All our artists by category
Paintings and Printmaking
Helen Alice Johnson 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.
Using references from both the natural world and the realm of cosmology, Rachel Gibson RSW explores in drawing, painting, animation and bookworks the perception of natural world as an entity which seemingly exists on the edge, treading a delicate balance between creation and destruction, growth and loss.
These are worlds of fragmentation and change, structure and decay.Some are familiar, some beyond our human experience. Some are microplaces that appear both beautiful and threatening and some are the lost landscapes to be found within ourselves.
Brampton artist Stephen Warnes is best known locally for his light-filled North Cumbrian landscapes. However he is also accepted as one of the country’s leading railway artists and is a fully elected member of the Guild of Railway Artists (a G.R.A.)
Angela Mitchell’s lino prints are individual pieces of work, each plate inked as though in a painting, blending colours as she works. Always happiest when sitting with a sketchbook surrounded by nature whether it be allotment, fells or on a rocky headland, where Angela can take in the fragility of the natural world.
Frances Lumbar ceramic art takes inspiration from the textures and forms of nature - the curl of a fern frond, the outlines of weathered stone, the silhouettes of plant stems. Clay is the perfect medium to express her fascination with texture, surface detail and colour.
Karen Brown works from her home studio in beautiful Talkin, near Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria., A contemporary artist working in ink, acrylic and pen on specialist paper or cotton canvas. She knows that the natural world can mirror the range of our own human journey when we seek it; from giving us solace in our sadness to moments of joy when we need it
David’s illustration work incorporates people, landscapes, buildings and animals to convey visual narratives through the medium of the graphic novel.
These stories explore the importance of particular communities for those people who belong to them.
Based in Lanercost just across the road from the Priory, Christina draws inspiration from her country background, and her deep love of the countryside, to produce impressionistic floral watercolour paintings.
Not content with one particular style, Natalie has a range of work that is inspired by the environment she loves to explore.
The inspiration for my art comes from the emotional energies I experience in my daily existence.
My work reflects my endless fascination for the contours and rhythms of the natural and man-made landscape around me. I create stratified, highly textural, mixed media contemporary abstract artworks by fusing discarded and recycled materials with a variety of mixed media
Robert Brindley is an artist & painter, working in oils, watercolours, acrylics and pastels. A member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists specialising in capturing light in landscapes and coastal scenery.
Liz Jones is a full time printmaker and textile designer based in Cumbria. Inspired by her rural environment and her love of hand printing, she uses the linocut method to create limited edition original linocuts and handprinted designs for fabric. To produce her nature inspired fabric she screenprints her linocut designs, by hand, onto linen and cotton to produce lampshades, cushions and other homeware.
I have always enjoyed being creative; often inspired by the natural world around us. Capturing shadows and highlights which are changing constantly provides endless painting opportunities and challenges.
David Hollins studied Fine Art in Canterbury and photojournalism in London which led him to a career in press photography. David has returned to drawing and painting, working outdoors in particular, focusing on capturing a sense of place, atmosphere and changing light. David has won Carlisle Living's Creative City award and has completed successful commissions for Carlisle Cathedral, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery and the Carnegie Theatre in Workington.
Growing up within the Lake District has always been the creative catalyst for Victoria. Being outdoors amongst the mountains & trees and having so much wilderness right on her doorstep inspires her to put pen to paper & paint to canvas. Sometimes a simple pen sketch is enough to evoke a memory or an emotion, but putting paint to canvas is where her heart is fully able to express the feelings she has. Creating tactile pieces which through the use of a limited selection of warm toned hues, evoke an ethereal atmosphere within her work.
Martin Evans lives in Carlisle and studied Graphic Design at Cumbria Institute of the Arts where he developed his eye for colour and composition. A self-taught painter and mural artist working in an expressive style, it is the pure joy of painting that drives his process
I have lived and worked in Galloway for decades. I paint mainly in water based mediums in a loose, bold style influenced by a lifetime of observing our wonderful landscape, and also quirky still lifes. My work is semi abstract and not slavishly representative of a place.
