Julie Matthews

This was my third favourite artist. I found the work to be really creative and interesting and each piece is completely different to the others. Even though some of the brooches are very simple they have a certain uniqueness to them which is what made me like them. They came across very quirky and colourful which made me want one. My favourite thing about Julie Matthews work is that she has used buttons in all of them. The buttons are all different shapes and sizes which make it really interesting to look at. All of her brooches are very harmonious in colour which makes them more likeable as they're not screaming out for attention. Personally I liked the heart brooches more then the ones made completely of buttons as I felt a lot of people could just stick a few buttons together which was my only negative thought towards her work. Overall though, my favourite piece by her was definitely the small bird (top right hand corner) as it was cute, colourful and completely different to all the other ones she has produced. This was actually the first one i noticed which is why its my favourite, I find it just stands out more than all the others.

Rebecca Morch

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Rebecca Morch loves the countryside, moors and beaches. She started off as a therapist befor becoming a full time artist. This piece is called 'Walk with me' using oil paint. It was definitely my favourite piece out all everything I saw on the trip. The range of different colours and textures in the painting just pulled me in and I was looking at it for ages finding new tones/shades of colours every time I looked. Many of Rebecca Morch's paintings has this same technique used on them. Even simple pieces like a painting of daisies had this same rough technique used on it. However not all her paintings are clear what they are of, the explosion of colour just makes this piece interesting, and it means you can make it whatever you want it to be. This is one of those paintings that everybody who looks at it gets a different vibe off of it and see something different to the person before them. I found this piece to be very energetic and happy. You can definitely tell this piece has been produced using oil paints when you get close to it because she has used layering to build up the different colours and worked back into some areas afterwards to give them even more colour and texture.

Ewan Walton

Ewan Walton only went as far as A level with his education but has been painting for about 5-6 years now. He is currently working on paintings to go in an exhibition, the pieces I saw were focused on skies. He enjoys his detailed work but it can take many months to produce so you need to have patience, but its worth it in the end.

This piece of artwork really stood out to me because of the amount of detail that has gone into the it. The closer you look at the painting the more detail and different colours you saw, it was really unbelievable how realistic it was. Ewan Walton has used the oil paints to create different textures within the painting to give it more of a real feeling. When I first saw the painting from a distance I actually questioned if it was a painting or a photograph. For this piece of work he used lots of different colours of oil paints, whereas some of his more recent work he has been trying to only use the primary colours. He says its a good exercise to do as its more challenging than just getting the colour from a ready mixed tube.