A Spot on the Wall Exhibitors 2020 Maxine Ahmed

Maxine is a local artist based in Leyburn. One of her passions is walking in the Dales and enjoying the changing seasons with all the beauty they bring. Among the artists that have inspired her are Ian Scott- Massie, Monet, Turner and, of course, her Dad!

Painting in watercolour is an endless source of magic, alchemy, joy and frustration. She finds it tantalising and seductive, it’s mastery always around the next corner.....maybe! Catherine Ball

Catherine is the photographic artist behind 'TheLITTLEFineArt.co' - a fine art boutique which has been borne through her absolute love and passion for all things creative. It offers a 'one-stop' e-store showcasing a selection of unique art prints, stationery, textiles, silks, wall coverings & homeware. Catherine paints with light through the medium of photography and enjoys creating illustrative pieces that begin life as a photograph. www.thelittlefineart.co Find Catherine on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @LittleFineArt Fred Bates

Fred Bates is a 65-year-old veteran, who has been interested in art all his life. He has been influenced by many themes: Old Masters to Camera Obscura, Realism to Van Gogh, Vermeer to Picasso.

Serving in the army, he believes, held him up as time to paint did not come easily. Doodling was the name of the game.

Fred suffers from some injuries but mainly PTSD, and uses art to ease the effects of this. At present he is painting in oils, but loves art history and also using old techniques such as Egg Tempera and Casien, copying Old Masters. Alistair Brookes

Alistair began teaching art and ceramics in secondary schools before leaving to set up his own workshop.

His subject matter is mainly mining and farming. Raku is his favoured method of working as it always seems to have an element of surprise.

Working with clay whilst listening to the radio is a great way to spend time. Alistair strongly recommends it. James Brunskill

James Brunskill is a local artist who lives in Richmond with his wife Sheila and daughter Trudy. A retired RAF officer, he began renewing his enthusiasm for drawing and painting following his recovery from surgery during active service.

He works in most mediums, but latterly in acrylics and pastels. Sarah Cooper

Sarah was born in Sheffield and now lives with her family in Derbyshire, where her studio is based. However, Sarah’s passion for the sea, horizons and expansive skies means that she spends much of her time on the North Yorkshire Coast and Moors. You can often find her in her pop-up studio/gallery in Staithes. She paints in oils for larger layered sea and landscapes to create texture and atmosphere or acrylics for smaller, energy filled abstracts. Using palette knives, brushes and often her fingers to blend the paint, Sarah strives to capture the emotion, movement and pull of the ocean. The drama of the British weather is a constant inspiration.

Facebook & Instagram: @thecornerstudioarts Kate Crane

Kate is a teaching artist and designer born and bred in Richmond but currently living in a rural village near Ripon. She has a love of messy, colourful, expressive art and primarily works in mixed media. Her work can be recognised by a love of colour and a touch of whimsy. She teaches a variety of mixed media classes in the UK and beyond as well as teaching on-line classes, and also designs rubber stamps, printing plates and stencils for Carabelle Studio - a large rubber stamp company in France. She is an Educating Artist for Gel Press - a mono-printing company based in the USA and produces regular instructional videos which are shown online. She has published several DVDs about art journaling and has also been published in various art books and magazines both in the UK and the USA. www.thekathrynwheel.blogspot.com Instagram: @thekathrynwheel Facebook: @KateCraneTheKathrynWheel Pamela Crawford

Having spent many years painting Yorkshire wildflowers, Pamela is now expanding her boundaries, using new techniques and vibrant colours. She still loves the translucent effects of water colour painting, but recently she has enjoyed exploring new techniques, including acrylics and alcohol inks, which provide wonderful rich colours and textures.

Pamela’s mother painted and encouraged her to draw as a child. All Pamela’s life, in between working and family, she has always enjoyed painting. Now retired in Brompton-on-Swale, she can devote her time to painting pictures from her imagination and capturing the views of the Dales in her own style.

