Georgina Warne
Wintering Swan, 2024
High fired earthenware with cobalt decoration
17.72 × 11.61 × 16.14 ins | 45 × 29.5 × 41 cm
He Xi
Broad Sea and Sky No.1, 2024
Ink and Chinese pigments on rice paper
27.56 × 39.37 ins | 70 × 100 cm
He Xi
Broad Sea and Sky No.2, 2024
Ink and Chinese pigments on rice paper
27.56 × 39.37 ins | 70 × 100 cm
HARRIET BANE
(b.1958, United Kingdom)
Born in Bath and raised in the West Country, Harriet Bane now lives and works in Guernsey. She studied Stage and Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art, a discipline that continues to inform her approach to composition.
Her paintings, often of wildlife and rural landscapes, reflect the same thoughtful construction she applied to stage design, each element carefully placed for balance and coherence. Harriet prepares her own textured surfaces using gesso and acrylic before working in watercolour, allowing her to build up or wash away detail as needed.
Inspired by the colours and natural life of her island home, as well as historical wildlife artists and early explorers, Harriet’s work seeks to capture and preserve the beauty of species increasingly threatened by human activity.
AYESHA GAMIET
(b.1982, United Kingdom)
Rooted in the rich visual language of Islamic Art and the natural world, Ayesha’s work reinterprets traditional forms, motifs, and narratives for a contemporary context. Inspired by Persian and Indian miniature painting, illuminated manuscripts, poetry, and stories, Ayesha’s art is enriched by many different cultural influences. Ayesha employs traditional methods and techniques in creating her paintings. Part representational, part fantastical, her work seeks to celebrate the beauty of the natural world and remind us of the magic of the everyday.
Ayesha Gamiet is an artist from the South East of England. She trained at the King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, where she specialised in Islamic manuscript illumination and miniature painting. In 2018, Ayesha competed her apprenticeship in manuscript illumination under Master Illuminators, Ayten Tiryaki and Çiçek Derman in Istanbul. She was then commissioned by the Royal Library at Windsor Castle to illuminate frontispieces for four volumes of poetry gifted to HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM The King, and poet Imtiaz Dharker. The final volume was acquired by the Royal Collection Trust.
An award-winning illustrator and trained teacher, Ayesha graduated from the
University of Cambridge with a PGCE in Art and Design, and an MEd in Art, Creativity and Culture in Education. She has provided training for new art teachers at Cambridge University Faculty of Education and delivered workshops for the public at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Ayesha taught extensively at the King’s Foundation School for Traditional Arts public and international programmes.
(b.1952, United Kingdom)
Tim Hayward is known for his distinctive and imaginative approach to wildlife painting, combining precision of line with a refined sensitivity to texture in watercolour and gouache. His work reflects a lifelong study of the natural world.
Based in Devon, Tim began his career as a wildlife illustrator for organisations including the RSPB and Readers Digest. His paintings are held in major collections such as the Natural History Museum, London, and in private collections worldwide.
Each painting begins with extensive research - observations, field sketches, photographs, and bird skins - leading to a carefully composed design that balances natural realism with abstract visual harmony. Tim builds up rich
TIM HAYWARD
backgrounds through up to thirty transparent washes, achieving a luminous surface, before rendering the subject in precise layers of watercolour and gouache. The result is a work of depth, finesse, and instinctive clarity.
RON KINGSWOOD
(b.1959, Canada)
Ron Kingswood’s connection to nature and art began during childhood hunting trips with his father. Initially painting in a detailed, traditional wildlife style, he later transitioned to oil and adopted a more expressive, impressionistic approach, favouring large-format canvases and a freer visual language.
Based in Sparta, Ontario, Kingswood combines his background in bird ecology with a painter’s sensitivity to light, colour, and surface. His works often feature layered applications of oil, pencil, and lithographic crayon, creating textured, meditative compositions that blur the line between realism and abstraction. His brushwork and muted palettes reflect both the structure and emotion of the landscapes he knows intimately.
