Artists & Makers - NAT 2022
We're very excited to introduce all the amazing artists and makers who were part of the 2022 Newbridge Arts Trail.
You'll find them listed here in alphabetical order (by family name), along with a taster of what you'll see when you visit them.
Mary Allen
Paintings
Instagram: @maryallen_art
Facebook: MaryAllen_art
A collection of paintings in acrylic.
I create a variety of abstract or more detailed pieces depending on my mood, but always full of colour and texture. My paintings are inspired by beautiful views, nature and my children.
Original canvases and prints available to buy.
paulo baigent
Paintings
Instagram: @speaktomegabriel
Facebook: SpeakToMeGabriel
Paulo, who has been enjoying revisiting watercolours, will be showing his recent paintings of landscapes (rural and urban) and birds. All his works are immediate, fresh and affordable, using a colour palette ranging from bold and vibrant to more understated and muted.
carole bayliss
Handmade Sterling Silver Jewellery
Instagram: @zimzalajewellery
Facebook: Zimzala Jewellery
Inspired by nature and the coast. Simply designed to make people smile.
elizabeth bell
Paintings
Instagram: @elizabethbell_colours
Combining my love for colour, texture and the natural world I use a mixture of media to create works to complement home and work space.
Venue: Weston Methodist Church Hall, Kennington Road, BA1 3EA
susan bolam
Paintings
A variety of paintings and drawings covering my travels and more recent interest in portraiture.
Venue: 9 Evelyn Road, BA1 3QF
Jan byrne
Fine Art Ceramics
Instagram: @janbyrneceramics
Facebook: Jan Byrne
Hand built Fine Art ceramics with many layers of decoration, using themes common to us all in our daily lives.
Venue: 19 Rosslyn Road, BA1 3LQ
peter calvert
Ceramics
Hand built sculptural.
barbara cheney
Drawings & Paintings
Instagram: @barbaracheneyart
Semi-abstract drawings and paintings inspired by the landscape and the sea.
lucy clements
Crochet, Homeware & Jewellery
Instagram: @samuel.scribbles.crochet
Lucy Clements crochets colourful creatures under the name of Samuel Scribbles. Working without patterns and using vintage haberdashery means that every character has its own personality. Handmade homewares & jewellery will also be on sale.
Elizabeth evans
Textiles
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/lovelizziecrafts
A collection of handcrafted textile items for your home, woven wall hangings, crochet pieces and handmade greeting cards. I enjoy working with beautiful fabrics and materials.
kate evans
Needle & Wet Felt
Instagram: @kateevansfeltdesign
Facebook: Kate Evans Felt Design
I am a needle and wet felt artist. I like to take inspiration from nature and create a range of items such as small stand-alone pieces, embellished frames and large pictures combining wet felt, needle felt, machine and hand embroidery. I am also a member of the International Feltmakers Association.
alex fielding
Traditional Hand Painted Signs
Instagram: @tradvintagesigns
I carry out signwriting using nothing but traditional signwriting methods producing vintage new looking and distressed signs for the home and garden. Commission work is undertaken and predesigned signs are for sale. No tape or computers are used in any stage of the sign.
nigel gardner
Paintings
Painting mostly in acrylic and mixed media.
polly gough
Printmaking
Instagram: @polly.gough
I am an artist printmaker specialising in collagraphs and inspired by my love of animals, myths and stories. Underpinning my work is a passion for experimentation and colour which finds expression in this versatile and exciting medium.
marian hill
Illustration
Instagram: @marian.hill
Twitter: @hill_marian
Buzz & Scuttle. Discover the diversity of insects that can be found in Bath. Marian has illustrated over 150 species so far and has hundreds more to collage. These illustrations have been used to create identification guides, prints and greeting cards.
Come and collage your own beetle.
ann hines
Painting, Linocuts & Greetings Cards
Instagram: @annhines8
I paint scenes from everyday life, often featuring people at work or play. Using acrylic, ink and collage, I try to tell a story or capture a mood. I recently expanded my work to linocut printing, inspired by contrasts in light and texture. I enjoy mixing media and find unexpected results are often the most exciting.
janice king
Paintings
Instagram: @janicekingartist
I am a colourist painting in oils and acrylics . I have exhibited in London, Bristol, Birmingham and Bath, including the BSA Open exhibition 2022. I enjoy painting a range of subjects including still life and landscapes.
heidi laughton
Paintings
Instagram: @heidilaughtonart
Facebook: Heidi Laughton Art
Heidi’s paintings of peaceful abstract landscapes lend a calming presence to interior spaces. Painted with soft colour palettes, they create a sense of atmospheric tranquility. Heidi’s painting style is organic and intuitive and her painting style is continually evolving.
kate marshall
Ceramics
www.katemarshallceramics.co.uk
Instagram: @katemarshallceramics
Facebook: Kate Marshall Ceramics
Beautifully unique wheel-thrown ceramics, Kate specializes in raku - an ancient technique involving fire, smoke and water- but also creates original stoneware pottery that can be used everyday.
