Teresa Flavin\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Acrylics and mixed media<\/strong><\/p>\n Teresa is a former lecturer at Leeds Arts University who now works as an artist, illustrator and author. She creates mixed-media paintings reflecting her love of history, folklore, fashion and landscapes expressed with rich colour and texture. In this exhibition, Teresa\u2019s lyrical paintings of imagined Victorian women juxtapose representational imagery with expressive abstraction. Many of her artworks incorporate vintage ephemera and hand-printed papers as collage elements and are presented on cradled wood panels. She explained that her inspiration for these works was sparked by a collection of fashion plates of Victorian hair styles in Leeds City Libraries Special Collections, but in Teresa’s works the women come through as living personalities in their own right. As she explained \u201cMy current paintings have been inspired by real life Victorian women such as the Bronte Sisters and their world\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”TF Gallery” gallery_ids=”10163,10164,10165,10166,10167″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”JB Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n 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. For many years her own art became secondary to her role as a teacher- an inspirational one by all accounts – most recently as head of art at Bradford Grammar. Since retirement she has been able to re-focus her own creativity, working from her own West Yorkshire Studio. Her work has developed in an expressive style in a variety of media \u2013 predominantly oil on canvas sometimes overlaying collage, and is powerful both in subject matter and colour. Josie who is influenced and energised by light and colour creates pieces that are a direct response to her surroundings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JB Gallery” gallery_ids=”10156,10155,9832,10150,10152,10154,10153,10149,10151,8970,9037,8994″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”LAC Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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 \u201cI like things to look like they look\u201d. 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.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”LAC Gallery” gallery_ids=”10158,10159,10160,10161,10162,7343″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”LG Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Cullingworth-based plein aire<\/em> painter and urban sketching enthusiast Louise Garrett explained that \u2018painting outdoors gives me a special thrill because I am trying to capture what has attracted me to that scene in a very immediate way. It might be a particular pattern of light and shadow, the atmosphere in the sky, or the colour and bustle of the street scene. The technique does not escape the public\u2019s notice: \u2018passers by often come up to talk and will give instant feedback whilst dogs\/ducks\/ sheep invariably investigate my bag to see if there is a stray sandwich to be had.\u2019 Gouache is her current favourite paint because it’s portable, dries fast and has a lovely soft matte appearance. \u201cAfter an hour, and if I am lucky and it has not rained, the sun has moved, the shadows have lengthened, and the painting is done\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”LG Gallery” gallery_ids=”10174,10177,10172,10180,10173,10175,10176,10178,10179″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”WM Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n William Morrison<\/strong><\/p>\n William\u2019s work falls into the long British tradition of landscape art. A native of Scotland, he moved to Halifax over 40 years ago. He considers West Yorkshire, with its dramatic light effects, and the ever-changing weather, cannot be bettered as place to paint. As he explains \u2018My art practice depends on the mood of the weather and the moods inside myself\u2019. William\u2019s paintings may include thin layers or thick impasto oil paint, much like the built-up strata of a moorland landscape with its layers of bedrock peat and heather, such that the painting conveys a feeling of time and place.<\/p>\n Whilst he hopes his explanation gives an insight into his artwork, he insists \u2018The pen is not my forte, that\u2019s why I use a brush\u2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”WM Gallery” gallery_ids=”9992,9988,9954″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”LK Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Lois Keatings Glass<\/strong><\/p>\n New to the Gallery this Year, Lois Keatings is based on the Lancashire\/Yorkshire border near Skipton. Working from her home studio, Lois creates original, handmade designs inspired by organic forms and the natural world. She embraces the challenge of capturing nature\u2019s fluidity in the rigid, two-dimensional medium of glass. Each piece interacts uniquely with shifting natural light, transforming throughout the day and bringing ever-changing beauty into the space it inhabits.’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”LK Gallery” gallery_ids=”10182,10183,10184″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”LD Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Leyton Downs<\/strong><\/p>\n At just 16 years old, Leyton Downs is the Gallery\u2019s youngest exhibitor. However, he is certainly no newcomer to the world of art and creativity, having nurtured a passion for making things from an early age. Between the ages of four and 16, Leyton attended Young Masters art classes, where he developed his skills in drawing, painting, collage and upcycling. Today, his work spans an impressive range of styles, techniques and materials, from large-scale abstract paintings and felt-tip graffiti art to 3D printing, lino printing and woodcraft. Despite his young age, Leyton has already built up an impressive exhibiting CV. He is a regular stallholder at Bingley Creates, a popular local event held at Damart Mill on the last Saturday of each month, and has also exhibited at Thornton Art Trail and Skipton\u2019s Art in the Pen.<\/p>\n Leyton grew up close to the Gallery, on the family dairy farm overlooking the Aire Valley. The farm, originally built by Titus Salt Junior, has been in his family for generations, with the family business dating back to 1902. Alongside his artistic pursuits, Leyton plays an active role in farm life, helping with the milking and driving tractors.