Instagram: pamelacrawford2909 Lee Crawshaw

Lee has lived in Brompton-on-Swale most of his life. Being dyslexic, art has always been his outlet to express himself. Lee studied Creative Media Production at Darlington College then went on to Teesside University where he gained a BA in Computer Games Art, followed by MA in Concept Art. Lee’s background is drawing characters and environments. He wanted to experiment with different media and painting with watercolour onto canvas was one of these, so created a few from photos he has taken of his favourite places. Commissions open – currently only digital work Instagram: @leeshawartist Sue Dewhurst

Sue works from her studio in Tunstall, exploring the agricultural heritage of the Yorkshire Dales, its Barns and rural life. Her work is bright, bold and sprinkled with Northern humour in her 'Owd Lasses range. www.suedewhurst.co.uk

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Instagram @suedewhurst Kate Dickinson

Kate’s inspiration stems from the ever- changing environment of the North Yorkshire Moors. Her paintings are influenced by nature, seasonal colour variation & pattern in landscape. Kate works with a variety of media: Watercolour, inks, acrylic paints & glazes, pastels & pencil on paper. www.printsforartssake.com/collections/kd

Instagram: katedfineart Sarah Drought

Sarah is a part-time art lecturer and mixed media artist based in North Yorkshire.

She takes inspiration from her surroundings, trips abroad and places she visits. Sarah uses a variety of materials - layering brown paper, maps and newspaper as a base before applying detail with charcoal and ink.

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With a passion for felting and stitching, Hellen experiments with different fibres, colours and textures in which she exposes unique images of mostly landscape surroundings with a painterly 3D quality.

Hellen makes good use of her industrial surroundings on Teesside, by turning steel works, bridge, East coast piers and beaches, not forgetting traditional floral scenes, into desired fibre paintings.

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For many years, in her spare time, Alison has enjoyed drawing, painting, textiles and photography. Recently she has transferred her drawing and painting skills into felt making - exploring wet felting using a range of wool fibres and silk, then adding detail with needle felting techniques.

Inspiration for her artwork is drawn from wildlife and the landscapes of Yorkshire. Bronia Gardner

As an emerging artist, Bronia’s work seeks to convey a deeper narrative to the quietness found in black and white photographs of the 1940s and 50s.

Her subjects depict, very often, a vanished, more naive world, be they urban or rural.

They are digitally ‘painted’ using a specific colour palette . Kate Green

Kate is an elected member of The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers; The Society of Botanical Artists and The Hilliard Society of Miniaturists.

She is also listed in the publication ‘Who’s who in Art.’

Kate exhibits regularly in international exhibitions, including the prestigious Mall Galleries in London. Her paintings can also be seen in local & regional galleries and are widely collected. Hannah Hamilton

Hannah enjoys nothing more than spending her free time with a paintbrush in hand. She believes art can be a freedom of expression and transportation to another land and mind-set.

Hannah is inspired by the many different effects art can have on the eye of the beholder. She thrives on the diverse nature of art and is looking forward to exhibiting in The Station for the first time.

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Born in Esh-Winning Co. Durham, Richard was raised in Bradford and studied photography in Leeds. He held a salaried position as a photographer with British Steel Corporation in Sheffield for six years before going freelance in corporate photography for twenty-eight years.

He has lived and travelled around South East Asia, recently doing non-commissioned work in travel, lifestyle and cultural domain. www.photocrowd.com/richardhandley Robin Harker

Robin is a retired dairy farmer living near Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Since retiring, he has been able to devote more time to photography. Learning to take reasonable photos by trial and error, as well as attending some workshops in Richmond, he arrived at the stage where his daughter and fiercest critic urged him to show his best photos to a wider audience.

