Welcome to the Biggest and Busiest Show of the year. 14 artists and over 50 pictures (not to mention 3D)
DO JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH 7-9pm WEDS 1 JULY
The Exhibition will run from 2 July to 29 August 2026 Artists include ; Josie Barraclough, Bonehead, Ian Burdel, Richard Burel, L.Amy Charlesworth, Jane Fielder, Siyma Hussain, Tamara Lawson, Suzanne McQuade, Heather Swain , David Starley, Jeremy Taylor, Rob Thomson, Stella Verity.
Josie Barraclough
Scarborough born Josie, attended Batley Art College followed by Huddersfield and Leeds Universities before pursuing a full-time career in illustration and graphic design. Her art was further developed during extensive travelling and working overseas including Australia and the Far East. Josie who is influenced and energised by light and colour creates pieces that are a direct response to her surroundings. Inspired by experiences whilst travelling her subject work draws mainly on naturalistic elements landscapes, botanical and still life – finding that it’s often a tiny item of information which spurs a series of paintings.
Her work has developed in an expressive style in a variety of media – predominantly oil on canvas sometimes overlaying collage, and is powerful both in subject matter and colour. . Josie Barraclough paints mainly at her West Yorkshire studio and teaches art.
Josie Barraclough at work
Josie Barraclough JB81 ‘Ilkley Moor Cow and Calf’ 76x76cm Oil andMixed Media £550
Josie Barraclough JB82 ‘Runswick Bay’ oil 60x84cm£500
Josie Barraclough JB83 ‘Still Life with Daisies with Pears’ Oil and Mixed Media 60x60cm £400
Josie Barraclough JB84 ‘Staithes’ 40cmx40cm Oil £200
BONEHEAD
Bonehead – stencil art
Bonehead grew up here on Park Rd and, attending local schools, but ‘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 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 add signage alongside other building work. Not content with the serious stuff, Mark, a fan of street art and graffiti art, puts the cutter and spray-paint, not to mention his creativity and sense of fun, to work on some art work.
Bonehead BH057 ‘It Is What It Is’. stencil art 40x60cm £90
Bonehead BH36 Angel small pink lips 36x14cm £45
Bonehead BH064 ‘What If It All Works Out’. Laser cut and Stencil art 30x30cm £80
Bonehead BH069 ‘Not All Those Who Wander Are lost’. Laser cut and stencil art 57x60cm SOLD
Bonehead BH070 ‘ The Truth is Out There’. Laser cut and stencil art 40x64cm SOLD
Bonehead BH052 Peep show black on pink. Laser cut and stencil art 50x73cm £180
Bonehead BH050 Love Mary with halo and text. Laser cut and stencil art 25x36cm £45lr
Ian Burdall
Ian is a Saltaire-resident artist who was gaining a reputation for his photographic work when he swapped camera for brush with impressive results. Many of his works derive from historic photos and recall moments in past time without sentimentality – stark but with a gritty beauty.
Ian Burdall IB19 ‘Dockfield Basin’ oil on board 30x30cm framed to 46x46cm £95
Ian Burdall IB22 ‘Midland Road Take Me Home. Valley Parade’ oil on canvas 30x30cm framed to 34x34cm £95
Ian Burdall IB24 ‘Paddy’s Hole, Teeside’ Oil on linen canvas. 71x84cm framed to 85x97cm £450
Ian Burdall IB25 ‘Days at Sea’ Oil on canvas 61x46cm £250
Ian Burdall IB26 ‘What I Think About When I Think About The Coast’ Oil on canvas. 50x40in £250
L. Amy Charlesworth
Amy is a Bradford born painter with a BA fine art degree from Leeds Metropolitan University who has worked and exhibited her hyperrealist paintings in Bingley, for many years, building up a reputation as a distinctive and original artist.
