Remove font styles from a:link and a:hover, as they cause the table to "jump" in IE8. The <td> style will format the captions.

body {
background-color: #fff;}

.redDot {
    height:12px;
    width:12px;
    background-image: url("http://paintingsofstockport.co.uk/jpgs/reddot.gif");
    position:absolute;
    margin-left:5px;

}

.thumbImg {
    padding:4px;
    width:180px;
    height:140px;
    margin-left:auto;
    margin-right:auto;
    
}

.singleArtwork  {
    width:188px;
    height:200px;
    padding:3px;
    text-align:center;
    
    float:left;
    font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif;
    font-size: x-small;
    line-height: 14px;
    
}

#logo {
	position: absolute; width:100%; height: 30px; top:0px; left:0px;
	position:fixed;
	scroll: no-scroll;
	background: #fff;
}

#footer1 {
	position: absolute;
	top: 600px;
	left: 30px;
	width: 274px;
	height: 50px;
	background: #fff;
		}
		
#footer {
	position: absolute;
	top: 746px;
	left: 322px;
	width: 274px;
	height: 50px;
	background: #fff;
		}

#minitabs {
	font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 0 20px 10px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #000066;
    z-index:999;
	}

	
#minitabs li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	display: inline;
	list-style-type: none;
	}
#minitabs a {
	float: right;
	line-height: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 0 10px 4px 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #000066;
	}
#minitabs a:active, #minitabs a:hover {
	border-bottom: 4px solid #000066;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	color:	#fff;
	font-style: italic;
	background: #999;
	}
#minitabs a:hover {
	color: #fff;
	}
	
a:link {text-decoration: none;
}

a:visited {text-decoration: none;
font-size: 10px;
line-height: 12px;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
color: #333
}

a:hover {text-decoration: none;
		}

a:active {text-decoration: none;
color: #fff}

#thumbs	{
	
	width:600px;
	margin-top: 30px;
	border-left: 1px solid #000066;
    margin-left: 30%;
    min-height:1000px;
	}
	
#image	{
	float: right;
	width:66%;
	margin-top: 20px;
	padding-right: 160px;
	}
	
.floatleft	{
		float: left;
	}
			
#imgfirst	{
	position: absolute; 
	width:400px;
	top: 39px;
	left: 324px;
	width:483px;
	margin-top: 12px;
		}
	
#contact		{
	float: right;
	width:300px;
	margin-top:60px;
	background: #ccc;
		}
	
#contact td {
	font-size:12px;
	}
		
#cv	{
	float: right;
	margin-top: 40px;
	width: 50%;
	padding-right: 50px;
	
		}
		
#cv p {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
	font-size: small;
	line-height: 24px;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	color: #666;
	}
		
#introimgs	{
	float: left;
	margin-top: 40px;
	
	}
#intro	{
	float: right;
	width: 600px;
	margin-top: 40px;
	margin-left: 40px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	padding-right: 30px;
	}
	
#intro p {
	line-height: 18px;
	color: #666;
	}
	
#titlefirst	{
	position: absolute;
	top: 60px;
	left: 11px;
	width: 274px;
	background-color: #fff;
	height: 332px;
			}

#title	{
	position: absolute;
	position:fixed;
	scroll: no-scroll;
	top: 50px;
	left: 20px;
	width: 237px;
	background-color: #fff;
	height: 73px;
	
		}
#title p {
	line-height: 18px;
	padding: 2px;
	color: #666;
	
}
	
#names	{
	position: absolute; top:60px;left: 30%;
	width:30%;
	margin-top: 20px;
	height: 500px;
	overflow: auto;
	}
	


H1 	{margin-top: 4;
	font-size: 30px;
	line-height: 24px;
	font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
	font-family: serif;
	color: #000066;
		}
		
H2 	{margin-top: 10;
	font-size: 18px;
	line-height: 24px;
	font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
	font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif; 
	color: #666;
		}
		
H3 	{margin-top: 0;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height: 18px;
	font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
	font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif; 
	color: #666;
		}
		
.line	{
	border-top: 1px solid  #993366;
	margin-top:0;
		}
		
.linegold	{
		border-top: 1px solid #715e19;
	margin-top:0;
}
		
.small	{font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
	font-size: 90%;
	color:#333399;
	}
	
.medium	{font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
	font-size: 90%;
	color:#666;
	}
.tiny	{font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
	font-size: 70%;
	color:#333399;
	}
	
.large	{font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
	font-size: small;
	line-height: 18px;
	}
		
td	{
	font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
	font-size: x-small;
	line-height: 14px;
	/* [disabled]color: #000; */
		}
		 
th	{font-size: 10px;
    	 line-height: 13px;
		 letter-spacing: 1px;
         font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif, serif;
		 background: #990000;
    	 color: #faf0e6}
		 
p	{font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: small;
	margin-top: 14px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	color: #000;
	}
.back	{background-color:#9CF;
}
.backblack	{
	background-color: #000;
}
#main_video {
	margin: auto;
	height: 460px;
	width: 900px;
}