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To view more information on an individual artist please click on the photograph to go to their website.

Holly Blue Archibald

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Holly creates some amazing colourful drawings.  She illustrates creepy, and as she puts it 'just plain weird' art that would suit many film or book work as well be perfect for the deviant fan to hang in their house.

To find out more about Holly and see more of her illustrations please visit: http://hollybluearchibald.deviantart.com/
emails to: mailto:hollyblueart@gmail.com

Fergus

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Fergus attunes to Pictish totems with Spanish-joy colours melding both with industry's waste as components. He seeks beauty in decay, re-creation through juxtaposition but with the certainty of time contributing its own destructive hand. We are all simply trying to delay the inevitable but we can maximise our existence through colour, light and magic.   The video link 'Primary Concerns' below is of the work of Fergus.  


NATHALIE CONNELLY

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Nathalie, Fine Artist.  Studied at Dundee.  Nathalie present work that is symbolic and feminine.  She has bought to the mundane a sense of colour and vibrancy.  Her work is currently exhibited in the gallery and a viewing of her work is highly recommended.


To contact Nathalie please email her here: mailto:natz_connelly@hotmail.co.uk

VICTORIA STEVEN

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VICTORIA is currently looking for organizatins who are interested in her ideas for sustainable materials in SITE SPECIFIC.She uses nature as her main material and willow is the main material but as the willow grows throughout the winter Victoria has turned to recyclable materials. One thing Victoria loves is to recycle and reuse what comes from the land but also from her own house to the streets to land fills.

 "We need to use what we have at home, or anything that we come across in. If we look at David Mach and his Telephone Boxes they were going to be thrown away. He reused them for a stunning piece of site specific art/installation in the heart of London and just shows that anything can be used. Take the leap and recycle. You might be surprised."
Victoria has just finished her degree in Art & Design and Forth Valley College and now has joined the CAD team. 
Her ongoing exploration and determination in her art gives a new understanding and approach into sustainable art. With creating sculptures and relief works Victoria also enjoys photography and is constantly on the look out for things that trigger her inner eye.Victoria has a Blog you can continue keep dated with as well as her website and Facebook. 
Website: http://www.wix.com/victoriaflsteven/willow 
Email: victoriaflsteven@live.co.uk 
Blog: http://victoriaflsteven.blogspot.com 
You can see Victoria's work by double clicking on her image.




KRAIG MORGAN

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Kraig Morgan, illustrator of fantasy and dream.  His work is preternatural scribe, it is very imaginative.   If you would like to see Kraigs work please click on his photograph.


To email Kraig:   monkeystrummer@hotmail.com

RALPH TAYLOR

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Ralphs work is organic and comes from his heart. He has a unique and insightful appreciation of his locale. All this makes his work feel familiar yet stirring to the viewer.


For More information contact Ralph:  mailto:ralphtaylor21@hotmail.com


 

JAMES ANNANDALE

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 I'm a visual artist inspired by animation, figurative and abstract artwork and film. I enjoy painting, drawing and creating digital artwork and accept both private and commercial commissions.



For more info  please contact James at j.annandale@hotmail.co.uk                                                                http://jannandale.blogspot.com/

Angela Allan

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The beautiful and talented Angela works with various mediums,  Creating beautiful contemporary pieces her work captures silent essences that harmonize and neutralise a busy world that exists today.  You can see some of Angels work by visiting our Facebook page


For more information on Angela please contact angelaallan1@hotmail.co.uk

 BRIAN McCRANN

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Artist Brian works in 2d visual art, working with mixed media paint Brain paints a unique style in landscape painting.  His own interpretation on reality is strong, very striking yet his work commands a delicate balance.  

 ROSS FORBES

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ART - Define Art

I take inspiration from the mundane.  In the mundane we see rich of meaning.  Of everyday life in a net.  I store and reproduce on canvas with colour.  You don’t need to define art to enjoy it.  So just appreciate it as art.


email:  ross.forbes8580@googlemail.com


SHEENA JOHNSTON - PHOTOGRAPHER

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As a photographer I have the passion for photographing and producing some unusual verdant  and manmade  structures in print.  The visual drama and artistry of my photographs are born of a keen eye for the many moods of Nature and a life-long passion for the wilderness and walking. 

