Peter Unsworth was born in County Durham in 1937. He studied at Middlesborough School of Art and St Martins School of Art. Having lived for several years in Ibiza, he returned to London seven years ago and has now settled with his family in Norfolk. Peter has had many One-Man exhibitions and has also designed the sets and costumes of three ballets for the Royal Ballet Company Sue Macartney-Snape was born in Tanganyika brought up in Australia and now lives and paints in London. John Julius Norwich calls her a "master of caricature" and says her paintings "illustrate the English social scene more brilliantly and with greater accuracy than those of any other painter working today." Sue Macartney-Snape has had numerous commissions and her paintings are avidly collected, adorning the walls of many of England's finest houses. For the past five years she has been drawing the characters in the Telegraph Magazine's ‘Social Stereotypes’ column. A selection of these drawings appear in two books entitled: ‘Absolutely Typical’ and ‘Absolutely Typical Too’ which are available from Telegraph Books Direct. Telephone number +44 (0) 1908 566366
   
Jake Abrams
Sunita Mandar Khedekar
Jake Abrams was born in Nottingham but now lives and works in London. His sardonic work has graced a wide variety of publications including The Independent, The Weekend Telegraph and The Times. He has worked on a range of magazines including Top Gear, EVO, FHM, The Spectator, Punch, Blueprint and GQ. He has illustrated books for children and various design and advertising campaigns. He observes life with a wry smile. He watches then sketches obsessively. He has lectured in illustration throughout the UK and abroad and is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Design at Kingston University. Sunita was born in India in 1970. She graduated in 1991 with a degree in Applied Art from the Sir JJ Institute of applied art, Bombay. After her five year degree course she studied Fine Art at Sir JJ School of Fine Art. Her career started as a visualiser in advertising. While working there she became fascinated with stained glass which slowly became her mainline work. She started doing freelance work with architects and interior designers. Five years of experience in this field encouraged her to start working in oil and acrylic. She came to UK in October 2000, concentrating on painting landscapes in acrylic.
   
Bryan Poole
Oliver Preston

Bryan Poole is a New Zealand born botanical and natural history artist, an Associate of the Royal Etchers (A.R.E.) who has been working in the United Kingdom since the early 1980's for a variety of clients in this specialist area. These include the British Homeopathic journal, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Natural History Museum, and the McMillan Press Publications for the Royal Horticultural Society. His work is in the collections of the Ashmoleum Museum in Oxford, Museum of New Zealand, National Gallery of Wales, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and Kew.


His formal training as a botanical artist stems from his association with the Roval Botanical Gardens at Kew, where he worked under Dr Christopher Grey-Wilson.

 Oliver Preston 39. draws regularly for The Field Magazine andworks from his studio outside Tetbury. Exhibited at the Fine Art Society in 1999, Prestons work hangs in numerous private collections, including Annabeels, and he has been published in The Times, The guardian,and The Spectator. His first book, Liquid Limericks, was published in September 2001 by Robson Books (0207 697 3000) and has already sold 5000 copies. Preston set up the Cartoon Art Trust Awards in 1997 recognising Britain's top cartoonists, and was appointed Chairman of Cat in 2001. He attended the Heatherly School of Art and draws with a gillot nib, using indian and coloured inks, and gouache. Jilly Cooper says: 'Oliver Preston s cartoons bring a smile to my face, no matter how often I look at them. The themes are as achingly funny as the drawing is exquisite.
   
Sir Hugh Casson
Albany Wiseman

Sir Hugh Casson, a former president of the Royal Acedemy of Arts from 1976 - 1984, practised as an architect for most of his life and was director of Architecture for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

He was professor of environmental design at the Royal College of Art between 1953 and 1975, a member of the Royal Mint Advisory Commitee, The National Trust Executive Council and the Royal Fine Art Commission from 1963 - 1983.

A prolific watercolourist, he was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and produced an extensive series of watercolours of Oxford and Cambridge properties.

 Albany Wiseman has worked as a professional artist producing drawings, illustrations, prints and paintings since 1952. He exhibits regularly and has produced many fine architectural illustrations on a wide variety of subjects, including several famous schools and universities. Albany is based in Chelsea, London, but travels to Europe, Africa and the USA to teach on a regular basis. His book, The Artist's Sketckbook', with a foreward by HRH the Prince of Wales is published by David and Charles.
   
Charlie Mackesy
Hugh Fairfax
Charlie Mackesy's adherence to traditional figurative values make him something of a rarity among young British artists. Well known for his portraits and topographical work, he trained in the USA under Cedric Eagleye and has held many successful exhibitions in London and Edinburgh. Hugh, born in 1958, has spent much of his life living beside the sea and his work reflects this - his depictions of bird and marine life seek to capture that wind blown, sunny world. His use of strong colours and clear shapes, ruggedly presented, combine to produce a unique vision of the marine environment. A natural and instinctive painter since his earliest years, he attended Art school in Cambridge and more recently was a pupil of Albany Wiseman, the noted illustrator and watercolourist. The last few years have seen a rapid development of his career with exhibitions at Thompson's Galleries in London, Aldeburgh and Stow on the Wold as well as Kendall's Galley (IOW). Most recently he has been shown at Webb's Gallery in London. His work has featured in The Times, Saturday magazine and Harpers & Queen.