Anne Anderson (1874—1930) (In Fairyland) was a prolific Scottish illustrator, primarily known for her art nouveau children's book illustrations, although she also painted in watercolours, etched, and designed greeting cards.

Richard Bawden RWS RE (Dodo) is a painter, printmaker and designer working predominantly in lino, etching and watercolour. He studied painting, printmaking and graphic design at Chelsea, St Martin's and the Royal College of Art. His paintings are drawn from life and often depict scenes of domesticity: his house, sofas, chairs, windows, cats, his garden and its birds. He is attracted by atmosphere, oddity, pattern and the austere. Focussing on these, he draws the viewer into his delightful universe. He has work in Royal, public and private collections, and has taught drawing and printmaking at several London and provincial art schools. Website: www.birchamgallery.co.uk/catalogue/artist/Richard:Bawden/biography/?category=paintings

Bill Belcher (Upwardly Mobile?) studied at Worthing School of Art after war service and then at the Royal College of Art. His work has appeared in a wide range of national newspapers and magazines, including The Observer, Radio Times, The Oldie and Good Housekeeping, and is regularly selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Website: http://www.tonycuthbert.com/bill.htm

Michael Bennallack Hart (Lake Albano, Italy) paints in oils and pastels. He was born in Sussex and studied at Ravensbourne College of Art in London. He began his career designing and illustrating film posters and record sleeves, and painting landscapes and sports scenes. In the 70s and 80s he worked as an advertising art director and as an illustrator, while continuing to paint and exhibiting at the Spectrum Gallery in New York. He now paints full time, and he has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and regularly in London galleries, and his paintings are in corporate and private collections in Europe, Australia and North America. He lives and works in Richmond, Surrey. Website: www.mbhart.co.uk

Nicky Browne (Hampton Wick Old Library) lives in Hampton and teaches printmaking. She is an active member of Richmond Printmakers. She has recently exhibited a collection of her linocuts of monkey puzzle trees, and she produces cards and books of sketches illustrating events, gatherings and her travels. She is currently working on a series of prints of the Libraries of Richmond. She is one of the Artists in Residence at the auctions, drawing many quick sketches of the preview, the viewing and the evening. Website: www.nickybrowne.co.uk

Jo Buonaguidi (Dancing Lines) was born in Southern Rhodesia and came to England in 1954. She attended the Ballet Rambert School and went on to work as a professional dancer until 1972. After retiring from dancing she worked for fashion designer Issey Miyake for 17 years, during which time she was greatly influenced by Issey, his meticulous attention to detail ‘line’ and presentation. Jo started her art training in 1994. Whilst working she was able to attend courses at Central St Martins and Chelsea School of Art. Her figurative life studies capture the feeling and mood of the model with the simplest of lines. She is known for her ‘Dancers’ and for capturing movement. The ‘Dancing Lines’ series are frequently drawn from ‘live’ dancing figures, the lines take on the music. These figures are an interpretation of a love of dancing, a love of music, movement and a sense of fun. Jo has exhibited her work since 1997 and is successful in the UK, America and in Italy. Website: www.jobuonaguidi.com

Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RIBA (1910-1999) (Dogs) is probably best remembered as an architect. He was knighted for his work as director of architecture at the Festival of Britain. He was also a distinguished artist, and an influential writer and broadcaster on 20th century design. He was Professor of Environmental Design at the Royal College of Art, and President of the Royal Academy. He illustrated many of his books, and produced many intimate watercolours and drawings. Websites: Sir Hugh Casson, http://thompsonsgallery.co.uk/sir-hugh-casson/

Anthea Craigmyle (Allotment) trained at the Chelsea School of Art under Julian Trevelyan and Ceri Richards. Recently, she returned to Chiswick Mall where she paints in a studio not far from her childhood home. She frequently visits and paints the West Highlands. She also seeks inspiration from the Thames, animals, boats, London gardens, as well as interior spaces and domestic activities. Website: www.acraigmyle.co.uk/

George Dunton (1921-2010) (Strawberry Hill) lived in Richmond. He served in the Royal Engineers in India during WWII. He worked as an architect for his whole career, and after retirement he returned to his early love, painting. There was an exhibition of his work at the Orleans House Gallery in 1990. He and his wife were among the founders of the Richmond Society.

Anthony Dyson RE (Borough Market) trained as an artist at Blackburn School of Art and has a Doctorate in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has written many books and articles on art education and printmaking. His prints were first exhibited at the Royal Academy when he was still a student and he has since exhibited frequently there and widely elsewhere in Britain and France. His work is in the collections of the Science Museum, London, the Guildhall Library, London, the University of London Institute of Education, the University of London Birkbeck College, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the Sagene Laererskole, Oslo. He has been Vice-President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London. His latest book is "Printmakers' Secrets" published in 2009 by A&C Black Ltd. Website: www.anthonydyson.co.uk

Colleen Farr (St Ives) trained at the Royal College of Art in textile design. She has been painting full time for the past 15 years and has been a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She paints landscapes and still life, mainly in watercolour and tempera.

