields, Warbling, East Dulwich, London, UK (2018) LewisPr Annual Exhibition, 1 Place d'Estienne d'Orves, Paris, FRANCE (2016-17) Don't Touch, Brodsgaard, Curated by Julie Brødsgaard Guldbrandsen, Chelsea, London, UK (2016) Clyde&Co Award Exhibition, Clyde&Co, St. Botolph Building, London, UK (2015-16) Undergraduate Summer Show, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK (2015) Between This Wish and That Wish, Konstfack, Stockholm, SWEDEN (2014) Miscellaneous, Pop-up Exhibition, Elephant & Castle, London, UK (2013) Prizes and Nominations The Clyde & Co Art Award Nomination (2015) Kupambana Art Prize Winner (2015)   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Soeurs Siamoises Quel Cirque part 1, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Les Soeurs siamoises met each other in a school of design in Paris in 2009. They started a collaboration in 2012. After working together as designers, they decided to go further. They began their personal work under the name Les Soeurs siamoises. They use painting, drawing, photo, installation whatever works best with the idea they have in mind. Select Exhibitions/Awards 2022 Gallery Ursula Stross - Art Vienna international art Fair. La grange Gallery. Collective Painting exhibition, with Maria Lundström, Karl Bielik, Gabriele Graessle, Ludovic Dervillez. Reims. 2021 Pop galerie.Collective contemporary painting exhibition with Nathalie Salé, Verofis, Nathalie Haggiag, Agnès Rosse, Anne Van der Linden, Ody Saban etc. Sète. 2020 Gallery Fluffy Crimes. Collective exhibition - Chicago.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

John Heywood-Waddington Ghosts, 2023 Watercolour and acrylic paint on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Embracing the traditions and tropes of Western art history, my practice is influenced and informed by poetic and cinematic devices, references and sensibilities. My paintings are about movement, rhythm and intensity of feeling and, though there is a suggested narrative, the viewer is invited to draw their own conclusions. Figures look off into the distance or, with their backs turned, are depicted about to face the unknown future. I prize the materiality and physicality of paint as much as the subject matter. In a sense, the paint becomes the subject. My work usually originates in representational imagery, derived from photo references, collages and drawings - among other source material. There's always the impulse to disrupt and reimagine the familiar through the performative action of painting. Education 2021-2022 MA Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School 2016 - 2017 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College 2010 - 2011 MA Professional Writing, Falmouth University 1996 - 1999 BA (Hons) Media Arts, Royal Holloway College, London University Select Exhibitions/Awards Solo 2019 Isla Ray Cafe, Deptford Group 2023 - Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid 2023 - Mayfair townhouse exhibition, London 2023 - A Generous Space 3, Artist Support Pledge, Huddersfield Art Gallery 2023 - The Other Art Fair, London (summer edition), King's Cross 2023 - Art on a Postcard 2023 - The Other Art Fair, Saatchi Art, Truman Brewery, London 2022 - POLYGON, Holy Art Gallery, London 2022 - Koppel Project X, Piccadilly, London Paint Club, Popup Exhibition 2022 - Painting Open, noformat Gallery, Second Floor Studios and Arts, Deptford 2022 - MA Fine Art Degree Show, City and Guilds of London Art School 2022 - Members Online Summer Exhibition, Tendencies in Painting London Paint Club 2022 - Interim Show, City and Guilds of London School of Art 2021 - End of Year Show, Essential School of Painting, Mile End Art Pavilion 2020 - Pop-up Shop, Aldeburgh Gallery, Suffolk 2020 - "Alternative", Artists' Collective, Menier Gallery, London 2019 - End of Year Show, Essential School of Painting, Mile End Art Pavilion 2018 - Chelmsford Art Festival, Orange Tree Pub 2017 - BA Degree Show, The Worker's Paradise, Kensington & Chelsea College 2016 - Artist Collective, Videri Quam Esse, St Peter's Church, Kensington   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Vanessa Brassey Dog Days in Spring, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About I am a figurative painter working in acrylic inks and oils on canvas, glass and metal, and academic philosopher. I aim to depict my local world in a way that resists simple naturalism. Beguiling the viewer with landscapes and portraits that resonate with emotional complexity and possibility. My research investigates emotions, memory, and dreaming - an area ripe with open puzzles for the scientific community. They occupy me when I am reading and writing, but also when I am looking and painting. My paintings mirror my experience of the world. Increasingly, I introduce elements of heightened clarity to juice things up and combine this with a mischievous and irreverent use of colour. I blend direct observation with photographic evidence and a bright palette. I want to convey how it feels to be endlessly beguiled and moved by the complexity and possibilities of our shared planet by capturing those transient feelings that make up the quicksilver of our lives. I began showing my paintings during lockdown. Up until then my sketchbooks were just a private sanctuary recording the pull between wild wanderlust and sensible mothering. When I started posting my daily sketches from my walks around Hampstead Heath, it became clear that many shared the passion for the park. With encouragement the sketches developed into in a painted collection where I could experiment with new grounds (metal, boards, wineboxes and so on). My work has been shortlisted in 2022 for the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters, The Holly Bush Emerging Women Painters Prize, the Jackson Painting Prize, and the Beep! Biannual Painting Prize. I also lecture and teach on the MA Philosophy programme at King's College London, and I was awarded the British Society of Aesthetics Research Fellowship for my project 'Time for Beauty' 2022-3. Straddling both Art & Philosophy, I co-run collaborations with the Tate, National Gallery, and The Photographers Gallery introducing philosophical puzzles to the curious minded in digestible and delightful formats. Basically, it's philosophy (without the boring bits) Education Degree in Portraiture Art Academy London (in progress), Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Philosophy researching 'Time for Beauty' King's College London & BSA (2023), PhD Philosophy (2020) King's College London, Masters in Philosophy (2014) King's College London, UG degree in Political History (1994) University of Birmingham Select Exhibitions/Awards The Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2023, The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Heath 2023, Must Wine Bar Hampstead (December 2022), The Lido Cafe Hampstead Heath (Spring 2022). Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork These postcard paintings mirror my experience of the world. I see my surrounding in technicolour and enjoy time in the studio processing what I see by blending direct observation with photographic evidence and a bright palette. I began painting professionally during lockdown when I opened up my private sketchbooks for the first time on instagram. I started by posting my daily sketches from my walks around Hampstead Heath and it's been a joy to find some many others who share a passion for the park.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Christopher Gee Boy at Night, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Christopher Gee (b.1987) is a British artist from Portsmouth, England. He lives and works on the Thames Estuary, Essex. His small scale works on paper explore stillness and isolated scenes. His paintings are informed by historic houses and landmarks, often forgotten or overlooked sites of familiarity and intrigue. Walking and collecting are key to his practice. His graphic yet naïve-looking paintings, conjure places both historical and imagined, taking us on a fragmented journey through forested landscapes, vernacular architecture, and archaic towers. The intimacy and execution of these paintings convey themes of silence and solitude. His influences include Northern Renaissance painting, Folk Art, the Romantic landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich and the naive paintings of Alfred Wallis. He also takes inspiration from the novels of Hermann Hesse and W.G. Sebald. Education MA Drawing UAL Wimbledon College of Art London, 2012 BA Drawing UAL Camberwell College of Art London, 2010 Fine Art Foundation UAL Byam Shaw School Central Saints Martins London, 2007 Select Exhibitions/Awards Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London 2021 Winter Show, Amanda Aldous Gallery, Hampshire 2021 Winter Exhibition, 155a Gallery, Dulwich, London 7 Dec 2020 - 23 Jan 2021 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 Sophie Breitmeyer, The Art Registry, London 2020   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

