The Bingley Gallery’s Summer Exhibition will run 13 July to 24 September with 20 artists including Leyla Murr, Suzanne McQuade, Jade Marczynski, Saray Lyte (Seven hands Designs), Gabrielle Hall, Josie Barraclough, Kawa Saed, Dan Metcalfe, Paul Hudson, Nina Wright, Bonehead, Dehlia Barnard-Edmunds (The Merryweather Artist), Baldev Mehta, Tony Dexter, David Starley. L. Amy Charlesworth, Jane Fielder, Kate Lycett and Liz Brooks.
DO JOIN THE ARTISTS FOR OUR LAUNCH: 7-9PM WEDS 12 JULY
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 JB28 ‘Avocets’ Oil and mixed media 50x50cm £350
Josie Barraclough JB29 ‘Roseberry Topping’ Oil 76x76cm £500
Josie Barraclough JB30 ‘Still Life with Tulips’ Oil and mixed media 60x60cm SOLD
Josie Barraclough JB31 ‘Still Life with Honesty’ Oil and mixed media 50x50cm £300
Josie Barraclough JB32 ‘Bullfinch’ Oil and Mixed Media 60x60cm SOLD
Josie Barraclough JB33 ‘Lanshaw Lad’ Oil 50x70cm £450
Josie Barraclough JB34 ‘Cormorants’ Oil 42x60cm £350
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 BH33 Angel white background 42x27cm £75
Bonehead BH30 Pin up 22x40cm £75
Bonehead BH34Angel small turquoise bg 36x13cm £45
Bonehead BH35 Angel small yellow lips 36x13cm £45
Bonehead BH007_Small Flamingo 15x37cm £70
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 SM30 ‘View from Ravenscar, N Yorks’ Watercolour and pastel 40x70cm £425
Suzanne McQuade SM31 Evening Glow, Runswick Bay’ Watercolour 30 x30cm £275
Suzanne McQuade SM32 Reflections Robin Hoods’ Bay’ Watercolour 40 x40cm £350
Sarah Light (Seven Hands)
We’re very pleased that Wilsden-Based Sarah is back for the summer show with her free-motion embroidery on wet-felted fabbric. Her hand-built up-cycled wood frames hugely enhance Sarah’s beautiful artistry.
Sarah Lyte(Seven Hands Design) SH15 ‘Saltburn Poppies’ Wet felting and free motion embroidery framed to 36x47cm £250
Sarah Lyte(Seven Hands Design) SH14 ‘Saltburn by the Sea’ Upcycled Collage and free motion embroidery. Framed to38x48cm £300
Sarah Lyte(Seven Hands Design) SH10 ‘Whitby’ Wet felting and free motion embroidery framed to 38x48cm £250
Sarah Lyte(Seven Hands Design) SH11 ‘Nab Lane (Towards Ilkley Moor)’ Upcycled Collage and free motion embroidery. Framed to 39x45cm £250
Sarah Lyte(Seven Hands Design) SH12 ‘Flowers’ Wet felting and free motion embroidery framed to 37x44cm Sold
Sarah Lyte(Seven Hands Design) SH13 ‘Cross Lane, Wilsden’ Wet felting and free motion embroidery framed to 38x45cm £250
Dehlia Barnard-Edmunds The Merryweather Artist
Dehlia Barnard-Edmunds ‘The Merryweather Artist’ is new to the gallery. Her lino cuts focus on the natural environment and literally down to earth views of people on their allotments.
