Raymond Hibble, after a long career in teaching painting and decorating crafts, and in property development, turned to fine art painting in his post-retirement years, gaining success and recognition for his distinctive artwork. Raymond was born in 1927 in Eccleshill, near Bradford. He left school, aged 14, and started an…
Born in 1948 in Lancashire, Hilary Roper has now been long-time resident in the Keighley district and is a published author and illustrator of a range of children’s books, as well as a poet and cityscape and landscape oil painter. She has studied art and design at Lancaster College…
“My oil paintings are robust and totally different and unique. They do not follow any commercial pathways. They display originality with a unique flair. I work with a palette knife, brushes and play with a multitude of colours creating thick textures and have a sprightly creativity for pattern, punctuated…