John Heywood-Waddington Flamingo, 2023 Acrylic paint on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Embracing the traditions and tropes of Western art history, my practice is influenced and informed by poetic and cinematic devices, references and sensibilities. My paintings are about movement, rhythm and intensity of feeling and, though there is a suggested narrative, the viewer is invited to draw their own conclusions. Figures look off into the distance or, with their backs turned, are depicted about to face the unknown future. I prize the materiality and physicality of paint as much as the subject matter. In a sense, the paint becomes the subject. My work usually originates in representational imagery, derived from photo references, collages and drawings - among other source material. There's always the impulse to disrupt and reimagine the familiar through the performative action of painting. Education 2021-2022 MA Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School 2016 - 2017 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College 2010 - 2011 MA Professional Writing, Falmouth University 1996 - 1999 BA (Hons) Media Arts, Royal Holloway College, London University Select Exhibitions/Awards Solo 2019 Isla Ray Cafe, Deptford Group 2023 - Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid 2023 - Mayfair townhouse exhibition, London 2023 - A Generous Space 3, Artist Support Pledge, Huddersfield Art Gallery 2023 - The Other Art Fair, London (summer edition), King's Cross 2023 - Art on a Postcard 2023 - The Other Art Fair, Saatchi Art, Truman Brewery, London 2022 - POLYGON, Holy Art Gallery, London 2022 - Koppel Project X, Piccadilly, London Paint Club, Popup Exhibition 2022 - Painting Open, noformat Gallery, Second Floor Studios and Arts, Deptford 2022 - MA Fine Art Degree Show, City and Guilds of London Art School 2022 - Members Online Summer Exhibition, Tendencies in Painting London Paint Club 2022 - Interim Show, City and Guilds of London School of Art 2021 - End of Year Show, Essential School of Painting, Mile End Art Pavilion 2020 - Pop-up Shop, Aldeburgh Gallery, Suffolk 2020 - "Alternative", Artists' Collective, Menier Gallery, London 2019 - End of Year Show, Essential School of Painting, Mile End Art Pavilion 2018 - Chelmsford Art Festival, Orange Tree Pub 2017 - BA Degree Show, The Worker's Paradise, Kensington & Chelsea College 2016 - Artist Collective, Videri Quam Esse, St Peter's Church, Kensington   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Laurence Noga Soft Grey Filtered Red (Ronnie Hilton), 2023 Acrylic, Vintage papers and collage on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About I am interested in peripheral associations and imperfect colour relationships interplayed through an industrial and geometric aesthetic. Personal themes and undercurrents and a sense of history comes from collective and individual memories. Many of the elements in my work are from my father's collection of objects and memorabilia in his garage - hundreds of tools, sheet music, packets, washers, menus, books and photographs. Their selection and use activates an open approach reliant on the environment and experimentation, alongside a human response to the mysterious, and forgotten items and their poetic sense of history. A long term interest in the "Bauhaus' particularly Moholy Nagy, Josef Albers and Paul Klee drives the unpredictability/predictability of the colour handling. These relationships aim to disorientate the viewer, as surface facture is used translucently, or with a sudden density. The colour is often disbursed, or used in compartments, to create a deliberate, and odd depth of field. Education Wimbledon College of Art in 1981 - 4, Byam Shaw (Central St Martins) 1990 -1. Select Exhibitions/Awards 2023 Die Wat Spaart Die Wat Heeft - Robert Drees Gallery Hanover The New Accelerator Ruskin Gallery Cambridge (Co - Curated project), A little Closer the Bindery Aleph Contemporary London. 2022 Strange Windows (the found and forgotten) Solo Show, Standpoint Gallery London, Small is Beautiful Flowers Gallery London, The aesthetics of enchantment in abstract art Aleph Contemporary The In and Out Club London, Tension Gallery Paste Table London, Saturation Point Projects Sunday Salon 21 Solo Show London. 2021Aleph Contemporary at Home House, April - September London. RA Summer show 2021, 'The poetics of obsolescence' with Aleph Contemporary London, Shape Chroma Tension Gallery 2021 London, Then and Now, Terrace Gallery, London, 2020: Covimetry an international exhibition of current trends in geometric art - BWA Gallery, Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland 4/12 - 31/12/20, Multilayer vision 20/20 curated by Juliane Rogge and Ivo Ringe - Raum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgnet Soest. 11 /10 - 31/1/21. 2019 Possible Architectures Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, Collision Drive 3 RMIT Gallery Melbourne Australia, Panel paintings 3 : Diptych, Eagle Gallery London, Playtime (2019) curated by Sharon Hall at Arthouse 1 London. 2018 John Moores Painting Prize Walker Art Gallery Liverpool Gallery Representation Aleph Contemporary London Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Layers of acrylic, collage, and found items, are combined in grids and pattern in a semi intuitive process. I am exploring a personal iconography and phenomenology and how that can be important within both memory and place: such as the look and feel of my mother's musty sheet music collection from her time as a jazz vocalist in clubs and dance bands, or the crumpled menus (some with hand written changes) from the Caprice restaurant that my father worked at for many years. The colour is built up through close colour tones in an intimate and personal way, through transparency and opacity allowing the surface of the paint to permeate structure.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Martyn Brewster Heartsong Series No 1-23, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Painter and Printmaker making abstract colour works. Education BA. Fine Art, Painting, 1Class Hons. 1994. Brighton University MA. Printmaking, Distinction 1995. Brighton University Select Exhibitions/Awards Elected Associate member of the Royal Society of Painter- Printmakers 2022 Recent Solo Exhibitions (Selected) 2012 'Coastal Light' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 2014 'Night Poetry' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 2016 'Martyn Brewster: Ocean Light Seascapes 1990- 2015,' Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth 'Recent paintings & drawings' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 2017 'Monoprints 1990-2010' Waterhouse & Dodd online 2018 'Shadows & Light' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 'Nocturnes' The Gallery, Arts University of Bournemouth Gallery Representation Portland Gallery. London and Waterhouse & Dodd, New York   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Zafiro Storm 'Play Hide' with 'The Elephant in the Room', 2023 Oil pastels, tempera, acrylic, watercolour and markers on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About My relationship with art is given by the education and passion that I received from my mother's side. It was, has been and always will be the engine of my life. My childhood and adolescence were spent in a very complicated environment. After a major depression, at the age of 17, I decided to enter The School of Art. I graduated in 2001 with honors from the EADT of Catalonia in the specialty of Jewelry Design (1996-2001) Obtaining Honors in the Final Degree Project for "La Escuela Llotja de Barcelona" (School that evaluates all artistic careers in Catalonia, Spain). The same year, 2001, I was the winner of the Illustrious "FAD JEWELRY AWARD" in Barcelona. After obtaining the FAD award, I was selected by BARNAJOYA and the FAD Awards to exhibit at "The BARNAJOYA International Jewelry Fair" 2001. Two years later, in 2003, the DDI (Department of Design and Innovation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain) selected me among the best designers, including me in their guide. My collaborations with artists took place years before, as was the case with the international sculptor Rufino Mesa, with whom I collaborated years before. In 2006 I was part of "NECRO-LITOS" of the como visual artist. For personal reasons. I spent a few years away from art in general, and from my career as a jewelry designer. It was in 2010 when I returned, internationally with my first painting exhibition "The PRINTED FOOTPRINT" at "Art House Gallery and Studios", Brooklyn, NY. I resumed my collaborations as a visual artist in 2015, this time, a participant in "El Milagro" of the international artist Abel Azcona at "The Gray Square Gallery", Spain. And, once again, I was summoned to participate in "DES-ENTERRADOS" by Abel Azcona, curated by Marisol Salanova in the Art Gallery "Conde de Rodezno" Spain in the same year 2015. That same year, I participated in "The 30th Anniversary of the BMW Painting Awards" in Madrid, with the portrait exhibition "FOUR ROOMS" I was interviewed for the Cultural Magazine "ACENTO CULTURAL" in Madrid that same year, 2015, for my artistic career as an internationally renowned artist. interview from which echoed Fahrenheit Magazine, Mexico D.F, publishing my Painting Series in the press "Anthropomorphous". In 2018 I was selected to exhibit the artistic installation FEC (these are the initials of the chemotherapy I received) in the "REG-ARTE" Contest, with the collaboration and within the Malaga Film Festival -MAF-Málaga. Two years later, Saatchi Gallery selected me as a featured artist in the "Saatchi Take Over" competition, London, UK in 2020. In 2021, I became part of the art gallery "Maison Contemporain Gallery" in Paris with my artworks "War Diary". In 2022 I became part of the Perdomo Gallery art gallery in Miami with my artworks "La Triada Combustible". Currently, I am part of the group show CON Spring Edition'23 at the Circle of None art gallery, London and to my delight, I have been selected by Gemma Peppe to be part of the group exhibition of Art on a Postcard Summer Auction 2023, London Exhibition in which I feel honored to participate, for its vital significance, and the great help to the community that is dealing with Hepatitis C. Education Graduated with Honors in Arts and Design specializing in Artistic Jewelry Design from EADT, Catalonia, Spain. (1996-2001) Honors in the Revalidation and Final Degree Project by the "Escuela Llotja" Barcelona, Spain. (2001) Select Exhibitions/Awards Exhibition with "La HUELLA IMPRESA" in the Art House Gallery and Studios, Brooklyn, NY. 2010 Participation in "El Miracle" by the International artist Abel Azcona at The Grey Square Gallery, Catalonia, Spain. 2015 Participation as "DES-ENTERRADOS" by Abel Azcona and Curated by Marisol Salanova at The Art Gallery Conde de Rodezno, Pamplona, Spain. 2015 Participation in The 30th Anniversary BMW Painting Awards, Madrid, Spain. 2015 Interview for the Cultural Magazine "ACENTO CULTURAL" Madrid, Spain. 2015 Press publication in "Fahrenheit Magazine" of the ANTHROPOMORPHE Series Mexico D.F. 2015 Exhibition of the Painting Series, "LA QUE NO TIENE NOMBRE II" (The One with no name II") at The Gallery PÓPULO CADIZ, Spain. FEBRUARY-APRIL, 2017 Exhibition with the artistic installation "FEC" in the ´ REG-ARTE´ Contest, with the collaboration of the Malaga Film Festival -MAF- MALAGA, Spain. APRIL, 2018 Exhibition with the Artistic Exclusive Series Painting "War Diary ·War Portraits/Ukrainian Cities Invaded" at Maison Contemporain Gallery PARIS, France. 2021-2023 Exhibition with the Artistic Exclusive Series Painting "War Diary ·War Portraits/Ukrainian Cities Invaded" at Perdomo Gallery MIAMI. 2022-2023 Exhibition with the CIRCLE OF NONE art gallery in London in the show group CON Spring Edition 2023 Gallery Representation MAISON CONTEMPORAIN / PERDOMO GALLERY / CIRCLE OF NONE Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork My work deals with various political issues such as the energy crisis, climate change, the current Central European war and its derivatives. For the series created, especially for AOAP, I have highlighted the most activist part of the speech. I have shown more clearly the dimension of the female character, the girl. With traits that illuminate the discourse of abuse, protection and the empowerment of reason, but since creation. From the female drive. The one that lies in the exact balance between the rational and the creative. The one that is established whole and without fissures. A character who up to now has lived in harmony with the rest of the work, but who is now shown on the scene and points to the viewer. There are four titles: MY LIMITS, a work that makes use of nature as a protective and defensive barrier. Beauty and strength go together without questioning their symbiosis. I show myself, I am. Full. But I know my true beauty. And that beauty is my limits BIZUM, a work that talks about the immediacy of the use and consequently the abuse of everything that is within our reach. The characters in the play laugh mischievously, in a relaxed but expectant attitude. You could say they are ready. ATOMIC, a work that speaks of the potential and high management capacities in complex situations Change our anatomy and adapt to the environment. Turn our ballast (decayed flower) into a soccer ball with which to strengthen our drive towards better results. PLAY HIDE with THE ELEPHANT in the ROOM talks about the fact of playing hide and seek before such an important issue as evidence. The climate crisis. And playing hide and seek with the elephant in the room is not wanting to see the evidence. If we summarize the language, we find ourselves again, before a type of mistreatment, disaffection and ignorance.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.      

