Liz Dury

1 May

My interest in art and especially in ceramics, has been lifelong. I pursued this interest at St Albans School of Art completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy and at the University of Hertfordshire achieving a degree in Fine Art. I worked as an Art Teacher in several Buckinghamshire Schools until retiring in 2016. Occasionally I still run workshops for children and adults. My group memberships include the Bicester Sculpture Group and the Oxford Sculptors Group with whom I exhibit. I regularly take part in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Artweeks. I also sell work through the Carina Haslam Gallery. I enjoy working in a wide range of materials including clay, wire, cement, resin and bronze. My interests centre mainly on the human form and the human face through which I explore emotions and relationships. I love wildlife too and enjoy making animal models. In 2019 I won the Swire Ridgway Sculpture Prize.

DrawingPastelsPencil or CharcoalMixed Media

Wolfango Chiappella

I’m a British-Italian artist, based in Buckinghamshire but originally from the rolling hills of Piedmont, Italy. I paint mostly in oils, working from memory, sketches, and those quiet moments when a place stops you mid-step.

My work tends to orbit around landscapes — not the grand postcard kind, but the everyday corners where light, sky, and earth have a quiet conversation. I’m drawn to the shifts in weather, the worn paths, the way a tree can lean into a field like it's got a story to tell.

I’m not much for big statements. I paint what I notice, and sometimes what I miss. Sometimes I’m chasing a real memory, sometimes it’s the feeling of one.

Each painting is a small attempt to hold onto something fleeting — a sky clearing after rain, the gold haze of a summer field, the hush just before dusk. If you find a bit of yourself in any of them, then the painting’s done its job.

https://wolfango.com

Liz Dury

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