Artists gathering at The Old School, Newton Purcell in July 2023

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We are delighted to announce the following artists and creators that will be joining us for this years special event.

To learn more about each of the 12 local artists who will take part this year and what motivates them to produce their work please see below.

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Miranda Markham

Miranda MarkhamMiranda began the charity event Artists in the Countryside 5 years ago having discovered the joy of drawing and painting at Buckingham Art School. She now produces work in a variety of mediums inspired by the natural landscape of England and the South of France. She says "Painting is a daily joy and a guilty pleasure, I cannot imagine life without it"40th anniversary

 

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Graham Perryman

GrahamPhotography has been a hobby for Graham from the dawn of the digital camera. He has progressed from a 1 megapixel camera in the early days to now using some of the best Canon equipment. Graham's background in horticulture has led him to appreciate and photograph plants, landscapes and wildlife. Using creative techniques to create bokeh that set off the main subject.  mg 1493 barnowl 98605769

Graham is a professional picture framer and founder of Dragonfly Framing in Bicester. Alongside his framing he is a very keen photographer of the natural world and spends much of his free time visiting the UK countryside and capturing its beauty. As well as exhibiting and selling his own work Graham has founded Bicester Art Network where he promotes artists of all ages and abilities. Together with Miranda Markham they organise a series of pop up art galleries across the county whether as part of the town centre regeneration or simply to bring together events such as Artist In the Countryside. Graham is the Bicester Coordinator for Oxfordshire Art Weeks which brings together artists from the Bicester area and will be held for 3 weeks in the Town’s Sheep Street.

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Isobel Rymer

Isobel RymerI enjoy painting in all types of medium but my main love would be oils. A lot of my pictures are based on holidays or the countryside where I am very lucky to live. I have a selection of slate coasters that I have painted various objects on, from bees to a pint of Guinness! I have also painted some slate tapas and cheeseboards. isobel Hero image 50

 I studied art at school but only seriously took it up 12 years ago when I joined the mixed media class at Buckingham Art School. My art teachers were a great inspiration to me and pushed me to do try things I would never have done on my own. A lot of my early works were based around my family and home life but art school made be branch out further. Two years ago I started painting on slate coasters, in watercolour and then varnished them to make them water proof, these have been hugely popular! I have also painted on slate tapas and cheeseboards. 

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Website: https://www.ic-art.co.uk

 

 

Michelle Greene

userprofile michelle greeneMichelle's interest in art and especially in ceramics, has been lifelong. She pursued this interest at St Albans School of Art completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy and at the University of Hertfordshire achieving a degree in Fine Art. Michelle worked as an Art Teacher in several Buckinghamshire Schools until retiring in 2016, and occasionally still runs workshops for children and adults.
Here group memberships include the Bicester Sculpture Group and the Oxford Sculptors Group with whom she exhibits. Michelle is also a member of the Buckinghamshire Art Society. She regularly takes part in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Artweeks.
Michelle enjoys working in a wide range of materials including clay, wire, cement, resin and bronze.
Her interests centre mainly on the human form and the human face through where she explores emotions and relationships. Michelle loves wildlife too and enjoy making animal models.Michele Greene Flying South Porcelain steeland slate

Website: http://www.greenesculpture.com

Vivien Willacy

Willacy profileI work solely with high quality lightfast coloured pencils, producing my artwork on archival papers/film.

 I have mainly worked on commissions/pet portraits. The challenge of trying to capture the essence of someone’s pet, in most cases purely from a photograph, is something I enjoy. However more recently I have taken time out to draw a variety of subjects and as you will see from my work, I enjoy nature and the countryside/coast.


This is a relatively slow medium, involving many fine layers. However I find the process very calming it's my 'Yoga with Pencils'Born and bred in Morecambe, Lancashire, I have been living in Oxfordshire for almost 30 years.
I am completely self taught and didn’t start this amazing journey until mid-2018 following the death of my father. I was inspired by a cala lily on a condolence card I had received, it was a bit of a ‘on a scrap of paper sketch’ and I was surprised how it turned out. I continued to draw with graphite pencils for a few months but then life got in the way.

2020 and I found myself furloughed. I saw the opportunity to pick up pencils again but this time I changed to coloured pencil. After a short while I was being asked to draw people's pets. Taking time out from portraits this year has allowed me to explore different techniques and surfaces. It has also given me the freedom to challenge myself with some very different pieces.Willacy

This is my first year exhibiting my work and I am very excited to be doing so.

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