Malcolm Barton 1

Malcolm Barton

Sweet Peas

Sweet peas in glass vase This is an oil painting on canvas size 45cm x 55cm.  The subject was intended to be used as one of a series of demonstrations to a local art group but wasn’t used as an actual live demonstration because the lock-down interrupted the sequence of events.  So that I could…

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Neil Pittaway 1

Neil Pittaway

Figurative Art Fair online

Blue Danube Façade I will be exhibiting three of my new drawings in this online Figurative Art Fair. The brand-new art fair organised by the Federation of British Artist will feature selected work for sale by elected members of their national art societies, the Pastel Society (PS), Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), Royal Institute of Painters in…

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Pamela Anne Briggs 1

Pamela Anne Briggs

Studio Work in Lockdown

Ancient Egypt No.1 (Detail) Acrylic 61x61cm Inspired by Ancient Egyptian border patterns, I made a collection of 8 designs titled EGYPTIAN SKETCHBOOK in pens on canvas to emulate the effect of the many preparatory and exploratory studies I had made in my work journal. The pen on canvas presented many unforeseen and frustrating technical problems…

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Catherine Warburton 1

Catherine Warburton

Preliminary work for the LFA Exhibition in the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery at Leeds University

These are the preliminary work I am doing for the Leeds University exhibition. I chose work in response to an acrylic by Judith Cain illustrating a corner of Roundhay Park with trees and flowerbeds. I love her textures and simple tree shapes so I am replicating this into my work. Roundhay Park is on my doorstep…

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Tony Ratcliffe 1

Tony Ratcliffe

Karst

My studio woodblocks for’Karst’ book I am working on a book of prints for the LFA exhibition at the Leeds University Audrey Burton Gallery in November. This is a response to a piece of work in their extensive collection, a John Piper watercolour of Weathercote Cave in the Yorkshire Dales. Weathercote Cave is currently out…

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Tony Jarvis 1

Tony Jarvis

Another watercolour painting for our Dean Clough Exhibition

The Mirror of Seawater Watercolour 70 x 113 cm

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Mark Murphy 1

Mark Murphy

Mexican Civil War 1910-20

Mexican Civil War 7 Pencil on paper These drawings are part of a collection of work looking at the Mexican Civil War 1910-20. A bit obscure I know but does have some contemporary parallels. These drawings were to be exhibited at Dean Clough this spring but along with everything else it’s on hold for the…

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Michael Atkin 1

Michael Atkin

My wood engraving ‘Farmers market’ has been accepted to the 4th triennial wood engraving exhibition to tour USA

‘Farmers Market’ 6.25 x 5 inches (H X W) Wood engraving. Limited edition of 75 copies + 7 artist’s proofs. Fourth Triennial Relief Engraving Exhibition U.S.A. The Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN) is excited to host its 4th juried exhibition of relief engraving; bringing wood engraving to a broader audience to promote and encourage a passion…

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Nick Jagger 1

Nicholas Jagger

My work connected by the Vanitas theme

Groundlessness, Oil on Panel, 45 x 45 cm As ever, my work is connected by the Vanitas theme, though across a wider range of media simply because of the time I’ve been able to devote to projects. 

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Janine Denby 1

Janine Denby

Brighouse and Huddersfield viewed from Hipperhome Hills: Work in progress

Progress print (unfinished) Also I’m jusI am currently working on collagraph prints inspired by previous photographs and sketches sat on Hipperholme hills looking towards Brighouse and Huddersfield. I want to eventually capture that short magical moment between fading natural light and emerging urban light. I am still re-working these print blocks (second photograph) and the final…

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