Danielle Winger Red Pines, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Danielle Winger was born in Reno, Nevada and spent her early life moving throughout the United States. She received her Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Apparel Design from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master Fine Arts in Painting from East Tennessee State University. Winger is an internationally recognized artist, belonging to prominent private collections throughout the US, England, Australia, New Finland, Germany, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Scotland and Austria. She is represented by Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville, TN, Visions West Contemporary in Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT, and Otomys in Melbourne, AU. She recently exhibited in Spring Break Art Show in NYC, with Galerie COA in Montreal, QB and has an upcoming solo exhibition with Seizan Gallery in Tokyo, Japan in 2024. Winger has been published by Art Maze Magazine Edition 32, in Friend of the Artist Volume 9 and on the cover of Colorado Homes Magazine. Danielle lives in Northern Indiana with her husband and three children. Education Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Design from Middle Tennessee State University Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from East Tennessee State University Select Exhibitions/Awards Art Maze Magazine edition 32-22, 2023 Out 2023, 4 person exhibition with Galerie COA, Montreal, QB, 2023 Art for Charity Collective, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK 2022 Works on Paper 4, Blue Shop Cottage, London, UK 2022 Spring/Break Art Fair NYC, 3 person booth Curated by Todd Kelly, 2022 Between Two Gardens, Solo Exhibition, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN 2021 Gallery Representation Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO Otomys, Melbourne, AU Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork In my paintings I honor the landscape as itself and as a metaphor. Mountains become places of ascension, inwardness and grace. Desert as indifference. Untamed and wild landscape, in all its apathy, elicits a primal pull to enter it, to be joined with it, to know it intimately. Seeking the solace of empty places, I create intensely personal portraits of quiet, meditative spaces that encourage contemplation, reflection and investigation of self, sublimity and the divine.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Jon Joanis Study for Pavillion 4/4, 2023 Acrylic and wax on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Jon Joanis (b. Montreal, 1969) spent his formative years learning drawing and painting under the Canadian painter and illustrator Leslie Coppold (Royal Canadian Academy of Arts) while assisting in teaching high school art classes and also briefly apprenticing with Canadian painter Stanley Cosgrove. In 1988, after completing a Fine Arts and Design program near Montreal, Jon had two works selected to represent Canada for a UNESCO exhibition in Paris. Throughout, Joanis studied and performed music professionally as a jazz guitarist, eventually becoming a student of guitarist Mike Stern in New York City, and also studying guitar and composition under Roddy Ellias in Montreal. Over the years, Jon worked as an artist and designer for other artists and special effects companies in Montreal and Los Angeles, painting, sculpting and model-making as well as freelance graphic and interior designing. Jon continues to play and write music, while seriously reacquainting and reconfirming his relationship with drawing and painting. Select Exhibitions/Awards NEW PAINTINGS - A solo show curated by Lisa Schiff SFA ADVISORY (2022) September 7 - October 12 at SFA Advisory in Tribeca, NYC featuring recent works. UNNATURAL NATURE: POST-POP LANDSCAPES - curated by Todd Bradway ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES (2022) RIDICULOUS SUBLIME SFA ADVISORY (2021) Group show at SFA Advisory Curated by Lisa Schiff NOW|Futures HUXLEY-PARLOUR (2021)   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Jim Anderson Man in Space, 2023 Acrylic and watercolour on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Jim Anderson is a multi-media artist who divides his time and energies between printmaking, mosaic-making, painting, teaching, and writing. A member of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers since 1996, his work encompasses many different media and ideas; but use of found or recycled materials is always important, and his work is steeped in the surreal and the satirical. He exhibits internationally, and his prints have been awarded a number of prizes in major national exhibitions, most recently the 2016 T. N. Lawrence prize. Education After a foundation course in Cambridge, he studied English and American Literature at Oxford University, followed by printmaking at London's Central St. Martin's School of Art. Select Exhibitions/Awards His prints and paintings can be seen at The Bankside Gallery and For Art's Sake Gallery (both in London), as well as in various art fairs and shows around the UK and abroad. His public mosaics can be found in locations around London and Cambridge, and in unexpected places in Spain, Greece, Kenya, and the USA.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Lucia Jones Lost Myself in Neon Leaves, 2023 Acrylic and gouache on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Lucia Jones is a painter based in Wales. Since graduating from Falmouth University in 2014, she has exhibited throughout the UK in solo and group exhibitions including BEEP Painting Prize 2018. Her work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Austria and Hong Kong. Lucia's work explores the depiction of self and memory through the constructs of paint and film. Her most recent paintings primarily utilise cinematic source imagery from obscure 50s and 60s b-movies as a means to address the intangible nature of memory and the shifting impressions of lived moments. Impersonal and personal all at once, they allude to fragmented space whilst conjuring an internalised or other world; slivers of the imagined and real sit on the surface of the canvas serving as artefacts of the seen and the experienced. Education 2016-17 Porthmeor Programme, Developing Practice, St Ives School of Painting 2011-14 Fine Art BA (Hons), First Class, Falmouth University 2010-11 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Distinction, University of Glamorgan Select Exhibitions/Awards 2023 - Solo exhibition, Irving Contemporary, Oxford 2023 A world of her own, Joint exhibition with Natasha Morely, Elysium Gallery, Swansea 2022 Unity: British & Ukrainian Art, The Art Unit, Koppel Projects Space Piccadilly, London Painting Made Recently in Wales, Lle Projects, Bay Art, Cardiff A Room of her Own, Irving Contemporary, Oxford A Woman's Place is Everywhere, The Cello Factory, London 2021 Incandescent, Irving Contemporary, Oxford Without Borders, Elysium Gallery, Swansea   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Carl Randall House of Reeves (08/08/2011), 2023 Acrylic paint on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About CARL RANDALL is a British figurative painter whose work is based on images of modern Japan and London. A graduate of The Slade School of Fine Art, The Royal Drawing School London, and Tokyo University of Arts Japan, he is the winner of the BP Travel Award at The National Portrait Gallery, The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, The Nomura Art Prize Japan, as well as several other awards. He has had several solo exhibitions in London and Japan, with group exhibitions at The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Academy of Arts, The Jerwood Gallery, Flowers Gallery, The Mall Galleries, Christies New York & London, Tokyo Art Award, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Arts; as well as at art fairs in Switzerland, Turkey, Japan and Taiwan. His work can be found in the collections of University College London Art Museum, Tokyo Geidai Art Museum Japan, The Royal Collection (being commissioned by HRH Prince of Wales), Foundation Carmignac Paris (joining works in their collection by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gerhard Richter), as well as in private collections in the UK, Japan, Australia and USA. His paintings have been featured on the BBC World Service and CNN, and his fine art prints are in the collection of the National Poetry Library, London Zoo, Cambridge University and Channel 4 News Studios. He was invited to be artist in residence in Hiroshima City to paint portraits of survivors of the Atomic Bomb, and at the Grand Prix Formula 1 Races in Japan. His BP Travel Award display of sixteen Japan paintings at the National Portrait Gallery in 2013 was accompanied by 'Japan Portraits' - a catalogue illustrating paintings and drawings made during his stay in Tokyo. The exhibition then travelled to Aberdeen Art Gallery Scotland; Wolverhampton Art Gallery England; and The Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, Shizuoka Japan. He is currently based in London. Education 2009-2012 Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), Tokyo Japan. Doctorate in Fine Art (Painting). 2006-2009 Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), Tokyo Japan. Masters in Fine Art (Painting). 2003-2005 Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Scholarship, Tokyo Japan. 2002-2003 The Royal Drawing School, London. The Drawing Year 2003. 1995-1999 The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. BA Honours Degree in Fine Art (Painting). Select Exhibitions/Awards Recent Exhibitions (Selected) 2022 Small is Beautiful. Flowers Gallery, Cork St., London. 2022 The Contemporary British Portrait Painters Exhibition. The Department Store, Brixton London. 2022 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition. Mall Galleries London. 2019 The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 2019 Art Fair Tokyo & Art Fair Osaka (Tokyo & Osaka, Japan). 2015: Last of the Tide: Portraits of D-Day Veterans. The Queens Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London. Portraits commissioned by HRH Prince of Wales (King Charles) by leading UK portrait painters. 2014 Art Volta. Basel, Switzerland. Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork The painting shows and is named after the 'House of Reeves', an independent furniture store in Croydon south London, run by the same family for over 150 years London. On 8th of August 2011, during the London riots, the store was burnt down. In this painting I used a found photograph showing the store on fire, but replacing the arsonists and rioters with flying saucers, and AT-St Walkers/Tie-Fighters from Star Wars. This work is coupled with another image I did in 2020, made during the Black Lives Matter protests, in which the rioters are shown as they are, and the authorities replaced with Star Wars AT-AT walkers. These kinds of themes are generally very unusual in my work, but give me an outlet for looking at social issues and my interest in sci-fi - creating images that combine cinema, surrealism and social realism.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