Stuart James Fraser, aks Fraz -Landscape Painter, a Cumbrian Landscape Artist based at Great Corby, who brings passion and drama to his works.
Carl Fitton always had a passion for life drawing and in particular drawing animals, big or small domestic or wild!
Ceramics - Glass and Sculpture
Sally is proud to situate herself as a traditional ceramic artist. Story and narrative are fundamental to the pieces she creates. Consequently, her work exists at the intersection of many influences. Her work is identifiable for its inherent hybridity, in terms of genre and technique – as well as more metaphysical aspects such as ideas and philosophies. Sally never wants to categorise or limit her work by pigeon-holing it, but revels in its multi-functional nature of both utilitarian vessel and ornate sculpture
Frances Lumbar ceramic art takes inspiration from the textures and forms of nature - the curl of a fern frond, the outlines of weathered stone, the silhouettes of plant stems. Clay is the perfect medium to express her fascination with texture, surface detail and colour.
Mark Bowman is a sculptor based in rural Northumberland whose award-winning work is produced in a diverse pallet of materials. A fascination for the natural environment, a constant preoccupation with sculptural form and his passion for working with a wide variety of materials, have all had a considerable influence on Marks creative work and have been the driving force behind his diverse experimentation.
Roxy Denny’s fused glass pieces start out as flat sheets of glass, which she cuts and layers on top of each other, before melting or 'fusing' them together in a kiln. This could be anywhere from four to forty different sections of glass. Some pieces are ground and polished before or after they are fused and they will need to undergo up to four firings before they are finished. Any shaped pieces are 'slumped' into or over a mould
Porcelain ceramics with a twist , Cath Ball of Stitched Ceramics has been making, selling and developing her porcelain ceramic range for over fifteen years and is based in a small village just six miles outside the border city of Carlisle. She works from a small studio next to her house and sells her work online as well as at other events locally and around the country.
My current work explores and stretches the technical limits of tack and fully fused glass. Celebrating the texture and tactile quality of clear glass. Enjoying the way light passes through coloured glass to create amazing reflections.
All Melanie’s work is handbuilt from stoneware or porcelain clay and handpainted/glazed with a final firing to ‘stoneware’ temperature – usually between 1220 - 1260 degrees Celsius which creates a greater degree of interaction between the clay and glazes/oxides. Porcelain earrings are set on sterling silver findings
Carolyn aims to make objects that catch the eye and invite handling. Experimenting with form has been a major strand of her work for some time - she likes to take a basic shape and see where she can go with it. As well as variations of form, her current preoccupations include simplicity and complexity, light and shade and the dynamics that may arise between groups of objects.
Jewellery - Textiles and Wood
Martin’s inspiration comes from the wood and what I see around me and I allow my ideas to change as the wood reveals its contents. Where the grain is significant I let the wood do the talking and where it is less so I use various painting, waxing, gilding and texturing techniques to enhance the wood. I do try to make items that are practical as well as decorative
Frances Lumbar ceramic art takes inspiration from the textures and forms of nature - the curl of a fern frond, the outlines of weathered stone, the silhouettes of plant stems. Clay is the perfect medium to express her fascination with texture, surface detail and colour.
All Melanie’s work is handbuilt from stoneware or porcelain clay and handpainted/glazed with a final firing to ‘stoneware’ temperature – usually between 1220 - 1260 degrees Celsius which creates a greater degree of interaction between the clay and glazes/oxides. Porcelain earrings are set on sterling silver findings
The innovative ‘Artist Pencil’ was the first in a range of beautiful, all wood, eco friendly, mark making devices that also include technical pencils, pens and dip pens.
With enhanced ergonomics, these precision crafted pencils work for everyone. from artists to doodlers,
Liz Jones is a full time printmaker and textile designer based in Cumbria. Inspired by her rural environment and her love of hand printing, she uses the linocut method to create limited edition original linocuts and handprinted designs for fabric. To produce her nature inspired fabric she screenprints her linocut designs, by hand, onto linen and cotton to produce lampshades, cushions and other homeware.