Directory: THE VISUAL ARTS

   This page list photographers, illustrators, painters, cartoonists, graphic designers, print-makers, and typographers.

 
     _{CREATIVE & DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHERS}

::  Martin Shakeshaft - an experienced Staffordshire photojournalist who also works as a lecturer in Photography at Stoke F.E. College. His latest project is to re-visit & re-photograph the people & places he saw during the 1984 miner's strike.

::  Jonathan Ayres Photography offering press and events photography (as a member of the N.U.J.). Jonathan is also a wildife and landscape photographer.

::  Mark Wood: 'Constructed Spaces'. Mark was featured in an extensive interview on the Spring 2003 front-page of Creative Stoke.

::  James Nisbeck, a Stoke-on-Trent -based freelance photographer.

::  Futurilla - based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Mark Campbell. is a professional reportage photographer, based in Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. There's also a further web-page about his mid-90s project on The Free Miners of the Forest of Dean.

::   Robert Egan, fine-art photographer, specialising in the degraded landscape. Based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

::  Mark Welsh - based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

::  Jeremy Crick - based in North Staffordshire.

::  Chris Lees - based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Andrew Dawson - a creative photographer based in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

::  Planet Vision Photography - based in Hanley.

::  Katie Fox, based in Stoke-on-Trent and a 2005 photography graduate from Staffordshire University.

::  Paul Deakin - specialist underground & cave photographer.

::  Andrew Pritchard - photographer of landscapes and architecture.

::  Tim Edensor and his new photo/text project on British Industrial Ruins.

::  Peripheral Anomaly - specialist rock & pop band photographer. Has a very extensive online portfolio, featuring just about every band that's played in North Staffs in the last 18 months.

::  Sarah Thompson has a web-site featuring her extensive photography of rock concerts.

::  Mark Heath - digital event photographer from Stoke.

::  Robert Such — a Stoke-on-Trent -based architectural photographer and journalist.

::  Tom Walker - based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Carrie Adlington, photographer.

::  Trilemma - a band from Stoke whose site features a gallery of striking photos of buildings.

::  Peter Knight - lecturer at Keele, landscape photographer & painter, and also the web-site editor for Stoke's Penkhull Festival.

::  Northern Counties Photographers - a unique team of photographers, based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Aerial Eyes — specialist low-altitude aerial photographers, based in Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Paul Pickard - creative photographer. He's also at: paulpickard.co.uk

::  Paul O'Donnell - reportage photographer based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Mark Hillman - photographer & designer based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Sue Blatherwick

::  Shoot that tiger! - creative & stock photography, based in Stone.

::  Angel Photography

::  Octave Photography

::  Venture - creative portrait studios in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

::   Local Peak District National Park landscape & wildlife photography training for photographers.

::  BBC Radio Stoke's photography gallery, Chrysalis, profiles the work of B.A. (Hons.) Photography students at Staffordshire University.

     _{PHOTOGRAPHERS: Camera Clubs}

::  Blythe Bridge Camera Club

::  Alsager Camera Club.

 Newcastle-under-Lyme Camera Club meets Mondays at 7.30pm, at The Assembly Rooms, Merrial St.

 Cheadle Photographic Society.

 Leek Camera Club.

 Stoke-on-Trent Camera Club meets in Hanley at 44 Jasper St. (Church Hall), on Thurs at 7.45pm.

     _{PHOTOGRAPHY: Supplies & services}

::  www.1stcameras.co.uk are based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, and is the internet trading-arm of Cornwell's Imaging Centre, on Newcastle High Street.  Cornwell's offers affordable digital printing onto Fuji's archival photographic paper, up to 15"x10" size, using their fantastic £400k Fuji Frontier printer.

::  Multiprint Imaging - professional print lab in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Lehmanns in Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent - official Canon camera service-centre, and they have been recommended as a reliable service for the cleaning of the main sensor inside Canon digital cameras. They also service many other types of camera.

     _{PAINTERS & FINE PRINTMAKERS}

::  Jon Braley - a fine art painter from Leek, whose work featured in the recent 'Fresh' show.

::   Paine Proffitt is a Newcastle-under-Lyme painter, specialising in sports pictures and pictures that successfully weave between many definitional boundaries; such as magic realism, surrealism, vorticism, and L.S. Lowry.

::  Joyce Iwaszko - a painter based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

::   Famous When Dead - a Stoke-on-Trent artist and illustrator.

::   Georgina Vinsun - a painter based at Biddulph Moor.

::   Marie & Becky McGowan-Griffin (Flash required). Marie is an artist & senior lecturer at Staffordshire University, and also runs community arts & crafts workshops. Becky is a wildlife artist.

::  Micheal Pritchard, a fine-art printmaker based in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

::  Steve Russell of Alsager is an architect, working at Stoke-on-Trent architects Hulme Upright Manning; and he's has www.steve-russell.co.uk as a personal site for his projects and paintings.

