Not sure where to start when it comes to buying art from the New Artist Fair?

Daunted by the thought of buying art from artists you’ve never heard of before? Don't be!

Art blogger Lisa Holmes is here to help guide you through 5 of her favourite artists who will be displaying their work at the New Artist Fair next week.

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Simon been painting regularly for eight years and finds it extremely fun and relaxing, as well as a great outlet for his creativity. His art is often a spontaneous explosion of Abstract Expressionism mixed with experimental subconscious creation.

He lives in the City of Glasgow and often take inspiration from the hustle and bustle of city life. The intensity of the colours and the breathtaking landscapes he has come across have inspired him to experiment with colours and constantly search for new ways to apply paint to canvas.

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FreirePrintz is the work of London-based artist Ella Freire. She creates limited edition screenprints, which cover an eclectic mix of subjects in bright, bold colours.

Taking part in a number of shows throughout the UK and exhibiting twice a year at Wimbledon Art Open Studios, Ella's work can also be found at online and in various London shops & galleries.

Much of Ella's work is inspired by her love of vintage bus tickets, 1930’s luggage labels, 1960’s cameras and other retro objects.

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With a background in Mechanical Engineering and Architecture, Robert is interested in how the artistic and the technical may inform and invigorate each other, producing output that is new and different to both. In his work individual colours are defined as ‘genetic sequences’, realized digitally as a string of 1s and 0s.  Over sized pixels, rastered onto the image plane, are used to record these colours as they are created.

The work is arranged into series, each investigating a different combination of techniques, rendered for effect. They are titled by their ‘Unix timestamp’ – the exact time of creation recorded as the number of milliseconds since 00:00:00 UTC 1st January 1970.

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Established art buyers will know well enough how to go about making an art purchase, but for those new to the whole business of buying art, particularly when thinking about investing in a relatively new artist’s work, what do they need to consider?

Click here for tips on why to buy art and what sort of art to buy as a new collector.

Article written by Lisa Holmes

Dean Moone, 40, born in Pinner, studied Craft Design and Technology, Technical Drawing and Art, but felt that he needed the economic security a trade could offer and successfully completed a City & Guilds qualification in bricklaying at Willesden Technical College.   

Dean continued producing artwork whilst holding down his everyday job, however two years ago he suffered a back injury in an industrial accident that has left him unable to continue with heavy, physical work. Through the generous support of family and friends, Dean has used the time since his accident to broaden and deepen his use of materials, methods and media.

Dean paints using oil on canvas.

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