Abi Moffat (b. 1992, Cardiff, UK) lives and works in Hastings. She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Leeds Arts University (2013) and a Master’s degree in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts (2018), where she was awarded the Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship. In 2016 and 2017, Abi completed two large-scale public commissions for Transport for London and Leeds City Council in collaboration with established design studios. Her work was featured in The Saatchi Gallery Magazine in 2018. Abi has exhibited widely across the UK and has sold her paintings internationally.
Abi’s work is emotive and reactionary, driven by a love of exploring the material qualities of paint. Her practice delves into the impact of colour and the translation of natural light within a painted image. Through a spontaneous, process-led approach, she focuses on building rich layers of texture and depth on the surface. She applies, removes, and reapplies materials using a range of tools, brushes, and her own hands.
Rose Long is an artist based in East Sussex. She trained in Illustration at Camberwell School of Art, London and Theatre Design at Illinois State University, USA and the Banff Centre, Canada. She worked in retail marketing and design in London before moving to Hastings.. She has exhibited in London and contributed to group shows locally and around the UK.
Working in a variety of media and styles her focus is on colour, shape and form. She explores the balance between representation and abstraction combining flattened silhouettes and graphic blocks of colour to create simplified scenes, landscape or domestic which hint at a narrative.
Ingrid Solan is a Dublin-born artist, raised in South London and now based in Hastings, UK. She studied Fine Art at Middlesex University, specializing in conceptual installations. Currently, she works primarily in oils, creating contemporary seascapes inspired by the unique light and expansive horizons of the Sussex coastline.
Ingrid’s work explores themes of perception, subjectivity, and the shared beliefs that shape social structures and moral frameworks. Her compositions, colour choices, and artwork titles reflect an interest in how individuals make decisions and form mental categories.
She describes the sea as a powerful metaphor for the human experience—encompassing freedom, sustenance, fear, and renewal.
Ingrid uses palette knives, fingers, and brushes to produce both abstract and representational landscapes, drawing inspiration from the beaches, cliffs, and hills of Sussex.
I am a retired English language teacher. Since Covid, I have been creating art which I have exhibited in Hastings and France. I work on canvas using acrylics, pastels and mixed media. I love to use colour as much as possible and like to experiment with various mediums. My work is eclectic, as I like to draw / paint what I am inspired by and turn it into abstract.
Arthur TT is also known as Arthur Thompson-Talbot aged 9. He lives on the West Hill in Hastings with his mum, dad, brother Wilf (7) and dog Bagel. Art is his superpower and he’s rarely seen without his notebook (sketch pad) and favourite pen (V ball 0.7). As well as art he likes lego, squidgy things, fiddle toys, boxes and food, particularly noodles which he’d eat every day if he could.
Long time friends artist Samantha Guertin and photographer Daniela Exley are thrilled to be exhibiting together for the second time at the Crown this December 2025.
Both artists are inspired by the light and beauty of the Hastings and St Leonards sky and sea. This exhibition takes a deep dive into these two prominent elements of their surroundings. It explores their observations and celebrates their daily encounters with the wonders of nature.
Colourful group show, 'HAPPEA', consisting of personal work made by Silas Money, Benjamin Phillips, James D Wilson and Ben Newman, will be displayed at The Crown throughout November. Outside of their formal jobs in design, education and illustration, each artist's personal practice provides an outlet to create outside of commercial expectations and as a form of self care. This space to PLAY keeps them connected to their deep need to be curious, awkward and happy (HAPPEA is how Ben's youngest son would write 'happy').
With a background in film and animation Silas Money’s work has expanded into sculpture, ceramics and most recently painting. Silas’ approach to making has an instinctive and playful irreverence where he aims to make work that embraces imperfections, accidents, awkwardness, humour, frustration and absurdity.
James Wilson’s work explores the relationship between landscape and abstraction and memory. In his paintings, reduced gestures that speak of mountains, valleys and coastlines are interrupted with sudden cuts, hard-edges and mismatches. This mimics the way memories of places are prone to abstraction and yet our sense of those places remain familiar and vivid.
Award winning illustrator and author, Benjamin Phillips creates ceramics, drawings and paintings for a wide range of commercial and personal projects. He has illustrated Michel Rosen's latest book, 'One Day' based on the true story of an escape by members of the French resistance from a rail convoy bound for Auschwitz.
Ben Newman is an illustrator who works predominantly on children's books, toys and games. Outside of his commercial practice, he paints "as a cathartic process through which he reconciles fragmented elements, uniting them into a cohesive whole and seeking balance in the composition."
Katie has a business in burlesque corsetry, mostly bespoke corsets and costumes for performers and showgirls.
Taking up painting in recent years she draws on a wealth of theatrical styles from her burlesque and fashion background, using traditional techniques in her oil paintings. They are infused with a dark allure, using characters and costumes to create contemporary portraits.
“My love of historical paintings has been a big influence for me, I aim to create portraits with a traditional style whilst using the vibrant and diverse characters that I come across. Working in the burlesque and fetish scenes there is a wealth of inspiration for me”.
Tattooed models, performers and subjects with an unusual style or personality become her muses, making her paintings an enchanting reflection of modern society.
Anna Kopach is an artist from Ukraine who has been living in Battle for the past few years. She finds inner peace in painting, draws inspiration from human stories, and transforms emotions into her artworks.
“This exhibition is a doorway into my inner world. In moments of solitude, I find space for reflection, and creativity becomes my path toward light. I invite you to enter my perspective, to feel it, and perhaps to recognize something of your own within it.”
I’m Juliette Wills, a self-taught photographer, just-breaking-through artist, decent ceramicist and award-winning writer. Rather than pick one thing I’m good at, I decided to do them all.
I’m pulled in by colourful people, a brightness bursting through a miserable day and the strange allure of decomposition. Marine Court, photographed from the back, is my favourite image; its decaying façade is beautiful in my eyes; the contrast with its bright white ship-shaped front is incredibly striking, a real Jekyll & Hyde structure.