::  Ian Naylor - visual artist working across a diverse range of media, from life-drawing to community art. Artist in Residence 2003, RAF Museum. Based in Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands.

::   John Dodridge - landscape painter based in Alsager.

::  Icon Portraits.

::  William Eccleston.

::  Simon Plant - vibrant 'naif-art' paintings and fresh religious icons.

::  Lindsey Hambleton - painter based in the Moorlands.

::  David Finney - professional wildlife artist, based in Alsager. His clients include the RSPB and Spode.

::  Paul Culley, a digital illustrator based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::   Otherworld Illustrations, the web-site of Stoke-on-Trent based fantasy-artist Chris Bell.

::  Rita Banks - fine-art landscape painter, based in Stone.

::  Derek Shapiro - a master painter, his work can be seen at the Country Gallery, 11 Slaters Craft Village, near Newcastle-under-Lyme (see Derek's web site for map).

::  Carol Howard - expressionist pastel artist, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Debra Wagner - based in Stone.

::  Tony Beresford - watercolourist, inspired by the landscapes of the Staffordshire Moorlands.

::  Sue Blatherwick - based in Leek.

::  Angela Munslow - figurative painter and sculptor, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Christine Mallaband-Brown - painter from Stoke.

::  Phil Hardaker - mosaic maker from Stoke.

::  Anthony Forster's Art Classes - art tutor based in the Potteries.

::  Peter Eccleston - a fine-artist & sculptor from Stoke-on-Trent.

::  John Myatt.

::  Neil Taylor-Cashmore - based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Specialist in seascapes, shoreline buildings, and boats.

::  James Rushton.

::  Joanna's Portraits - based in Ipstones.

 Arthur Berry Trust. Gives the annual Arthur Berry Fellowship award, to a graduate of one the three local visual arts courses at Staffordshire and Keele universities and the Alsager campus of MMU. The Award provides £1,000 living expenses and material costs during a month as artist-in-residence at the New Vic Theatre.

     _{PAINTING: Muralists}

::  Painted Worlds - specialist in murals for interior spaces.

     _{PAINTING: Supplies}

::  Genesis Artist's Colours - based in Stoke-on-Trent. Specially formulated "dry on demand" artist's paints.

::  Webberley is the area's best-known large artists' materials shop. Based in the city-centre at Hanley, it's still family-run & independent.

 Art Studio Framing - based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Recommended by many of the area's artists and photographers.

     _{GRAPHIC DESIGNERS}

::   Reaction Graphics.

::   Octave Design.

::   Agog Marketing & Design.

::   Creative Avenue Ltd - which claims "18 years commercial & corporate design experience".

::   Project Design - based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

::   Jackson Hammond Design - full service graphic design company, based in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent.

::   Mandy Wong - an illustrator & graphic designer, based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Slave to Design.

::   Les Jones is a Stone-based designer offering "Unique Graphic Art Based on your Name".

::   Tim Hickman - a graphic designer and illustrator based in Stone.

::   Cipher Graphics - based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

::   Sue Landon Design

::  Mother

::   Woo@, the online portfolio of graphic-designer Stephen Woowat.

::   Imagees - creative graphic design for advertising & marketing. Also offer Bureau production facilities, colour output.

     _TYPOGRAPHERS

::  D'log fonts - typography for the web, and designer of custom truetype screen fonts.

     _{GRAPHIC NOVELISTS, CARTOONISTS, ILLUSTRATORS}

::  Graphic-novelist and illustrator Andi Watson. Andi was nominated for an Eisner Award (the world's 'graphic-novel Oscars') for his acclaimed Breakfast After Noon - the story of the everyday lives of a young Stoke-on-Trent couple Rob & Louise as they face redundancy. He also set his later graphic-novels Dumped, and the currently-serialised Little Star in the city. After a sojourn in the USA, he now lives and works in Audley, North Staffordshire.

::  Duncan Bourne - cartoonist from Stoke. He also has a new DuncanBourne.co.uk web-site.

::   Steve Roberts Caricatures. Buy prints, or commission a caricature picture of your friends, family, workmates, or even your own fave celeb. Steve is a cartoonist based in Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent.

::   Matt Buckingham is an illustrator located in Alsager.

::  Chris Altham - cartoonist and Macromedia Flash animator.

::  Lee Baker - a graphic designer and illustrator based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  New Dawn Art

::  Images Unlimited, the web-site of Stoke-on-Trent illustrator and cartoonist Chris Horne.

::  Ian Whiston - 3D artist and creative designer for illustration, print and new media.

::  Bursley Tales.

::   Gaz Roberts an professional illustrator. He has a strong online portfolio, including a complete children's story-book, Giant.

     _{ARTIST-LED NETWORKS & GROUPS}

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