Kingswood’s paintings are held in major public collections across North America, including the National Museum of Wildlife Art (WY), the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VA), and the London
Museum, Ontario. His art reflects a lifelong exploration of nature through a deeply personal, evolving visual language.
ROSIE SANDERS
(b. 1944, United Kingdom)
Rosie Sanders is one of the UK’s most original and expressive flower painters, known for redefining the boundaries of botanical art. Her work, often large in scale and rich in saturated colour, evokes emotion as much as it captures form. Though self-taught, Sanders has established herself internationally, first gaining recognition as a miniaturist and later transitioning into ambitious watercolours and, more recently, striking oils on gessoed wood panels.
Her process is rooted in an intense observation of light, colour, and translucency. She frequently illuminates flowers from behind to reveal the intricate textures and luminous qualities of petals, pushing her subjects beyond botanical study into the realm of abstraction and visual poetry. Her compositions challenge conventional expectations, balancing painterly freedom with a reverence for the natural world.
A former member of the Linnean Society, Sanders has been awarded five Gold medals by the Royal Horticultural Society. Her paintings are held in prestigious collections, including the
Shirley Sherwood Collection at Kew Gardens—where her work is frequently exhibited—and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
She is the subject of several monographs, notably The Apple Book (Phaidon, later republished by Francis Lincoln), as well as books dedicated to her flower and rose paintings. Throughout her career, Sanders has remained committed to a personal and evolving vision, bridging the gap between scientific observation and artistic expression.
HARRY STEEN
(b.1977, Canada)
Harry Steen is a Canadian oil painter based in Calgary, Alberta, known for his meticulously rendered interior scenes. A graduate of the University of Calgary (BFA, 2002), Steen creates richly detailed compositions that explore the quiet drama of elaborately decorated spaces.
Deeply influenced by classical Greek culture and the Venetian Renaissance - particularly Titian, Giorgione, and Bellini - his paintings are characterized by lush textures, subtle atmospheres, and a refined use of light and colour. Though he works from photographs, his true interest lies in what the camera cannot capture: the nuance of mood, memory, and the tactile presence of space.
© Paul Lambert
GARY STINTON
(b.1961, United Kingdom)
Gary Stinton is acclaimed for his powerful, intimate portraits of animals, particularly big cats, rendered with remarkable depth and realism in pastel. His work reflects decades of experimentation and a profound respect for his subjects, combining technical mastery with emotional subtlety.
Working primarily in pastel, Stinton captures the texture, expression, and presence of his subjects with a painter’s sensitivity. “The cat has a threatening look when viewed from a distance, but on closer inspection the eyes appear quite soulful, almost sad,” he says of his jaguar painting. “I only portrayed what I saw but who can be sure of the actual emotion or intent? We can only wonder, and that’s the way I like it.” This curiosity and openness to mystery are central to Stinton’s approach, allowing his portraits to resonate with both power and vulnerability.
Based in Herefordshire, his work is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Hounds and Hunting in Virginia, USA, and he actively supports wildlife conservation.
Through his art, Gary Stinton offers more than lifelike representation.
His animals emerge with a presence that invites empathy, contemplation, and wonder.
FIONA STRICKLAND
(b. 1956, United Kingdom)
Fiona Strickland is an internationally acclaimed botanical watercolour artist known for her masterful use of transparent watercolour on Fabriano Artistico paper. Her work captures the emotional and visual complexity of plants with forensic precision, driven by a passion for light, colour, and nature’s often-overlooked beauty.
A postgraduate alumnus of the Edinburgh College of Art, Fiona Strickland has since been recognised for her botanical work. She has received an R.H.S. Gold Medal and Dawn Joliffe Botanical Art Bursary, Best in Show, the Diane Bouchier Award for Excellence in Botanical Art from the American Society of Botanical Artists, and multiple awards from the Society of Botanical Artists. Recently Fiona received the W Gordon Smith and Mrs Jay Gordon Smith Award at the 144th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in watercolour.
