— Mary Rouncefield identified as rising star

— 11 December 2008

Having recently completed our selection of new artists to join Visual in the South West, we were delighted to hear that one of them has also been awarded a place on Courvoisier's The Future 500 network.  This list identifies some of the individuals who are succeeding and growing their businesses thanks to their ingenuity, incredible work ethic and ability to leverage trends and creativity.

The Courvoisier Future 500 network, founded in 2007, is one of the UK’s leading and most dynamic professional networks, recognising and rewarding the country’s most innovative business brains and creative talent.

Mary Rouncefield, Bristol based artist, printmaker and illustrator has been hand-picked by a high profile judging panel of leading entrepreneurs. The judges screened hundreds of applications from a variety of business and creative sectors.

Judge Reed Paget, CEO of Belu Water, says, “We were looking for extraordinarily smart and passionate people, with ideas both clever and well thought through. Mary Rouncefield genuinely stood out and has the potential to really take off, even in this economic climate.”

We are delighted that Mary has been awarded a place on the Future 500 network.  To see some of her work, click here.

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