Mary Fedden OBE RA (Eggs and Bowl) was born in 1915. She studied at the Slade School and became the first woman tutor in the Painting School at the Royal College of Art. She has held annual solo shows in the UK since 1950, including at the Redfern Gallery, the New Grafton and the Arnolfini, Bristol. She has carried out many mural commissions, with locations including the Festival of Britain in 1951 and Charing Cross Hospital in 1980.

Eleanor Fein (Three Fishes) lives in Chiswick, by the Thames, where she has her studio. "My paintings reflect my passion for expressing how ordinary objects, such as vegetables and fruit, and everyday household objects can be transformed by the play of light on them. I try to create paintings which embody this fascination, and which create a calm and absorbing atmosphere." She will have a big one-man show next Spring at the Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames. Website: www.eleanorfein.com

Patricia Garner (Girl at Rave) is an artist, picture framer and restorer based in Twickenham.

Alan Halliday (Richmond Riverside) was born in 1952. He trained at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London University and at St. John’s College, Oxford University where he was awarded a DPhil in the history of art. He has been a successful professional artist for more than thirty years, working as a painter in several different media, particularly oil on canvas and gouache on paper and is renowned as a deft and daring draughtsman, working fluently in pen and ink, sepia and sanguine. His paintings are in the collections of several museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum; the Theatre Museum, London; the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington; and the Museum of London: and his work has been acquired by collectors across the world. One of the best interpreters of the theatre since Sickert, Halliday has produced an extensive body of work which covers all the major ballet companies including the Bolshoi, the Mariinsky and the Royal Ballet as well as other major national and international Opera and Theatre companies. In 2007 he was officially appointed as English National Ballet’s ‘Resident Artist’. Website: www.camburnfineart.com/

David Imms (Studland Cliffs, Dorset) trained at the Central School. He is well known for his bold and vibrant interpretations of the West Country landscape. These are inspired by walking and drawing directly in all kinds of weather conditions, and are influenced particularly by the changing cycles of nature. His work is in many corporate and public galleries including the V&A. Website: www.fossegallery.com/artistsdetails.php?name=David%20Imms

Jennie Ing (Richmond Bridge) did a degree in Fine Art Printmaking at Croydon College followed by a masters at Wimbledon School of Art. She now produces mainly linocut prints in colour and black and white. Her work is influenced largely by the urban environment, with the familiar and the way space is taken up, and an interest in architecture. Having lived in the local area for the past 20 years this has been an influence on much of work with many recognisable scenes from London, Richmond-upon-Thames and the Hampton areas. Her work can be seen in a number of galleries and she exhibits regularly with Richmond Printmakers as well as showing work at art fairs including at the Landmark Arts Centre, The Untitled Artist Fair in Chelsea, the Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, and Windsor Contemporary Art Fair. Website: www.jennieingart.co.uk

Allen Jones RA (Ah) was born in Southampton in 1937. He studied at Hornsey College of Art, London and the Royal College of Art. He was one of the first Pop artists, and in 1970 produced one of his most famous works, the glass topped table supported by the sculpture of a kneeling woman. Jones's preference was for glamour and style, beautiful women visualised erotically and stereotypically as in glossy magazines, advertisements and cartoon strips. Jones's work fluctuates between painting, printmaking and sculpture. Website: www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/engravers-printmakers-and-draughtsmen/allen-jones-ra,426,AR.html

Michael Kidner RA (1917-2009) (Square and Circle 3) was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, in 1917. He read history and anthropology at Cambridge University (1936-39) and landscape architecture at Ohio State University, USA (1940-41). In 1953, after serving for five years in the Canadian army, he took up painting full-time, living in Paris until 1955. As an artist, Kidner was self-taught. His distinctive style was formed after he came under the influence of the American Expressionists. He was a pioneer in the Op Art movement. A significant one-man show was held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in 1984, introducing a whole generation to his work. Elected as a Royal Academician in 2004, Michael Kidner was also a leading sculptor and printmaker and has worked with computer generated images. In many of his two- and three-dimensional works he used a colour-coded pattern which distorts the viewer’s typical habits of perception. His art is represented in some of the best public collections in Britain, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and the United States. Website: www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/painters/michael-kidner-ra,186,AR.html

