Iain Will (acrylic and oil paintings)
Welcome to our artists website. I decided to build this artists website to show our oil paintings, mosaics, textiles and photographic artworks. Find out what inspired us to create our art.

I’ve always painted, ever since I can remember, starting with felt-tip pens, gouache and finally, oils and acrylic paintings. My parents had the foresight to take my sister and me to some wonderful North Yorkshire beauty spots. My Dad used to keep a diary of the animals and plants we’d see on family days out, and I drew wildlife illustrations for him, using colouring pencils (usually on Sunday nights). I stopped oil painting and drawing for a few of my ‘wild’ teenage years, but came back to it in my late teens. Since then I’ve been painting constantly all through my married years; I now have a wife and a nine year old son.

Now I paint mainly in oil and acrylics on board and canvas, and I’ll paint anything and don’t necessarily want to stick to one subject matter, although wildlife art and landscape paintings are a common theme. Woodland scenes are my favorite at the moment. I paint in a style that is a mixture of impressionism and realism and shy away from abstraction, though I do appreciate this approach in others (when it is done well). I try not to be too photographic, and try to keep a painterly feel to my art. I’ll let you decide how successful I’ve been! I hope my oil paintings at least create a feeling of mood. I’ve written some artists tips on painting and I hope you find them useful. Take a look, even if you’re not a painter. You’ll be shown a ‘behind the scenes’ look at how I compose and paint a picture from scratch. Follow the links to artist's tips and on the easel to see more about how its done.

Sue Kershaw (textile and mosaics)
You'll see the two branches of my art, mosaics and textile wall hangings. I’ve always had a fascination with ‘putting the pieces together’, here in the form of mosaics and textiles. Each of the Roman inspired wall plaques are produced with hand-cut double fired French porcelain tesserae, which has an impervious matt surface. These are very similar to the natural stone colours of the Roman and Byzantine mosaics and are mounted on a thick hardboard backing, suitable for wall or tabletop displayed mosaics.

I also produce original bright and bold contemporary textile wall hangings using solid blocks of colour in 100% cotton fabric, reflecting both a love of geometric shapes and nature. All of my textile works are hand-stitched using a form of the English piecing method. The design is then machine hemmed and stretched over a hardboard frame for wall hanging.

Monique Will (photographic arts)
When taking digital photographs, I choose compositions derived from unconventional viewpoints and often take close up shots, resulting in almost abstract compositions. Exploiting the unusual effects of natural light allows everyday objects to take on a different appearance. In contrast to this, I also photograph landscapes which I see when out walking with my young family in the surrounding countryside of North Yorkshire.