Robin now sells his work at craft fairs across North Yorkshire, South Durham and Teeside. www.robinharkerphotos.com Wilf Hartley

Wilf is mostly influenced by late Victorian and Edwardian painters and by illustrators of the first half of the 20th century. His pastimes include natural history, walking, TMS and trying to ignore the weather forecast. Wilf’s dislikes include people who are too idle to take their litter home and broad beans.

Wilf has a B.A.(Hons) in Fine Art (Sunderland Polytechnic) and an M.A. in Natural History Illustration (Royal College of Art). Aileen Harvey Aileen Harvey is a self-taught artist that has exhibited regularly throughout North Yorkshire. In 2016 Aileen won both The Leisure Painter Award at the Patching’s International Open Art Competition and the Special Recognition Award from the Light Space and Time Gallery’s Nature Art Exhibition. Both competitions were run internationally with the latter receiving over 800 entries over 25 Countries. In 2017 Aileen was the winner of the Special Merit Award at the All Women Art Competition for her painting of "Mandrill" at the Light Space and Time Gallery. Aileen works from her own photographs using her core techniques in soft pastels and adds additional layers of more intricate detail using pastel pencils. Lorna Hazelwood

Lorna is an emerging artist based in Northallerton. When she paints, she is most excited by colour and exploring which shades sit beautifully together. Lorna’s painting style is fast and loose and she loves to experiment with the translucency of the paint she puts down. She tries out endless combinations of colours and marks on paper before committing to canvas. Lorna’s biggest inspiration comes from nature and the colour compositions she finds there. Instagram: lorna_art_hazelwood Janet Heaven

Janet has been dabbling with art since childhood, becoming ‘well-handed’ in arts and crafts until a stroke in 2017. The experience and recovery has helped to focus her priorities and her practice as an artist.

A return to Harrogate College to complete a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design in 2019, achieving a distinction, has consolidated and inspired her artwork. Eithne Henson

Eithne studied art and textile design in the 1950s, but only took up painting again when she came up to Yorkshire, where the land and seascapes have continued continue to inspire her.

She has benefited from classes with Winifred Hodge, Scott Massie, and Debbie Loane. Richard Hickman

Richard studied Graphic Design at Bournville College of Art in the early 1980s. Richard runs local design company, Lime Lizard Creative Design, who specialise in corporate identity. His work can be seen around Richmond having created logos for Grey’s Interiors, JS Langhorne Chemist, King Street Kitchen and Gift, The Clubhouse and BB & Beth. In late 2017 Richard returned to his first love of painting and drawing as a pastime. He specialises in mono people portraits in acrylics and is available to carry out commissions to your specification. www.limelizard.co.uk John Hopkins

On retirement from teaching, John Hopkins started watercolour painting by joining Winifred Hodges` classes in 2002.

He currently enjoys trying to create pictures in the West Burton and Carperby painting groups that meet once a week. Ed Hullah

Ed is a self-taught and late-starting octogenarian with a strong preference for portraiture. However, portraits are not for general sale so he has chosen landscapes for exhibition purposes

Winner of The Artist Publishing Co. awards for portraits in 2014 and 2015. John Illingworth

John is a photographer from the York area of North Yorkshire. He concentrates on landscape and seascape subjects. John loves travel and has just completed a four-month journey around Scandinavia, visiting Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway; covering over 10,000 miles and capturing some of his best images. He has exhibited many times in France, where he used to live, and here in the North of England. www.fiji-images.co.uk www.johnillingworth.com Facebook: johnillyphotography Colin Jackson

Colin first started pencil drawing whilst at junior school on the advice of his teacher, before experimenting with oil painting at senior school. He continued with this medium for many years, until he joined a local watercolour group. Through this group, Colin was fortunate to display and sell a picture at the Mall Gallery in London and at The Station.

After moving to Guisborough, Colin joined the local Priory Art Society where he watched a demonstration using pastels and discovered a love for this medium.

