Art

ISLAND ARTISTS: Becky Samuelson, By Robin McInnes

Over the last two centuries artists of many genres have been drawn to the horizons of the Eastern Yar valley, St. Helens Duver and Bembridge Harbour, with the chalk downs extending eastwards towards Culver Cliff forming a suitably dramatic backdrop. The great topographical artist William Daniell and later, Clarkson...

It’s a Bright New World: The Art of Steve Miles

Freshwater-based artist Steve Miles aka ‘Toxic’, reveals his street side to Tracy Curtis. Whether you love or hate graffiti, these days there’s no denying its cultural and political relevance and the skill involved that has elevated this art form from street walls to galleries and museums across the globe. Freshwater may...

An Interview With Mary Flynn by Roz Whistance

"Hey, Alice, have you seen this?" Pause. "Oh my God!" Mary Flynn is describing the reaction of the Great British Public to her Shore Archive. "It's colourful, so it draws people in," she says cheerfully. "And then they realise what it actually is." What it actually is a collection of...

ISLAND ARTISTS: Tony Westmore, by Robin McInnes

The Island’s coastal waters have inspired many of Britain’s greatest painters in both oils and watercolours over the last two centuries. Works depicting shipping and other craft have been set against the backdrop of the Island’s spectacular coastal scenery stretching from Cowes Roads to Spithead in the Solent and the...

Lorna Seaward – Seeing The Isle of Wight In A Different Light

If you haven’t attended any exhibitions by the Isle of Wight Art Club, or popped into Burfields Antiques in Ventnor recently, you probably won’t have come across the art of Lorna Seaward. Her work is striking, extremely diverse, and often interprets familiar Isle of Wight landscapes in subtly textured collage...