The Space Between

Pari Aazami

Pari is an Anglo-Iranian mixed media artist, based in Kent, creating abstract realism rooted in photography. A former dentist, she left the profession to fully dedicate herself to art, drawing inspiration from nature to craft works that invite pause and reflection. She has exhibited in the UK and Switzerland with four solo shows, the first ever being at Whitstable’s Fishslab Gallery and the second at the Horsebridge Arts Centre. Now, she returns to the Horsebridge in a group exhibition alongside other talented artists. Since her last solo show here, she has exhibited with The Other Art Fair London, as well as at the inaugural Women in Art Fair at the Mall Galleries. She was longlisted for both the Women in Art Prize and the Visual Art Open and featured in 100 Artworks to Note by Arts to Hearts. Through her art, she encourages viewers to step away from daily distractions, bringing calm and light into their living spaces.

Jeanette Cook

Jeanette lives and works in rural Kent. She holds a 1st class honours in Fine Art from Canterbury Christ Church University where she specialised in sculpture, but over time, fused glass work and painting have become asimportant to her practice. She is a member of the Contemporary Glass Society. An interest in the natural world is the touchstone for her art. The mysteries of nature, the cyclical rhythms of sex, birth and death, and how these affect the human condition, are what drive her work. Oscillating between figurative and abstract, using whichever materials she feels best suited to articulate sometimes complex ideas, she follows connecting threads as they weave between real and imaginary worlds.

Jeanette has exhibited in solo and joint exhibitions in London (recently in ING Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries) and throughout Kent. Examples of her work are currently showing in Creek Creative,Faversham and in the Natasha Pearl Gallery at Chalkpit Farm near Canterbury. In addition to exhibiting in galleries, Jeanette works to commission and collectors of her work may be found throughout the UK, in Europe and in the USA

Amelia Coward

Amelia is a Kent-based artist best known for her explorations into mixing, blending and grading colours. Born in 1975, she holds a 1st class honours from Central St Martins and MA from the Royal College of Art. Having received training based on the colour theory teachings of Josef Albers, Amelia creates artworks that focus on the interaction of colours. Her works are carefully composed studies of spatial balance between geometric coloured elements such as circles and stripes. Influenced heavily by her woven textile training she uses laser cutters much the same way as she was trained to use a loom, cutting geometric shapes and then reassembling them in patchwork compositions. Her works move dramatically from highly detailed dot pieces containing sometimes 1000s of raised hand-painted dots to large-scale striped pieces comprised of contrasting scales and bold clashing colours. Located in a traditional oast barn in the Kent countryside, Amelia combines her prolific making of new pieces with her commercial giftware business, Bombus. Each influences the other. Amelia has a team of creative makers in her studio to help assemble, photograph, frame and pack her artwork. 

GeGe Hirst

GeGe is an architect turned artist, (Glasgow School of Art) whose work explores the intersection of emotion, and movement. With a background in architecture, she is deeply attuned to precision, form, and spatial relationships. However, her artistic practice is a process of unlearning –an embrace of spontaneity, fluidity, and raw expression. Through abstract expressionism, GeGe moves beyond rigid lines and calculated forms, instead channelling emotion through bold gestures, layered textures, and dynamic compositions. Her abstract seascapes reflect a fascination with nature’s rhythms -how the ocean, like creativity itself, is unpredictable, yet simultaneously meditative. These works explore the balance between control and chaos, where colour and texture evoke the ever-changing moods of water and sky. In her abstract portraits, GeGe seeks to capture not mere likeness, but essence -the intangible emotions, energies, and complexities that define the human experience. Figures emerge and dissolve, creating a tension between presence and ambiguity. At the core of her practice is a desire to translate the environment and the human spirit into a more expressive and fluid language -one that extends beyond structure into the realm of feeling
 

Zel Hunt

Zel is an abstract painter, born & raised in South London within a short bus ride to the Thames and Tate Britain. Zel studied Art & Textiles at St Martins & Central School of Art in the early 1980s and later developed an interest in Art Therapy, obtaining an MA in Art Psychotherapy at Goldsmiths College, London. She had a long and rewarding career as Lead Art Therapist in CAMHS, Kent, and now works full-time as an artist. Zel’s abstract landscapes are created by layering paint, then scratching or scraping back through the surface to reveal earlier markings, akin to the process of excavation. She often adds Letraset to create asemic writing, hinting at various languages spoken throughout time and the natural markings which are visible on the chalkface of the White Cliffs of Dover.

E.J Laven

E.J.Laven has spent most of her life on the Kent coast and it is from this contrasting landscape, as well as the structures and objects found along the shoreline, that much of her work arises. Her ideas and observations are expressed through a diverse range of media -from sculpture and ceramics to painting, mixed media and installation. She often explores concepts associated with the act of collecting and the relationship between objects, artefacts and their audience.

Natasha Pearl 

With 28 years of artistic exploration, Natasha Pearl hasjourneyed through countless mediums and styles -starting as a portrait painter, venturing into landscapes, and now embracing something entirely new. Her latest series, Sanctuary of Light, marks a bold departure from her previous work, weaving together resin, acrylic, waxes, and gold leaf to create textured, multi-dimensional pieces. At the heart of this series lies a unique technique -using brass rubbing as an underlayer -giving each piece a tactile, almost ethereal quality. The result is a collection that bridges the gap between the ordinary and the divine, inviting viewers to pause and reflect. It is abstract and immersive, yet deeply rooted in a sense of spiritual connection. Pearl’s work has always been about forging a bond between the tangible and the transcendent, and she has found that people often feel moved by this new direction -drawn into the light, depth, and quiet power of each piece. Sanctuary of Light is an awakening, a moment to pause, breathe, and feel the pulse of something greater than ourselves. A place where art becomes a sanctuary for the soul.

Richard Poole

Richard lives in Maidstone, Kent with his wife and his two Jack Russell pups. He works full-time in the software industry as an Engineering Manager. When not at work, you’ll find him sat at a pottery wheel either at home in Maidstone, or at Aylesford Pottery in Aylesford. Having discovered pottery through a day course in 2020, Richard fell in love with clay instantly. Since then he has embarked on a journey of discovery (and mess), slowly growing in experience and skill, and creating his own unique style along the way. Favouring wheel-thrown decorative ceramics, Richard creates mixed-textured pots, with naked, raw-textured surfaces enhanced with oxides, coupled with glaze.

Caroline Martin 

Caroline is a contemporary abstract painter based in East Sussex. She studied a Foundation Diploma in Art and completed a BA Hons Fashion degree in London; going on to work in textile design and silkscreen printing. After moving to Sussex to focus on raising a family, she was asked to create a large painting for a close friend. Something sparked and she has been painting ever since; regularly taking part in Art exhibitions across the South of England with clients and collectors from Singapore to the Isle of White. Caroline is an intuitive painter who translates her experience of natural forms into abstract paintings - water and sky being an ongoing theme.