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Hoylake is home to many artists, from local, highly talented practitioners through to established professionals with international status.
It is a naturally creative place to live; exciting, beautiful, understated, friendly and unpretentious.. if you love art and take a creative perspective on life you will find many like-minded people here.
Here are profiles of some of Hoylake's finest. If you wish to be added to this section please .
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| Barbara Singleton, painter and sculptor |
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Barbara completed her BA Honours degree in Fine Art at the University of Chester in 2008.
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Since graduating from University in Canada with a Fine Arts degree, Micheline has produced a steady diet of commissions, both private and corporate in both Canada and the UK.
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Mark Howard has over 25 years experience as a photojournalist, travelling extensively around the world exploring many key issues, including:
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Born locally in West Kirby, Marianthi has been taking photographs for over twenty years. However it is since investing in a digital camera in 2007 that she has become passionate about the art of photography.
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| Colin McPherson was born in Edinburgh in 1964 and was given his first camera at the age of 13. After leaving school he began working for newspapers and magazines both on the staff and, for the past fifteen years, as a freelance. |
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| Robert Blackburn - Fine Arts |
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Born in Liverpool, Robert Blackburn completed his studies at the Liverpool College of Art.
He then worked in commercial art in the North West. During a period of change, he lived and worked in North Wales before entering the teaching profession and becoming head of the art department in a large comprehensive school. During his career, he worked on stage design, store and exhibition displays and graphics.
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Terry Duffy is an internationally established artist and works between London and Hoylake. He studied at Liverpool College of Art in the 1970's. He has exhibited in New York, Berlin, Venice, Paris, London and many other locations.
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Wirral-born artist Jo Smith opened Seagrass Studio Gallery in April 2009, where she creates her own range of unique jewellery and artwork.
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Barbara Meynell creates vibrant, intricate pictures using the technique of batik. Each piece of work is totally individual due to the unique and unpredictable outcomes of using hot wax and dyes on paper and silk. She mostly draws inspiration from coastal and mountain landscapes, exploring the essence of a place and aiming to capture space and light in her work.
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Carol Tipping - aka Carol Ballard/ Carolyn Taylor is a photoartist who lives in Hoylake.
Combining photography with painting has been what I was always looking for. I like the fact that I can create anything that I want and still look for innovative ways to work with this medium.
I am a member of Hoylake Photographic Society
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| Oke was born in Lagos Nigeria but moved to Merseyside as a result of changed family situation. He attended St Anselm's College in Birkenhead from !991 to1996. He completed his foundation course in Art and Design at Wirral Metropolitan college at Withens lane. |
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Istra Toner, born in 1947 in Montenegro, has lived in the UK since 1968, and in West Kirby since 1995. In 2008 she graduated in art and design from Glyndwr University in Wales where she specialised in glass art after a long academic career as a psychologist. Her main interest is in combining all art forms and psychology of being. Istra regularly exhibits in UK and in Croatia. Her studio and gallery are in Croatia where she spends a part of the year working as an independent artist. She is involved in local and international creative community projects.
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