Anna Angel was born in Cardiff and graduated at the University of Wales Newport in 1998. As well as exhibiting through the Diverse Manners Arts group she has also exhibited at the London Battersea Art Fair in London, 2000 and at the Show Case Gallery in Surrey, 2001.

Using mainly arylics and soft pastels, her style is bold and bright, working to a fairly large scale, with the subject matter being either contemporary portraiture or landscapes and seascapes.

As an artist, Carole Gaylard has enjoyed working in many different media over the years. Paint has always been the main route for her inspiration to find its way, but fabric has also been an important, though less public, way of expressing herself.

It is through knowledge of this work that Lodge farm Church commissioned Carole to make a series of hand puppets for the children’s work carried out at the church.

God asks us to tell others about Himself in many different ways. Through the puppets the children enjoy learning about and performing stories from the Bible, and parents enjoy coming to church to see their children perform while at the same time hearing the message of Jesus. John 3:16 

Craig was born on the 26th March 1983 in West Sussex where he grew up in Lancing on the south coast of England, located between Worthing and Brighton. Teaching himself photography while studying for his A-Level's and his passion has continued to grow ever since.

In 2004 Craig moved to South Wales and enrolled on the BA Honors Documentary Photography degree at University of Wales, Newport. Graduating in 2007 Craig now lives in Llandaff, Cardiff and has been focusing his practice on social documentary, concentrating particularly on portraiture and landscape work.

Deborah Wheeler moved to Newport ten years ago, after working for six years in London for Zandra Rhodes and then two and a half years for Skopos in Yorkshire, designing printed fabrics.

When she came to Newport she was impressed by the first Diverse Manners exhibition and asked to join the group.

In her nine years with the group she has covered many varying and challenging themes such as domestic abuse, injustice, sexuality and gender issues, using embroidery as her medium of expression.  She has also been inspired by the beauty in creation and the surrounding countryside. Deborah uses her love of embroidery as a form of worship, in the hope that she will challenge people’s views and opinions and also celebrate God.

Fiona has lived in Newport since 1998. She has co-run Barefoot Ceramics pottery painting studio since founding it in 2004.

Her recent work has included tile sets based on the bridges over the Usk, spurred on by the show "Muddy Magnificence". Her style is representational with a leaning towards interactive art to ensure that the public engage with her work.

Martin Crampin was one of the founder members of Diverse Manners in 1998. He served on the committee before moving to Aberystwyth in 1999, but has continued to work with the group, exhibiting at each show since then.

Martin trained at the Newport School of Art from 1991–1995, and works in digital media and installation. His subjects for Diverse Manners exhibitions have included Welsh Saints and new images based on medieval art from Wales.

He has worked on the Visual Culture of Wales and the Imaging the Bible in Wales projects for the University of Wales, and also works freelance as an artist, designer and photographer.

www.martincrampin.co.uk

Nigel Hunt studied fine art at Gwent college of Higher Education 1980-83. He has  taught part time at College Gwent Newport Campus, since 1994. 

His paintings are visual representations of experiences, moods, feelings, moments, sensory celebrations. Nigel uses colour, texture, space and form in dynamic relations to present emotional expressions and inner visions.

Steffan Johnson is an artist from Caerphilly, South Wales. He earned his BA degree from Carmarthen University and has also studied in Bath Spa University. He graduated in 2005.

He found his interest in art when he was studying at school, and has pursued painting and drawing since, but found his creative niche in oil paintings and mixed media drawings. His work has recently been inspired by the history of his home village, Machen, as well as the aesthetics of oil paints in simple still life set ups.

Steve Ravenhill lives in Risca and studied at UWCN, where he received a BA in Graphics, which involved illustration. His favourite media to work in are pen and ink, watercolour and acrylic. He likes to draw or paint work on the themes of people and animals.