Plenty of quality and variety from our region’s talented artists, Including Ian Brooks, Louise Garrett, Judith Levin, Bev Parker, L Amy Charlesworth, David Starley, Tony Dexter, Jan Whittock, Leyla Murr, Anne Davies, Suzanne McQuade, Josie Barraclough and Kate Lycett. Also introducing ‘Bonehead’, Diane Hinchliffe and Rowena Minnis Jones (sales on behalf of Cat’s Protection).
Don’t miss our Launch on Wednesday 29 June 7-9pm
Ian Brooks
Ian’s work is rooted in landscape, capturing the sense of place, distinct to specific locations. During lockdown he focussed on images of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, visited whilst undertaking oceanographic research for his academic research in climate science at the University of Leeds. Other images in this exhibition feature the moors around his home in Haworth – the result of sketches made during regular walks on the moors, often revisited in different lights and seasons.
Ian works primarily with the traditional etching techniques of sugar lift and spit-bite aquatint, The image is built up in layers of tightly-controlled drawing, and more abstract, loose, semi-random marks which mimic the textures of the landscape and maintain the energy of sketches made on location. The images are acid etched on copper plates, and hand printed in the artist’s home studio on fine-art printmaking papers.
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IanBrooks IBR020 ‘Snow at Top Withins’ engraving unframed £140 framed to 29x30cm £175 lr
IanBrooks IBR011 ‘Green Holes Clough’ engraving unframed £140
IanBrooks IBR059 ‘ Still Waters’ engraving unframed £175 framed to 49x28cm £225
IanBrooks IBR052 ‘Vagtinden’ engraving unframed £140 framed to 29x30cm £175
IanBrooks ChinstrapPenguins wood engraving £50
IanBrooks IBR012 ‘Bond Clough’ engraving unframed £140 framed to 29x30cm £175
IanBrooks IBR031 ‘Toward Deep Nitch’ engraving unframed £140 framed to 30x32cm £175
IanBrooks IBR043 ‘Waterpipe Beach’ engraving unframed £140 framed to 29x30cm £175
IanBrooks IBR051 ‘Lower Laithe Reservoir – variation v’ engraving unframed £140 framed to 36x37cm £175
IanBrooks IBR055 ‘Tønsberg Point’ engraving unframed £175 framed to 33x33cm £225
IanBrooks IBR048 ‘Sunset Top Withens’ engraving unframed Sold
Louise Garrett
Louise is both a plein air painter and urban sketcher both of which challenge her to create art in direct response to the location. Subsequent studio work develops from these initial field sketches, paintings and photos. More recently Louise has increasingly shifted towards more expressive mixed media – work that creates both visual excitement for her and a means to communicate an emotional response to the viewer.
Works in this exhibition are the product of many repeated walks in the local area of Harden Moor including old quarry sites and the St Ives estate, particularly the remnants of Betty’s Wood with its gaunt Scots Pines; a powerful statement of survival.
Louise Garrett LG08 ‘Birchline’ 14×14 Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Board framed to 50x50cm £300
Louise Garrett LG03 ‘Border’ Acrylic on paper framed to 12x12in £80_
Louise Garrett LG06 ‘They Remain’ Acrylic and Pastel on Mountboard framed to 50x40cm £300_
Louise Garrett LG10 ‘Study for Edge of the Woods’ Acrylic framed to 40x30cm £150.jpg
Louise Garrett LG01 ‘Edge’ Acrylic framed to 12x12cm £80.jpg
Bev Parker
As a graduate of fine art living on an upland sheep farm it is hardly surprising that Bev’s watercolours feature the Dales landscapes. Work at the Bingley gallery, more specifically, celebrates the breeds of sheep that have long been associated with our region’s uplands, with lovingly portrayed heads – often based on champion stock primped for their appearance at local shows.
