Stroud Digital Artist and published cartoonist. February 2020 Lockdown and with time on my hands I’ve created over hundred digital collages. Created from vintage comic covers, old newspaper articles, hieroglyphs, geometric religious symbolism and a little bit of magic. Follow me via my Facebook page @comicartbyblzbob for weekly instalments of my cartoon strip and my latest digital collage.

Diane Young is a painter turned printmaker inspired by nature. She creates lively animal art and prints, which often suggest storyline & humour. Collagraph printmaking is now her main focus; creating textural printing plates, inking them up and hand pulling them through a printing press to transfer to dampened paper. Sometimes the prints are further worked into by hand adding watercolour or gold leaf and collage.

Maria Smith is an artsy mum who just loves getting creative! “Prints, canvas or reclaimed wood I just want to do it all! I just enjoy doing anything creative! My young children enjoy getting stuck in with me too!”

My inspiration comes from the world around me, and my resources are gathered from remnant, discarded and recycled materials. The range of textures and colours made possible through the medium of textiles is endless, and the more experienced I become, the more I fall in love with the creativity that this medium has to offer.

I work in Batik, using photographs of wildlife and the countryside as references. Working mainly on fine cotton using traditional tjantings, layering a mixture of hot waxes and fabric dye to create the image. I studied Art in the Community at UWE and have a passion for sharing my art skills with community groups. I am a member of the Batik Guild and The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI)

Jane is a painter and textile artist. Her paintings are predominantly watercolour or gouache, focussing on the natural world. She has attended courses in Botanical Art to hone her skills in colour matching and blending enabling her to produce an accurate likeness. She is a bobbin lace maker, designer and teacher who creates Art Lace as well as more traditional items.

I have been making and exhibiting my work all my life, I’m now 77 and very limited in what I can do but I’d like to support you. I have always done figurative work in various mediums, currently felt soft sculpture. For many years I was on the Craft Council’s Index of Makers, and in the 1980’s I had work bought by several museums.

Wedad is half Jordanian half Polish, and always felt torn between two worlds. Through her art, she creates her own “nationality“. Her paintings focus on the play of lights and shadow, trying to present unique beauty amongst the ugliness. She is inspired by the human body and its beauty, always striving to present it as an integral entirety with spirit and soul - a full package of expression.

I see myself as sketcher, art doodler and maybe illustrator, flitting between sketching, printing and lately some digital animations. I’ve also been an urban sketcher for a long time, one of the admins for Gloucestershire Urban Sketchers, as well as a printmaker with the Gloucestershire Print Co-op. Lately my prints have morphed into ‘mixed media’, with coloured pencil and pens.

As a child I always loved fabric and as an adult I have been interested in creating pictures using layered fabric, applique, needle felting and hand stitching with a variety of yarns. Sometimes I use collage or mixed media. I am mainly self taught but completed a year textiles with the O.C.A. and have exhibited in "Art Weeks" Oxfordshire and twice with "Open Studios" in Stroud.

I am an artist based in the Cotswolds, inspired by seasonal colour and shapes from the local landscape. I create textile pieces exploring the devore print technique producing luxurious silk velvet scarves and cushions. My paintings are influenced by light falling on the linear forms in the countryside, colours are layered and painted onto velvet and enriched with gold. I also explore my observations of landscape through my collagraph and dry point printing.

I make art about place, evoking memories, capturing a mood, experimenting and getting lost in the creative moment.
On moving to Stroud with its rich history in the woollen trade, I became interested in using wool and needle felt as a medium for expression.
I paint with wool allowing the layers and textures to evolve and grow into 3D relief.

I love the use of colour and how it can uplift the spirit - most of my work is lighthearted and (hopefully) joyous! I started in digital art for fabric and surface pattern design, but more recently moved to acrylics, ink and watercolour. I am always learning...

I explore colour, form, material, pattern, and rhythm, and use these elements to share my feelings and impressions of the events and places of the 21st century. I aim to express what is peaceful, hopeful, and joyful in this turbulent and fast-moving time. These works are a "note to self" that life is worth the journey. The final pieces are often abstract but always start with looking, noticing and drawing.

My paintings are an emotional response to that which I see around me. Much of my inspiration comes from the wonderful hills and valleys of the Stroud area. My paintings are usually mixed media plus occasional lino prints.