David Hamilton Heat, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About David Hamilton is an award winning artist from Northern Ireland who studied at undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Ulster Belfast. He worked extensively throughout the UK and Europe as a scenic artist and art director producing themed sets for the entertainment industry and in 2008 started making his own work. Since then he has been selected for exhibition with the Royal Academy, the Royal Ulster Academy, the Royal Hibernian Academy and the National Gallery of Ireland. His work has also been longlisted for the John Moore Painting Prize, the BP Portrait Awards and shortlisted for the Jacksons Painting Prize. Education University of Ulster/ Art and Design Centre, undergraduate and graduate levels. Select Exhibitions/Awards Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland Hennessy Portrait Prize, Dublin (highly commended winner) National Gallery of Ireland Zurich Portrait Prize, Dublin selected finalist. Jackson Painting Prize shortlisted artist. Winner BBC Northern Ireland at Seventy Art Competition. Contestant, Sky Landscape Artist of the Year, season 8, 2023. Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Both my paintings titled "Heat" and "Sandstorm" are part of an ongoing body of work exploring the impact of human activity on the environment. The painting titled "Contemplating the line between perception and reality" was inspired by a quote from Carl Jung, who said, " It all depends on how we look at things and not how they are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning are worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Lisa Golightly Lake Swim (Study), 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Lisa Golightly's artistic career began with photography. Her father was a painter, and though she grew up exposed to his practice, she discovered her appreciation for photography at an early age. However, while working on her Fine Art Photography and Photojournalism BFA, she found her way back to painting, developing an artistic practice which marries a deep technical and theoretical understanding of photography with painting. "As straightforward as it may sound, I have fallen in love with the brush, the color, the intimate experience of painting and creating my own world." Today, Lisa's artistic practice still begins with photography. She first scours the internet and estate sales for bundles of anonymous old photography and film. Then, she reframes, rebuilds and reimagines existing subjects of these forgotten photos in the terms of her own memory. She exaggerates light and color in a way that recalls old film photography, painting in pastel, washed out palettes that mimic overexposed film. Working with acrylic, and painting in a distinct painterly style, she references impressionism, pointillism, as well as the oeuvre of Fairfield Porter and Lois Dodd to create paintings that are both anonymous and inherently personal in nature. Lisa's work straddles the line between the familiar and the anonymous, creating an uncanny gray area in which we can all find some part of ourselves, our history or our memory. Lisa further explores the relations between memory, physical distance and the passage of time in this body of work. These paintings are more an exploration of memory than a visual reproduction of film photography. They are a bricolage of truth, interpretation and memory that capture the act of suspending time and the innate flaws in doing so. These works also explore the sense of collective memory, and the universal nature of human experience. Lisa comments that when procuring old photographs, "Strangely, a lot of times it's like 'Oh that could have been my family.' It's fascinating how a lot of images are something we all have, certain things, times or places that we all document similarly." Born in Eugene, Oregon, Lisa Golightly studied at the University of Arizona where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art Photography and Photojournalism in 1996. Solo exhibitions include Marking Time, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2020), Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA (2020), Recent paintings, Clove and Creek, Kingston, New York (2018), If Only For A Little While, Good Eye Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2016), and more. Her work has been reviewed in Paper Magazine, Luxe Interior and Designs, The Huffington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. She has participated in art fairs including the Venice Art Walk in Venice Beach, California. Her art was selected for a promotional campaign in London, England in celebration of International Women's Day. She was also chosen to produce an album cover and interior art for musician Alec Lytle. Lisa lives and works in Portland, Oregon, where she spends her days in the old carriage garage-turned-studio in the back yard of her 100-year-old home. Education 1998 BFA in Studio Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY 2022 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2020 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2019 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Thoughts on Summer, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Selected Group Exhibitions 2022: "5", Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA Wilderness, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Two Person Exhibition, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT Gallery Representation Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle Billis Williams, Los Angeles George Billis Gallery, NYC/CT Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole WY Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork I often do detail studies for larger paintings. These little postcards are small portions of larger paintings I am working on.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Zafiro Storm My Limits, 2023 Oil pastels, tempera, acrylic, watercolour, markers and pencil on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About My relationship with art is given by the education and passion that I received from my mother's side. It was, has been and always will be the engine of my life. My childhood and adolescence were spent in a very complicated environment. After a major depression, at the age of 17, I decided to enter The School of Art. I graduated in 2001 with honors from the EADT of Catalonia in the specialty of Jewelry Design (1996-2001) Obtaining Honors in the Final Degree Project for "La Escuela Llotja de Barcelona" (School that evaluates all artistic careers in Catalonia, Spain). The same year, 2001, I was the winner of the Illustrious "FAD JEWELRY AWARD" in Barcelona. After obtaining the FAD award, I was selected by BARNAJOYA and the FAD Awards to exhibit at "The BARNAJOYA International Jewelry Fair" 2001. Two years later, in 2003, the DDI (Department of Design and Innovation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain) selected me among the best designers, including me in their guide. My collaborations with artists took place years before, as was the case with the international sculptor Rufino Mesa, with whom I collaborated years before. In 2006 I was part of "NECRO-LITOS" of the como visual artist. For personal reasons. I spent a few years away from art in general, and from my career as a jewelry designer. It was in 2010 when I returned, internationally with my first painting exhibition "The PRINTED FOOTPRINT" at "Art House Gallery and Studios", Brooklyn, NY. I resumed my collaborations as a visual artist in 2015, this time, a participant in "El Milagro" of the international artist Abel Azcona at "The Gray Square Gallery", Spain. And, once again, I was summoned to participate in "DES-ENTERRADOS" by Abel Azcona, curated by Marisol Salanova in the Art Gallery "Conde de Rodezno" Spain in the same year 2015. That same year, I participated in "The 30th Anniversary of the BMW Painting Awards" in Madrid, with the portrait exhibition "FOUR ROOMS" I was interviewed for the Cultural Magazine "ACENTO CULTURAL" in Madrid that same year, 2015, for my artistic career as an internationally renowned artist. interview from which echoed Fahrenheit Magazine, Mexico D.F, publishing my Painting Series in the press "Anthropomorphous". In 2018 I was selected to exhibit the artistic installation FEC (these are the initials of the chemotherapy I received) in the "REG-ARTE" Contest, with the collaboration and within the Malaga Film Festival -MAF-Málaga. Two years later, Saatchi Gallery selected me as a featured artist in the "Saatchi Take Over" competition, London, UK in 2020. In 2021, I became part of the art gallery "Maison Contemporain Gallery" in Paris with my artworks "War Diary". In 2022 I became part of the Perdomo Gallery art gallery in Miami with my artworks "La Triada Combustible". Currently, I am part of the group show CON Spring Edition'23 at the Circle of None art gallery, London and to my delight, I have been selected by Gemma Peppe to be part of the group exhibition of Art on a Postcard Summer Auction 2023, London Exhibition in which I feel honored to participate, for its vital significance, and the great help to the community that is dealing with Hepatitis C. Education Graduated with Honors in Arts and Design specializing in Artistic Jewelry Design from EADT, Catalonia, Spain. (1996-2001) Honors in the Revalidation and Final Degree Project by the "Escuela Llotja" Barcelona, Spain. (2001) Select Exhibitions/Awards Exhibition with "La HUELLA IMPRESA" in the Art House Gallery and Studios, Brooklyn, NY. 2010 Participation in "El Miracle" by the International artist Abel Azcona at The Grey Square Gallery, Catalonia, Spain. 2015 Participation as "DES-ENTERRADOS" by Abel Azcona and Curated by Marisol Salanova at The Art Gallery Conde de Rodezno, Pamplona, Spain. 2015 Participation in The 30th Anniversary BMW Painting Awards, Madrid, Spain. 2015 Interview for the Cultural Magazine "ACENTO CULTURAL" Madrid, Spain. 2015 Press publication in "Fahrenheit Magazine" of the ANTHROPOMORPHE Series Mexico D.F. 2015 Exhibition of the Painting Series, "LA QUE NO TIENE NOMBRE II" (The One with no name II") at The Gallery PÓPULO CADIZ, Spain. FEBRUARY-APRIL, 2017 Exhibition with the artistic installation "FEC" in the ´ REG-ARTE´ Contest, with the collaboration of the Malaga Film Festival -MAF- MALAGA, Spain. APRIL, 2018 Exhibition with the Artistic Exclusive Series Painting "War Diary ·War Portraits/Ukrainian Cities Invaded" at Maison Contemporain Gallery PARIS, France. 2021-2023 Exhibition with the Artistic Exclusive Series Painting "War Diary ·War Portraits/Ukrainian Cities Invaded" at Perdomo Gallery MIAMI. 2022-2023 Exhibition with the CIRCLE OF NONE art gallery in London in the show group CON Spring Edition 2023 Gallery Representation MAISON CONTEMPORAIN / PERDOMO GALLERY / CIRCLE OF NONE Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork My work deals with various political issues such as the energy crisis, climate change, the current Central European war and its derivatives. For the series created, especially for AOAP, I have highlighted the most activist part of the speech. I have shown more clearly the dimension of the female character, the girl. With traits that illuminate the discourse of abuse, protection and the empowerment of reason, but since creation. From the female drive. The one that lies in the exact balance between the rational and the creative. The one that is established whole and without fissures. A character who up to now has lived in harmony with the rest of the work, but who is now shown on the scene and points to the viewer. There are four titles: MY LIMITS, a work that makes use of nature as a protective and defensive barrier. Beauty and strength go together without questioning their symbiosis. I show myself, I am. Full. But I know my true beauty. And that beauty is my limits BIZUM, a work that talks about the immediacy of the use and consequently the abuse of everything that is within our reach. The characters in the play laugh mischievously, in a relaxed but expectant attitude. You could say they are ready. ATOMIC, a work that speaks of the potential and high management capacities in complex situations Change our anatomy and adapt to the environment. Turn our ballast (decayed flower) into a soccer ball with which to strengthen our drive towards better results. PLAY HIDE with THE ELEPHANT in the ROOM talks about the fact of playing hide and seek before such an important issue as evidence. The climate crisis. And playing hide and seek with the elephant in the room is not wanting to see the evidence. If we summarize the language, we find ourselves again, before a type of mistreatment, disaffection and ignorance.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Martyn Brewster Heartsong Series No 2-23, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Painter and Printmaker making abstract colour works. Education BA. Fine Art, Painting, 1Class Hons. 1994. Brighton University MA. Printmaking, Distinction 1995. Brighton University Select Exhibitions/Awards Elected Associate member of the Royal Society of Painter- Printmakers 2022 Recent Solo Exhibitions (Selected) 2012 'Coastal Light' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 2014 'Night Poetry' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 2016 'Martyn Brewster: Ocean Light Seascapes 1990- 2015,' Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth 'Recent paintings & drawings' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 2017 'Monoprints 1990-2010' Waterhouse & Dodd online 2018 'Shadows & Light' Waterhouse & Dodd, London 'Nocturnes' The Gallery, Arts University of Bournemouth Gallery Representation Portland Gallery. London and Waterhouse & Dodd, New York   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Vanessa Brassey The Girl, The Dog and The Flowers, 2023 Acrylic and ink on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About I am a figurative painter working in acrylic inks and oils on canvas, glass and metal, and academic philosopher. I aim to depict my local world in a way that resists simple naturalism. Beguiling the viewer with landscapes and portraits that resonate with emotional complexity and possibility. My research investigates emotions, memory, and dreaming - an area ripe with open puzzles for the scientific community. They occupy me when I am reading and writing, but also when I am looking and painting. My paintings mirror my experience of the world. Increasingly, I introduce elements of heightened clarity to juice things up and combine this with a mischievous and irreverent use of colour. I blend direct observation with photographic evidence and a bright palette. I want to convey how it feels to be endlessly beguiled and moved by the complexity and possibilities of our shared planet by capturing those transient feelings that make up the quicksilver of our lives. I began showing my paintings during lockdown. Up until then my sketchbooks were just a private sanctuary recording the pull between wild wanderlust and sensible mothering. When I started posting my daily sketches from my walks around Hampstead Heath, it became clear that many shared the passion for the park. With encouragement the sketches developed into in a painted collection where I could experiment with new grounds (metal, boards, wineboxes and so on). My work has been shortlisted in 2022 for the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters, The Holly Bush Emerging Women Painters Prize, the Jackson Painting Prize, and the Beep! Biannual Painting Prize. I also lecture and teach on the MA Philosophy programme at King's College London, and I was awarded the British Society of Aesthetics Research Fellowship for my project 'Time for Beauty' 2022-3. Straddling both Art & Philosophy, I co-run collaborations with the Tate, National Gallery, and The Photographers Gallery introducing philosophical puzzles to the curious minded in digestible and delightful formats. Basically, it's philosophy (without the boring bits) Education Degree in Portraiture Art Academy London (in progress), Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Philosophy researching 'Time for Beauty' King's College London & BSA (2023), PhD Philosophy (2020) King's College London, Masters in Philosophy (2014) King's College London, UG degree in Political History (1994) University of Birmingham Select Exhibitions/Awards The Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2023, The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Heath 2023, Must Wine Bar Hampstead (December 2022), The Lido Cafe Hampstead Heath (Spring 2022). Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork These postcard paintings mirror my experience of the world. I see my surrounding in technicolour and enjoy time in the studio processing what I see by blending direct observation with photographic evidence and a bright palette. I began painting professionally during lockdown when I opened up my private sketchbooks for the first time on instagram. I started by posting my daily sketches from my walks around Hampstead Heath and it's been a joy to find some many others who share a passion for the park.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Lewis Hazelwood-Horner Old Cross Tavern, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About London-based painter Lewis Hazelwood-Horner studied at Byam Shaw School of Art and obtained further training from London Atelier of Representational Art. Lewis was honoured to be awarded the prestigious Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2016 and the Visitors Choice Award with the painting Salt in Tea. This painting was then exhibited at the Palazzo di Strozzi in Florence, Italy alongside Picasso and Kandinsky amongst others. As part of the prize, he presented a solo exhibition centred around Beer and Guns at the Mall Galleries. Most recently Lewis joined the committee of the Royal Society of British Artists as one of the youngest members to be awarded membership to date. Education 2012 London Atelier of Representational Art 2010 Byam Shaw school of Art Select Exhibitions/Awards 2023 One For The Road - Scarsdale Tavern - May 2023 Chiaroscuro - Holt Gallery - Norfolk - 8th April to 16th May 2023 RBA Bicentennial Exhibition - Mall Galleries - London - 1-11th March 2022 'Influences' - London, Thompsons Gallery 2022 Wine Not? - London, 279 Fulham Rd. SW10 9PZ 2022 Richmond 'Artist of the Year' - London Wetland Centre 2022 RBA Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries - London 2021 Minerva RBA - Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art - Japan 2021 RBA Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries - London 2020 Best of British - The Gallery - Holt   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Jim Anderson Another Kong, 2023 Acrylic and watercolour on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Jim Anderson is a multi-media artist who divides his time and energies between printmaking, mosaic-making, painting, teaching, and writing. A member of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers since 1996, his work encompasses many different media and ideas; but use of found or recycled materials is always important, and his work is steeped in the surreal and the satirical. He exhibits internationally, and his prints have been awarded a number of prizes in major national exhibitions, most recently the 2016 T. N. Lawrence prize. Education After a foundation course in Cambridge, he studied English and American Literature at Oxford University, followed by printmaking at London's Central St. Martin's School of Art. Select Exhibitions/Awards His prints and paintings can be seen at The Bankside Gallery and For Art's Sake Gallery (both in London), as well as in various art fairs and shows around the UK and abroad. His public mosaics can be found in locations around London and Cambridge, and in unexpected places in Spain, Greece, Kenya, and the USA.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.    

