The Artists

Dave Pearse

Exhibitions: Exhibitions at Staple Hill Library and Downend Library, Bristol Group exhibition, Wecil, Bristol, 2015  Activities: Published work in…

Chris Rose

  Chris is a visual artist who paints in a cartoon style using bright, vivid colours. He focuses on…

Jonathan Barr Lindsay

  Jonathan is a visual artist and writer and is interested in history and how people used to live….

Jeff Johns

  Jeff views himself as a creative outsider. His work is introspective as he tries to work out how…

Betty Sargent

  Betty keeps her camera with her all the time and photographs what she sees. Photography gives Betty a…

Mario Batanero

    Mario’s career is reduced to the time he has been working with Debajo Del Sombrero. We can…

John Whelan

John’s style involves instinctive mark making, often using both hands at the same time. Layering, pattern and an ever-moving…

Íde Ní Shiúlleabháin

  Íde’s work is largely based on recording the world around her. Using strong colours and angular shapes she…

John Keating

  The predominant theme in John’s work is portraiture. He is inspired to draw the people who belong to…

Rosaleen Moore

Rosaleen is inspired by her home city of Cork. After walking through the city, examining the buildings and seeking…

Katie Whelan

Katie describes her work by saying “It’s all about love!”. Her paintings are imaginary landscapes with the theme of…

Yvonne Condon

  Yvonne is interested in documenting life as it happens. Her paintings are snapshots in time and her method…

Andrés Fernández

  Andrés artwork can be described as a constant process of cartography, enumeration of facts and graphics cataloguing of…

Belén Sánchez

  Belén is interested in making films, a place where she finds a space of vivid action, and a…

Jorge Bermejo

  For some reason things are made in one way and not in another, and that is what we…

Marta Páramo

Marta is a painter. Her painting natural drive is much closer to materials rather than any other thing. She…

Itziar Martín

  Itziar hasn’t been with Debajo del Sombrero for a long time, but only looking at how she uses…