Gill is inspired by the natural world surrounding us, in particular the South Downs, coastal areas and the ever changing skies.
She enjoys experimenting with different media and is particularly drawn to the vibrancy of ink, which she uses in many of her art works.
Ruth studied art at the Sir John Cass college of Art in London.
After travelling extensively, Ruth worked in the Publications Department of The Tate Gallery under the printing historian Ian Bain. At the end of five years Ruth exchanged the artistic world for domesticity, child rearing and teaching.
Based on her past experiences and stimulated by the nature of the Sussex Downs and the sea Ruth has rekindled her conversation with colour, movement and form using a wide and exciting range of mediums and techniques.
Lindy paints and draws directly from life celebrating the individuality, dynamism, curves and shapes in the moving and motionless human form using varied materials such as paint, ink, charcoal and pastel on canvas or paper. Each medium has a particular excitement and the quality of marks and colour palette is of paramount importance.
Dancers, acrobats and performers are often the basis of her work as they move before her whilst she shares in their creative process. There is never more than a brief moment of stillness and she has to grasp what she sees, capturing the serendipity of the fleeting tensions as they emerge and
disappear.
Lindy strives to capture their life and give the appearance that the figure has only just arrived and could get up and move away at any moment, even in a longer pose.
The local Sussex landscape is also a fascination. Lindy feels we are so lucky to have these gorgeous scenes on our doorstep.
Lesley is a fine artist based on the East Sussex coast, working in oils, acrylics, and mixed media on canvas, wooden panels, and paper. Colour and surface are central to her paintings, often enriched with the addition of charcoal, chalks, and collage to create depth and rhythm, while drawing and mark making are both pivotal to her paintings.
Alongside her seascapes and surrounding landscapes, Lesley is also drawn to still life, flowers and the human figure. Recent works include studies of figures within beach scenes, whilst not forgetting paintings of her beloved Dalmatians, Wilson and Archie.
Originally trained in textiles, Lesley later studied garden design at Chelsea Physic Gardens and went on to win a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. This background informs her sensitivity to colour, layering, composition and balance; qualities that underpin her approach to painting. Over the years, she has exhibited in a range of venues, including with the Royal Watercolour Society, and continues to develop her work from small studies to large-format canvases.
Carole’s art journey is quite short. Although she liked to draw as a child, it was not a feature of her education or work life.
She joined an art class just before lockdown and loved the experience. She then joined Brasspoint and developed her impressionist style.
She paints mainly in acrylic and loves both explosions of colour and a limited palette . She particularly loves painting animal portraits, using the paint to add texture. She also paints human portraits and landscapes.
Jo is a landscape and abstract painter based in Lewes. Working primarily in acrylic and oils, Jo works fast – capturing the essence of a view and the feelings evoked from being in the landscape. Jo’s photographs and drawings, made in the landscape, are used in the studio as starting points for a way of painting which is curious and intuitive – the painting develops through an almost unconscious process.
Currently studying for her foundation diploma in art and design at West Dean College, she has exhibited at the Crypt, BN9 Studio – Marine Workshops and as part of the 2025 Sussex Contemporary open call. She joined Brasspoint Visual School of Arts in 2024.
Lucy is a contemporary artist based in Seaford and creates mixed media pieces exploring nature and memory. Inspired by the landscape and personal experiences, her work combines techniques and materials to invite viewers
to reflect on human connection.
After completing a first-class honours degree in fine art at the University of Plymouth in 2010, Lucy exhibited in Somerset, the South West, Bristol and London. She was also commissioned as an artist in residence for projects
such as The Paper Crane Project (Slimbridge, 2012) and Z Twist (Stroud, Material Differences, 2013).
Lucy has also participated in community and school workshops and residencies by Somerset Art Works, Spaeda and Take Art. Since moving to Seaford in 2021, she has exhibited at the Crypt and BN9 Studio – Marine Workshops.
In an effort to develop her painting skills, Lucy is currently working with ideas around family and the local landscape.
Margot ‘s experiments with paint began in earnest about five years ago on moving to Seaford and being inspired by the local landscape.
She enjoys capturing glimpses and views encountered during walks. Recording these views serves as as a kind of visual diary evoking a sense of time, place and feeling which is more meaningful to her than a photo. Colour is of particular interest and how its juxtaposition influences the dynamic of a painting.
Although not art school trained she has taken various courses over the years and has exhibited at The Sussex Contemporary, The Crypt, Gallery Uno and the BN9 Studio – Marine Workshops.
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Penny began painting during lockdown, joining an online watercolour group which ‘met’ on Sunday mornings. This spurred her to enrol with Brasspoint where she has appreciated the support and inspiration to be found in the company of adventurous and exciting local artists. Penny loves the versatility that acrylic provides but also enjoys experimenting with other media. She has been shortlisted for the RA Summer Exhibition and shown her work in local exhibitions.
Often working from her own photographs she also likes to explore the techniques and styles of painters from a range of genres. Penny aims to develop a looser personal style and try her hand at abstraction. She feels her artistic journey has only just begun!
Angela came to the joys of art late in life and is largely self-taught. She has attended classes and workshops in the Seaford area since moving there in 2022 and produces artwork using oils, acrylic, water colour, charcoal and ink.
Angela loves painting people and nature in all its various forms. She is known for the exuberant use of colour in her popular flower and figurative paintings and has a range of cards produced from her original artworks.
She exhibited in the Crypt gallery, Seaford in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the BN9 Studio gallery at Marine Workshops in Newhaven in 2024 and 2025, and in Artwave at Bishopstone Station in 2023, 2024 and 2025. She looks forward to continuing her creative journey with like-minded fellow artists in the local area.
Sarah is a contemporary artist working in acrylics, watercolour and gouache. She is creatively motivated by the challenge of producing something beautiful, interesting and unusual from the patterns she observes in her surroundings.Much of her inspiration is drawn from the landscapes of the Sussex countryside, although she also explores portraiture, still life and abstract subjects within her practice.
Having enjoyed drawing and painting throughout her life, retirement provided Sarah with the opportunity to devote more time to this long-standing passion. She attended courses at Brasspoint SVA, where she further developed her artistic practice and had the opportunity to exhibit her work.Sarah is based in East Sussex, where regular walks across the Downs continue to inspire the colours, patterns and atmosphere found in her paintings.
Liz Newn is a local artist.
Allison is a contemporary artist based in the south coast. Moving away from the figurative, her work sits between landscape and abstraction, towards a more contextual description and dialogue of the landscape.
Working primarily in painting and mixed media, her work balances abstraction with subtle references to place. Layers of colour, texture, and mark-making evoke the changing moods of the landscape. Her practice investigates the shifting relationship between scenery, perception and memory of places well known to her. The process is intuitive and materially driven with an emphasis on texture, movement, atmospheric colour and gestural mark making, the physicality of paint and other media. The paintings are more a psychological and sensory experience of a place rather than a fixed view.
She completed a part time foundation course at Northbrook College 1989 and also a part time Certificate in Art from Brighton University in advanced painting, printmaking and ceramics 1992. She has attended various courses at West Dean, and Brasspoint Visual School of Arts since 2023