Danielle Winger Mountain/Meadow, 2023 Acrylic on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Danielle Winger was born in Reno, Nevada and spent her early life moving throughout the United States. She received her Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Apparel Design from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master Fine Arts in Painting from East Tennessee State University. Winger is an internationally recognized artist, belonging to prominent private collections throughout the US, England, Australia, New Finland, Germany, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Scotland and Austria. She is represented by Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville, TN, Visions West Contemporary in Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT, and Otomys in Melbourne, AU. She recently exhibited in Spring Break Art Show in NYC, with Galerie COA in Montreal, QB and has an upcoming solo exhibition with Seizan Gallery in Tokyo, Japan in 2024. Winger has been published by Art Maze Magazine Edition 32, in Friend of the Artist Volume 9 and on the cover of Colorado Homes Magazine. Danielle lives in Northern Indiana with her husband and three children. Education Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Design from Middle Tennessee State University Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from East Tennessee State University Select Exhibitions/Awards Art Maze Magazine edition 32-22, 2023 Out 2023, 4 person exhibition with Galerie COA, Montreal, QB, 2023 Art for Charity Collective, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK 2022 Works on Paper 4, Blue Shop Cottage, London, UK 2022 Spring/Break Art Fair NYC, 3 person booth Curated by Todd Kelly, 2022 Between Two Gardens, Solo Exhibition, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN 2021 Gallery Representation Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO Otomys, Melbourne, AU Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork In my paintings I honor the landscape as itself and as a metaphor. Mountains become places of ascension, inwardness and grace. Desert as indifference. Untamed and wild landscape, in all its apathy, elicits a primal pull to enter it, to be joined with it, to know it intimately. Seeking the solace of empty places, I create intensely personal portraits of quiet, meditative spaces that encourage contemplation, reflection and investigation of self, sublimity and the divine.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Tafadzwa Masudi My Own Space, 2023 Acrylic paint on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Tafadzwa Masudi (b. 1988) started painting at an early age in Harare while assisting a family friend who introduced him to the visual arts. In 2010 he moved to South Africa and started working in a clothing factory until 2020 when he was laid off. He took the opportunity to start painting full-time and soon his work featured in group exhibitions at galleries in Cape Town. "Circumstances forced me to leave my country of birth and become a migrant. I relate to people who had to travel elsewhere to create a better life and this is what I currently paint. Images that show their sense of self, their dreams and their aspirations." Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 - Pakutsvaga. Africa First X Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv 2021 - Waiting for a better tomorrow. WORLDART, Cape Town ART FAIRS 2023 - Volta New York 2023 - Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022 - AKAA, Paris 2022 - Volta New York 2022 - London Art Fair 2022 - Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2021 - Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg 2021 - FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg (online) 2021 - Art X Lagos (online) Gallery Representation WORLDART, Cape Town. Blond Contemporary, UK. Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv. Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork My brightly coloured paintings depict scenes filled with balloons, people and patterns. Observed through the lens of a migrant person existing in a foreign land, the works reflect on optimism and the pursuit of a better future.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.  

