FEATURED ARTIST - PAUL ASHURST

In January 2009 Paul returned to his love of landscape painting after spending the previous four years painting text based works. The text for three of those years were the two words Hope & Love - and the paintings were ranging in scale from tiny, postcard sized paintings to multiple canvas works of up to 12 foot long. Previous to that he painted increasingly industrial landscapes. He is now working on a series of paintings of both Battersea and Ruskin Parks - often working on diptychs on canvas and on paper. They are idyllic, romantic explosions of colour! For the Lambeth Open event he will show a selection of works from both these groups of paintings.

FEATURED ARTISTS - SOUTH BANK MOSAICS

This community arts project housed in the crypt of St John's Church, opposite the London IMAX, is using the traditional medium of mosaic to transform the South Bank area into a more beautiful and colourful world. During the Open Studio weekend they will be opening their gallery space to exhibit art works from the citizens/volunteers who are given artisan skills training and then work on a variety of public realm projects. To date they have over 120 installations in the South Bank area including murals, signage, seating, sculptures, paving and fountain.

FEATURED ARTIST - LUCY DUKE

Lucy Duke is a painter of watercolour and pastels using landscape, still life and interiors as her subject matter. She studied at Camberwell School of Art in the seventies and has worked from her home studio since leaving college. Her work is colourful and sponteaneous having its own integrity, sometimes working  in her studio and other times painting in the landscape itself. Many of her landscapes are of Hampshire, but she also paints abroad... in fact wherever she finds herself.