Cathy nichols

We’d been living in a Victorian house with high ceilings just a mile away, but we were ready for a change. The house had very little garden, and we wanted to become a lot more self-sufficient by havin

Sandra Busby classes herself as a painter of ‘playful light in glass and still-life'. She finds the majority of her inspiration within the distortions of light on reflective surfaces and much of the o

It’s a sunny summer afternoon in a verdant corner of the Essex countryside. A pretty pastoral landscape lies before us, with cattle sheltering in the shade of oak trees, rolling green fields, and a gr

Sandra Busby classes herself as a painter of ‘playful light in glass and still-life'. She finds the majority of her inspiration within the distortions of light on reflective surfaces and much of the o

To me, the most important thing about a painting is why. Why do I want to paint this subject? Is it because the lighting on the subject is wonderful? Is it because I just love the subject? Is it becau

I was born and grew up in Bristol, which wasn’t the polished art mecca it is now. The dock area was scattered with derelict remnants of industry. However, this presented an exciting playground for us