Chéri Samba (République Démocratique du Congo, né en 1956)Le secret d'un petit poisson devenu grand 2002signé et daté 'Chéri Samba 2002' et titré 'Le secret d'un petit poisson devenu grand' en bas à droiteacrylique sur toilesigned and dated 'Chéri Samba 2002' and titled 'Le secret d'un petit poisson devenu grand' lower rightacrylic on canvas120 x 150cm. (47 1/4 x 59 1/16in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection privée, AllemagneÀ travers une imagerie métaphorique, Chéri Samba commente avec brio la vie moderne congolaise, dévoilant ainsi une oeuvre d'une grande iconographie et témoignant invariablement de l'imagination vibrante de l'artiste. L'oeuvre présente ici suit le récit de Samba, où il a su trouver le succès en ayant foi en ses propres idées, donnant ainsi naissance à une carrière fructueuse qui s'est développée et affinée depuis des débuts modestes. La nature animée de cette peinture, associée à une palette de couleurs éclatantes, offre une vision optimiste et résolument positive.Commenting on modern Congolese life using metaphorical imagery, Cheri Sambas oeuvre is iconic in presentation and consistently displays the artist's vivacious imagination. The present work follows the narrative of Samba's whereby he gained success by trusting his own ideas which had resulted in his successful career, growing and evolving from humble beginnings. The animated nature of this painting contributes to the bright palette to present an optimistic work.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Mohamed Melehi (Maroc, 1936-2020)Sans titre 2016signé et daté 'MELEHI 2016' au reversacrylique sur toilesigned and dated 'MELEHI 2016' on the reverseacrylic on canvas200 x 160cm. (78 3/4 x 63in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection privée, EspagneNé dans la ville côtière d'Asilah en 1936, Mohammed Melehi a commencé sa formation artistique dans les années 1950 à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Tétouan. Il a ensuite étudié l'art en Espagne, en Italie, à Paris et en Amérique. Après avoir terminé ses études à l'étranger, Mohamed Melehi est retourné au Maroc avec l'intention d'incorporer une compréhension moderniste dans une exploration de son patrimoine culturel en 1964. C'est la même année qu'il a commencé à enseigner à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Casablanca en tant que professeur de peinture, de sculpture et de photographie jusqu'en 1969.Inspirées par l'architecture et notamment le mouvement Bauhaus, les formes géométriques et les abstractions angulaires englobent le travail de Melehi en remettant en question les formes traditionnelles de la peinture et en nous présentant sa propre vigueur artistique et son talent.Les éléments vivaces de l'œuvre actuelle permettent au spectateur de percevoir un dynamisme énergétique que Melehi considérait comme définissant la vie au Maroc. Bon nombre de ses créations pourraient être considérées comme un rappel de l'artisanat traditionnel marocain, que ce soit dans les textiles, les mosaïques ou la peinture. Inspiré par ces pratiques, Melehi a également utilisé la calligraphie et la nature environnante, telle que les vagues et les horizons du Maroc, pour informer son travail, ainsi que les vagues qui entourent ses origines côtières. L'œuvre actuelle témoigne d'une évolution par rapport à ses formes ondulantes qui dominaient dans ses œuvres des années 1960.De la même manière que le Jardin Majorelle, le jardin d'Yves Saint Laurent au Maroc, les œuvres de Melehi présentent généralement une palette de couleurs primaires vives et audacieuses. Comparativement, on pourrait dire que les deux créateurs étaient déterminés à s'engager avec l'art dans les espaces de vie au Maroc. En 1969, Melehi, aux côtés des artistes Mohamed Chabâa et Farid Belkahia, a exposé des œuvres dans le quartier animé et historique de la médina de Marrakech, en rébellion contre le style d'accrochage des salons d'art. Le concept idéologique qui y était représenté était de permettre à l'art de transcender les limites de la toile.Born in the coastal town of Asilah in 1936, Mohammed Melehi began his artistic education in the 1950's at the School of Fine Arts of Tetuan. He would then go on to study Art in Spain, Italy, Paris, and America. Upon completion of his studies abroad, Mohamed Melehi returned to Morocco with a view to incorporate a modernist understanding into an exploration of his cultural heritage in 1964. It was in this same year that he began teaching at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Casablanca as the Professor of Painting, Sculpture and Photography until 1969. Inspired by architecture and particularly the Bauhaus movement, the geometric forms and angular abstractions encompass Melehi's work in challenging traditional forms of painting and present us with his own artistic vigour and prowess. The vivacious elements of the present work allows the viewer to get a sense of energetic dynamism that Melehi saw as defining life in Morocco. Many of his designs could be concluded as harkening of traditional Moroccan craft, whether that be in textiles, mosaics, or painting. Inspired by these practises, Melehi also used calligraphy and his surrounding nature such as waves and horizons of Morroco to inform his work and arguable the waves that encompassed his coastal origins. The present work displays an evolution from his wave forms that dominate in his works of the 1960s. In much the same way as Jardin Majorelle, Yves Saint Laurent's garden in Morocco, Melehis works typically present a palette of primary or bright, bold colours. Comparatively, it could be said that both creatives were intent on engaging with art in living spaces in Morroco. In 1969 Melehi, along with fellow artists Mohamed Chabâa and Farid Belkahia exhibited works in the lively and historic medina quarter of Marrakesh in rebellion against the art salon hanging style. The ideological concept being portrayed was to allow art to transcend the boundaries of the canvas.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

