Welcome to the Artist Database

Students are encouraged to actively use this blog to search for any ‘artist connections’ that might inspire their own work. You will find many artists with distinctive #hashtag words to aid your search. Simply type in a word in the top search bar to see what pops up. There are also ‘Fast Links…’ at the bottom of the page to each individual artist.

This is a growing database with artists new and old added every day so keep checking…


Alexander Titorenkov





Casino, Gun, Still life, Cards, Food, Fish, Cherries, Dice, Painting, 

Cassius Coolidge




Dog, Cards, Games, Poker, Surrealism, Play, 

Pieter Claesz





Still life, Painting, Skull, Objects, Everyday, Collection, Violin, Instrument, Jug, Food, Lobster, Flowers, Vanitas,  Symbolic, Religion, Death, 

Merlin D Tuttle



Bats, Animal, Fruit, Photography, Motion, Frozen, Bite, 

Mark Ryden




Controversial, Portrait, Illustration, Painting, Surrealism, Pop Surrealism, Mystery, Toys, Animal, 


Peter Phillips




Pop Art, Multi-media, Collage, Montage, Car, Bird, American, Women, 


Peter Blake




Beatles, Album cover, Montage, Music, Pop Art, Painting, Collage, Colour, American, British, 


Derek Boshier




 Pop Art, Painting, Robot, Cowboy, Colour, 



Philip Clairmont




Expressionism, Colour, Distorted, Interiors, Still life, Portrait, 

Debra Sisson






Expressive, Everyday, Flowers, Jars, Fruit, Peel, Still life, Food, Nature, Painting, 

Linda Apple





Painting, Everyday, Objects, Jars, Buttons, Bicycle, Shadow, Colour, Crayon, Still life, 


Greg Haynes





Photo realism, Jars, Collection, Money, Chrome, Nuts and bolts, Screws, Mechanical, Stamps, Painting, Still life, 


Tjalf Sparnaay






Photo realism, Painting, Everyday, Objects, Food, Eggs, Coke, Coke, Sweets, Spill, Sandwich,  

'Artwork of Patterned Animals'







Animal, Lizard, Bear, Fur, Bird, Deer, Flowers, Black and White, Pattern, Repeat, Line, Skull, 

Yinka Shonibare




Photography, Cultural, Identity, Colonialism, Mask, Staged, Period, Painting, Pattern,