Visit the resident artists at Wharf St. Studios, an inspiring and creative environment for designers, makers and craftspeople with a focus on networking and collaboration, set across 3 floors of the grade II listed canal side former wool warehouse. Studios and Wharf St. Coffee Ltd open Sat 8am – 5pm; Sun 9am – 5pm; Mon …
Helen explores the themes of nature and the environment through her paintings and drawings, whether it be the beauty of a landscape or plant, or animals and birds. Colour and light are explored using a variety of media ranging from traditional oil and acrylic paint to coloured pencils and mixed media. In the past year …
Ian Burdall paints marine subjects mainly on the Yorkshire coast. He paints in oils concentrating on working and post industrial settings. This includes lost and broken objects, places and people. His aim is to reflect their former worth, dignity and purpose in a changed environment.
Lauren’s practise looks into themes of hedonism and nostalgia. This is mainly explored through the medium of film photography, and digital drawing, with some experimentation in collage and photo editing. She uses the colour pink in a literal way making reference to rosy retrospection, to highlight the way some people recall their past more fondly …
Drawing on feelings and memories of place, the weather and its impacts plays a significant part in Paula’s work. She plays with combinations of colours, textures and expressive marks to create mood, atmosphere, drama. “When I start a painting I have no end point in mind. I paint intuitively, focusing first on the desire to …
“Just the clothes on their backs: bear witness” is a clothesline. Pegged on the line are panels of silk fluttering in the moving air. Full size images of clothing are printed on the panels and, on the clothing, images of migration. Many migrants travel with ‘just the clothes on their backs’. Imagine the clothes could …