Born in South Africa, he signed in as a guest of William Holt Yates TITCOMB at the St Ives Arts club in December 1904, but does not appear to have lived locally until the 1920s. Although he exhibited in STISA from 1929, his modernity was often considered crude, and he was not invited to become a member until April 1931. He was then living at Wheel Speed in Carbis Bay with his wife. He appears to have moved away shortly after 1933, and by 1940 was living in Totnes, Devon.
Judith Tutin was born in Wexford, Ireland. She completed a BA in Art and Design Education at the National College of Art and Design, with painting as a chosen studio practice. Subsequently she gained an MA in Art in Education at the Institute of Education, University College London.
Her painting is semi-abstract, influenced by abstract expressionism, especially the work of Rothko and the idea of colour as a spiritual experience. She searches for a light source in her work, an emergence of light from layers of texture and structure. She is strongly influenced by religious painting and the richness of art history's Catholic heritage. Visually she takes note of decaying buildings, the passage of time, nature acting on surfaces where art stands the test of time. Nowhere is this more explicit than in Italy where she has frequently travelled. She is a practising Catholic and has undertaken may commissions for religious purposes. She has also presented a paper on The Body in Catholic Art at the iJade conference and continues to have a keen academic interest in this topic in Art History.
She has been a secondary school art teacher throughout her 20 year career and is currently Head of the Creative Faculty at Truro High School for Girls, where she has tried new skills such as Cyanotype Photography and Puppetry. She has worked extensively in Cyanotype since 2017 which now makes up a significant portion of her art practice.
She had no connections with Cornwall when she and her husband decided to move to the county in 2010, but found it a 'home from home' with its similarity to South East Ireland. The coastal landscape of Cornwall, the Celtic history and the vibrant art scene have made Judith feel very settled here.
A painter, printmaker, teacher and formidably talent draughtsman who made his home on the Lizard peninsula. Vince Tutton enjoyed a distinguished career, from his early days in Wales, later living and working in Italy and Spain. His work was widely appreciated, developing over the years into a powerful and intense form of abstraction whose complexity was expressed by the use of writing, and many layers of paint, pastel and charcoal.
In spring of 2019 a posthumous collection of 60 of Tutton's works was shown at Falmouth Art Gallery, curated by his daughter Jayne and her mother Irene.
Originating from Teignmouth, Devon, Dick and his wife Ann moved to Cornwall in 1970 and settled in the market town of St Columb.
Handrearing a variety of rescue animals and observing them and the natural environment around him, much of his work has been used as illustrations in books and magazines. He also exhibits in group shows locally and further afield.
In 2017 he completed a mural for the wall adjacent to St Columb's Town Hall, depicting past and present participants in the local hurling contest, which takes place annually.
Essex Tyler was born in Newlyn. He spent several years as a fisherman before taking a course at Falmouth Marine School, funding his studies by making and selling raku pottery.
Today his own painting and ceramics, and work by other artists, can be seen at the Tyler Gallery in Mousehole. Alongside his identity as an artist, he is a keen sailor and a highly talented surfer. 'Essex Tyler : Riding the Wave', a 2016 publication by surfer Sam Bleakley, is a celebration of Tyler's surfing skill and artistic talent.
Kathleen Tyson was born in Grimsby, and she studied at both Grimsby and Hull Schools of Art. She first exhibited in 1927 and became a member of SWA in 1939. She married Cecil Mawer that year but continued to exhibit under her maiden name.
Her Royal Academy exhibits indicated that she spent some time in Cornwall, specifically Polperro and Looe. A painting done in 1940 is entitled 'Polperro' and a subsequent one on the same subject was well received at SMA in 1943. She continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1951.
Her painting of Looe Harbour is in the loan collection exhibited at the National Maritime Museum, Falmouth.
Caroline Uff is based in Falmouth and works as a freelance illustrator, specialising in children's picture books. Born in Hong Kong, she spent her early years in Shropshire and then Yorkshire.
Craig Underhill works from Reawla Ceramics, near Hayle. He was born in Glasgow and studied art at Derbyshire College of Higher Education. In 1989 he obtained a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, specialising in Ceramics, from Portsmouth Polytechnic. The following year he set up his own pottery, and began teaching. During his many years as a teacher and lecturer he exhibited his work widely throughout the UK and Europe.
