Top 5: Exciting Affordable Manchester artists ft. Georgia Noble, Robert John Watson and more

After graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from The Manchester School of Art in 2015, Georgia Noble went on to show her work at Soho’s Curwen Gallery in London as part of their annual Northern Graduates exhibition, and shortly afterwards was selected by Saatchi Art’s Chief Curator and VP for Art Advisory, to feature in their 2016 Rising Stars initiative, where they shine a spotlight on a small handful of emerging artists each year. Since then, Georgia has gone on to continue to develop her practice and works from her studio as part of AWOL Studios in the historic Hope Mill in Ancoats and sells her work all around the world.

Amanda Mulquiney-Birbeck is a British figurative painter based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. She graduated from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design London in 2009 with a first class honours degree. Her work has been shown in galleries and event spaces, and published in industry-leading magazines. Mulquiney-Birbeck has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and has sold her work to both art-lovers and private collectors in the UK and internationally.

Robert John Watson is an award winning Fine Art photographer, based in Manchester. His most recent exhibition – In Praise Of Blandness – appeared at Manchester Central Library from August To Christmas 2020 and invited audiences to reflect upon and celebrate the simple aesthetics of the ordinary and every day.

Based in Stockport’s Vernon Mill, Sarah Morley paints expressive landscapes in an equally expressive semi-abstract style. In addition, she also draws and produces experimental mixed media work. Sarah frequently works to commission, producing abstracts for interiors or expressive landscapes and seascapes.

Jacqueline Taylor is from Manchester and still works and lives there to this today. She’s an emerging artist whose main medium is oil paint, with a particular interest in realism. Taylor’s work is based around the everyday and leaves the observer of her paintings to decide the narrative of the scenes or people she depicts. She desires to make artwork that creates a feeling within and which can be viewed many times over while feeling new each time it is observed. Jacqueline recently featured in Grayson’s Art Club 2020 and part of the exhibition at the Manchester Art gallery.