peter merchant
Domestic Pottery
Using clay he takes from the ground and processes himself Peter throws mugs, jugs and bowls decorated with coloured slip.
ian parfitt
Illustration
A book ("The maze book to top all maze books? ... This book is a thing of beauty: each page and labyrinth is a work of art.”), cards and prints of illustrated mazes - with large mazes for visitors to try out. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
chris peecock
Prints, 3D Shadow Boxes & Paper Mache
Instagram: @chris.peecock.549
Facebook: Chris Peecock
Really looking forward to showing kaleidoscopic digital inkjet prints on paper and canvas, paper mache jewellery, 3D fantasy shadow boxes, and new experimental decorative 2D prints, using a technique from the 60s that I have revived and modernised.
archie rogers
Paintings
Instagram: @ar.chie.art
Paintings combine many elements pulled from life and imagination by the subtle trails they leave behind in our mind. They are things we can’t forget and a discovery for what it might mean. I have a deep interest in making tactile objects, paying great attention to surface and material, allowing compositions to arise from the marks already present on found materials.
kelvin rogers
Photography
Instagram: @kelvin.foto
Photographs both capture and suggest time. They can project as much as record. They have their own language and voice. They can be loud or quiet. Photographs ask questions of what we see and how we see. They can record, observe, remark on something or tell us something. Or even just be about the pleasure of taking the time to look.
tom rogers
Paintings
Instagram: @tomsart__
A recent Fine Art graduate, I’ve learnt to have an open approach to making work, embracing the unexpected outcomes that come with using different techniques and media. I enjoy creating textures with paint and chalk in layers, much like how a video is edited and spliced together. My Echium series of paintings came from my interest in the botanical plants that grow in Cornwall.
kathryn scaldwell
Oil Paintings
Instagram: @kathrynscaldwell
Facebook: Kathryn Scaldwell Artist
I love painting in oils and I am always aiming to capture the light in my work. I’m fascinated by skies and the effect of light on the landscape or seascape. A good moody sky often inspires and excites me! I also cannot resist capturing the fun, illustrative scenes of every day life.
liz stallabrass
Ceramics
Instagram: @lizstallabrass
Facebook: Liz Stallabrass Ceramics
I make an eclectic mix of handbuilt ceramics by using slab, coil and pinchpot methods. I like to create pieces for decorative purposes but also make functional items for every day use. I take my inspiration from my love of animals and colour. This is reflected in my used of different glazing methods.
hilary strickland
Textile, Prints & Cards
Instagram: @hilarystricklandart
Facebook: Hilary Strickland Art
Working from home I use watercolours to capture the intricacies and beauty of birds, insects, plants and landscapes around me. As well as prints and cards a request for a honey bee cushion led to the original paintings being used as a basis for printed textiles for linens, cushions, lampshades.
guy thomas
Sculpture
Instagram: @guythomassculptor
I’ve been making steel sculpture for over 35 years. I studied at Bath Academy of Art in the 1980s. I work in a direct intuitive way to explore interior and negative spaces which may relate to spaces in landscape, eroded coastline and elemental forces that inspire me. I have exhibited widely.
mark thomas
Paintings
Instagram: @markthomas.mt
Contemporary paintings in acrylics on paper or canvas. A mix of figurative and abstract work with a retro propaganda/pop art influence.
jo thorne
Paintings
Instagram: @jothornefineart
Facebook: Jo Thorne Fine Art
Twitter: @JT_Modern
I use landscape as a starting point and strive for the painting to take its own course, embracing unconscious mark making, adding colour and line as I work in order to intensify the atmosphere. I hope to leave the viewer pondering about the story behind the painting.
jez truelove
Fine Art Photography
www.jeztruelovephotography.co.uk
Instagram: @jez_truelovephotography
I am a fine art photographer working with film cameras and a traditional darkroom. I shoot in monochrome to emphasise shapes, textures and tones and my subjects include trees, flowers, rusty metal and elephants! I endeavour to capture the beauty that can be found in the world, sometimes in unexpected places.
kelly tyndale
Mixed Media
Instagram: @kellytyndale_art
I like to use the Japanese concept ‘wabi sabi’ as a way to describe my thought process and style of art - the thought or view of finding beauty in every aspect of imperfection in nature. I love the fragility of cracks, layers and natural form. In my opinion these are undervalued and I try and showcase these in any way I can.
karen wallis
Drawing Based Projects
Instagram: @karenwallis.art
Facebook: Karen Wallis Artworks
Twitter: @KarenArtwork
Work from an ongoing Artist’s Residency with archaeologists in Orkney, plus new project developments. Karen Wallis has been Artist in Residence on the Ness of Brodgar dig since 2016. Her latest outcome is a film portraying the everyday human activity on site, combining drawings, paintings, and sound recordings.
