An exhibition by the highly appreciated local painter and teacher Jeremy Taylor, alongside a selection of work by his former students, who together illustrate the creativity that lies hidden in many of us.
Baildon-based Jeremy taught for many years for Bradford and Shipley Colleges, as well as running his own classes. He led workshops and did demonstrations for many art clubs in Keighley, Bingley and Wharfedale, but some years ago had to retired from teaching when his wife, Sara, became seriously ill, Jeremy has recently returned to painting and the new show will feature new work, as well as paintings completed in his famously popular oil and watercolour classes.
Jeremy Taylor JT06 ‘Holiday Weather, Bamburgh’ watercolour £320
Jeremy Taylor JT09 ‘A Constant Theme’ Oil £300
Jeremy Taylor JT13 ‘Winter Blues, Bolton Abbey’ oil SOLD
Jeremy Taylor JT08 ‘Beadnell Abstraction’ oil £450
Jeremy Taylor JT16 ‘Rannoch Moor.. Oil. £295 web
Jeremy Taylor JT12 ‘Taking Liberties in Northumberland’. Oil £500
Jeremy Taylor JT11 ‘Sara’s Singer. Oil. SOLD
Jeremy Taylor JT15 ‘On Bingley Moor. Oil. £340
Jeremy Taylor JT14 ‘Looking Back’ oil SOLD
Jeremy Taylor JT10 ‘Daisies In A Cup. Oil. SOLD
Jeremy Taylor JT05 ‘Season of Mists’ watercolour £400
Jeremy Taylor JT04 ‘Winter Sky, Cow and Calf’ watercolour £500 Reserved
Jeremy Taylor JT03 ‘A Passing Shower’watercolour £350
Jeremy Taylor JT02 ‘A Lesson from Seago’ watercolour £140
Jeremy Taylor JT01 ‘One For Joe’ watercolour £140
Jeremy Taylor JT07 ‘Setting Off From Dick Hudson’s’ watercolour £320
Pam Brumby
It’s perhaps a feature of classes such as Jeremy’s that those who were already experienced painters chose to continue to attend despite reaching an advanced state of competence. Pam Bumby was actually an art teacher in her own right, but found the group’s beneficial and enjoyable. In the exhibition Pam is showing a selection of works in her current medium, oils and loves the challenge of painting outside. “I’m inspired by the changing light on the landscape, and by how it affects atmosphere and colour. I’m particlurly drawn to places where there’s evidence of the people who lived there, the industrial and coastal towns and villages of Yorkshire.”
Pam Bumby PB02 ‘The Old Phone Box, Micklethwaite oil on board 5x7in £220 web
Pam Bumby PB03 ‘The Old Post Office Cafe, Silsden’ oil on board 10x8in £240
Pam Bumby PB05 ‘Saltburn on a Hot Day’ oil on board 10x8in £240
Pam Bumby PB06 ‘Staithes, Cleaning The Boat’ oil on board 10x8in £240 SOLD
Pam Bumby PB07 ‘A Corner of Port Mulgrave’ oil on board 10x8in £260
Pam Bumby PB09 ‘In Need of Some TLC’ oil on board 10x8in £240
Pam Bumby PB08 ‘Reflections, 5 Rise Locks’ oil on board 10x8in £240
Pam Bumby PB04 ‘Saltaire United Reformed Church’ oil on board 10x8in £240
Ann Allan
Anne describes her art, and the classes she attended before Jeremy’s as ‘just dabbliing’. but then signed up to one by him and continued for 15 years loving every one, learning much and gaining in confidence with every lesson. Her art took a new direction when she took up Chinese brush painting and calligraphy, even attending a course at the International Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China. She is a founder member of the Yorkshire Group of the Chinese Brush Painters Society, of which she is Secretary and Co-Chairman. Anne has also moved into teaching; running workshops and demonstrations to art groups throughout the north of England and enjoys passing on her love of Chinese art. For Anne, lockdown proved to be a fruitful period, allowing her to complete the text and fifty plus illustrations for a recently published book on the techniques involved in the traditional gongbi or meticulous style of Chinese painting.
A selection of 28 further unmounted original paintings are available at £50 each
Anne Allan AA01 ‘sunflowers’ Chinese brush painting colours and ink 20x16in £175
Anne Allan AA02 ‘poppies Gold’ Chinese brush painting colours and ink 16x20in £175
Anne Allan AA03 ‘Golden Summer’ Chinese brush painting colours and ink 20x16in £175
Anne Allan AA05 ‘Water landscape’ Chinese brush painting colours and ink 16x20in £175
Anne Allan AA06 ‘Dragonfly on Water Lilies’ Chinese brush painting colours and ink 29x16in £175
Anne Allan AA04 ‘Birds on Bamboo’ Chinese brush painting colours and ink 20x16in £175
Denise Mitchell
Denise primarily considers her-self to be a tonal painter and is hugely inspired by the effects of light & nature. After leaving school, she attended Bradford Art College and went on to work within the fields of exhibition and printing and later left to dedicate her time to raising her young family. Luckily, she came across Jeremy’s art classes held at Shipley College which proved to be a very inspiring and stimulating experience. “He’s such a wonderful teacher and very talented artist… in my opinion an absolute treasure!”
She has gone on to exhibit across the UK including the Bradford Open, National Exhibition of Wildlife and with The Society of Wildlife Artists at the prestigious Mall Galleries, in London.
