PERSONAL ART SHOWS

ART23

Art23

Art23 is a dynamic art house specialising in the development of new

art. We create art that is a little different, often quirky, sometimes

challenging but always fresh. We are made up of 30 international artists

drawn from the UK, France, Poland and China. We are all established

artists who have been exhibiting and developing our personal styles

for many years. The main drive of the group is to show our art in

an enjoyable and accessible way. Over the last 10 years we have

developed personal shows to allow people to see our work in their own

homes.

Personal Art Shows

The Personal Art Shows are an opportunity for you to play with the art

in your own home. You can sit back and be entertained for an hour as

we show you up to 100 pieces of great art from our eclectic collection.

The ethos of the personal show is to create an art experience. It is

about introducing you to the collection. If you fall in love with a piece

of art we strongly recommend that you take a photograph in situ and

deliberate at your leisure.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following artists for allowing us to include

their works in this publication:

Neil Plunket, Neil Davies, Philip Raskin, Gary Long, Stephen Rippington,

David Bez, Luke Knight, Patrick Shepard, Phil Lambert and Yang xian.

Featured ArtistsDave HancockCai ju zhenAmanda FiskColin ClarkDamian KyneTQXGrzegorz LerkaHanna DavisPeter CameronGabriel KyneYuan chi luanFiona MorleyLucienne LasalleCarl HahnDavid EatonChristine & TomLiu chang songNicky Bird

PaintingsAbstraction SeascapesLandscapesCity LifeSculptureGlassStill LifeThe FigurePortraitureThe Natural World

Abstraction

Seascapes

Landscapes

City Life

Sculpture

Glass

Still Life

The Figure

Portraiture

The Natural World

Amanda FiskAmanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural

Cai juz henCai ju zhen’s work combines her traditional Chinese art training with a modern impressionist sensibility, which gives her work a timelessness. She cites Maurice Denis and Li hua sheng as strong influences on the development of her style.Cai ju zhen studied at Xiamen University and is a contemporary of Lui changsong. She is shown in Beijing and Xiamen. She is represented by Art23 in the UK.

Carl HahnCarl Hahn describes himself as a furniture maker but to the outside world he is a natural sculptor. His method seeks to introduce the intense harmonies of landscape to indoor environments. It creates a tension between the purely practical world of furniture and that of beautiful sculpture.Carl uses a highly physical process of stripping away wood to simulate the weathering created under extremes of natural conditions. The work starts with the

Christine & TomChristine Relton and Tom Marine are among the most successful collaborative artists working in the UK. They create works which investigate the drawn line, form and colour of their beloved Yorkshire home and their many travels.The work is created from each person’s unique input. The paintings depth comes from the multiple glazing and reworks required to bring a piece to harmony. Their work is a perfect balance of Christine’s strong sense of form and Tom’s love and

Colin ClarkColin’s work is an intriguing exploration of city light and atmosphere. His work explores the architectural strength of bridges and buildings at times when the natural light softens the structure. Colin has a very sophisticated tonal style. His colours when observed closely are rich and often vibrant. Colin studied at Cheltenham Art College. He developed his career in both art jewellery and painting. He exhibits throughout the UK.

Grzegorz simultaneously explores the outward and inward world of the female performer. He is intrigued by the expression of outward confidence built on a deep unconscious world. Grzegorz’s work is a beautifully crafted marriage between figurative work and dreamy expressionism. His characters are all composed in slight juxtapositions creating intriguing compositions. Grzegorz is a master of colour and his subtle brush work creates a mysterious

Damian KyneDamian’s work is about light and form. The movement of people through the built environment is caught in mysterious and striking shapes. His work has been described as a Film Noir exploration of city life.Damian paints with a restricted palette creating silhouetted characters with tonal depth. The use of light and shade in the work makes the work highly unique and arresting. The laying on of paint gives a subtle level of impasto which assists in

Dave Hancock

Grzegorz Lerka

Dave Hancock’s work is about hidden intimate spaces. Dave finds these spaces in his studies of the ocean and his beloved Gloucestershire orchard. His fish series explores the intimacy and dynamism of the shoal; whilst his tree series is a deeply

intimate study of the friends that comprise his orchard.

Gabriel KyneAmanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural

David EatonDave Hancock’s work is about hidden intimate spaces. Dave finds these spaces in his studies of the ocean and his beloved Gloucestershire orchard. His fish series explores the intimacy and dynamism of the shoal; whilst his tree series is a deeply

intimate study of the friends that comprise his orchard.

