Artists

Richard Csik

Born in Veszprem, Hungary in 1980, Richard obtained a fine art degree from the University of Pecs in Hungary. And lives and works in Saline, Scotland and Veszprem Hungary.
Artist statement
Within any great metropolis the natural ebb and flow of city life produces a multitude of differing facades. As an individual we flit between our solitary state and that of the...

Steven Cooper

Born in 1970, Steven has always lived and worked in and around Manchester. Having held a lifelong interest in art, he chose to make a more serious commitment to painting in 2006, and has endeavoured ever since to make this his full time vocation. Inspired by artists including Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud and Modigliani, Steven has also been working as a tattoo...

Michael Gutteridge

Painting has always been of great interest to Michael Gutteridge. He became a professional artist in 2000 after exhibiting at the Stockport Art Gallery Open Exhibition, as a result of which he was offered a solo exhibition the following year, and has since received much critical acclaim.

Gutteridge was born in Manchester, lives in Manchester and uses Manchester...

Judith Donaghy

A former textile designer, Judith transferred her practice to painting some years ago. Working in oils she builds up layers and scrapes at the surface to create intriguing interpretations of her surroundings.
Judith has exhibited widely around the region in both group and solo exhibitions.

"Painting is, for me, an instinctive process although direct...

Caroline McManus

Since completing her painting degree at Cheltenham in 1996, Caroline has developed her style of using bold colours and confident brush strokes. Getting her inspiration from local people and places, concentrating mainly on portraits and landscapes.

"My most recent work is a series of portrait paintings, inspired by cows. Their shy curiosity and awkward amblings...

Emmesse

Emmesse is best known for his surreal cityscapes. He is often told that he had a perfectly good painting until he painted something silly on it. He accepts this but still feels compelled to do it. He even feels under strict offers to do so. He suggests that this is Emmesse telling his alter ego to do it.

“I feel as if Manchester is just my backdrop for the...

Michael Ashcroft

Born in 1969, Michael John Ashcroft grew up in a small picturesque village called Croston in the heart of Lancashire. From an early age he had a keen interest in art and can fondly remember watching other artists paint pictures of the famous Church Street. After leaving school in 1985 with top grades in art he began his career as an engineer, painting and...

Lisa Denyer

In 2009, Lisa graduated from Coventry University with a Fine Art Degree. She is now based in Manchester and has exhibited extensively in the North West and in London. Lisa specialises in contemporary landscape and abstract painting.

"My practice evolved from the idea of escapism; from everyday life into the natural world. It now centres around transformed...

Alan Knight

Born in Swinton in 1949 Alan spent much of his life as a professional musician before starting to paint in the early 80s. His style has developed from earlier more abstract pieces into land and seascapes. He now works with a pallet knife and generous amounts of oil paint.
Alan works relatively quickly and with confidence that’s he has gained through the years. ...

Emily Mugridge

Emily trained at University College Falmouth and and exhibited in Cornwall for several years before returning to where she was brought up in Bollington Cheshire. She is a lecturer as well as a painter and divides her time depending on exhibitions.

"My paintings are not meant to be completely representational - more a record of how it feels to be somewhere at a...

Steven Scholes

Steven was born in 1952 and lives on the outskirts of Manchester. Steven showed a natural talent for painting from a very early age and even won an art competition when he was five.
His subject matter is often of local scenes of bygone eras. Heavily influenced by his Grandfather, he used to travel around the city with him, admiring the Victorian and Edwardian...

Richard Stinton

Richard has been drawing and painting as long as he can remember. He studied at art school, then trained and works as a graphic designer. He aims now to give more of his time to doing what he loves most, painting.

Working in oils he paints landscapes both rural and urban settings, gaining inspiration from his local environment, often literally on his...

Dennis Esteves

Dennis was born in Santo Andre, Brazil in 1976. He moved to Sao Caetano do Sul aged 3, where he discovered his love and ability for art.
Supported by his mother Evelyn he went to her ballet academy from a young age. Here he developed his musical connection, learning to play the acoustic guitar and writing music.
Dennis debuted his first art exhibition aged 14 at...