The Merryweather Artist DBE01 and 15 ‘Gathering Leaves’ Linoprint framed £90 unframed £35
The Merryweather Artist DBE02 and16 ‘Mill Fields’ Linoprint. Framed £70 unframed £45
The Merryweather Artist DBE03 and 17 ‘Mill Field Hay Bails’ Linoprint. Framed £70 unframed £45
The Merryweather Artist DBE04 and 20 ‘Overheard Overhead’ Linoprint. Framed £160 unframed £90
The Merryweather Artist DBE05 and14 ‘By the Bridge’ Linoprint. Framed £125 unframed £70
The Merryweather Artist DBE06 and 12 ‘Higgledy Piggledy Pots’ Linoprint framed £140 unframed £75
The Merryweather Artist DBE07 and 13 ‘Quietly Sifting Soil’ Linoprint framed £140 unframed £75
The Merryweather Artist DBE08 and 11 ‘Abundance’ Linoprint framed £140 unframed £75
The Merryweather Artist DBE09 ‘When the Mist Cleared’ Linoprint unframed £100
The Merryweather Artist DBE10 ‘Meanwhile in the Garden’ Linoprint unframed £80
The Merryweather Artist DBE18 ‘Antique Vase and Rose’ Linoprint unframed £60
The Merryweather Artist DBE19 ‘Last of the Honeysuckle’ Linoprint unframed £60
The Merryweather Artist DBE21 ‘Corner of the Garden’ Linoprint unframed 7of50 £75
Jade Marczynski Embroidery
I saw this series of hand embroidered vignettes of some of Bradford’s long-standing and well-loved shops at The Saltaire Art Trail and immediately thought they’d go well in our summer show. There’s a balance between refreshingly originality of subject matter and a very long tradition of samplers brought up to date.
Jade Marczynski JM01 ‘Mannings Musicals’ Hand Embroidery £300
Jade Marczynski JM02 ‘Roswithas Deli’ Hand Embroidery SOLD
Jade Marczynski JM03 ‘Fish Dish’ Hand Embroidery £300
Jade Marczynski JM04 ‘Fountains Cafe’ Hand Embroidery £300
Jade Marczynski JM05 ‘Electric Picture Shop’ Hand Embroidery £300
Jade Marczynski JM06 ‘Pisces fishmongers’ Hand Embroidery £300
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.
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Tony Dexter
Ilkley-based Tony uses 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 TD22 ‘The Coble Boat’ Acrylic on Canvas 30x30in £285
Tony Dexter TD26 ‘Beneath the waves’ acrylic 30x30in £275
Tony Dexter TD29 ‘The Coble Fishing Boat’ acrylic 30x30in £300
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
L. Amy Charlseworth AC 123 Crane Dance 2 SOLD
L. Amy Charlseworth AC 124 Posing Cow, Hewenden Viaduct 81x57cm £390
Jane Fielder
Jane Fielder, the Gallery’s previous owner continues to be a favourite and whilst her ‘Janescapes’ are a regular feature of the gallery, she’s always happy to try something new for exhibitions. For this one, she admits to having got quite excited by a new medium: “A new set of Fluid acrylic drippy paint markers prompted this ‘burst’. It felt like the old days. It was so exciting sitting in the kitchen painting, my favourite cloth, a beautiful white hyacinth, the toaster, ancient cannon gas grill and the tiles that had been there 30 years when we arrived and 30 years since. I painted on a beautiful hand painted grey canvas that a neighbour generously gave me.”
Jane Fielder 51L ‘Cannon rg1’ Fluid Acrylic on canvas 11.75×11.75cm
Jane Fielder 255B A Magical Day in Lister Park …. peeow …. burr …. hook’ watercolour 10×27.5cm
Jane Fielder 356JS ‘Woman with Red Hair, Bingley’ acrylic 19×19.75cm
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
ds654 Ghost Trees 30x30in 2022 £420
ds673 Malham Cove 30x24in 2023 £450
ds638 Cowling Pinnacle 20x30in £320
Paul Hudson
Paul Hudson is a member of the Aire Valley Artists Group and ‘Inkers’and , printing, weaving, painting and ceramics are amongst his repertoir. The two pieces in the Summer Exhibition use the first two tequniges to creat art in response to the Bradford Textile Collection. Paul explained “Starting with the way a weaving is noted down in the work books I imagined how to relate those patterns into an actual weave”
Paul Hudson PH11 ‘Intentions to fabric I’ Print and Weaving (Primary colour Warp threads) 21x33in £375
Paul Hudson PH12 ‘Intentions to fabric II’ Print and Weaving (Secondary colour Warp threads) 21x33in £375
Gabrielle Hall Acrylics
Gabrielle Hall’s knife-applied acrylic landscapes are inspired by the Yorkshire Dales Landscapes she loves to walk in.
