For Kerene, the physical ‘making’ of her art is what drives her practise. She’s in her element when she can explore materials and processes that create texture or sculptural elements to combine her love of assemblage, fine art photography and painting. Her inspiration comes from spaces and places near to home, in the hidden treasures of the woodlands and the changing Kent coastline.

Kerene will draw upon nostalgic reminiscences of childhood or focus on the impermanence and fragility of life and glory in its beauty, power and mystery. Her intention is to highlight the subtle nuances of the simple things found in the natural world, to share her sense of awe in the gifts we are given but often overlook and to blend this into her practice.

Location: Ashford
Website: www.kerene-art.com
Contact: kerene@tiscali.co.uk

I am an artist/tutor working in Kent. I create images in water based media and also teach confidence buiding workshops in a variety of art skills to both adults and children.I have been shortlisted for The National Open Art Competition at Chichester, The John Moores Contemporary and The Saatchi Art of Giving. I am a member of The United Society of Artists and also a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts. My work is held in collections worldwide.

Contact: janetdarley@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.jandarleyabstractart.moonfruit.com

My passion is combining acrylic with text-based collage. I was first inspired to use typography in my work because it creates such fine detail. Having worked in graphic design I felt comfortable with the relationship between collage and paint. Early works had too much of a graphic feel and it became important for me to seek a deeper quality within my painting.
I have resisted the temptation to use headlines in my work, as small print creates a fine mesh, which adds to the work, whereas large text can be distracting. This approach may change as my work evolves and I tread a finer line between art and design.

Balancing the opacity of paint has become as important to me as mixing colour, as transparency is vital for the text to show through. I play with this balance until I am satisfied that I have successfully communicated the underlying message of the piece.

The inspiration for my work often comes from an article I have read or simply the beauty of the text itself, with reoccurring themes of communication, society and decay. Each painting has its own back-story and I like to think that every painting is a new interpretation of the original article.
Communication through structure rather than language is where I am currently focusing my attention and my recent sketches are reflecting more architectural forms.
I am very much looking forward to taking this further in larger paintings.

Location: Sevenoaks
Website: www.pobism.com
Contact: pobism@gmail.com

Art is something I have always had a passion for. At the very start of my making career I held an intense interest in collage and printmaking, and was applying both of these techniques to my pictoral study of my home town Herne Bay. My work up until recently, has always been about Herne Bay, as I find it an attractive starting point for any project, as I always want to celebrate and reminisce in it’s post war glory.

As an artist my interests lay in several different processes. From printmaking, to photography, to drawing to assemblage. I always try and explore all of the different avenues of the tools that are available to me, this way I can always express, in some way or another, exactly the point I am trying to make. And this is what I like about my work, when I finally arrive at an outcome I feel suitably satisfied in what I have produced and in what material they are represented in.
My work lays somewhere between nostalgia and an interest in the human condition. Exploring memories and romanticism about different places and people. All through the different techniques I employ.

My art as it stands at the moment, shows an interest in conspiracy, mysticism and all things ‘Top Secret’. The work is questioning of what people believe in, and of information that they deem important to their continuation of existence. It is a nostalgic catalogue of the ‘larger than life’ tales and mishaps of the late 20th century. Bringing to light the events that have been laying under our noses this whole time.

In the future I plan to push the ideas presented in my current project, ideally through the medium of artist’s books. Juxtaposing different ideas and images in a more broad and obsessive scale.

Location: Herne Bay
Website: http://that-creative-thing.blogspot.com
Contact: ryan.munns@hotmail.co.uk

I am an artist/educator working in Kent. I work with organic forms and found objects to create paintings or collage using watercolour and gouache. Currently I have been selected for the second stage of the John Moore Contemporary painting prize.  I teach adults and children a variety of art skills and successfully build their confidence and creativity.

Location: Medway
Website: jandarleyabstractart.moonfruit.com
Contact: janetdarley@yahoo.co.uk

I am an artist/educator living and working in Kent. I work with organic forms and found objects to create abstract collages using watercolour paint and gouache. I lead successful and motivating art workshops for adults and children using clay and other media.

Contact: janetdarley@yahoo.co.uk

I am a painter, printmaker and multi-media visual artist currently living and working in Kent. With a palette of diverse figurative elements, I explore emotional responses to life, colour, pattern and language. Images often develop out of quick sketches, inspired by many things such as a dream, a feeling, something suddenly remembered, a song, or a particular experience. I work with a diverse range of materials, enjoying experimenting with different art media (collage, drawing, painting and printmaking). Sometimes great surprises and discoveries come from working in an alternative medium.

My artwork has been commissioned and represented in various publications, with solo and group exhibitions showing in the UK, France, Holland, Spain, Germany, Italy and the USA.

Location: Dover
Website: www.miketedder.com
Contact: mike_tedder@hotmail.com

Installation, collections, cartography and curiosities.

Location: Margate
Website: www.stevemcpherson.co.uk
Contact: info@stevemcpherson.co.uk

Location: Whitstable
Website: www.lucystockwell.co.uk

My Art is based on childhood memories and everyday life, I grew up in Mauritius and have lived in South Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea, before settling in Canterbury England I spent many years as a professional Speed windsurfer in the 80s. In the 90s I studied Art and Design at Canterbury College, I then completed a Higher National Diploma in Fine Art in 2002, my mediums are Painting , Drawing , Silkscreen and Photography.

Location: Canterbury
Website: www.duncanferguson.co.uk
Contact: sticksandstonesart@yahoo.co.uk