Graham Lomas

Painting for over 40 years has given Graham immense pleasure. He was born in Newton Heath, Manchester in 1944. He paints a wide variety of subject such as : Landscape, Seascape, Figure, Portrait and Still Life, and if it is direct from nature, so much the better. Oil and watercolour are his favoured mediums.

Graham became a member of Bury Art Society in year 2000. He is an award winning artist and was elected a member of the British Watercolour Society in 2004 and elected as a fellow of the International Guild of Artists in 2005.

Anne Fryers

Anne grew up in Cumbria and studied at Manchester College of Art and Design, graduating in Textile Design, then gaining a Certificate in Education.

After working as an art teacher and then bringing up a family, she began painting seriously in the 1990s and has since been exhibiting and selling her work successfully.

Painting primarily in acrylics and acrylic inks, her subject matter is varied with seaside scenes her speciality, a range of which has been published, proving very popular.

Sue Stott

I am now retired and my husband and I have just returned from Andalucia where we lived and worked for 6 years running an olive and fresh fruit farm. Those years have influenced my style of painting and I have changed from painting in watercolour to oils because of the vibrancy and fluidity of the medium.

I particularly enjoy painting portraits and people in general, especially people in action so that I can catch the movement and flow of the clothes. I paint as a hobby but also sell paintings to help with the cost of the hobby.

Should you wish to commission a portrait please contact me on 07786061374 for details.

Leslie O’Shea

"Bluebell Woods"

My name is Leslie O'Shea and I am married with 3 children and 6 grandchildren. I am in my late 50's. My occupation is Bespoke Tailor. Over the last few years I had and interest in painting and was encouraged to further this interest by my wifes uncle, Tommy Valentine. I prefer to work in water colour or acrylics.

Anne Saxon

My name is Anne Saxon, I have been a member of the Bury Art Society for about ten years. I enjoy being a member and find it offers a variety of experiences. I especially like going out on location sketching. My favourite place is Greenside where we go at least once a year for a short
holiday.

I try working in most mediums, I experiment with mixed media. This particular painting of the Grand Canyon is an oil on canvas; when I visited the Canyon many years ago I was awe struck by its vastness and complexity. I aim to attempt further work of this subject but will try different mediums.

Janet Brady

I grew up in London and studied Geography and Geology at Birmingham because I love finding out how landscapes came to be as they are. I got good at doing field sketches and ‘losing myself’ in a landscape! Luckily I met my husband who’s brilliant at map reading and doesn’t mind at all gazing at the countryside while I sketch.

In 1970 I became a primary schoolteacher. I did a part-time Foundation course at Rochdale in ’83. Since then I’ve taught and looked after the family. I’ve always sketched, especially when out walking with them and I’ve always hoped to do more, and more. What was lacking was time and confidence.

With semi-retirement I achieved the first and then, a real breakthrough, I achieved the second by attending the Creative Drawing classes at Bury Art Gallery. They really inspired me.

Now I’m painting hard, selling my work and looking forward to my first big exhibition in September ’10. And I’m still passionate about ‘losing myself’ in a landscape!

Picture above:
This painting, 'The Nine Ladies of Stanton Moor', is in mixed media. I placed puddles of colour (acrylic ink) roughly where needed to capture this scene - a stone circle in the Peak District. Then I covered them with clingfilm and worked the colour into place, making the bubbles elongate and the ink run into a tracery or maze. When the picture was dry and the clingfilm peeled off I worked into the scene with inks and pastel to bring out the foliage and hint at the nine ladies dancing on the Sabbath before being turned into stone!

Mike Standbridge

Semi retired accountant who took up painting and drawing so I would have something to do on holiday while the wife was sunbathing. It now occupies a considerable part of my life.

Although I use watercolour and acylic my favourites are fast drying alkyd oils.
the picture attached is called "still life 1942." and was inspired by the credits sequence of "Sharpe" and to show that still lifes do not have to consist solely of fruit dishes and glasses.

Mary Shaw

I have been a member of the Bury Art Society approximately 5 years, in which time I have developed a passion for watercolour. As a young girl I always had an interest in sketching, usually the family pet.

After passing my GCE 'O' level art, I started work in an office and up until 1982 after the children grew up and left home I became painting again. Firstly in Oil and Acrylic, produced a couple of nice pictures, then work took over again until I retired in 2003 and began again, this time in ernest. I went to the Bury Arts and Crafts to do watercolour painting and have been doing this ever since.

After joining the Bury Art Society I have been introduced to various different styles of painting, with the added bonus of meeting people with a similar enthusiasm for art, and made lots of new friends.

Shymal Sarkar

Medical doctor, started painting as a hobby in 1999.Has exhibited several of my paintings at the Bury Art Gallery through Bury art Society during last 3 years. Prefers to work in Oil doing Landscapes and Portraits (life sizes).

Malcolm Lucas

The painting illustrated is 3’ 4” x 2’ 8” and is in acrylics on canvas.

Born in 1942 and worked in Lancashire all my life as a Textile Designer, Potter and Swimming teacher. I retired 15 years ago and now dedicate my time to drawing and painting. Many of my paintings are in private collections in America, Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom. I’ve won a Millennium Award for painting and a Society of Industrial Designers Award.

I am influenced in my work by van Gogh, Lucian Freud, Peter de Wint. I also have a keen interest in the great outdoors.

I paint in various mediums: pen and ink, watercolour, oil paints and acrylic.