2023 Exhibition

Christine Pocock is a painter creating atmospheric, semi-abstract landscapes, using expressive colour, texture and sweeping skies to capture the changing moods of the natural world.

Debra Ivens is a contemporary painter whose abstract and representational landscapes and seascapes are inspired by the coast and countryside of southern England.

France Tetreault is an abstract mixed-media artist whose richly layered paintings combine colour, texture and collage with a lifelong connection to music.

Geoffrey Sainsbury is a watercolour artist whose vibrant paintings capture the sunshine, colour and distinctive play of light and shadow found across the landscapes of southern Europe.

Jade Taylor is a painter and printmaker whose intricately layered work combines painting, botanical printmaking and mixed media to celebrate wildlife and the natural world.

Julia Andrews is a printmaker specialising in screenprints, monoprints and textile prints, creating bold contemporary work characterised by expressive colour, striking compositions and experimental mark-making.

Lisa Everest is an artist and author creating nature-inspired work using botanical materials, found natural objects and mixed media, exploring our connection with the natural world through art, ritual and creative practice.

Richard Borle is a self-taught painter known for atmospheric acrylic landscapes and seascapes, particularly his striking monochrome scenes inspired by Folkestone, Dungeness and the Kent coast.

Sarah Lake is an award-winning Kent paper artist who transforms photographs into remarkably detailed wildlife artworks, painstakingly hand-cut from multiple layers of paper.

Ziza Stupkova is an oil painter and expressive colourist who works with a palette knife, using bold colour and texture to create intuitive interpretations of the world around her.

Isabel Dickinson is a ceramic and textile artist whose wheel-thrown and sculptural clay pieces explore colour, texture and pattern inspired by organic forms and the Kent countryside.

Penny Graham is a ceramic artist with a particular passion for Raku, creating organic one-off vessels and stoneware pieces whose forms are allowed to evolve naturally through the making process.

Emma Keating is a jewellery designer and silversmith creating distinctive sterling-silver pieces inspired by wildlife and the natural world using traditional silversmithing and lost-wax casting techniques.

Hayley Restall is a mixed-media artist working primarily in acrylic and collage, often incorporating vintage papers, texture, shine and sparkle into colourful contemporary compositions.