Edgar is a Tanzanian graphic artist, imagineer and illustrator with a background in architecture, living in the UK. He is a father of a curious 5-year-old who challenges him creatively and keeps him on his toes.
Edgar loves to tell stories with the art he creates and tries to invoke a response beyond the aesthetic appreciation to inspire curiosity. Most of Edgars recent work has been driven by the experiences of place making, place identity and cultural/rooted identity. creating work that visualises how he grounds himself as someone living outside their cultural and physical context, responding to how does he reconciles where he is from with where he is, as an artist, a broader creative, a father, a Christian, a husband, and a son.
Edgar enjoys the practice of bringing the imagination to life through creative storytelling.

In Gregory’s own words: “I am an art director and oil painter, focussing on maritime subjects both contemporary and historical. The sea is an ever-changing subject, and being based in Southampton I’m surrounded by a diverse maritime scene encompassing the UK’s largest cruise terminal and the famous sailing waters of the Solent. My pictures have been shown in exhibitions of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and won the RSMA’s New Generation award, and I have work in the collection of Tracy Edwards MBE. Marine painting is an ancient art: the sea and those tiny vessels upon it are a powerful and ever-relevant allegory”.

Kim trained as a wildlife illustrator at Dyfed School of Art, West Wales, in the 1980s and combines book illustration with painting wildlife, bird and animal subjects for galleries, exhibitions and to commission. She has illustrated a huge variety of creatures from Stag Beetles to dinosaurs. From childhood Kim was fascinated by nature and animals and drew and painted fanatically. A love of books and the artists who illustrated them had an early influence on her future painting style. Studying Natural History illustration in the heart of the Welsh countryside reinforced Kim’s love of nature and helped to shape the evolution of her work as a wildlife and animal artist.

Winchester contemporary fine artist, Jo Rose, splices ink, acrylic and oils as a direct visceral response to music and the energy of her surroundings. Each piece of music and landscape drives powerful feelings and guttural instincts, moving her to create shapes and patterns. The results: a riot of colour, tactile textures, fluid lines and impulsive shapes forming evocative landscapes and wild abstracts, which connect to tell a story, or provoke an intense emotional reaction. Nominated for the Henries Most Promising Artist award, and recent winner of Children’s Media Conference, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is, pitch award, Rose’s high-concept arts and lifestyle brand attracted licensing agents globally. Her portfolio boasts collaborations with Annie, BAFTA and WGGB Award nominated Screenwriters, Story Editors and Development Producers, along with King Rollo animation studios in the UK and GURU animation studios in Canada.

Konrad is a Southampton-based photographer specialising in 360 degree panoramas. “I began making these around twelve years ago out of curiosity, in recent years it has turned into a passionate obsession. I love using this versatile technique to explore and reconstruct spaces to create new, often unexpected perspectives to draw in and fascinate the viewer. Much of my work is set in the New Forest, where I enjoy going off the path searching for ancient woodland, gnarled trees and tranquil locations to catch my eye”

Marieta is a Hampshire based oil painter. She works predominantly from life and often embraces the weather challenges to create her landscapes. Alaway inspired by the ever changing light and the shapes that it creates. Figures and portraits are another big inspiration for her.

Nadine has always been captivated by the creation of images. Anything that combines movement with expression, texture and personality fascinates her. She uses a multitude of materials in her work to capture these attributes ranging from paints and varnishes through to clay, metal and recycled materials, in both 2D and 3D.

James is one of the world’s leading Hyperrealism Artists and uses his work to raise awareness of issues such as homelessness, mental health and war. He makes the invisible visible and wants his art to scream and demand attention. James has been described by the German Kunst Heute publication as well as The International Contemporary Art Curators as one of the most significant artists in the world today. In 2019 James was awarded first prize at The prestigious London Biennale, the Giotto International Prize and the Leonardo da Vinci International Prize. James was awarded the Venice International Art Prize in 2020 and was chosen by The European Cultural Centre to exhibit his work at the Venice Biennale 2022. He also had the honour of having his work exhibited at The Louvre Paris and Bonhams Auction House in London in 2022.

Sculptor Long Ly is originally from Saigon, Vietnam. “I lived happily with my family in Saigon until 1978 when we escaped the communist regime at the age of only 8 years old. Along with my family we left for an unknown future on a rickety fishing boat.” He then settled in The UK and completed his schooling. Long went on to a variety of jobs but always had art as his passion. Today he has become a unique artist with one of a kind designs. His pieces are made from recycled metal, ranging from pots and pans to plumbing pipes and carpet dividers – his imagination shows no bounds. Daily items that you would not consider art at all have been turned into stunning creations with Long’s ingenuity and skill.

Jim is a Hampshire based artist taking great inspiration from the years he spent living along the Cornish coast and visiting the Isles of Scilly. His practice primarily colourises experiences of place, creating little windows into quiet moments within the landscape through a sensitivity of mark-making and gestural strokes. Painting with an alla-prima approach the artist uses his medium to shape the forms and quality of light occupying his landscapes – sitting somewhere between realism and memory.