Colin, now in his eighties, is still an active member of the group, holding exhibitions twice a year. Ian Johnson

Ian Johnson has had a love of wood, working with it since his school days, and has been a hobby turner for the past 20 years . During that time, he has explored a variety of forms of expression, both practical and sculptural, all underpinned by the wonder of discovering what lies hidden within. As grain and colour are exposed to best effect the wonder of wood emerges – again and again! Barbara Jones

After retiring from teaching textiles in secondary schools almost a year ago, Barbara has been able to concentrate on her own work and designs. Her fantastical, stylised birds have been inspired by the Indian culture. She uses silk thrums from recycled saris in rich jewel colours. She embellishes using metallic threads and beads. The techniques of appliqué, free machine embroidery and hand embroidery have been used.

Barbara works from her studio in Richmond. Tamara Joseph

Tamara is a self-taught artist, who has benefited from weekly painting classes and some private tuitions before joining Darlington Society of Arts in 2019.

Her preferred medium for painting is oil. She likes to use light colours with pastel shades.

Painting brings joy and pleasure to Tamara’s heart and hopes her paintings will be pleasing to others too. Sarah Kavallar

Sarah is an artist and world explorer from Austria.

Her paintings represent her travels into unknown worlds, her visions, her work with shamanism and entheogenic plants, her healing journey and the never-ending dance with the devil. James Lancaster

James was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1951. He attended Leeds College of Art.

This year he has exhibited at Astley Hall Farmhouse Gallery and is looking forward to taking part in A Spot on the Wall. David Lewis

As a 'now and then' painter, each year David tries to learn a different technique or attempt new subject matters.

For this year, David thought he should turn his brushes to watercolour and portraits. He hopes that his sitters, particularly Gary and Judith, are not too dismayed by the results! Liz Littlefair

Liz had no formal art training, though always had a powerful urge to take it up. Other commitments prevented her doing so, until twelve years ago when she enrolled for watercolour classes. She then moved on to her preferred media of acrylics and pastels.

Liz paints both landscapes and animal portraits - she has recently been commissioned to paint family pets, particularly dogs and horses. Roger Lofts

Roger Lofts lives in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. In his watercolour paintings. he likes to reflect the atmosphere and spirit of the subject through the interaction and transparency which occurs within the medium.

His paintings are based on shape, form and the making of watercolour marks on the paper. This approach leads to a feeling for a subject rather than a true representation. Randal Marr

Jules and Randal Marr, R.P.T. are the Turners in Church. They are dedicated to celebrating the lives of trees in the objects they create. They seek to continually evolve and enhance their skills and creativity. Working on commissions from individuals is both interesting and often creatively challenging.

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Brian was encouraged by his art teacher at school to follow a degree in Graphic Design. On completion, he worked for a graphic design company for several years before a change in career meant that painting became a hobby. Recently, he has devoted more time to travelling, photography and the painting of wildlife and wild places. Brian paints in watercolour, goache and acrylics. David Palmer

David Palmer was born in Surrey and lived there until ten years ago when he moved to Richmond, North Yorkshire.

David is now nearer to his grandchildren and loves being in a more peaceful and beautiful part of the country, away from the hectic pace of life near to London.

David has painted all his life, influenced heavily by his love of nature, bird life and landscape. Other inspirations come from Celtic Art, legends about the Green Man, dragons and past travels in New Zealand and Canada. Judith Pinches

Having lived in the Mediterranean for many years, the strong light has influenced the colours and shapes Judith uses in her paintings. Travelling has always been a passion for Judith as it provides wonderful opportunities for observation and artistic expression.

This year Judith is showing two pictures inspired by First Nations Canadian artists, whose work can be found in galleries across eastern Canada.

The symbolism and strong line achieve impact through minimalism and are exciting to the eye. Sophie Richmond

The paintings Sophie creates interpret the world around her through colour, shape and texture. Use of medias from around the world help her express her emotions at the time of creation.

