I’m Kathryn, I live in Canterbury with two chinchillas and a sausage dog.

I like the words of Murakami, Borges and Auster, the films of Gondry, Bunuel and Tati and the soundtrack from the Junglebook.
Larry David makes me laugh and the sultan’s elephant was nearly the most amazing thing i ever saw.

Also I like: alchemy, Jung, lucid dreams, Blake, Bosch and Ballard, Leonora Carrington, Italo Calvino and Eckhart Tolle, anyone who really explores their world.

Location: Canterbury
Website: www.kathrynsiveyer.carbonmade.com
Contact: kathrynsiveyer@gmail.com

I work in many medias, but am primarily an illustrator. I am always looking to challenge myself creatively, and to draw inspiration from every object and situation.

Location: Canterbury
Website: www.facebook.com
Contact: G-White@live.co.uk

I’m a self-taught illustrator and artist from Barnehurst in Kent with a passion for drawing, characters especially. I love to give everything a face, a personality or an expression.

I love using ball-point pens to draw with and fear they are overlooked as a serious art tool. I also love using pencils, spraypaints and Uni Posca paint pens too. They rock. I also love creating art with a Mac and a mouse.

I’ve never been one to conform, which is probably why I never sought further education in my chosen field, but I feel happy. I enjoy a healthy mix of personal projects and commission work, which suits me fine.

Location: Barnehurst
Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/philmurrills
Contact: pmurrillsart@yahoo.co.uk

I am artist, illustrator and writer.

I have been drawing and writing since I was able to hold a pencil, and have always found human form and crazy colours fascinating. These twin interests feature heavily in my work,. A lot of my work is also inspired by my love of british and international folklore and mythology as a metaphor for the human and global state, but also for the pure visually stunning inspiration they provide.

I have a BA(hons) Printmaking, but work in many other arty and crafty mediums….and I am available for commissions!

Location: Maidstone
Website: www.artofalex.weebly.com
Contact: alexprocterart@hotmail.co.uk

I am a self taught artist from Bromley, Kent and I work in a number of traditional media and different styles to suit what I want to convey or what will suit the job at hand in terms of commission work whether it be small scale pen and ink or large scale set decoration for films.

I have worked with a number of recording artists doing such things as album covers and video character designs which has let me practise my skills within an industry whilst also continuing my personal work alongside.

Within my own work I like to focus on my surrounding area of South East London and North Kent and the local stories and mythologies. I like to paint scenes from my history but at times I may replace myself or the local characters with glamorous ladies who look like they have just stepped off the catwalk to contradict the un-glamour of the suburban middle class areas and the questionable actions taking place.

My goal is to paint a picture with which an onlooker could get an instant feel for the mood and location, whether that is an impossibility I do not know and whether I will ever know that I have achieved this I similarly do not know but like the process of trying.

Location: Bromley
Website: www.flickr.com/photos/gary_alford_art
Contact: ga.alford@googlemail.com

Kent artist Paul Apps is a passionate wildlife and fine artist. His work captures the unique character of the subject and interaction with its natural environment. While Paul creates images of wildlife from all over the world, he frequently returns to the expanse of the African landscape and fauna to inspire his grand canvases. Since his first visit to the continent in 1989, Paul has travelled there annually to collect reference and experience the thrilling game and panoramas.
Increasing demand Paul turned professional in 1987.

Ever since, Paul’s success and reputation as a wildlife, bird, dog, Landscape, Sporting and Plein air artist has flourished. As well as exhibitions in the UK, artworks have been displayed in Africa, Singapore, Europe and the USA, where his first solo show sold out on the opening night. Sotheby’s, Christies and Bonhams have all seen images sell for record prices. With over 60 fine art prints to his credit, originals are also keenly sought after by collectors around the globe.

Furthermore, Paul has taught art techniques for many years, and contributed to several tuition magazines. He has demonstrated a vast array of art products for various prestigious materials manufacturers. Paul now teaches students on a one to one or small group basis, whilst also conducting workshops several times a year.

Supporting wildlife conservation has always been of paramount importance to Paul. Sales of his work have helped raise thousands of pounds for various charities, including Tuskforce, The Born Free Foundation, The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation and The Injured Jockey’s Fund.

Paul is currently using impressionistic brushstrokes, mingled with the detail of fur or feather, to create outstanding compositions. He is also exploring landscape and Maritime subjects, taking his love of painting En plein air to new and more invigorated levels than ever before, experiencing the essence of a scene and capturing the impression it has upon him. The freshness of applying the paint cannot be duplicated in a studio, and that is what makes it so exciting.

Subjects include Sporting, Landscape, Plein air, Animals, Birds and Marine.

Location: Saltwood | Hythe
Website: www.paulapps.com
Contact: Paul@paulapps.com

Now having graduated as a BA Sport Business Management student (arguably the wrong course?) I finally have even more time to concentrate on drawing, that has consumed so much of my time over the years and something I wish i had pursued more.  Main tools of my (pass time) trade are pens and pencil, bit of paint, camera and computer…

Location: Deal
Website: thomasminnock.blogspot.com
Contact: tominno@hotmail.co.uk