Artists + Makers - NAT25
We're very excited to introduce all the amazing artists and makers involved in Newbridge Arts Trail 2025 (17-18 May).
You'll find them listed here in alphabetical order (by family name).
Some of our artists and makers will be demonstrating their processes during the weekend. The palette icon shows you where this will be on offer.
Paulo Baigent - Paintings & Prints
Michele Conway - Indie dyer: Hand dyed yarn/wool
Simon Cryer - Ceramics
Jason Daines - Prints
Tracey Daines - Textiles
Kate Evans - Needle & Wet Felt
Polly Gough - Printmaking & Mixed Media
Ann Hines - Painting
Philip Jansseune - Lettering
Sarah Kniveton - Printmaking, photography
Maria Knowlman - Bookbinding, Watercolour
Jemma Leigh-Wood - Oil & Acrylic Painting | Lino Prints
Judy Meats - Painting
Partis College Art Group - Mixed
Chris Peecock - Mixed Media
Kelvin Rogers - Photography
Kathryn Scaldwell - Oil Painting
Kate Scully - Jewellery, Painting, Prints & Cards
Jo Slade - Painting
Fi Smith - Painting
Jo Thorne - Painting
Madeleine Town - Painting
Mark Trueman - Painting
Karen Wallis - Drawing-based Projects
Kurda Yar - Painting
Paulo Baigent
Painting
Instagram: speaktomegabriel
Facebook: @SpeakToMeGabriel
Paulo works in a variety of media. He's currently working on textured abstract paintings.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, Charmouth Road, BA1 3LL
Michele Conway
Indie dyer: Hand dyed yarn/wool
Instagram: @innerfleece
I am an Indie dyer based in Coombe Down Bath. I use professional dyes and heat to create beautiful hand dyed yarns /wool. I am influenced by the beautiful colours I see in nature to inspire my colour pallete. I am a huge advocate of meditation and healthy living, which has also influenced my art and my artistic style.
Venue: The Locksbrook Inn, 103 Locksbrook Road, BA1 3EN
Simon Cryer
Ceramics
Instagram: @monographis_ceramics
Minimal, sharp and distinctive forms in both black and white porcelain
Venue; Bath Methodist Church Hall, Kennington Road, BA1 3EA
Jason Daines
Printing
I make lino-prints and mono prints. Greetings cards and other pictures, all hand pressed. Sometime humorous, sometimes dark, sometimes both.
Venue: 1 Apsley Road, BA1 3LP
Tracey Daines
Textiles
I make decorative dolls using fabric, wool and haberdashery.
I also make machine embroidered greetings cards and hand sewn brooches.ace.
Venue: 1 Apsley Road, BA1 3LP
Kate Evans
Needle & Wet Felt
www.kateevansfeltdesign.weebly.com
Instagram: @kateevansfeltdesign
Facebook: Kate Evans Felt Design
I am a needle and wet felt artist and member of the International Feltmakers Association. I like to take inspiration from nature and create a range of pieces, from small handcrafted animals, to large wall hangings and framed pieces combining wet felt, needle felt, machine and hand embroidery.
Venue: The Locksbrook Inn, 103 Locksbrook Road, BA1 3EN
Polly Gough
Printmaking & Mixed Media
Instagram: @polly.gough
Polly creates collagraph prints and mixed media pieces inspired by her love of animals, myths, symbolism and stories.
Venue: 81 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HF
Ann Hines
Painting
Instagram: @annhines8
My painting is figurative, often featuring people at work or play. I try to capture atmosphere or suggest relationships. Working mainly in acrylic, I like experimenting with mixed media including collage and inks.
Venue: 9 Evelyn Road, BA1 3QF
Philip Jansseune
Lettering
Instagram: @philipjansseune
Facebook: @philipjansseune
Philip is a professional graphic designer. He produces branding, publishing and exhibitions, such as the Newbridge Arts Trail itself. He creates fonts in his spare time, including the Hexagon font NAT uses this year.
Venue: The Locksbrook Inn, 103 Locksbrook Road, BA1 3EN
Sarah Kniveton
Printmaking, photography
Instagram: @sarah.kniveton
Sarah’s work focuses on memory, which becomes false and fragmented with time.
She experiments mainly with print and alternative photographic techniques. images.
