Predominantly working in oils, I employ an impressionistic technique that uses both palette knife and brush resulting in the blended but also richly textured, vibrant style for which I have become renowned. I have established myself as a contemporary land and seascape artist.

Julie is a contemporary landscape artist living in the beautiful Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway. Born in Birmingham, England, Julie has lived in Scotland for the past 35 years.

She currently lives in The Artists’ Town of Kirkcudbright, a small and vibrant harbour town and popular tourist destination. Her work is inspired almost exclusively by the surrounding countryside and shorelines,

About Gillian

Gillian Westland is an artist known for her evocative and textural work, often rooted in landscape, nature, and abstraction. Her paintings and mixed-media pieces typically explore themes such as light, atmosphere, and emotion, capturing the feeling of a place rather than a literal depiction.

Gillian Westland’s style often incorporates soft tonal contrasts, layered paints, and occasionally metallic or natural elements, giving her works a subtle but powerful presence. Her art has been displayed in exhibitions and galleries within the UK, and some of her pieces are held in private collections.

We are thrilled that she has accepted our invitation to exhibit her work in Brampton at Gallery North West. All pieces will be available for purchase.

Cumbria Sculptors are a collection of Artists from all over Cumbria specialising in unusual and creative pieces. The aim  of the group is to bring Sculptured Art to a wider audience, in materials such as clay, wood, metals, upcycled and  recycled objects, and mixed media.

Jennifer Guest is inspired to try and capture the sensations of serenity and awe of being in the natural landscape, with the magnificent mountains and waterscapes of the Lake District and Scottish coasts special favourites

Stuart Quigley’s Turneresque landscapes aim to beautifully capture in paint the elusive and often mesmerising effects of transient light as it plays across the landscape

This exhibition provides a unique insight into the way this select and diverse group of 10 Artists work as individuals.

They have been given free rein to delve into their personal and creative worlds, to explore subjects they are most curious about and often most passionate about, to reveal something of themselves.

Emma Mclachlan is a contemporary Scottish artist whose paintings identify strongly with its people and environment, with a strong narrative towards its amazing coastline and movements of people.

Helen AliceJohnson is a contemporary landscape painter with a BA Combined Hons in Visual Art and Art History as well as an MA in Contemporary Art Practice. Helen lives and works between Alston in the North Pennines and Les Chapelles in the Pays de la Loire, Northern France. She has an optimistic approach to life and this is evident in her celebratory landscapes.

What does it mean to be an artist? When I was young I thought it meant being able to draw accurate and realistic pictures of what I saw around me.

Over the years I’ve come to understand that it’s all about expression. I’m a firm believer in the old adage that there’s no such thing as bad art. Simply what you like and what you don’t like.

Roaring 20’s exhibition of landscape and railway paintings by Stephen Warnes at Gallery North West

Always trying to capture the emotions of a moment Val’s images represent a reality, not always representative, but those strong intuitive feelings, the passion, the joy, the love, are transferred onto canvas, hopefully leaving something for the viewer to explore.

Drawn to the rhythm and line of dry-stone walls, becks, ridges and paths that lead the eye through the landscape. Cally feels fortunate to live in the most beautiful county in England, and one that’s a never-ending source of inspiration. Her landscape paintings aim to show the unrelenting changes in weather, atmosphere and light whilst also depicting the constants of form and place.

With her current body of work she is going back to her roots and exploring colour and form through geometry, as well as looking at the line itself, with more heavily patterned pieces.

Daniel Hester is a artist/musician exploring and working in a variety of disciplines, currently focused on fine art, original folk music and nature photography.

As an artist, Daniel aims to create desirable pieces that not only have a decorative value but that are rich in historical and cultural value too. Many pieces are based off of archival photographs ranging from the late 19th century through to the late 20th century.

Born and bought up in Yorkshire, Charlie and his family moved to Cumbria more than forty years ago, drawn by memories of many summers spent on the shores of Ullswater at Sandwick Bay.

His paintings, mainly in Acrylic, aim to capture the wonderful scenery of the lakes and mountains at various times of year.

Sarah Reid’s work captures an emotional response to the scenery and invites the viewer to explore the scene - drawn in by unexpected hints of light and colour to provoke a real sense of being. Drawing on experience and memories to create timeless yet contemporary expressions of our landscape.

I’m inspired as always by our beautiful countryside as well as being constantly challenged to capture its vibrancy and movement. My goal is always to produce my own personal interpretation and representation of what I see and am experiencing. I’m always keen to explore new ideas, try different painting methods, techniques and I believe, am becoming more adventurous in my work.

Carl and Paul Fitton with a sideways look at how we live with more than a hint of dark and light fantasy

We are over the moon to welcome Maria Burton to GNW. Her contemporary and semi abstract paintings convey the emotions she feels when exploring the landscape

Rosie Galloway-Smith is a Carlisle based artist who creates figurative semi surreal artworks based on emotion, experience, and psychology. The work currently being shown extends Rosie’s interest in clothes as representations of emotional states and looks into the pathos of dying flowers.

Troy Slater- Having such a broad experience in many creative fields has led Troy to his latest and most expansive project for 2023, a portion of which will be on display at Gallery Northwest this summer.

Troy’s newest work is a legitimate cross genre, multimedia work. Sincere, uncompromising and rebellious, this new and focussed work will challenge tropes and signify an assertion from the artist.

Landscape artist Stuart James Fraser, forced by lockdown to re-connect with his own locality, realises just how fortunate he really is.

This current body of work celebrates his home, village, and the surrounding countryside of the iconic and stunning Eden Valley.