* CHRIS BUSHE RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1958), PALE SEPTEMBER acrylic on board, titled label versomounted, framed and under glass image size 58cm x 58cm, overall size 89cm x 87cm Label verso: The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.Note: Born in Perthshire, Chris Bushe is one of Scotland’s greatest living landscape painters. Initially, he studied Archaeology and Ancient History at Edinburgh but from his earliest years, he has responded to his fascination with the landscape around rural Aberdeenshire. He was accepted at Gray’s School of Art in the 1980s and forged a career painting landscapes very much in his own style and at odds with the fashionable conceptualism of the day. His paintings have won him a plethora of awards at national exhibitions. His work can be found in the corporate collections of Murray International Metals, Premier Property Group, Aberdeen Hospitals Trust, Grampian Regional Council, Edinburgh Hospitals Trust, Scottish Life, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish & Newcastle, Dundee City Council, Bulthaup, University of Stirling, Turnberry Hotel and Centrica. His many awards include the Morton Fraser Milligan, Russell Flint Trust, Glasgow Arts Club Fellowship, Scottish Arts Club Awards, the RSW Council Award, the RSW McManus Galleries Purchase Prize, the RSW Fotheringham Gallery Award and the RSW The Walter Scott Award. Most recently, Chris has had considerable success at The Discerning Eye winning both the Founder’s £2500 Purchase Prize in 2015 and ING £5,000 Purchase Prize in 2016. In Scotland, his principal gallery is the prestigious Open Eye Gallery (Edinburgh) where his most recent (widely praised) solo show was "Chasing Light" (4th - 25th June 2022). In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 13th April 2023 lot 38, "Summer Winds" (by Chris Bushe) sold for £1800 (hammer).

Mohamad Omran (Syria, born 1979)Promenade dans le Jardin acrylic on canvassigned and dated on the verso, executed in 2023120 x 120cm (47 1/4 x 47 1/4in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from a private collection, ParisAcquired directly from the Artist by the aboveFar from the classical models, the figures in Syrian artist Mohamad Omran's work represent another side of humanity, riddled with flaws, sometimes monstrous, with mundane nuances and the realness of time on the body. When talking about his work, he explains: 'The human being is always present. Over the years, the human element has gone through several stages of evolution.'Born in Damascus, Mohamad Omran (1979) graduated from the Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University in 2000. He obtained his Master's degree from the University of Lyon and a PhD in art history from the University of Lyon II. Working in sculpture, painting, and sometimes video art, the motif of the tortured human being has been Omran's central theme. Influenced by the war in Syria and his vision of humanity, he has created different series of works, from sculptural busts of distorted faces to depictions of people containing animal metaphors or slouched over drawings of exhausted ordinary people. Omran is able to evoke empathy, disgust, anger and dark humour in his work with a directness and cynicism that fluctuates between violence and lightness.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Duncan MacGregor DMAC (b.1961) Scottish 'Sailing/Mooring' an abstract nautical painting with red ground and black/cream strokes depicting a yacht, acrylic on board, , signed lower left, 59.5 cm x 29 cm

Duncan MacGregor DMAC (b.1961) Scottish 'Sailing' an abstract nautical painting with dark navy ground and blue/white strokes depicting a yacht, acrylic on board, , signed lower left, 90 cm x 44 cm

Duncan MacGregor DMAC (b.1961) Scottish 'Sailing/Mooring' an abstract nautical painting with navy ground and white/cream strokes with red hull, depicting a yacht, acrylic on board, , signed lower right, 41 cm x 29 cm

Gordon Barker (English Naïve school), 'Fun in the Snow', signed, acrylic on paper, 28.5cm x 28.5cm. Artist born in 1960, started painting in 1981. Gordon has paintings in many countries throughout the world, selling to collectors & corporate institutions. Look out for a hidden cat in his work, he nearly always includes one.