Working primarily in oils on canvas, Amy covers an amazingly diverse range of subjects from landscapes to botanical, architecture to animals and birds, figurative to industrial machinery, and pretty much anything in between. Her work is highly representational. As she puts it “I like things to look like they look”. This does not mean that the work is without her own twist. Frequently a more dramatic feel is brought out by the use of strong shadows and light, but the resulting work is always instantly recognisable as hers.
Amy Charlesworth – painting
L Amy Charlesworth AC146 ‘Hewenden Viaduct, Sky Reflection’ oil 51x76cm £280
Richard Burel
An internationally acclaimed artist born in Normandy, Burel divides his time between Sicily and Yorkshire, where he is based in Burley in Wharfedale. While he is widely recognised for his vibrant cityscapes from around the world, the Yorkshire landscape has become an equally important source of inspiration for his richly textured mixed media work. Combining layered paint, printed elements, and contrasting textures, Burel’s technique creates compositions that are both expressive and immersive. Rather than seeking precise representation, he captures the spirit of a place — its rhythm, atmosphere, and imperfections. Bold colour palettes, shifting perspectives, and playful details draw viewers into landscapes that feel both familiar and dreamlike. Filled with unexpected visual moments, his works reward close looking and convey a strong sense of joy and discovery.
Richard Burel RB01 ‘Bolton Abbey’ Mixed media 60x60cm £2950
Richard Burel RB03 ‘The Great Chester Escape’ Mixed media 30x60cm £1600
Richard Burel RB02 ‘Burnsall Bridge’ Mixed media 60x60cm £2950
Richard Burel RB01 ‘Bolton Abbey’ Mixed media 60x60cm £2950
Richard Burel
Tony Dexter – acrylics
Tony is a Wharfedale artist painting original contemporary images in acrylic on canvas. A regular exhibitor, Tony’s work is vibrant merging figurative and abstract elements to create highly colourful and visually striking paintings. His work, often inspired by wooden fishing boats, old barns, the sea and Scottish crofts give a unique and vivid perspective on a scale that has impact, has contrast and is bright and distinctive.
Tony Dexter TD45 ‘A Bit of Wood’ Acrylic on canvas 30x30in £375
Tony Dexter TD46 ‘The Old Croft’ Acrylic on canvas 30x30in £365
Tony Dexter TD47 ‘Calm Water’ Acrylic on canvas 30x30in £365
Tony Dexter TD48 ‘Highland Croft’ Acrylic on canvas 30x30in £385
Tony Dexter
Jane Fielder
Jane Fielder’s quirky work is a joy to us all Images to follow
Jane Fielder
Jane Hurford
Jane is a Shipley-based artist who works from, and teaches ceramics at, the wonderful Hive studio. With an extremely wide range of subject matter, you only have to see her work to realise how much fun she has making them!
Jane Hurford JHU49 ‘Dales Village’ stoneware £65
Jane Hurford JHU51 ‘3 Peaks Bowl’ stoneware £75
Jane Hurford JHU52 ‘Craggy sheep vase’ stoneware £120
Jane Hurford JHU54 ‘Pair of book ends’ stoneware SOLD
Jane Hurford JHU55 and JHU56 ‘Puffin Billy and Puffin Bessie’ stoneware each £40
Jane Hurford JHU60 ‘3 sheep at gate (corner)’ stoneware £50
Jane Hurford JHU63 ‘Sheep at gate with bird’ stoneware £42
Jane Hurford JHU64 ‘Dales Village’ glazed stoneware £75
Jane Hurford JHU65 ‘Chicken’ glazed stoneware £80
Siyma Hussain
Bradford-based Siyma Hussain gained a BTEC Diploma in Art and Design at Leeds City Art College and studied Jewellery Design at Bradford College. After some intensive volunteering during Bradford’s City of Culture events, she is now determined to develop her own creative output. Always keen for a challenge, her contributions to this show include a papier-mâché dress.
The basis of the dress is paper mâché overlain with aluminium foil to reflect light then decorative elements of wallpaper collage. The materials and experimentation guided the process of creating the sculptural work.
