Since 2004 two friends have been painting in a sunlit studio in the Suffolk countryside in a spirit of collaboration, inspired in their approach to working by Van Gogh and Gaugin, who went to live in the south of France in order to paint together.

Both friends have been painting for a number of years in a haphazard way, but have progressed dramatically by working together in an atmosphere of exuberant creativity. Their approach has been to set up a series of still-life subjects and for each to paint it in an entirely personal and subjective way.

One works predominantly in acrylics and the other in oils but what is common to both is a love of vivid and intense colour, which is perhaps a defining feature of their work.

They are Anthea Davidson and Tracey Curtis-Taylor of Vivid Imagination.

They invite you to look at their picture galleries, and also those of artist friends who share their passion for painting, but with their own individual approaches.