SHELF WITH A NEW ACRYLIC PAINTING SET IN A WOODEN EASEL BOX, PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH MISC TUBS OF PINT, CALLIGRAPHY SET & SKETCHING INSTRUCTIONS, ALL NEW

TREVOR FRANKLAND (British 1931-2011). Painting in acrylic of an interior scene. Signed bottom right by Frankland. H.81.5 W.63cm

Michael Jenkins acrylic painting of a female nude entitled 'Ashia lying beside her cat' also a modernist European limited edition 117/200 abstract print of a village scene - stamped school of Hazlov Czechia and pencil signed by the artist  

Desmond Davies (Artist D.2021) - Acrylic painting on canvas depicting a WWII World War II scene of RAF Royal Air Force base being attacked and the crew being scrambled - with Spitfires to the field and explosions in the background. Signed to the corner and dated 1992. Framed. Total size: 60cm x 85cm.

Desmond Davies (Artist D.2021) - Acrylic painting on canvas depicting WWII World War II RAF Royal Air Force aircraft in front of white cliffs. Signed to the corner and dated 1988. Framed. Total size: 31cm x 41cm.

Unknown - 'Battle of Britain' (date unknown) commemorative acrylic painting on paper depicting WWII World War II English and German aircrafts with the Great Britain and Third Reich flag; also including the title 'Battle of Britain' and text printed below memorialising RAF Royal Air Force squadron leader John A. Kent and additional commanders. Framed. Total size: 56cm x 82cm.'Group Captain John Alexander Kent, DFC and Bar, AFC (23 June 1914 - 7 October 1985), was a Canadian fighter ace flying in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Considered one of the best young squadron leaders of the war, he went on to a distinguished postwar career before entering the aviation industry.'

Desmond Davies (Artist D.2021) - Two acrylic painting on canvas portraits depicting WWII World War II RAF Royal Air Force officers on a brown background. Signed to the corners and both dated 1988. Framed. Largest measuring: 41cm x 31cm.

DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)Beautiful Big Whopper Hooters Bang Bang Whoop Whoop Lights on Green Go Go Go Ye Ha Ye Ha Gift Painting 2010 signed on the reverseacrylic on paperDiameter: 51.5 cm.20 1/4 in.This work was executed in 2010.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, Europe Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art Online, 12 April 2019, Lot 29Acquired directly from the above by the present ownerThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

EMILIO VEDOVA (1919-2002)De America-1 1976 signed, titled and dated 1976 on the reverseacrylic, sand, charcoal and paper collage on canvas207.3 by 200 cm. 81 5/8 by 78 3/4 in.Footnotes:This work is registered in the Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, Venice, under no. AFV 682. ProvenanceTelemarket, BresciaAcquired from the above by the present owner in 1993LiteratureGermano Celant (Ed.), Emilio Vedova, Venice 2020, p. 86, no. 60, illustrated in colourGermano Celant, Vedova De America, Milan 2020, p. 513, no. f146, illustrated in colourDe America forms a series, or a 'cycle' as referred to by Venetian artist Emilio Vedova, of some fifty paintings on paper and canvas created between 1976 and 1977. The monumental group of works was the subject of an important exhibition organized by the Galleria dello Scudo and the Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova and is today recognised as a pinnacle moment in the artist's oeuvre where he triumphantly returned to painting after having spent the previous years dedicating his attention almost exclusively to printmaking and teaching projects. After the war, New York encouraged a dialogue between American Abstract Expressionism and European art activities and direct communications were established between Venice and America. Vedova was deeply affected by America's social context in the post-war years and this cycle of works is an evident allusion to his experiences in the United States. Bold contrasts of black and white paint which cover his De America canvases reveal the artist's own recollections of New York slums and of the desolate outskirts of the city where the problems of immigration, destitution and social marginalisation were intense. We experience this through the use of expressive strokes and smears of paint that seek to convey a raw and violent reaction to the political reality of the post-war period.Excitingly, this present work, aptly titled De America-1, is the very first in the De America cycle. The collation of forms, symbols, and cypher-like signs that we see here fuse together; angular shapes and rough forms connect into a compressed unity speaking of a complex urban experience. Across all the works in this cycle, the energy and direction of the brushstroke alone is redirected into a series of informal marks of pure painterly energy that help determine the ultimate form of the artwork. Vedova's use of paper collage and newspaper has been considered on one level to reflect the trials and tribulations of everyday life whilst also introducing an element of reality helping to define the logic of painting. In a move that to some degree emulates Willem de Kooning's practice of painting, a unity of fragments by using a layering of paper, it is more widely thought that Vedova was in fact looking towards the work of the Berlin Dadaists and the Merz collages of Kurt Schwitters. Born in Venice, Emilio Vedova is regarded as one of the most influential Italian artists of the second half of the 20th century. He fervently believed that revolutionary art had to be abstract and sought to push painting into new territories with his visceral and gestural works that engage the viewer and redefine the space they inhabit. In the late 1950s, Vedova was associated with French Informel and later with Action painting and the resurgence of expressionism, yet arguably he has always defied specific categorisation. Largely self-taught, he learned to draw and paint by sketching Venetian churches and frescoes, particularly those of Tintoretto who was a key inspiration to the artist throughout his career; he was fascinated by the Mannerist painter's bold brushstrokes, accentuated gestures, and dramatic use of light, but also by his persona. Although Vedova split his time between Venice and Berlin for many years, his work remained anchored in the city of his birth and its painting traditions. Vedova made his debut at the Venice Biennale in 1948 and, from that point onwards would become a regular exhibitor: in 1952 he had a room devoted to his work, in 1960 he won the prize for Italian painting and in 1997 was honoured with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. He was the Italian representative at the first documenta in Kassel in 1955, and his work was exhibited there again in 1959, 1964 and 1982. Today his work is exhibited in many major Global institutions, notably at The Albertina, Vienna; Berlinische Galerie and Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo; The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. The Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, created by the artist and his wife, continues to promote his exceptional life and legacy, highlighting Vedova's importance in the history of 20th century art.The De America cycle is considered to conclude a period of transition, of experimentation in technique and style and in broader terms, Vedova's efforts to decipher the deep social and cultural changes that were taking place at the time; and De America-1, being the very first of its kind, is undoubtedly an exceptional and pivotal painting of the period.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

XXI) GORDON BARKER - A MODERN ACRYLIC BOX CANVAS PAINTING 'SEASIDE KITES'

Peter Max (b.1937) - "Liberty and Justice for All", signed also extensively inscribed on a label verso, mixed media with acrylic painting and colour lithography on paper, 22.5" x 17.25"; within a gilded frame 40" x 34" overall** Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is an American artist of German-Jewish origin, known for using bright colours in his work

Four framed acrylic paintings of animals, signed Radley, all 66cm x 50.5cm and an unframed acrylic painting of three horses pulling a plough signed T.E.Mason (5)

XXI) GORDON BARKER - A MODERN ACRYLIC BOX CANVAS PAINTING 'ON OUR HOLIDAYS'