Denise Mitchell DM01 ‘White Headed Vulture’ Oil 38.5×46.5cm £295
Denise Mitchell DM04 Saturday Night Takaway’ Pastel 70x55cm £650
Denise Mitchell DM09 ‘Solitude’ Pastel 25x35cm £250
Denise Mitchell DM02 ‘Flustered’ Watercolour 34.5×25.5cm £125
Denise Mitchell DM03 ‘Phasianus Colchicus’ Oil 51x60cm £595
Denise Mitchell DM05 ‘Don’t Want to Play’ Pastel 65.5×55.5cm £595
Denise Mitchell DM07 ‘Kookaburra’ Watercolour 57x66cm £395
Denise Mitchell DM08 ‘Autumn Meadow’ Pastel 25x35cm £250
Kate Readman
One of the recurrent themes that Jeremy’s students relate is that his enthusiasm was never tightly focussed on his own style and he was most happy when students took their own direction, buoyed by the belief in the own ability that he radiated. Since attending Jeremys classes, Leeds-based Kate Readman’s enthusiasm for art has led to work in different media: Following a chance encounter with a felter in Cumbria, she has transferred her passion from watercolour to that media, even to the extent of hand dying her wool at home. Her subject matter is mainly landscapes, particularly the wilder countryside outside the city, which is beautifully rendered in soft hues of paint or wool.
Kate Readman KR01_’Wild Flowers’ Wet felting machine and hand Embroidery 18x18in £110
Kate Readman KR02_’Pink poppies’ Wet felting machine and hand Embroidery20x16in £180 LR
Kate Readman KR03_’Dales Gateway’ Needle felting 22x16in £180
Kate Readman KR04 ‘Across the Estuary’ watercolour 11x14in £75
Kate Readman KR05_’Cottage on the Moor’ watercolour 16x13in £75
Kate Readman KR06 ‘Lakeside View’ watercolour 16x13in £75
Kate Readman KR07_’Path Through the Valley’ Wet felting Needle felting and Embroidery 14x14in £120
Rob Thomson – Watercolour
An example of someone who came to art later in life, is Rob Thomson who, after retiring from his career in architecture, was able to concentrate on painting in both watercolour and oils. Perhaps , as you might expect, many of his works include buildings in urban and rural environments, and the laws of perspective come as second nature, but he is the first to admit that “ when I look at my development as an artist, I can trace it all back to Jeremy’s skilled tuition.”
Rob Thomson RT14 ‘Snow Scene’ Watercolour 40x30cm £280
Rob Thomson RT15 ‘Cadaques, Spain’ Watercolour 40x30cm £280
Rob Thomson RT17 ‘Old Pit Burdon Main Colliery, North Shields’ Watercolour 40x30cm £280
Rob Thomson RT18 ‘ Honfleur’ Watercolour 40x30cm £280
Rob Thomson RT19 ‘Abandoned Cars’ Watercolour 40x30cm £280
Rob Thomson RT20 ‘Greenhouse’ Watercolour 46x36cm £300
Rob Thomson RT13 ‘Winter Walk’ Watercolour 40x30cm £280
Stella Verity – Watercolour
Stella, a retired teacher,I was persuaded by Rob (her partner see above) to join him at watercolour painting lessons 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! Thursday became our favourite day of the week and still is; a small group of us ex-Jeremy pupils still meet to paint on Thursdays 10 years later!”
Stella Verity SV17 ‘Country Garden’ watercolour framed to 52x72cm £180
Stella Verity SV03 Rhubarb19x25in £320
Stella Verity SV13 ‘Sunflowers’ collage and watercolour 80x60cm £340
Stella Verity SV14 ‘French Climbing Plant’ watercolour 108x78cm £340
Stella Verity SV15 ‘Apple Blossom’ watercolour 70x50cm £180
Stella Verity SV16 ‘Oleander’ watercolour 70x50cm £180
Stella Verity SV18 ‘Pineapple’ watercolour 50x40cm £120
Steve Dunne – Watercolour
Steve is probably the artist who has kept closest to Jeremy’s ‘Bit o’ mucky watter’ wet into wet watercolour technique. Bradford born and raised, at 76 years he’s unlikely to move away. It was after a health scare in 2003 that he took up painting: “I started with watercolours thinking that was the easy way… We live and learn! I was then directed to Jeremy Taylor’s evening classes, and thus learned from the very beginning all the pitfalls and traps to (hopefully!) avoid. Jeremy’s laid-back way of painting and teaching is remarkably effective, and his methods still inspire me today.
I paint purely for the enjoyment and satisfaction of painting, and hope to continue learning and daubing for many years to come.”
Steve Dunne SD01 ‘Basilica San Marco, Venice’ Watercolour Framed to 52x72cm £150
Steve Dunne SD02 ‘Village Church’ Watercolour Framed to 42×53 £95
Steve Dunne SD03 ‘Country Church’ Watercolour Framed to 47×56 £95
Steve Dunne SD04 ‘Eileen Donan 40-4’ Oil on Board Framed to 70x60cm £195
Steve Dunne SD05 ‘Andalucian village’ Oil on Board Framed to 50x36cm £145
Steve Dunne SD06 ‘Gaslight’ Oil on Board Framed to 50x38cm £145
David Starley Oils
David is resident artist and owner at the Bingley Gallery, whose hobby became a career some years ago, not least due to the influence of Jeremy Taylor.
A small selection of david’s work is found in the Exhibition room, but a wider range is found elsewhere in the callery.. CLICK HERE TO SEE DAVID’S WORK