Her work is held in major collections such as the Shirley Sherwood Collection, RHS Lindley Library, and the Hunt
Institute for Botanical Documentation. She has exhibited widely, including at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery (Kew), Masterpiece Art Fair (London), the Horticultural Society of New York, the Manggha Museum (Krakow, Poland), and numerous private collections worldwide. Based near Edinburgh, she now works in collaboration with her husband on projects celebrating local biodiversity.
MARZIO TAMER
(b. 1964, Italy)
Born in Schio, Italy, in 1964, and now based in Milan, Marzio Tamer is a selftaught artist known for his exquisitely restrained and poetic interpretations of the natural world. Working across egg tempera, oil, and watercolour, his paintings reveal a deep reverence for nature and a refined technical mastery.
Tamer’s subjects, whether animals, still lives, or imagined landscapes, are often placed within empty, metaphysical spaces, a compositional choice that heightens their presence while stripping away environmental distractions. This approach, especially evident in his animal portraits, allows the viewer to engage more directly with the essence of the subject, rendered with both scientific precision and quiet emotion.
Initially trained in oil, Tamer embraced egg tempera in the late 1990s, quickly mastering its complexity. Later, he adopted the dry brush watercolour technique, which brought a lighter, more immediate touch to his work while preserving the clarity and poetic sensibility that define his style. He rarely repeats subjects or compositions, instead treating each work as a distinct meditation on form, balance, and atmosphere.
Tamer’s work has been widely exhibited, including at the Science Museum in Trento and the Natural History Museum in Milan, and is held in prestigious collections such as the Denver Art Museum. He has been represented internationally by Salamon Fine Art since the early 1990s.
Through his distinctive vision and meticulous technique, Marzio Tamer invites contemplation of the natural world in its most distilled and evocative form.
GEORGINA WARNE
(b.1967, United Kingdom)
Georgina Warne is a British ceramicist and printmaker whose work explores the intricate relationship between art and the natural world. Growing up in the Suffolk countryside, she developed a deep connection to her environment - sketching, collecting, and observing -
which continues to underpin her practice today.
Combining ceramics and printmaking, Warne often prints directly onto threedimensional clay surfaces, integrating sgraffito, hand-painting, and delicate line work to build richly layered and narrativedriven pieces. Her works frequently reference folklore, poetry, and nature writing, drawing inspiration from writers such as John Clare, Kathleen Jamie, and Rachel Carson.
A graduate of BA and MA programmes under ceramicists Mick Casson, Alan Barrett-Danes, and Geoffrey Swindell, Warne’s artistic development was further enriched by a Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship in Papua New Guinea in 1994. There, she studied the universal bond between creativity and nature, examining indigenous techniques and natural pigments.
Warne’s sculptures, often marked by a quiet storytelling quality, speak to themes of conservation and ecological interconnectedness. Influenced by folk art, medieval frescoes, stained glass, and textiles, her work marries visual tradition with a contemporary environmental consciousness. In 2007, she illustrated Whistling in the Dark: In Pursuit of the Nightingale by Richard Mabey, contributing 21 etchings that echo the lyrical and natural themes central to her art.
Each of Warne’s pieces is both object and message, a poetic response to nature’s fragility and the timeless human impulse to observe, protect, and narrate.
HE XI
(b.1960, China)
Shanghai-based artist He Xi trained at the Shanghai Arts & Crafts Vocational College and the Chinese Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Art (now the China Academy of Art). His remarkable work is influenced by the tradition of Chinese painting while distinctly reflecting his unique artistic vision and style.
He Xi is a member of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, and the China Artists Association; a syndic of the Shanghai Artists Association, and a committee member of the Chinese Painting Committee; He is a professor at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, and an adjunct professor and Postgraduate tutor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University.
His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions in museums such as the China Academy of Art Museum, the Suzhou Museum, and the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy Art Museum. His work has been acquired by the National Museum of Wildlife Art (WY, USA) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MA, USA).
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