Bev Parker BP193 Hebridean Ram Watercolour framed to 35x46cm £120
Bev Parker BP205 ‘Swaledale Ewe’. Watercolour framed to 35x46cm £130
Bev Parker BP258 Molly’s Twins Watercolour framed to 33x43cm £120
Bev Parker BP281 Mopsy -Wensleydale Ewe Watercolour framed to 33x43cm £120.jpg
Bev Parker BP353 Beulah Ewe and Lamb Watercolour framed to 43x54cm £130
Bev Parker BP357 Hare Watercolour framed to 28x38cm £130
Bev Parker BP360 Fox Cub Watercolour framed to 28x33cm £120
Bev Parker BP380 Cotswold Ewe Watercolour framed to 33x43cm £110
L. Amy Charlesworth
Amy is based in Bradford, has a BA fine art degree from Leeds Metropolitan University and works in oils on canvas. She covers a diverse range of subjects, painting whatever appeals to her, whether it be an old pair of gym shoes, or a complex spiral staircase. Her style is hyperrealistic. As Amy says, she “likes things to look like they look”.
For more of Amy’s work click here
Amy Charlesworth AC09711 ‘Buzzard Portrait’ oil on canvas 49.5 x 50cm £320 Framed
Amy Charlesworth AC047 F’ive Rise Locks Up Close’ Oil on canvas 53.5×69.5cm £290
WHO CAN SAY NO TO A VIKING
Amy Charlesworth AC098 WHO CAN SAY NO TO A VIKING
Amy Charlesworth AC006 ‘Red lillies’ Oil on canvas 69x57cm £160
Amy Charlesworth AC011 Betty’s Harrogate 79x60cm £320
David Starley
David, the proprietor of the Bingley Gallery, first studied art at Sydney University whilst working in a steel foundry, but then chose to follow a career in archaeology, before becoming a professional artist. He is a member of the Aire Valley Arts Group. David’s subjects explore the natural landscape of Yorkshire and beyond, with trees as the central focus of much of his work. Whilst trees are familiar objects in our environment, they are too easily passed without attention. By portraying the forms and character of individual trees, or groups in woodland, the viewer is led to a greater appreciation of these living structures – changeless yet changing, strong yet vulnerable, never to be taken for granted.
Oil paint is very thickly applied (impastp) with a painting knife to produce a three-dimensional, almost sculpted, image. This not only adds great depth but produces a surface that responds subtly to the changing light of the environment in which the work is displayed.
Find more of david’s work here
ds646 The Salt and Pepper Pots Cowling Pinacle and Lund’s Tower on Earl’s Crag 36×24 2022
ds652 Autumn Tints Chellow Dene 30x30in 2022 lr
ds645 Cofa Pike Cumbria after a photo by Phil Lawler 30×24 2022 £450
ds654 Ghost Trees 30x30in 2022 £420
Leyla Murr
Leyla is a predominantly abstract artist, working both from her Eldwick home and The Dockfield Road Creative Arts Hub in Shipley. Originally from Zagreb, Croatia, her artistic training, provided by British and European tutors, allowed her to turn professional 15 years ago. Not surprisingly her work has an international appeal and can be found in collections across the world.
For further work by Leyla click here
Leyla Murr Fire LM59 ‘Fire Cracker’ Acrylic on canvas 91x61cm £750
Leyla Murr LM60 ‘Orange Glow’ acrylic on canvas 91x61cm £750
Ian Burdell
Ian was a late addition to the line-up, but someone the Gallery had been trying to attract for many years. With limited space we may have little more than a browser’s worth but they promise a grittier representation on the coast. Ian paints in oils concentrating on working and post-industrial settings. This includes lost and broken objects, places and people. His aim is to reflect their former worth, dignity and purpose in a changed environment.