Venue: 2 Apsley Road, BA1 3LP
Maria Knowlman
Bookbinding, Watercolour
Instagram: @bindingyourtime
Facebook: bindingyourtime
Maria enjoys how bookbinding combines her love of texture, paper, colour and design into a neat little package! She loves painting, teaching bookbinding, and making custom books for artists and jotters alike. She recently illustrated a book of Tenby.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, Charmouth Road, BA1 3LL
Jemma Leigh-Wood
Oil & Acrylic Painting | Lino Prints
Instagram: jemstoreyart
Facebook: jemmastoreyart
I am fascinated by the outdoors and nature, and you will often find me painting landscapes, flowers and dance performance. My main specialism is oil and acrylic painting and more recently Lino printing.
Venue: Bath Methodist Church Hall, Kennington Road, BA1 3EA
Judy Meats
Painting
I am a landscape artist, painting in acrylics and watercolour. My inspiration comes mostly from scenes around Somerset and Wiltshire. I work figuratively but with an impressionistic style. I like bright warm colour.
Venue: 9 Evelyn Road, BA1 3QF
Partis College Art Group
Mixed media
Partis Art Group is a weekly group for residents of Partis College. They will be exhibiting some of their work.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, Charmouth Road, BA1 3LL
Chris Peecock
Mixed Media
Instagram: @chris.peecock.549
Facebook: @chris.peecock.549
Digital kaleidoscope prints and layered acetate prints
Venue: Bath Methodist Church Hall, Kennington Road, BA1 3EA
KELVIN ROGERS
Photography
Instagram: @kelvin.foto
I look for a sense of place, and trees have long fascinated me, these silent presences, in all their various forms that often shape these places
Venue: Bath Methodist Church Hall, Kennington Road, BA1 3EA
kathryn scaldwell
Oil on canvas paintings
Instagram: @kathrynscaldwell
Facebook: Kathryn Scaldwell Artist
Kathryn is an oil painter in love with the ever changing moods of seas and skies, capturing the light that pierces through.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, Charmouth Road, BA1 3LL
Kate Scully
Jewellery
Instagram: @katescully.jewellery
Silver jewellery is inspired by nature - from plants and the elements to animals and insects. Each piece is made by hand and Kate uses recycled materials wherever possible - such as silver bullion and sea glass.
Venue: 25 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HE
Jo Slade
Painting
Instagram: @josladeart
Facebook: JoSladeArt
Landscape and botanical painter, studying the effects of light with loose impressionistic brushwork. From tiny artwork to large oil paintings
Venue: 25 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HE
Fi Smith
Painting
www.fiwalksandpaintsthesw.co.uk
Instagram: @fiwalksandpaintsthesw
Facebook: Fi Smith Art
I am a landscape artist with a love of nature and countryside. A keen walker I get out into the natural world to gain inspiration for my work. Working mainly in water mixable oils and acrylics I create colour rich pictures capturing South West landscapes, cityscapes, coastal paths and flowers. Original work, giclee fine art prints and greetings cards available.
Venue: 81 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HF
Jo Thorne
Painting
Instagram: jothornefineart
Characterised by rich oil colours, my expressionist paintings aim to open up a world of mysterious scapes where the tangible and the imaginary become one.
Venue: Bath Methodist Church Hall, Kennington Road, BA1 3EA
Madeleine Town
Paintings & Original Prints
Instagram: @painttown_
Paintings are based in the natural world but then depart into spontaneous shapes and forms.
Venue: 81 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HF
Mark Trueman
Painting
Oil paintings of a variety of subjects such as portrait, landscape, wild life, and also studies of objects
Venue: Bath Methodist Church Hall, Kennington Road, BA1 3EA
karen Wallis
Drawing-based Projects
Instagram: @karenwallis.art
Facebook: Karen Wallis Artworks
Karen bears witness to the world around her through sketchbook drawings, plein-air painting, and sound recordings. She will be showing her current work in progress.
Venue: Fairfield Cottage, Newbridge Hill, BA1 3QL
Kurda Yar
Painting
I am a self-taught artist specialising in fine art, drawing and painting in multiple different mediums, including pencils, charcoals, pastels, and watercolours.
I have been commissioned for various art projects and my latest commission was the Bath Spa Railway Station Community art project.
Venue: The Locksbrook Inn, 103 Locksbrook Road, BA1 3EN
