April 2024 – Broughton Village Art

Sally Hawke

I live in Hampshire and have family ties to Cornwall. I would say that both counties influence my painting! I paint in oils and love to experiment with texture to create atmospheric, semi-abstract works.

John Truscott

I am a self taught artist who worked in interior design before retiring 10 years ago. I started my artistic journey working mainly with acrylics and have been very much inspired by the sea and the coastline having lived most of my life by the sea in the Torquay area. Since moving up to the […]

Jessica Ridgley

Having studied Fine Art Painting at Winchester School of Art in 2010, my artwork has journeyed through many different styles and mediums over time, but more recently I’ve been inspired by my natural surroundings. My paintings are often botanical, floral or landscapes, working with both acrylics and oil. “The places we live and the landscapes […]

Helen Briers

Coiled Textile Pots I make the pots by coiling and machine sewing fabric covered cotton rope. It takes around 25m of rope, 50m of fabric strips & 200m of thread to make one medium size pot. Inspired by beautiful fabrics, colour combinations and a family of sewers (the stitching kind), I started making textile pots […]

Nicola Hensser

Artist in acrylics, oils and gold leaf. Nicola lives in West Wellow but spent her childhood living in Broughton. She worked as an Art and Textiles Technician for many years in a local secondary school. Nicola has painted for most of her life, she uses mixtures of oil and acrylic based paints to capture the […]

Marlen Blumer

Originally from Germany, Marlen Blumer moved to England in 1989, settling in Hampshire in 2001. She explored various creative pursuits including silk painting, pottery, and mosaic. Introduced to glass on a weekend course in Bath, she now crafts jewellery, bowls, picture frames, and bespoke splashbacks. Marlen employs a diverse range of glass media such as […]

Gordon Brown ARPS

I have had a keen interest in capturing the natural world since my parents gave me a Box-Brownie at the age of 11. After years of being a happy snapper, in 2007 I decided to take things more seriously by dedicating more time to practicing and learning my craft. My interests cover landscapes, nature, the […]

Catherine Duckworth

My journey into painting started at the very end of the last century when my husband, a soldier, was posted to America and it was impractical to take our horses on this posting. The American army base had a crafts centre and I took a course in picture framing. Our next posting took us to […]

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