Ian Burdall
Ian Burdall IB06 ‘Aberdonian Aground at Staithes ‘ 20x24in oil on board SOLD
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Ian Burdall IB02 ‘Redcar Coble’ 24x20in oil on board £150
Ian Burdall IB03 ‘Afrikander Beached at Redcar’ 24x20in oil on board £175
Ian Burdall IB04 ‘Cowbar Nab at Dusk’ 24x20in oil on board £150
Ian Burdall IB05 ‘3 Boats Staithes’ 19.5×19.5in oil on board £200
Ian Burdall IB07 ‘Sunk Island on the Humber’ 24x20in oil on board £150
Ian Burdall IB09 ‘Rye Harbour” 24x20in oil on board £150
Ian Burdall IB10 ‘SS Skinningrove” 24x20in oil on board £150
Ian Burdall IB01 ‘Wreck’ 24x20in oil on board SOLD
Tony Dexter
Ilkley-based Tonyuses acrylics to create visually striking acrylics. Many feature boats, in particular the famous cobles of the east coast
Tony Dexter
Tony Dexter TD09 ‘The Blue Trawler’ Acrylic on Canvas 30x30in £345
Tony Dexter TD17 ‘The Old Wooden Trawler’ Acrylic on Canvas 30x30in £385
Tony Dexter TD14 ‘The-Broken-Boats’ Acrylic on Canvas 30x30in £365
Tony Dexter TD08 ‘The Red Hull
Suzanne McQuade
Suzanne is a watercolor painter in the classic tradition who aims to capture the peace and tranquility of favorite locations, and to convey these emotions to the viewer. Suzanne admits that the medium of watercolour is a tricky one; its unpredictability can be frustrating at times, but serendipitously rewarding at others – allowing light to shine through the translucent elements of the paint.
Suzanne McQuade
Suzanne McQuade SM06 ‘Moors Meet Sea’. Original Watercolour. Framed to 13x13cm £65
Suzanne McQuade SM05 ‘Morning Light’. Original Watercolour. Framed to 13x13cm £65
Bonehead
Bonehead grew up here on Park Rd and attending local schools, ‘cared only for his art, graphics and design technology grades’. Going on to art college, he hoped, would lead to a creative career, but jobs on offer to a youngster were poorly paid and in frustration he walked onto a local building site – the First School he’d attended – and was offered a job labouring. The combination of hard graft combined with creativity in restoring and developing property worked well until ‘my back fell out of with the building trade’.
Attending night school to learn autoCAD, he came across a laser cutting machine, ‘an amazing bit of kit’ and bought his own to be able to offer signage alongside other building work. Not content with the serious stuff, mark, a fan of street art and graffiti art, put the cutter and spray-paint to work on some art work influenced by this, then brought them down to the Bingley Gallery where proprietor, David Starley immediately offered the chance to put them in the next show.
Having come full circle, he reckons it’s ‘pretty amazing’ to be back in Bingley doing art and playing around like he did as a young lad. He’s even adopting his schoolboy nickname ‘Bonehead’ as his artist’s name.
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Bonehead BH011 Cocktails 42x29cm £70 lr
Kate Lycett
Based in Hebden Bridge, Kate is undoubtedly the best known of the artists in the Exhibition and the show includes her limited edition prints. Kate’s background in textile design, leads to a distinctive feature of her work: fabric patterns painted into the landscapes then gold leaf and gold thread applied to the print itself. As the artist stresses ‘I want to paint beautiful pictures of the places that I love’.
Kate Lycett
Kate Lycett KL37 ‘Cloud Inversion’ (Stoodley Pike) Hand finished Ltd Edn print 127of150 mounted to69x120cm £360
Kate Lycett KL29 ‘Autumn at Bolton Abbey’ Ltd. Edn. enhanced print 64of150 69x120cm £360
Kate Lycett KL48 ‘Whitby Breakwaters’ Enhanced Ltd edn print 78 of150 mounted to 75x59cm Currently out of stock
Kate Lycett KL2643 ‘The Fish Pier – Whitby.’ Ltd. Edn. enhanced print 43of150 69x120cm £361
Kate Lycett KL39 ‘Malham Cove’ Hand Finished Ltd Edn print 16of150 mounted to75x50cm Sold- awaiting new stock
Kate Lycett KL25 ‘Crashing Waves’ Ltd. Edn. enhanced print 26of150 44.5×44.5cm £140
Kate Lycett KL42 ‘Bamburgh Castle’ Ltd. Edn. enhanced print 95of150 37x50cm £140
Kate Lycett KL44 Lindisfarne Castle Limited edition print 41 of 150 40x50cm mount £140
Kate Lycett KL20 Dunstanborough Castle Limited edition print 22 of 150 40.5x50cm mount SOLD hopefully re-stocking
Kate Lycett KL40 ‘Downstream’ (Bolton Abbey) Ltd. Edn. enhanced print 706of150 Mounted to 69x120cm £360
Dianne Cross
Dianne is a Riddlesden-based artist who aims to make hand-built ceramics which evoke a feeling of the sea shore and coastline. Imagined seascapes/marine landscapes encourage the viewer to see their own ‘picture’ rather than illustrating a specific view. Boxes, vases, wall pieces and vessel forms feature washes of cobalt and copper with occasional ‘pops’ of yellow over a matt white glaze.