Gabrielle Hall in art room
Gabrielle Hall GH01 ‘Afternoon Sun on Littondale’ acrylic 44.5×34.5cm £220
Gabrielle Hall GH02 ‘Approaching Hawes’ acrylic 44.5×34.5cm £220
Gabrielle Hall GH03 ‘Sleddale’ acrylic 44.5×34.5cm SOLD
Gabrielle Hall GH04 ‘Overlooking Malham Cove’ acrylic 44.5×34.5cm £220
Baldev Mehta
Baldev is a Bradford artist who sent us a few line of poetry to accompany his one artwork in the show:
The girl in the rain is deeply lost into the wilderness.
Gazing at the tall industrial building deep in to the sky
Crisp air
Cold drips of rain touch her soft warm cheeks her like pear drops
emotions on display gone unnoticed
as she peers at the Buildings, the fields and above in to the clouds
Happy to be alive as the beauty that surrounds her.
Happy to be home.
Baldev Mehta BM04 The Girl in the Rain 24x36in £380
Daniel Metcalfe Oils
Daniel’s oil paintings tend to be inspired by nature and landscape. Paint is used in a fairly loose manner and the work can move either towards realism or abstraction depending on the subject matter. He is particularly interested in finding satisfying ways of applying paint so that patterns and shapes are emphasised. Previously a Bingley Resident, he now lives in Thornton.
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Daniel Metcalfe DM05 ‘June Night’ oil on paper 31x29cm
Daniel Metcalfe DM06 ‘Cloud Shapes’ oil on paper 21×17
Daniel Metcalfe DM07 ‘Thornton Field’ oil on paper 23x22cm
Daniel Metcalfe DM08 ‘Summer Dreaming’ oil on panel 25
Nina Wright Ceramics
Nina produces a wide range of ceramics, often functional but beautiful, wheel-thrown work intended to enhance everyday routines. In the gallery we currently have just a small selection of her unglazed porcelain tea-light holders. The incised designs and ‘torn’ edges become evident through the translucent ceramic when the light is burning.
Nina has a BA in Ceramics from North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke on Trent, and taught pottery to students for 20 years, particularly at the Wharfe Street Centre in Otley. She works partly from her ex wash-house studio at the back of her Otley home, but also shares a communal studio in Camden where she teaches wheel throwing.
Nina Wright NW01-6 Tea Light Holders £20-£30
Liz Brooks
Further colour is brought to the gallery by Liz Brook’s fused glass. It seems only recently that she was first experimenting with this medium, but she’s now competing with the best artists in the field.
Liz Brooks LB03 Triskele knot of sunne and waeter. Fused glass on Honister slate base h35cm £300
Liz Brooks LB05 ‘Stratified’
Liz Brooks LB06 Sun lightLight on sea Ht46cm
Liz Brooks LB07 Light on the water Ht46cm
Liz Brooks LB08 The Play of Light on Water Ht40cm
Liz Brooks LB09 Ripples Ht36cm
Dan Shiel
Perhaps the most unusual exhibit in the Exhibition is a book. Daniel Shiel, best known as an artist producing composite photos has turned his creative muse to writing. His new book combines alternative history, fantasy and humour. ‘Thorntichronicon: A History and Guide to a Yorkshire Village and a Parallel World’ is an entertaining romp, which very loosely re-visualises the architectural remains of Thornton, where he lived for many years.
For more on this do see his website