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Siyma Hussain SHU02 ‘Art Dress’ front. Papier mache, aluminium foil and other media. H 102cm £800
Siyma Hussain working on her collage dress. Work priced at £800
Siyma Hussain SHU01 ‘Tangerine Peel’ tissue paper collage £150
Tamara Lawson
Tamara was born in Zimbabwe, but has lived for many years in Ilkley. Formerly an actress and set designer it’s not surprising that her work is highly sought to complement interior design schemes. Many will remember Tamara’s own art galleries in Ilkley and Harrogate (where she kindly showed my work)
Tamara Lawson
Tamara was born in Zimbabwe, but has lived for many years in Ilkley. Formerly an actress and set designer it’s not surprising that her work is highly sought to complement interior design schemes. Many will remember Tamara’s own art galleries in Ilkley and Harrogate (where she kindly showed my work)
Judith Levin JL100 ‘August’ Oil of Canvas 20x30ins £975
Judith Levin JL82 ‘Early Evening’ Oil on Canvas 100x75cm £1700
Judith Levin in Studio
Tamara Lawson TL01 ‘Light on Water’ oil with gold leaf 120x80cm £595
Tamara Lawson TL02 ‘Evening Light’ oil 60x60cm framed to 88x88cm £420
Tamara pic
Suzanne McQuade
Suzanne’s art is Inspired by the beautiful and diverse coast and countryside of our region, in particular those places where she experiences peace and tranquility. Her aim is to convey these emotions to the viewer through her painting; allowing them, to take a moment to explore the scene and gain the feeling of space which she has experienced.
Suzanne is a watercolour painter in the classic tradition, but despite her many years’ experience still has respect for what she describes as ‘a tricky medium’. The process starts with washes of paint on wet paper which allow the paint to move and merge – it’s unpredictability can be frustrating at times, but serendipitously rewarding at others – allowing light to shine through the translucent elements of the paint. As the work progresses, the artist gains more control, building up the intensity of colour before finally painting in the fine details.
Suzanne McQuade
Suzanne McQuade SM32 Reflections Robin Hoods’ Bay’ Watercolour 40 x40cm £400
Suzanne McQuade SM33 ‘Pool of Light’ Watercolour 50x50cm framed to 72x72cm £500
Heather Swain – Linocuts
Heather, who works from her home studio in Baildon is passionate about printmaking, with lino-cutting as her most common technique. Subject matter varies from careful studies from nature, local landscapes through to more abstracted works. Although the prints are produced as small limited editions, her tendency to experiment and vary colours and techniques during printing often results in subtle differences within editions.
Heather Swain HSW50 ‘Bingley Five Rise Locks’ V3 Linocut 12 Of14VE 29×39 framed to 43×53 £150
Heather Swain HSW51 ‘Bingley Buttercross and Market Hall’ Linocut 6 Of12VE 14×20 mounted to 26x30cm £56
Heather Swain HSW53 ‘Druid’s Altar St Ives Bingley ‘ Linocut 17of20VE 14×20 mounted to 26x30cm £56
Heather Swain HSW56 ‘Song Thrush on Bingley Bandstand’ Linocut 1 Of16VE 14×20 mounted to 26x30cm £56
Heather Swain HSW57 ‘Resonant’ Linocut Framed to 44x54cm £160
Heather Swain HSW58 ‘Spring’ Linocut Framed to 44x54cm £160
Heather Swain HSW60 ‘Fall’ Linocut Mounted to 41x51cm £110
Heather Swain HSW61 ‘Up at surprise View Otley’ Linocut Framed to 31x41cm £160
Heather Swain piclr
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. Oil paint is very thickly applied (impasto) 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.
