Jenny Aitken
I have called Belper home since 2006, and I love it. However, my family come from the Channel Islands, and I will always feel tied to the sea, the primary inspiration for my work. Painting takes me to another place - and the more I am wrenched from the spot when I see a piece, the more passionate I am about it. Seeing this emerge on canvas is an amazing experience, and I love it when others can access the same sensation when they see my work. Each piece is born from my strong visual and emotional memories of a place, where my associated personal thoughts and stories are as integral to the painting’s creation as the shapes, colours and light.
I have worked full time as a landscape artist for 12 years, and regularly exhibit nationally. I work in oils, both in the studio and direct from the landscape.
http://www.minigallery.co.uk/Jenny_Aitken/
Nansy Ferrett
Moving on in yesterdays shoes.
Clothes are a very personal thing. We live our lives from within them. We have our favourites, Each discarded item has a story to tell, but can you hear it?
There are memories hidden within the weave. How many times has that collar been straightened, that hem been smoothed, those buttons been fastened? And by who's hands?
In my work I focus on times passed. My own memories or those of my ancestors.
I use the fabric of old discarded garments to recreate these memories so that the finished piece is a collage of the stories that I do know and some that I don't. Can you read them?
Julie Clare
Connecting Threads of Communication by Julie Clare.
Nansy Ferrett
Moving on in yesterdays shoes.
Clothes are a very personal thing. We live our lives from within them. We have our favourites, Each discarded item has a story to tell, but can you hear it?
There are memories hidden within the weave. How many times has that collar been straightened, that hem been smoothed, those buttons been fastened? And by who's hands?
In my work I focus on times passed. My own memories or those of my ancestors.
I use the fabric of old discarded garments to recreate these memories so that the finished piece is a collage of the stories that I do know and some that I don't. Can you read them?
Julie Clare
Connecting Threads of Communication by Julie Clare.
As individuals, we communicate on many different levels. It is a directive process that originates from the chemical reaction within the brain and transmitted throughout our many senses.There is a threefold relationship that takes place.1.The original thought. 2. The process or journey to express. 3.The response to that information at the point of destination and beyond.
Whilst inanimate objects do not carry the biological expression of humans, there is still a three fold relationship that exits between each object. 1. The properties of the object. 2. The space in which they occupy 3. The physical laws which dictate the relationship with other objects. (ie gravity scale etc.)
I am interested in the three processes that take place in both humans and inanimate objects and use the analogy of threads as' liner directions' to describe the connections (or communication) between these two subjects. The title of the work is Connecting Threads of Communication and the' threads' denote the substance of information between the 2 subjects.
Christine Gray
The opportunity to create a personalised map for the art trail was a serendipitous return to the reverie of childhood, when I would spend hours drawing imaginary maps of fantastical kingdoms and islands. It also tied in with my ongoing explorations of Derbyshire on foot and mapping of the rural.
www.purpleshedstudio.co.uk
http://the purpleshedstudio.blogspot.com
Christine Gray
The opportunity to create a personalised map for the art trail was a serendipitous return to the reverie of childhood, when I would spend hours drawing imaginary maps of fantastical kingdoms and islands. It also tied in with my ongoing explorations of Derbyshire on foot and mapping of the rural.
www.purpleshedstudio.co.uk
http://the purpleshedstudio.blogspot.com
Paul Hirst
This work examines environments that have been abandoned, are empty but they still retain a latent presence, a trace.
By using painting and drawing to record and document these traces a duality emerges: the image of these physical resonances and the visible evidence of the artists hand.
Paul is an artist living in Belper with his studio the local town of Wirksworth. His work deals with environments, landscapes both rural and urban, exploring identity and sense of place. Paul graduated from Derby university with a first class degree in Fine Art, he exhibits locally, nationally and internationally and is involved in teaching, curating and is represented throughout the country.
Tel 07840 891533
Email hirstpaul@btinternet.com
Websites www.paulhirstart.co.uk and www.paulhirst.weebly.com
Paul is an artist living in Belper with his studio the local town of Wirksworth. His work deals with environments, landscapes both rural and urban, exploring identity and sense of place. Paul graduated from Derby university with a first class degree in Fine Art, he exhibits locally, nationally and internationally and is involved in teaching, curating and is represented throughout the country.
Tel 07840 891533
Email hirstpaul@btinternet.com
Websites www.paulhirstart.co.uk and www.paulhirst.weebly.com
Emma Parkins
Emma Parkins is a Belper based community and participatory artist with over 14 yrs experience. Over the last 4yrs she has been running 'Junky Monkey', which runs ethical arts workshops and experiences. The environmental message is evident in her work. She specialises in using natural and recycled materials, and often forages nature's treasures. Just recently she has been exploring the material 'Willow' and hoping to develop her own style and work using this medium.
For more information go to junkymonkey.co.uk
or email emgelic@uwclub.net.
As a fine art sculptor I use a variety of processes and materials in order to make work. These include welded metal, cast bronze, model making, wax, wire and found organic material.
andrew martyn sugars
Jayne Sanders Fine Art Sculptor
The work is inspired by the forms and shapes that we live in and around whether they are manmade or organic. Through a process of deconstruction and reconstruction I try to create new forms and tell new stories.
Whenever I make a piece of sculpture I am always excited and a little nervous about what will emerge as I construct but it is this process of discovery that really inspires me to make work.
andrew martyn sugars
Described as a magical musical moving thing, the snee snaw offers the opportunity to make a see saw sneeze. On the way to the sneeze, which sometimes proves to be elusive, the players will generate their own interactive soundtrack, that changes the more they join in.
Andrew comments “achieving the sneeze condition is possible through working together to find a balanced regular rhythm within the play. I’ve made this work in response to my own journey to discover my own place of balance. I’m happy for the work to be seen at whatever level the viewer wants to see it at. For instance the work might be a contemporary art piece, or it might just be a really good opportunity to get out to a park and have some fun.”
the snee snaw will be in the Belper River Gardens playground on Sunday 24th July between 2pm and 4pm.
http://www.andrewmartynsugars.me
JULIAN WOODCOCK 2011
1.Pencil drawings
2.Painting on wood
Julian Woodcock’s abstract artworks are created on square grounds. Circular forms, composed of constructed straight lines and triangular shapes, assert themselves centrally in the picture plane, speaking of planets or worlds.
"In their creation, the works grow; like plants or crystals – following a system of organic geometry. I see the works as being somewhere between flowers and time-machines."
1.Pencil drawings
2.Painting on wood
Julian Woodcock’s abstract artworks are created on square grounds. Circular forms, composed of constructed straight lines and triangular shapes, assert themselves centrally in the picture plane, speaking of planets or worlds.
"In their creation, the works grow; like plants or crystals – following a system of organic geometry. I see the works as being somewhere between flowers and time-machines."