Currently studying Costume Design at the Northern School of Art, Sophie is able to widen her skills through design and composition, alongside painting. Jeff Sanderson

Jeff is a lifelong amateur photographer. He has been taking photographs of anything he likes for more than 55 years.

Jeff just loves ‘Spot' because it is so diverse and ever-changing. Susan Scaife

Painting botanical art is a passion and hobby of Susan’s. Over the years she has honed her skills and techniques.

Her work has patiently and gradually evolved over time. Holly Scott

Holly is a self-taught printmaker. She creates intricate, sensitive linocuts inspired by the natural world from her small studio. Holly likes to be fully immersed in the dramatic rural landscapes of Teesdale, often feeling inspired at dusk - a time which she has always associated with tranquillity and healing. Borne from a strong connection to the land, and inspired by memories and chance encounters with wildlife, her hand-coloured prints seek to evoke the folkloric timelessness of animal lives - often unseen alongside our own human existence. Facebook: ThingsOfWonderBooks Instagram: thingsofwonder Rob Shaw

Rob Shaw is a full-time artist now based in Richmond. His work sells in the UK and abroad, and he has been featured on The One Show, Countryfile and Coastal Lives.

He is appearing on The Antiques Roadtrip in 2020. www.robshawart.com Tony Shawcross Whenever he can, Tony immerses himself in his 'second home', the beautiful County of Yorkshire, the Moors and Dales: A captivating, constantly changing location that has inspired his love of photography since he first ‘discovered’ it over twenty- five years ago whilst challenge walking.

The Dales, with its beautifully hand-crafted dry-stone walls, barns, rolling hills, rich woodlands, overflowing meadows, historic architecture, babbling brooks, raging waterfalls and hidden treasures always provide a rich inspirational beauty for Tony to capture with his camera. www.tonyshawcross.com Lisa Sopekan

Lisa is inspired by nature, particularly the beauty found in flowers. She is drawn to the shapes, movement, shadows and colour variations all around her.

Lisa loves to work with vibrant and bold colours, combining different mediums to create her art.

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Emma Spick lives and works in the Yorkshire Dales and her felt work is inspired by the beauty of the wildlife and landscape. Wherever possible, Emma works with local wools such as Wensleydale and Teesdale wool, and uses a needle felting technique to add depth and texture.

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Facebook: @emmaspickarts Martyn Tallon

From a young age, art and filmmaking first sparked Martyn’s creativity, animating using a camcorder and drawing anything he could. This grew into a collection of drawing pads filled with ideas. When Martyn was in the last years of school, he taught himself how to use photo editing software

He has since worked for companies across a range of areas in the media industry, with photo and video.

Martyn loves a blank canvas; it inspires him to know that anything can be created with a little time, thought and effort. www.madartmart.com

Facebook & Instagram: madartmart Martha Templeton

Martha is currently on a gap year after finishing her A-Levels. She is focusing most of her time on developing her painting skill, as she wants to study at The Edinburgh Atelier of Fine Art next year. Martha is determined to learn a more classical and accurate way of painting the human form and hopes the Atelier will teach her that. This Autumn, she was successful enough to become a finalist in the SAA Artist of the Year competition, finishing in the top 70 out of 3000 applicants. Alongside painting portraits, Martha is learning to paint a variety of animals to push the boundaries of what she feels comfortable painting

Instagram: @templeton_oils Angie Townsend

A former art teacher at Richmond School, Angie specialised in textile design. That discipline now carries into her painting, with pattern and colour using mixed media. The inspiration behind Angie’s work lies in the beautiful surrounding landscape of the Yorkshire Dales and Upper Teesdale. She loves the rise and fall of the land, the movement of light and shadow and aims to portray its energy in vibrant colours. Angie recently held a successful solo exhibition in Barningham and looks forward to her first solo at The Station May 2021. Facebook: AngieTownsendArt Pamela Turner

Pamela was awarded N.D.D. after four years study at Huddersfield School of Art. She taught her subject for a few years, before career development led to school support service administration and management.