Angela Kilenyi (Statues, York House Gardens) concentrates on watercolours and inks and the human figure has been her primary inspiration. She is a founder member of the Fountain Gallery Artists' Association, where she has exhibited extensively since its inception. She is also Chairman of Richmond Art Society and runs life drawing sessions at the Landmark Centre in Teddington. Website: http://www.fountaingallery.co.uk/angela_kilenyi.htm

Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS (Dancer)  was born in Derbyshire in 1877. She was an Impressionist who painted the world of London's theatre, ballet and circus, and she knew some of the most famous ballet dancers of the day from Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Lydia Lopokova and Anna Pavlova. She was the first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy. She died in 1970. Website: www.damelauraknight.com

Liz Knutt (Ice Rink at Hampton Court Palace) studied at Edinburgh College of Art and St Martins. She paints views and events in Richmond upon Thames and her paintings have been purchased by Richmond Theatre and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The latter purchased her picture of a Jools Holland concert for its permanent collection and used the image to market their 2002 festival. Liz's painting of the National Physical Laboratory was one of the highlights of the 2008 art auction. Her reputation as an artist meant that she was granted unrestricted access to Hampton Court Palace to produce a series of paintings. Website: http://teddingtonartists.co.uk/gallery/liz-knutt/

David Lloyd (Street Scene, Richmond Hill) lived and painted in Richmond.

Niamh Mac Gowan (Twickenham Museum from the River) lived by the Thames at Richmond for seven years where she couldn't help but be inspired by the river and the old buildings to be found in its surroundings. She produced a series of etchings and aquatints while she was based there. She now lives in a little cottage by the sea in County Wicklow, Ireland - a lot of her newer work is landscapes of the rolling hills and patchwork fields of 'The Garden County' She returns to Richmond on a regular basis and is now in the process of producing new work of the area. Her most recent exhibition was at Portland the Gallery, 80 Hill Rise, Richmond (next to the Victoria Inn) in August. Website: www.niamhmacgowan.com/english.php

Sasa Marinkov RE (Ham House Gardens; The Temperate House, Kew) studied Fine Art at Leeds University (BA Hons 1st class) from 1967 to 1971 and in 1976 received an Advanced Diploma in Printmaking from the Central School of Art and Design in London. She has work in many public and private collections here and abroad, and from 1990 to 2007 has shown prints each year at the Royal Academy Summer Show. In 1996 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers (RE) and she won the Intaglio prize at the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers' Membership show in 2008. Website: www.sasamarinkov.co.uk

Chris Orr CBE RA (Kew Pumping Station, Would this be a reasonable explanation for a Martian?) studied at Ravensbourne College of Art, Hornsey College of Art and the Royal College of Art. He has been Professor of Printmaking at the RCA since 1998 and a Fellow since 1985. He is a Royal Academician and has had many solo shows in the UK. His work is in public collections, including the Arts Council, Royal Academy, V&A, British Museum, Science Museum and Tate Gallery. He was awarded the CBE in the 2008 Summer Honours List. Website: www.chrisorr-ra.com

Neil Pittaway RWS RE (Bush House: Friendship to the World) was born in 1973 in Wakefield Yorkshire, studied at the Universities of Gloucestershire, Bradford and Huddersfield and completed a three year Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Neil is a member of the Royal Watercolour Society and The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and an Artist Member of the Arts Club, Dover Street, London. In 2003 Neil's drawings were published in an Anthology of London Poems by Enitharmon Press, London. In 2001 Neil's work was featured in the Great Artists' series for Channel 5 Television. Neil has exhibited his works in group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally. He has won many awards, and his work is in a great many public and private collections in the UK and around the world. Website: www.njpittaway.co.uk

Alexandra Robb (Winter Cormorants in Crane Park) is an artist, illustrator and writer. She trained at Chelsea and specializes in depicting the natural world. She has written and illustrated two children's books and for the last 15 years has managed the Crane Park Nature Reserve in Twickenham for the London Wildlife Trust. She has helped develop the Shot Tower Nature and Visitor Centre as a permanent exhibition space and education centre. She has two RHS medals for botanical painting. Website: www.alexrobb.co.uk

Ian Shillaker (Bulbous Betty, Terrace Gardens) studied graphics at Croydon College of Art and has worked as a designer for 35 years. He finds painting is a more spontaneous and natural alternative to designing on a computer screen. He has attended classes in painting figures and portraits in oils also landscapes in watercolour and acrylic.