Liu chang songAmanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural

Lucienne LasalleCai ju zhen’s work combines her traditional Chinese art training with a modern impressionist sensibility, which gives her work a timelessness. She cites Maurice Denis and Li hua sheng as strong influences on the development of her style.Cai ju zhen studied at Xiamen University and is a contemporary of Lui changsong. She is shown in Beijing and Xiamen. She is represented by Art23 in the UK.

Nicky BirdCarl Hahn describes himself as a furniture maker but to the outside world he is a natural sculptor. His method seeks to introduce the intense harmonies of landscape to indoor environments. It creates a tension between the purely practical world of furniture and that of beautiful sculpture.Carl uses a highly physical process of stripping away wood to simulate the weathering created under extremes of natural conditions. The work starts with the

Peter CameronChristine Relton and Tom Marine are among the most successful collaborative artists working in the UK. They create works which investigate the drawn line, form and colour of their beloved Yorkshire home and their many travels.The work is created from each person’s unique input. The paintings depth comes from the multiple glazing and reworks required to bring a piece to harmony. Their work is a perfect balance of Christine’s strong sense of form and Tom’s love and

Hannah DaviesCai ju zhen’s work combines her traditional Chinese art training with a modern impressionist sensibility, which gives her work a timelessness. She cites Maurice Denis and Li hua sheng as strong influences on the development of her style.Cai ju zhen studied at Xiamen University and is a contemporary of Lui changsong. She is shown in Beijing and Xiamen. She is represented by Art23 in the UK.

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Yuan chi luanDamian’s work is about light and form. The movement of people through the built environment is caught in mysterious and striking shapes. His work has been described as a Film Noir exploration of city life.Damian paints with a restricted palette creating silhouetted characters with tonal depth. The use of light and shade in the work makes the work highly unique and arresting. The laying on of paint gives a subtle level of impasto which assists in

Tu qi xian is simply a master of modern impressionist painting. He has strongly influenced a number of the artists in Art23 with his style and colour work. His work focuses on finding the beauty of the moment. The work induces a tranquil and meditative quality both in its creation and observation. He works with a mix of paint brush and palette work to build subtle tonal colours counterpointed by large textural highlights. The overall effect is to create work which has a strong three

Amanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural

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Hannah Davies

Hannah’s painting catches the transient movement in life.

In her collection of window reflections the scenes of urban

life are unravelled in a mysterious and haunting way. The

tonal works of bird flocks give a feeling of flight and air

turbulence; they say something of the essence of birds.

Hannah’s work achieves a mysterious atmosphere by using

transparent layers of oil paint, built up slowly, so that each

layer is still visible on the canvas. Her restricted tonal

palette inspires a great sense of tranquillity in her pictures.

Hannah Davies studied at Falmouth Fine Art School. She

exhibits throughout the UK and US.

Peter Cameron

Peter Cameron is an inveterate people

watcher. Throughout his colourful life he has

acquired a collection of quirky characters and

odd happenings. These are all wonderfully

captured in his work - from naked joggers to

fat bottomed cellists. In this year’s collection

he is working with his friend, Gabriel Kyne, to

create oil based versions of his work. These

are large pieces that bring his characters

leaping out of the canvas.

Peter started his artistic career behind

bars. While taking an art class in prison he

discovered he had a talent and was later

greatly supported by Judge Tumin. This

launched him into a successful career and

he is now a well respected artist and trustee

of the ‘Prison Art Movement’. He is shown

throughout the UK and US.

Gabriel KyneGabriel has a deep love of landscape.

He spends many hours walking and

observing the play of light in nature.

His work is about the forms created

between the natural world and the

built environment - how one informs

the other and creates spaces which are

both natural and luminous.

His compositions are expressed in strong palette

work that displays surprising delicacy. The

paintings have a deep richness of colour created

by countless overworked layers. Gabriel believes

that it is the interplay between colour and texture

which enables painting to capture the essence of

landscape form.

Gabriel studied at University College London and

University of West of England. Throughout his

career he has always been seeking to combine

Science and Art. In the last 10 years he has

focused on his first love, painting. His work is

grounded in the belief that craft and vision must

be married together to create art.

Yuan chi luan

Yuan chi luan has a strong modern impressionist

brush, tempered with the eye of an illustrator.

Her still lifes are fresh and idiosyncratic. She

loves how the inanimate can tell the story of

our inner lives, combining a daringly large and

generous brush with an ability to render the

true sense of things. Her use of colour and light

creates paintings with an uplifting quality.

She studied at Guangzhou School of Fine Art and

shows in Guangzhou, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

She recently won a Gold Medal at the Guangzhou

art fair.

