SARAH GARFORTH

Sarah is a painter and printmaker working in Ramsgill in Upper Nidderdale. Her work reflects her rural location, inspired by rivers, reservoirs and nature. The seasons play a big part, whether it be big brooding winter skies, spring bluebells, dappled warm light filtering through the trees or autumn colour of tree lined river banks.

She works in a traditional way, collecting reference in the landscape and expanding her ideas and sketches in the studio. She uses predominantly oil with mixed media such as marble dust, graphite and oil sticks, applying with spatulas, scrapers and knives.

© Sarah Garforth

CHARLEY HELLIER

York artist, Charley Hellier, grew up in Lancashire, but has lived in Yorkshire for over 20 years. Her atmospheric paintings are informed by her experience and surroundings.

Charley paints in oils so she can continue to move and mould them over time, so the images change as does the landscape and sky. They are portals into her childhood places, scenes that she loves to walk within, or worlds of the imagination. Inspiration is drawn from the changeable, dramatic moorlands of North Yorkshire. Environmental themes intermingle with her love of history and philosophy, folklore and ancestry and the power of weather, particularly dynamic storms.

© Charley Hillier

CHERRY-MAE WHITEHEAD-HOWSE

Cherry-Mae is a self taught printmaker with an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature. She has lived in Sheffield for the past eight years, and draws her inspiration from music, folklore and literature.

With narrative being at the centre of her work, she seeks to use movement, light, and detail to convey the story at the heart of each piece. Adding in her own connections to give each artwork the tender yet sadistic flare she is known for. Only beginning her work with relief printing in 2020, she immediately fell in love with the graphic impact of the medium.

© Cherry-Mae Whitehead-Howse

MATTHEW SCOTT

Matthew Scott is a landscape artist originally from Middlesbrough and now residing in Barnard Castle, Durham.

Working primarily in oil and watercolour, his work aims to capture the beauty of the landscapes of Northern England, most notably in the national parks of the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and Lake District. Matthew draws inspiration from observing nature while hiking, then uses a combination of photos and memories to evoke the atmosphere and feel of the scene on canvas. He uses colour and mark making to emphasise changing light and weather conditions throughout the seasons.

© Matthew Scott

IONE HARRISON

Ione Harrison is a North Yorkshire-based landscape painter, with a studio in Welburn, North Yorkshire. She runs regular watercolour painting workshops across Yorkshire .

She creates vibrant, atmospheric paintings, working primarily in watercolour and ink and uses experimental techniques to create rich textures, such as wax resist, textiles and plants. Ione’s work explores themes of landscape and the natural world.

Many years of international travel as a teacher (France, the Middle East, Turkey, Nepal) has sharpened Ione’s perceptions about how landscape shapes lives and deepened her relationship with colour.

© Ione Harrison

OLIVIA BEAU

Olivia Beau paints from her studio in Ilkley, working primarily in acrylics and using vintage maps of Yorkshire within her work.

Olivia’s artwork is inspired by The Yorkshire coastline and the stunning greens of the landscape around her home in Ilkley. In 2022 she exhibited a collection of eight artworks at the ‘Friends of Ham’ restaurant and arts venue in the town.  Each artwork contains a map segment of Yorkshire, and the title of the collection.

© Olivia Beau

ANDREA MOSEY

Andrea Mosey, a landscape artist working exclusively in oils out of her studio at Newby Hall, North Yorkshire.

Her work is inspired by the diverse North Yorkshire landscape and is characterised by its wide open spaces, big skies, and dramatic landscapes. Her paintings are evocative and peaceful whilst capturing a sense of time and place. She finds the wide variety of vistas to be a constant source of inspiration, with the quintessential countryside of the Dales, the bleakness of the Moors and the rugged strength of our coastlines.

© Andrea Mosey

ANGELA BELL

Angela originally studied surface pattern design at Manchester where colour, texture and experimentation with different mediums was encouraged. Her work continues to be an eclectic mix of colour and texture.

Angela often begins by creating an interesting surface on which to work using a variety of media and techniques. She works spontaneously and intuitively allowing the work to evolve naturally rather than having a planned approach.

© Angela Bell

ANNE MACKINNON

Anne Mackinnon is an artist based in Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales, working in pastel, watercolour and mixed media. Her studio is situated in the Dales and is set in the midst of magnificent countryside with an endless source of inspiration just outside her door.

She finds constant inspiration in the hills and dales of the North of England and she also loves gardens, both to visit and paint. Whether they are back yards or gardens of stately homes, she is inspired by their changing colours and moods throughout the year.

© Anne MacKinnon

LYDIA ROSE

Lydia Rose is an early career artist living and working in Leeds. She has recently completed an MA in Illustration.

She works in a range of traditional media, including inks, graphite, and traditional printing processes, gathering references and inspiration from extensive walking in the landscape. Her current work examines the uncanny in folklore, and the cultural heritage of place- specific stories, especially those local to her practice in Yorkshire. She likes to investigate topics in relation to the changing climate, and asks how folkloric narratives could recreate a more harmonious relationship between ourselves and the natural world.

© Lydia Rose

GINA BEAN

Gina Bean is an artist living in a small village in the Vale of York. This is the the perfect place to inspire her, being in the middle of all she needs for her semi abstract work, within the Yorkshire Dales, Wolds, Moors and of course the coast easily accessible.

Being a mixed media painter she prefers to work in her studio where she is free to use a range of mediums and collage but her paintings are always started by sketching, usually with her studio dog Daisy for company.

Her work has been shown locally and in London galleries.

© Gina Bean

LAURA MARY

Laura Mary is a wildlife artist based in the North East, her studio is in Ouseburn 'the creative heart of Newcastle'. Taking inspiration from the natural world, she creates highly detailed, skilful drawings using coloured pencil to capture extraordinary likenesses and the unique personalities of the animals.

Since graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Lancaster University, Laura has worked on various collections, from woodland animals to African wildlife. She often works with commissioned pet portraits and has commissions extending from all over the world.

© Laura Mary