David Starley
ds705 From Tiny Acorns. Oak Tree, Fountains Abbey.40x30in £620
Andrew Storrie – watercolour
New to our gallery in 2025, Andrew grew up in Eldwick and Cullingworth attending Bingley Grammar school and Bradford College to study art before moving to East Yorkshire. His paintings reflect northern life, often nostalgic with a twist of humour and frequent references to the bantams.
Andrew Storrie AS43 ‘Midland Road’ Bradford City. Original watercolour 48x31cm framed to 68x50cm £295
Andrew Storrie AS41 ‘Half Time’ Original watercolour. image 49x32cm mounted to 59x42cm £125
Andrew Storrie AS31 ‘Back from t’Match’ Original watercolour. image 30x40cm framed to 48x58cm £195
Andrew Storrie AS06 ‘Freewheeling’ watercolour Framed to £175
Andrew Storrie AS40 ‘Bracing’ Original watercolour. image 49x32cm mounted to 59x42cm £195
Andrew Storrie AS34 ‘Beckfoot Bridge, Bingley’ Original watercolour. image 49x32cm mounted to 59x42cm £195
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor, fondly remembered as the tutor of numerous art classes around the Bradford region, is continuing his return to painting after having to take extended time out.
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor JT31 ‘Wet Heptonstall’ Oil on board. 24x18in £550
Jeremy Taylor JT32 ‘A Favourite Barn, Malham’ Oil on board. 24x18in £500
Jeremy Taylor JT33 ‘Snow At Burnsall’ Oil on board. 18x24in £550
Jeremy Taylor JT34 ‘Clearing Later, Malham’ Oil on board. 24x18in £500
Rob (Tom) Thomson
‘Tom’ is an example of someone who came to art later in life, after retiring from his career in architecture he was able to concentrate on painting in both watercolour and oils. As you might expect, many of his works include buildings in urban and rural environments, and the laws of perspective come as second nature
Rob Thomson RT31 ‘Old Whitby 1’ Watercolour. 40x29cm Framed to 53x43cm £240
Rob Thomson RT32 ‘Old Whitby 2’ Watercolour. 40x29cm Framed to 53x43cm £240
Rob Thomson RT33 ‘Robin Hood’s Bay’ Watercolour. 40x29cm Framed to 53x43cm £240
Rob Thomson RT34 ‘Staithes’ Watercolour. 40x29cm Framed to 53x43cm £240
Stella Verity
Stella only started painting after being “persuaded” to join by her partner, Rob (Tom) Thomson at a watercolour class at Shipley College. “I was hooked after my first visit! I realised that, even after taking art at O and A level, although I knew a lot of techniques and theory, I had never been taught how to paint. Jeremy’s classes were wonderful, enlightening and rewarding as well as entertaining”! Stella is a keen gardener and cook and this is reflected in her subjects usually of flowers fruit or vegetables. “I love the vibrant colours and the amazing patterns of the natural world and try to replicate the beauty and variety in my work. I have recently tried my hand at collage and really enjoyed the process.”
Stella Verity SV01 Hibiscus
Stella Verity SV31 ‘Docklands’ Paper collage 19x19cm framed to 33x33cm £70
Stella Verity SV32 ‘Satanic mills’ Paper collage 19x19cm framed to 33x33cm £70
Stella Verity SV33 ‘Koi Carp’ watercolour. 29×39 framed to 43x53cm £130
Lateefat Tobun
Born in Nigeria but now living in Bradford, Lateefat’s background is in economics and AI. She now works primarily in clothing and textile design, but, coming from family of painters, has a passion for creating artworks.
The three pieces of work in this exhibition trace migration and identity as a continuous, unfinished process rather than a single event. Made using African wax print and layered textile construction, the series moves from the weight of what is carried, through the work of repair, to the possibility of growth. Together, the three works propose that identity shaped by migration is never fixed — it is carried, stitched, and, in time, allowed to bloom.
Lateefat Tobrun LT01 ‘The Weight We Carry’ 20x16in £450
Lateefat Tobrun LT02 ‘Mending the Gaps’ 20x16in £350