Ian Sidaway RI (Richmond Park) lives in Twickenham. He worked as a designer for the J W Thompson advertising agency before beginning to paint in 1970. Throughout the 1980s and 90s he painted portraits to commission and began to illustrate books on art technique and various other subjects including those dealing with travel, horticulture and food. He began to write and produce instructional art books in the mid 1980s with 32 titles written to date. For several years he taught at summer painting workshops conducted near Arezzo in Italy. Of late his work concentrates on the landscape both in the UK and abroad. Work is produced using a wide range of materials but primarily watercolour, acrylic and oil paint. Works are held in private collections in the UK the USA, Europe and Australia, and his work is regularly exhibited at open shows held by The Royal Watercolour Society, The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, The Royal Society of British Artists, The Pastel Society, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Chelsea Arts Society. He has recently been elected as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. Website: www.iansidaway.com

Jill Storey (Kew Palace through the Trees) lives in Twickenham and trained in Fine Art at Gloucestershire College of Art & Design and Goldsmiths. She works mainly in watercolour and pastel and, after many years of teaching in adult education, is now concentrating on her own work and subjects wider afield in Europe and overseas. Her work has been commissioned by the BBC and English Heritage among others and is in several collections including the Museum of Rugby and Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. She has had paintings accepted for the Royal Institutue of Watercolours, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Pastel Society among many others. Website: www.jillstorey.co.uk

Anne Swankie (Leicester Square) lives in Richmond. She trained at Richmond School of Art and has taken part in many group shows, both locally and in London, including exhibitions by the Society of Women Artists and Society of Landscape Painters, and the Pastel Society Annual Exhibition. Her painting of the cafe at Petersham Nurseries was a highlight of last year's art auction. Website: www.swankie.co.uk

Norman Twyman (Winter Afternoon, Petersham) studied at Hammersmith School of Building and Architecture and graduated from Hammersmith School of Art in 1950. In 1951 he was involved in the Festival of Britain exhibition. He had solo shows and participated in group shows at Marble Hill and Hampton Hill galleries. He died in November 2003.

Howard Vie (Turner's House, Twickenham) originally trained as an architect. He now works to commission as an illustrator, specialising in architectural subjects. He has illustrated many conservation area studies for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Website: www.hvie.co.uk

Penny Wade (1930-2008) (A Rainy Day on Eel Pie Island) spent her childhood in India, Burma and Exmoor and was home-educated, allowing her to spend most of her time drawing and painting. A trained nurse, she was a founder member of what became the National Childbirth Trust; she established the Vinyard Project, a drop-in centre for people with mental health problems; and Spear, the hostel for the homeless in Richmond. An enthusiastic and gifted artist, she studied art at Richmond Adult College and took part in many of the Environment Trust's art picnics.

Alan White (Naked Ladies) has lived and worked in close proximity with art and artists for most of his life. His early training was at Ealing College of Art, a thriving establishment in the 1950's and 1960's and his talent was turned to good use when he chose advertising as a career, working as a graphic designer for a number of major London agencies before running his own company. After Alan retired, he still found he had the urge to paint. He began to work under Kevin Chapman in Richmond, drawing from life and working on paper in various media. His figure work combines an inventive economy of line with a subtle and expressive palette in pastel and watercolour. He has exhibited and sold at numerous galleries and art fairs, and his work is included in private collections across Europe and the United States. Recently, he worked on some studies of the Bolshoi Ballet on stage during their sell-out British tour. Website: www.alanwhiteart.co.uk

Anne Woodham (Cupboard Love) began her career as a journalist. She has a BA Hons Fine Art from Buckinghamshire New University and a BA in English and Anthropology. She is a figurative artist interested in exploring psychological narratives revealed in body language, gestures and facial expressions. As well as painting in oils, she also enjoys making pen, gouache and watercolour drawings that take a more light-hearted approach to people and communication. When not drawing and painting, she is a Guide at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Website: www.annewoodham.co.uk

Jim Woodman (Portree Harbour, Skye; Richmond Bridge in the Evening Sun) is a full-time painter whose work is noted for its use of strong, vibrant colours that imbue stark landscapes with warmth and intensity. His inspiration is the landscape, which he paints in oils, watercolours and acrylics. Much of his work celebrates the stark, moody beauty of the island of Skye. In contrast, he also paints the Thames and its environs in London, as well as Tuscany, France and Spain. He is a Member of the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers and won the Aya Broughton Prize at the Society’s exhibition in November 2006. Website: www.jimwoodman.co.uk

Roy Wright (The Terrace from Nightingale Lane) studied illustration at Hull College of Art and was Group Graphics Editor of the Mirror Group of Newspapers. Since 1993 he has worked independently from his Richmond studio. He has been a prizewinner in the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition and the RA Summer Exhibition. Website: www.roywright.co.uk

Patricia Wyndham (The Farm)  lives in Chiswick. She has only taken up painting seriously in the last few years and has had helpful advice and praise from various painters, in particular Mary Fedden, Sargy Mann and Anthea Craigmyle. She has been represented at the Russell Gallery and at various art fairs including Art London and 20/21 Brtish Art. This is her first painting for the art auction.

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