WELCOME

ArtOak is an online gallery for artists to have a web pressence and sales point without managing their own site or marketing.

If you are interested in exhibiting your work please do get in touch.

The artists currently exhibiting are;

MARCUS KRACKOWIZER

I am a British artist currently living in Budapest, which as you can see has an influence on a number of my paintings. I started painting full time 3 years ago and am finding my style creating more impressionist paintings. All my paintings are oil on canvas.

Many years ago I broke my neck although the limited use of my hands has little affect on the ideas I want to develop. For many of my paintings I only use palette knives although occasionally I get the brushes out. I enjoy the speed and impulse required for palette knives.

I have published 5 full size and 30 half size limited edition prints on canvas of many of my paintings in order to make them more affordable and create better exposure.

I look forward to any comments you may have and am happy to discus anything related to this site.

Marcus

TANYA LYALL

ArtOak is very pleased to present Tanya Lyall’s superbly crafted and elegantly designed Jewellery. Tanya first studied her craft at Middlesex University to degree level under the tutelage of Caroline Broadhead, Pierre Degen and Julia Mannheim. This helped break down the barriers of traditional jewellery design and by mixing silver and gold on the same piece, the result is a strong, contemporary yet chic style.

She lives in Essex, England and is also busy raising a family. If you wish to chat with her, please do get in touch.

CHARLIE HOWARD

My artistic style developed while working as a live-in careworker. I worked for a man who had had a serious accident that, among other conditions, left him suffering from aphasia; he could not express himself in words. He could usually manage 'yes' or 'no', so much of our communication was conducted by me asking closed questions. On a bad day however 'no' could come out as 'yes' and vica-versa, leading to severe frustration and lack of meaningful communication. Writing was similarly challenging.

One day he wanted something, but it proved to be much harder than usual to come up with the subject that he wished to address. The frustration mounted and led to even a 'no' or 'yes' being unreliable, so I started sketching possible subjects that he could point at in order to try and by-pass the effects of his aphasia. It took us a week to get to exactly what he wanted: a print of Picasso's 'Weeping Woman' to put up in his living room. From that day I started drawing designs and images to try and represent different ideas, emotions and subjects to help us communicate better together.

My style has developed from there but sticks to the same principle: using clear and I hope, attractive designs to express a wide range of ideas and themes that are often hard to put into words.