Born in 1884, Snaffles was one of the greatest sporting and military artists of his time. Charlie Johnson Payne was the fourth of a boot maker’s eight children and from his youth developed a passion for all things military. He tried to enlist in the army to fight in the Boer war, but was rejected […]

This is what Emma has to say about herself: I was born and brought up in the North Yorkshire village of Cawood with one older brother and one older sister. Primary school and high school were not so local so I didn’t get to know so many of the other ‘kids’ in the village until […]

Henry Sandham (1842-1910), primarily an artist of portraiture and field sports, was born in Canada before settling in England at the turn of the 20th Century   View his Portfolio

Barry Rowe is much admired for his accurately researched and painted works depicting automotive scenes from the 1930’s through to the present day and has established a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic Barry Rowe’s career as a painter began when he won the prestigious Sotheby’s/Transport Trust Art Award for his portrait of five […]

Kenneth REED, FRSA lives in the North East of England and has specialised in watercolours of famous golf courses since 1984 Kenneth Reed, whose paintings have been commissioned by such golfing greats as Gary Player, Bob Charles, Greg Norman and Tom Weiskopt for their own homes, and whose clients include the Royal and Ancient Golf […]