Exhibitors

Rebecca Webster   ( www.perfectpetalsgallery.co.uk)

Rebecca was born in 1982 in Castleton, Derbyshire and has been painting since childhood - and has had a love for painting flora and fauna for as long as she can remember.  After studying for her degree in Fine Art, Painting and Drawing at the University of Huddersfield, Rebecca took a PGCE in Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University and has been teaching Art and Design in Secondary Schools in Derbyshire since.
 
In 2009 Rebecca realised her ultimate dream and opened her own Art Gallery.  Perfect Petals is situated in the beautiful surroundings of Eyam Hall´s Craft centre and Rebecca can often be found there creating works of Art and offering friendly painting tips and advice.
 
Rebecca´s paintings embrace the beauty of flowers and aspire to represent their aesthetic qualities - Scientific accuracy is not of the foremost importance.  She has a passion for using strong vibrant colours and her paintings are directly observed from garden flowers, wild flowers and exotic blooms.
 
Rebecca enjoys painting in watercolour and oil paints but acrylics are her firm favourite.   She builds very detailed flat, smooth layers next to large expanses of flat colour and so her bold floral works look striking at a distance but becomes even more rewarding at close range.

Karl Wood   (www.karlwoodphotography.com)
Photographer Karl Wood has been a resident of the Peak District all his life. Over the years he has developed a distinct style of photography and built up an extremely varied portfolio, covering everything from rural and urban landscapes to street photography. Karl's ability in finding and photographing interesting compositions in ordinary places and recording decisive moments has lead to his work to become recognised and has brought him success in competitions and awards on popular websites such as ePHOTOzine.com. Karl is now displaying and selling his photographs as high quality prints.

Louise Jannetta   (www.louisejannetta.co.uk)
Louise is an artist and illustrator living and working in Buxton Derbyshire.   She was a traditional upholsterer but always managed to find time to paint and draw.   Louise decided that in order to achieve a high standard, art must become her main priority, a total commitment and now accepts the irresistible desire to create images through whatever media it requires.
 
Although Louise loves freedom and expression, she also loves the constraints of watercolour as much as the abandon of pastels.  She is interested in pattern and colour and loves texture and vibrancy, and is happy to employ any media that enables this; paints, pastels, plastics, tissues, inks, holistic cards, fabrics; the list goes on and the possibilities are infinite.
 
Louise is bursting with a multitude of ideas, including ideas for children´s books that she has carried around in her head for years.  At last she has the time to invest in these, and other, projects.

Mark Witham   (www.markwitham.com)

Mark was born in Stoke on Trent in 1968. At the age of 14 he took his first landscape photograph in Llandudno North Wales on his mum's Agfa 126 camera. He didn't realise at the time just what effect this would have in the future.