KIT ALLSOPP   ‘Chiltern Thicket’ oil on canvas 30cm x 40cm.

Kit is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at London South Bank University and a painter. He was Tutor in Architecture and Design Studies at the Royal College of Art 1985-90 and Professor of Architecture at the University of Manchester 1989-98. He was also a founding partner of an award winning architectural practice, which published and exhibited widely from 1970-2007.

Since 2007 Kit has concentrated on painting and has had two successful solo exhibitions at the The Gallery, Cowcross Street . ‘Just Sheds’ in 2008, reflected a long fascination with simple architectural forms and ‘Trees’ in 2009, a year long recording of woodlands in the Chiltern Hills which may be threatened by climate change.

SHARON BEAVAN  White Dog’ oil on canvas 20 x 25.5.

The paintings Sharon has chosen to show at the Millinery Works represent her interest in landscapes, cities and their inhabitants.

SIR PETER BLAKE   ‘I Love You’ screen print artist’s proof 18/18 82 x 60.

SARAH CAWKWELL   ‘Rapunzel’ pearwood 38.5 high.

ROSEMARY CLUNIE   ‘Energy Descending’ acrylic on paper 23 x 16.

‘An artist of mood and form and meditation.’(Ben Okri). Rosemary Clunie is a painter, printmaker and video artist. She has exhibited at the World Economic Forum in Davos amongst other places. She was born in Scotland and lives in Hampstead.

 WILLIAM CUTTS  'Kingsbridge Estuary' oil on board 18 x 25.5 .

SOPHIE DICKENS  ‘Diver’ bronze edition of 9 22cm max height.

PAUL DUFFY  ‘Untitled Gold’ mixed media on board 30 x 30.

DAVID EDMOND  'The Teacup Baby' oil on canvas 31 X 31.

David is a designer and painter. He holds a BA in furniture design and MPhil in Printed Textile Design from the Royal College of Art. He has worked and sold designs across Europe, the USA and Japan.is recent paintings use classical traditions in formal studies but undermined through language and its relationship with humour as social commentary. ‘I am using the conventions and the tradition of symbolism in still life painting to create painted images which I hope comment on and reflect contemporary social issues and dilemmas with humour’.

CHRISTOPHER FIRMSTONE  'Salute' acrylic on paper 23 x 29.

Travel abroad continues to stimulate this artist, who has recently been to Venice. Looking beyond the vastly increased number of visitors, he ‘rediscovered the watery majesty and quirky elegance’ of the city he last saw over thirty years ago.