In 2007 he exhibited at Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, and continues to exhibit there as one of their gallery artists. In 2020 he relocated his home and studio to Cornwall.
He became a member of STISA in 2025.
Vanessa Unsworth is an animal portrait artist based near Redruth.
Dr Bren Unwin was, from 2011 to 2013, President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, based at the Bankside Gallery in London.
She is based in St Just, in west Penwith. Her work is held in the British Museum, and the Ashmolean Museum.
Upton was born in Birmingham and studied there at the College of Art before entering the RA Schools. Later on he was to teach painting there at the Royal Academy where he also exhibited in the summer shows from about 1990.
Early on in his career he studied on scholarship at the British School in Rome (1962), and later was to have exhibitions in London and abroad including the Yale Centre for British Art, in New Haven (1987) and the Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York that same year. Locally he exhibited with the NSA and also at the Great Atlantic Map Works, St Just. He worked latterly from the Old Chapel Studio, Mousehole, painting always on a small scale, in both watercolour and oils.
For many years, he struggled with diabetes, and eventually this was to force the amputation of both legs. He died in 2002 in Redruth, still painting from his hospital bed.
Recorded as a pupil of John Anthony PARK in 1923; associated with St Ives.
Her pictures are not often found on the market, but sometimes in the West Country; her associations are not known, but she may be related to Cornish marine artist John Clarke Isaac UREN.
Born in Truro on May 10, 1845 (GRO), Bednar has noted a painting by the artist with a Newlyn title in 1872, Early Morning - Newlyn; and again in 1878 he was exhibiting at the RCPS with two Newlyn Courtyard scenes.
Uren (also seen written as U'REN) was an artist working primarily on seascapes and coastal studies of Devon and Cornwall. He had also worked at Lamorna before the colony of painters was established there. Until the 1890s he lived at Penzance but moved on to Plymouth just before the end of the century, continuing to paint in Cornwall.
His marriage to Eliza Catherine Mollard aka Cate took place at Madron in 1876. In the 1891 Census they are living at The Willows, Cornwall Terrace, Penzance. He and his wife were parents to ten children, five girls and five boys, all of whom were born in Penzance, with the exception of the youngest who was born in Plymouth (1899).
At the Opening Exhibition of NAG (1895) he was well represented with watercolours of Cornish coastal scenery.
There is some confusion as to the signature and identification of the J C Uren paintings, and even to his name. A correspondent (2012) suggests, after extensive research, that John Clarke Isaac Uren may also be the same person as John Clarkson Uren (sometimes written as John Clarksen U'ren with the same dates). Whether or not this is one artist, or perhaps two, is currently unknown. Uren is a peculiarly Cornish surname, and as we have often found, a leaning towards arts occupations tends to run in families. There is a John Uren born in about 1883 to the JCI Uren family, who might also be an artist waiting to be found.
In 1911, Whybrow notes that he was turned down for membership in the St Ives Arts Club, because by that time he was practising as the Borough Surveyor. It is not known as yet when they returned to Cornwall, which is where the artist died on 14 March, 1932, age 86, in Penzance.
Born in Edinburgh, she studied at Heatherley's and at Newlyn with Stanhope FORBES. In 1934 her sending-in address was Chelsea, London.
In December 2010/January 2011, Urquhart was exhibiting her paintings at the Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, at a show entitled 'London and St Ives'.
Peter Ursem is originally from Utrecht in the Netherlands. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 1995. In 1998 he moved to the UK and has lived near Gunnislake since 2011.
Ursem's work explores 'landscape as a metaphor for the soul.' He is a regular exhibitor with 'Drawn to the Valley'. His work has been shown at the Limekiln Gallery in Calstock.
Nick Urwin undertook a Foundation course in art at Falmouth University, followed by a degree at Kingston University. He is an oil painter and printmaker living in Drakewalls, Tamar valley.
Melanie Uys trained at Falmouth and Exeter Schools of Art and gained a BA (Hons) in Art and Art History. She works from Uys Gallery on Tregenna Hill in St Ives, and from Porthmeor Print Workshop. She specialises in linocuts but also creates works on paper, and jewellery.
Roelof Uys is a South African-born ceramicist who founded his first ceramics studio there in 1992. He took up the role of Senior Production Potter at the Leach Pottery in 2013.
His work is sold through Uys Gallery, Tregenna Hill, in St Ives.