Phil Day, born in Goulburn in1973, he lives in Braidwood where he teaches Art part-time to teenagers. He co-founded Finlay Press in 1997 and more recently co-founded Finlay Lloyd Publishing in 2006. Many of the books he has designed, illustrated, printed, or bound have become part of state library, university, and city council collections – including the National Library of Australia. Day believes there is something severely ill with contemporary art. His personal remedy is to enjoy the activity of drawing as an end in itself. He is currently working on his first novel and currently has the second highest score in the world on the 80's arcade video game classic Galaga.
Laurence Fuller, son of Peter Fuller, started collecting art at the age of thirteen. He graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2007. He became a Trustee of the Peter Fuller Memorial Foundation in 2007, and is the UK editor and the designer of Art Influence. Laurence is an actor recognised in film and theatre, view his work here www.laurencefuller.com
Peter Fuller was one of Britain’s leading art critics when he died in 1990, aged 42. Fuller had a weekly column in The Sunday Telegraph and was the founding editor of Modern Painters magazine, one of the most important magazines on art in Britain. Along with such prestigious books as Art and Psychoanalysis, Peter wrote regularly for Art Monthly UK and New Society for nearly two decades. His writings are currently being read all over the world from TATE Britain to universities in China. Click here to see more
Stephen Newton is a painter whose work has been exhibited internationally. His academic career began with a B.A. from Leeds University and an M.A. from Nottingham Trent University. He went on to receive an M.A. (Distinction) in Art and Psychotherapy and a Ph.D. in Psychoanalysis and the Creative Process from the University of Sheffield. He is the author of The Politics and Psychoanalysis of Primitivism (Ziggurat Books, London, 1996) and Painting, Psychoanalysis, and Spirituality (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001). Stephen Newton is Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, England.
Diane Simmons lives in Bath, England. Diane escaped the world of pensions admin when arthritis in her back and neck forced her to give up work a few years ago. Nagged by her loved ones she embarked on a creative writing course with the Open University. Now, four courses later with a two short story prizes to her name, she plans to carry on writing and to finish her degree. Diane also hopes to hone the skills learnt with the Open University and write a radio play.
Robin Wallace-Crabbe, a painter responsible for more than 40 solo exhibitions and with work in major public and private collections. He has had 14 books published, most concerning art crime, the balance just strange fictions. At present he is working on a suite of large charcoal drawings and some table-top polychrome sculptures.
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