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”LD Gallery” gallery_ids=”10168,10169,10170,10206″ posts_number=”8″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”GW Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Graham West<\/strong><\/p>\n Also new to the Gallery, Graham West grew up in Bingley and studied Graphic Design at Bradford College before pursuing a career in advertising. He believes \u201cReturning to painting has brought him back to his roots\u201d. His father, Donald West, was a Bingley painter in the 1970s, while his uncle, Frank West, photographed everyday life in the town during the 1960s. When these photographs were recovered (from a cellar in Mexico!) Graham brought them to the attention of the local public. Graham is now using his own artistic talent to work some of this subject matter up into paintings, with a high level of detail and a slightly na\u00efve style which adds much charm to the subject matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”GW Gallery” gallery_ids=”10186,10187,10185,10207,10208″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”IB Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Ian Burdall<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”IB Gallery” gallery_ids=”9838,9840,9841,9842″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”B Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Bonehead \u2013 stencil art<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Bonehead grew up here on Park Rd and, attending local schools, but \u2018cared only for his art, graphics and design technology grades\u2019. 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 \u2018my back fell out of with the building trade\u2019.<\/p>\n Attending night school to learn autoCAD, he came across a laser cutting machine, \u2018an amazing bit of kit\u2019 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\u00a0 fun, to work on some art work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”B Gallery” gallery_ids=”9902,9246,9251″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”KS Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Kate Stewart<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”KS Gallery” gallery_ids=”10191,10192,10193,7382″ posts_number=”24″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”JF Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Jane Fielder, The Bingley Gallery’s founder, remains a regular exhibitor. Her quirky work is a joy to us all . This Christmas show contains three pieces, but the gallery has an extensive selection of further work in ‘her’ room!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JF Gallery” gallery_ids=”10171,10078″ posts_number=”24″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”TL Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Tamara was born in Zimbabwe, but has lived for many years in Ilkley. Formerly an actress and set designer it\u2019s not surprising that her work is highly sought to complement interior design schemes. Many will remember Tamara\u2019s own art galleries in Ilkley and Harrogate (where she kindly showed my work)<\/p>\n Images to follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”TL Gallery” gallery_ids=”9858″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”JL Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Judith is an internationally collected still life and landscape artist based in Otley. Best known for her depictions of the heather-clad moorland of our region: In our opinion no other painter brings out its brooding beauty quite as effectively as Judith. Although, her subject matter can be far more varied, she seems drawn to return to the big open spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JL Gallery” gallery_ids=”9069,7970,1656,10201″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”SM Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Suzanne McQuade Suzanne\u2019s art is Inspired by the beautiful and diverse coast and countryside of our region, in particular those places where she experiences peace and tranquillity. 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.<\/p>\n Suzanne is a watercolour painter in the classic tradition, but despite her many years\u2019 experience still has respect for what she describes as \u2018a tricky medium\u2019. The process starts with washes of paint on wet paper which allow the paint to move and merge \u2013 it\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”SM Gallery” gallery_ids=”4571,9859,9860″ posts_number=”15″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”HS Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”HS Gallery” gallery_ids=”9861,9862,9863,9864,9865,9868,9869″ posts_number=”15″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”DS Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”DS Gallery” gallery_ids=”3212,10096,10181″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”AS Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Andrew Storrie – watercolour<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”AS Gallery” gallery_ids=”9870,9522,9518,9510,9516″ posts_number=”10″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”JT Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n \u00a0Jeremy 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. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JT Gallery” gallery_ids=”7828,9872,9873,9874″ posts_number=”10″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”31px|0px|30.8167px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row background_color_1=”#000000″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″] The Christmas Exhibition is an opportunity to bring together a sparkling collection of work by both familiar favourites and exciting new artists. This year\u2019s exhibition promises a celebration of regional artistic talent, with something to appeal to every taste. It has been a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Josie Barraclough<\/strong><\/h4>\n
L. Amy Charlesworth<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Louise Garrett<\/strong><\/h3>\n
BONEHEAD<\/strong><\/h4>\n
For For Bradford-based Kate, Painting, drawing and making have always been a central part of her life, even though she has no formal art training. Her local park (Lister) and it’s visitors provide much inspiration for her. The results are beautiful, but also convey meaning and a joy for life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nJane Fielder<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Tamara Lawson\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Judith Levin oil painter\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nHeather Swain – Linocuts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
David Starley<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nJeremy Taylor<\/span>
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