Fiona Morley

Fiona’s wire figures are a very

personal capture of people’s intimate

connection. In her hands wire becomes

a drawn material which shines a light

on every curve and quirk of the human

form.

The work is constructed as 3D

drawings from fine jewellery wire

and set floating a few inches above

the canvas. The play of light then

casts shadows which create a multi-

dimensional art form.

Fiona studied at Edinburgh College

of Art and now lives and works in

Brighton. Her work is shown in

galleries throughout the UK.

Lucianne Lasalle

Lucianne works in clay, stone and canvas to express the

human form. Her figures are finely observed explorations of

form and movement. The figures are always expressive and

caught in mid moment. They are built up from real life sketch

work, to clay form and then often into stone carving or brass

casts.

Lucianne studied at Middlesex and Winchester Schools of Fine

Art. Her studio is based in South Devon where she works and

teaches sculpture. She exhibits widely throughout the UK.

Carl Hahn

Carl Hahn describes himself as a furniture maker but to the outside world he is a natural sculptor. His method seeks to introduce the intense harmonies of landscape to indoor environments. It creates a tension between the purely practical world of furniture and that of beautiful sculpture.

Carl uses a highly physical process of stripping away wood to simulate the weathering created under extremes of natural conditions. The work starts with the trade of the cabinet maker and is finished by the arts of the sculptor. The furniture is finally dressed with handles found on his walks on beaches and woodlands.

Carl exhibits throughout Europe and the US.

David Eaton

David’s paintings are carefully crafted studies of

people playing. His interest lies in the patterns of

intimacy and separation we create in public spaces.

The beach is a place where natural patterns of

relationships come to the fore.

This exhibition shows David’s skill with the palette knife and

impressionist brush. In his small paintings you can see his

sophisticated use of colour and texture. The larger paintings

are created with a real sense of lightness and joy; this is

especially reinforced by his loose brush and brightening

palette.

David Eaton was born in Taunton Somerset and later studied

art at Mississippi Art College, USA. He returned to his home in

the South West in 1999 and paints and works in Bristol.

Christine and Tom

Christine Relton and Tom Marine are among the most successful collaborative artists working in the UK. They create works which investigate the drawn line, form and colour of their beloved Yorkshire home and their many travels.

The work is created from each person’s unique input. The paintings depth comes from the multiple glazing and reworks required to bring a piece to harmony. Their work is a perfect balance of Christine’s strong sense of form and Tom’s love and knowledge of colour. For them the painting is finished ‘when it just feels right’.

Christine and Tom have been painting for 25 years. Christine Studied at Jacob Kramer in Leeds and Lancaster University. Tom graduated from Byam Shaw and Chelsea College of Art.

Liu chang song

Liu chang song is at home with both abstract and fine

art painting. In all his works he uses a fine brush with a

precise observation of form and colour. The abstracts are an

exploration of the urban and natural world. The colour work is

developed by a build up of glazing to create shimmering depth.

His realist works are close observations of mundane items

which provide an archaeological record of how we live. They

cover themes from the contents of handbags to hyper-detailed

washing pegs.

Lui chang song studied at Xian Fine Art College and Xiamen

University. He now works in Xiamen alongside Cai ju zhen and

Tu qi xian.

Nicky Bird

Nicky Bird has worked in the art world

for the last fifteen years developing

her painting, trompe l’oeil and mural

work. She has an incredible sense of

design and colour, creating pieces with

a strange and beautiful symmetry. Her

understanding of the human figure is

also highly developed and personal.

This year’s collection of her work

delves into the mysterious and

iridescent world of insects. Her belief

is that insects capture the space in

the human psyche of both beauty and

revulsion.

Nicky studied at Bristol Fine Art College

and teaches and works in the South

West. She exhibits widely in the UK.

Art 23 Commissions

All the artists in Art23 are active in carrying out commissioned

work. This can be a great way of getting the piece with the

right size and feel for your house. Due to our love of creating

pieces of art, Art23 will often carry out commissioned work

where there is no obligation to purchase the finished piece.

Art23 Portraits

Art23 is interested in developing portraiture which expresses

more of the person and the things they love. These can be

formal posed portraits, or fleeting ‘caught in the moment’

images which give a sense of the whole.

Art23 Exhibitions

Art23 exhibits at local and national shows throughout the UK.

Art23 Charitable Giving

Art23 donates 10% of its exhibitions sales to Sponsored

Arts for Education (www.sponsoredarts.org). This is a high

impact theatre group working in Africa to get the message out

about AIDS so that people better understand how to protect

themselves and to prevent the spread of AIDS.

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