Welcome to the Biggest and Busiest Show of the year. 14 artists and over 50 pictures (not to mention 3D)<\/p>\n
DO JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH 7-9pm WEDS 1 JULY<\/p>\n
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,\u00a0 Jeremy Taylor, Rob Thomson, Stella Verity.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][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 including Australia and the Far East.\u00a0 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 \u2013 finding that it\u2019s often a tiny item of information which spurs a series of paintings.<\/p>\n 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 Barraclough paints mainly at her West Yorkshire studio and teaches art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JB Gallery” gallery_ids=”7889,9829,9830,9831,9832″ 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=”9250,9902,9255,9836,9837,9246,9903″ 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=”9838,9839,9840,9841,9842″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”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=”7343,9843″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”RB Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Richard \u00a0Burel<\/strong><\/p>\n 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\u2019s technique creates compositions that are both expressive and immersive. Rather than seeking precise representation, he captures the spirit of a place \u2014 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”RB Gallery” gallery_ids=”9723,9673,9672,9671,9670″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”TD Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Tony is a Wharfedale artist painting original contemporary images in acrylic on canvas. A regular exhibitor, Tony\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”TD Gallery” gallery_ids=”9886,9887,9888,9889,9890″ posts_number=”8″ _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\u2019s quirky work is a joy to us all Images to follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JF Gallery” gallery_ids=”3474″ posts_number=”24″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”JH text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Jane Hurford<\/strong><\/p>\n 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!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JH Gallery” gallery_ids=”9848,9849,9850,9851,9852,9853,9854,9855,9901″ posts_number=”24″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”SH Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n 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\u2019s 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-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 dress.<\/p>\n The basis of the dress is paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9 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.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”SH Gallery” gallery_ids=”9776,9680,9679″ posts_number=”12″ _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<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][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<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”JL Gallery” gallery_ids=”9069,7970,1656″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”TL Gallery” gallery_ids=”9856,9857,9858″ 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\u2019s 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.<\/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=”9861,9862,9863,9864,9865,9866,9867,9868,9869″ 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=”3212,9635″ 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 [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”AS Gallery” gallery_ids=”9870,9522,9518,8838,9510,9516″ 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=”7828,9871,9872,9873,9874″ posts_number=”10″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”RT Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n \u2018Tom\u2019 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<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”RT Gallery” gallery_ids=”9875,9876,9877,9878″ posts_number=”10″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”SV Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Stella only started painting after being \u201cpersuaded\u201d to join by her partner, Rob (Tom) Thomson at a watercolour class at Shipley College. \u201cI 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\u2019s classes were wonderful, enlightening and rewarding as well as entertaining\u201d<\/em>!\u00a0 Stella is a keen gardener and cook and this is reflected in her subjects usually of flowers fruit or vegetables. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”SV Gallery” gallery_ids=”9879,9880,9881,9882″ posts_number=”10″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”LT Text” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n Lateefat Tobun<\/strong><\/p>\n Born in Nigeria but now living in Bradford, Lateefat\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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 \u2014 it is carried, stitched, and, in time, allowed to bloom.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”LT Gallery” gallery_ids=”9911,9912,9913″ 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″] 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9808,"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
BONEHEAD<\/strong><\/h4>\n
L. Amy Charlesworth<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Tony Dexter – acrylics <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Jane Fielder<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Siyma Hussain<\/strong><\/h3>\n
nquillity.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Tamara Lawson\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Tamara Lawson\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Suzanne McQuade<\/span>
<\/strong><\/h4>\nHeather Swain – Linocuts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
David Starley<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Andrew Storrie – watercolour<\/strong>
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><\/h3>\n<\/div>\nJeremy Taylor<\/span>
<\/strong><\/h4>\nRob (Tom) Thomson
<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\nStella Verity
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