"The Gallery" by Julie Simmons Stirling silver spontaneous and vibrant paintings

spontaneous and vibrant paintings

Faye's current exhibition 'More Rocks and Other Philosophies' continues the series of images using colour and texture to emphasise the intrinsic beauty of geological formations against the absurdity of small boulders holding up massive monoliths often using these images as metaphors of life

Here's your chance to create your own wearable art

Faceted Rutilated Quartz beads with an accent hand carved horn pendant makes this necklace a statement piece

The natural colours and patterns in the gems make these simple earrings an understated but striking

"The Gallery" by Julie Simmons Stirling silver spontaneous and vibrant paintingsJulie works in the wet tradition of watercolour. She felt her drawing skills, learned during her time in an art studio in the city were more suited to the medium of watercolour. Julie has developed her own unique style, pushing the boundaries of the watercolour medium to produce works full of light and depth of tone whilst maintaining the transparent quality of the medium. Although Julie paints in oils, pastels and mixed media it is the medium of