MARY JOHNSTON - Mixed Media Artist

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As an artist I love to experiment with all types of media. I am interested in the abstract potential of colour, line and form and my style is more expressionistic than naturalistic.  Mary's website:  http://maryart.weebly.com

For more information please mailto:info@thisiscad.org

Scott Hunter - Artist (Mixed Media) Photographer

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My artwork takes a critical view of social, political and cultural issues. In my work, I lean towards my youth, often focusing on my time when i worked as a graffiti writer and stencil artist in the mid 90's,and take my inspiration from the people and street artists i met during my time travelling Japan and Germany. Having engaged subjects as diverse as multiculturalism,anti-racism,graffiti/street artists and indie/rock music, my work reproduces familiar visual signs, arranging them into new conceptually layered pieces.

Lainy Allison - Mixed Media /Photography

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www.lainyallison.com
Mixed Media Artist, celebrating and embracing and exclusively using acrylics, Lainys work consists of heavily layered, textured combinations. The keynotes are strident colours and themed shapes . The paintings are made in two or three day phases.  Also, Lainy produces photography that is cutting edge uses great light and originality.

For more information please contact mailto:lainyallart@hotmail.co.uk

Ann Irvine - Illustrator/Doodles :-)

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ANN GRADUATED IN DUNDEE WITH HONOURS FROM DUNCAN OF JORDANSTONE COLLEGE OF ART IN 1990. SHE SPECIALISED IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND WORKED IN THIS FIELD FOR MANY YEARS. THESE DAYS SHE CONCENTRATES ON DOING WHAT SHE LOVES MOST, DRAWING! SHE DRAWS IN EVERY SPARE MINUTE SHE CAN FIND ON A DAILY BASIS, FINDING INSPIRATION FOR HER DRAWINGS FROM THE NATURAL WORLD COMBINED WITH HER IMAGINATION TO MAKE ALL THESE PLACES, ANIMALS AND INSECTS SOMEHOW MAGICAL AND ENCHANTED.

Michelle Denholm

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Michelle creates beautiful  and original kilnformed glass & jewellery. 
Denholm Glass Design



For more information on Michelle and her work please contact her by email

email: mich3den@yahoo.co.uk

website: www.denholmglassdesign.co.uk

Alan Forrester - SInger/Songwriter/Musician

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Songwriter and singer. Toured Czechoslovakia as lead singer of rock group (which had to pretend to be Scottish Country dancers to get visas!!).................// Has sung in Moravia, Norway, England and Switzerland...........// Short stories appeared in Czech press and in Malaysia.....// Recorded with my then group in Decca Records studios, where The Beatles weren't signed....and where The Rolling Stones recorded

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/alanforrestermusic#ixzz1582ZKVM0


Gill Low - Artist

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 I am a professional artist living and working in Fife. My mother sent me to painting classes at the age of 9 to Gray's School of Art. I have been drawing and painting all my life. I was born in Aberdeen and at an early age had Eric Auld as an art tutor. At Art School my lecturers were Bill Littlejohn, Sandy Fraser, Francis Walker and Joyce Cairns. At the moment my bread and butter work is pet portraits but I have been greatly influenced by the Scottish landscape. I am very much influenced by light and the weather of Scotland.


For more information please contact Gill mailto:gill_low@hotmail.com

Eddy Low - Wood Turner

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With imagination, a tree that would otherwise have rotted on the forest floor can be given new life and purpose. This is achieved by meticulously shaping and treating the article until I am satisfied that it has become an ornament of true beauty.



For more information about Eddy please contact mailto:info@thisiscad.org

Graham King - 3d Art - Poet - Singer

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Graham produces his art works through recycling materials.  Graham writes beautiful, funny, soulful poetry.  Taking life and bringing the witty or important bits to the fore.  

Jim Coventry - Artist

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Jim is one of CADS newest members.  Painting in acrylics Jim paints many landscapes with  a good use of colour that truly enhances the normal natural lines of the earthly visions


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