Dianne Cross
CrossDianne. Shoreline Angled Vases
Dianne Cross DC01 Large angled vase. Height 23cm £150
Dianne Cross DC08 medium oval footed vessel. Height 13cm £80
Dianne Cross DC09 box with lid. Height 18cm £80
Dianne Cross DC04 Small angled vase. Height 11cm £55
Dianne Cross DC02 Large cylinder vase. Height 24cm £95
Dianne Cross DC07 medium oval footed vessel. Height 11cm £80.
Dianne Cross DC03 Small angled vase. Height. 11cm £55
Dianne Cross DC06 Large ovall footed vessel form. Height 14cm £120
Dianne Cross DC05 Small cylinder vase. Height 13cm £55
Jan Whittock
Jan is a former art teacher, based in Oakworth, who is an artist of remarkable versatility. Although she has worked in many media, she is currently enjoying working in a print studio using etching equipment, lithography and roller presses. Jan’s subject matter is largely inspired by natural surroundings and she enjoys experimenting with depicting the different times of day, weather and seasons in the places she visits and where she lives.
Jan Whittock JW30Jan Whittock JW30 East Riddlesden Hall. Viscosity print and aquatint 30x24cm £100
Jan Whittock JW31 ‘In a Cottage in a Wood’ Stone lithoprint 40x30cm £100
Jan Whittock JW32 ‘Bluebell Wood’ Monoprint and Etching 30x24cm £100
Jan Whittock JW333 Ceramic earthenware dish 26cm dia £70
Josie Barraclough
Josie was actually born on the coast at Scarborough but her life as a painter, illustrator and teacher has taken her far afield and she’s now based in West Yorkshire. Using oil paint on a collage of printed clippings, her work literally incorporates layers of meaning but her work remains fresh and appealing.
Josie Barraclough
Josie Barraclough JB24 ‘Robin Hood’s Bay’ Oil and Mixed Media 50x50cm £300
Josie Barraclough JB22_’Storm Over Staithes’ oil and mixed media 50x50cm £300
Diane Hinchliffe
Diana’s, ceramics are a new addition to the gallery for this show. She lives in Cullingworth, but works from Hive in Shipley and uses Crank clays to build animal sculptures. The great degree of movement and life in her pieces, undoubtedly though her familiarity with animals, though her main career as a riding instructor.
Diane Hinchliffe DH01 ‘Rusty’ Horses Head ceramic £180 lr
Diane Hinchliffe Four fish £340
Diane Hinchliffe DH02 illuminated Horses Head ceramic SOLD
Diane Hinchliffe DH03 Ceramic fish £90_lr
Diane Hinchliffe DH04 Ceramic fish £90
Diane Hinchliffe DH05 Ceramic fish £90
Diane Hinchliffe DH06 Ceramic fish £90
Nettleton Pottery
Porcelain bowls from Laura McNicholas’ Nettleton Pottery are like no other ceramics we’ve ever seen. Shell-inspired forms have smooth, glossy, deeply- glazed interiors resonant of the rockpools of her childhood. Further family history is embodied in the impressing into the outer surfaces historic textiles that have been handed down through five generations of Laura’s family.
See All Laura’s items in stock HERE
Laura Mc Nicholas of Nettleton Pottery