Pamela returned to painting after retirement and was greatly encouraged when early works were commended at an S.A.A. exhibition held in Westminster Hall. She is a member of New Longton Artists and exhibits across Lancashire and Cumbria.

Pamela mainly works in acrylic, watercolour, ink, charcoal and mixed media. She particularly enjoys planning and design challenges when selecting themes and style for new projects. Susan Walgate

A regular exhibitor at The Station, Susan is fascinated by colour seen all around in daily life: Objects, faces, figures and locations. Susan photographs from life, sketches then expresses in a variety of media. Her work is impressionistic in style, exploiting colour and light.

More recently Susan has explored life drawing with watercolours and ink. susanwalgate.wix.com/artxchange

Instagram: susanwalgateart Megan Watling

Megan is a local artist based in Richmond, North Yorkshire. She has been around horses, sketching and painting them, from a young age. She paints a range of equine disciplines, particularly racing, as well as hunting, polo, dressage, and showjumping.

Her aim whilst painting is to capture the unique movement and body language of the horse delivering it in a graphic, modern and often strikingly colourful way. Carol Watson

Originally working with silver and semi-precious stones, as well as Swarovski Crystal, Carol’s newest pieces are made with beads that have had a previous life.

They have been redesigned, redefined and are now ready to love again. www.goosewinggallery.co.uk Allison Webster

Allison lives in Coverdale, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, where she is inspired by the people and the nature around her. Allison works mainly in watercolours, inks and pastels.

Instagram: @allibrona Jill Welham

Jill Welham is a photographer and printmaker living near Richmond, North Yorkshire. She is inspired by landscape and nature. Jill was the overall winner of International Garden Photographer of the Year with her wet cyanotype print of three alliums called ‘Fireworks’. Jill is currently working on a yearlong residency at Burton Agnes Hall, near Driffield, to create a new body of work which will be exhibited there in 2020. Wet cyanotype is a photographic process using a modified version of the historic cyanotype technique, which Jill has developed to create botanical prints in her own unique style. www.mirrored-images.co.uk Facebook & Instagram: @MirroredImagesArt Kit Wherrett

Kit is a retired teacher who has been painting in watercolours as a hobby for most of her adult life. She became interested in botanical watercolours when she took a course and was immediately captivated by the detail in the subject one could capture using watercolour.

When Kit is not painting, she spends time in her garden, walking her two dogs and making ceramics. Louise White

Ceramicist and designer, Louise White, is behind the creative designs of Ellenware Ceramics. She uses inspiration from the natural environment to influence the colours and forms of each individual hand-built piece, exploring texture and shape. Each piece brings an element of the outdoors into our living spaces. After a numbers of years working in education, Louise redirected her creativity. Working with clay and glazes has provided her endless avenues of discovery, full of surprises and curiosity. Her ambition is to create ceramic art that reflects the individuality of each one of us, where each item is one of a kind. She believes that every home should have at least one piece of original art that creates a special memory of a person or place. www.ellenwareceramics.com Julie Wilkerson Julie was taught needlework as a young girl by her mother and maternal Grandmother. After a background in fashion retail, at age 50, she took her love of art and design back to the classroom, attending Cleveland College of Art and Design. After a difficult time in her personal life, Julie joined a local textile group, where she began to find her own style of working. September 2019 saw Julie’s first solo exhibition here at The Station. The exhibition, titled Tattoos in Thread, brought together two art forms she is passionate about, tattoo art and needlework. Each piece of Julie’s work is inspired by an individual tattoo and the story behind it. Jacky Wilson

Jacky works in predominantly oils. She lives in Leyburn and has been painting for three years now, with more success than she would have believed possible.

She veers between landscapes and fantasy, thoroughly enjoy both. Amelia Wilson-Wood

Amelia is currently studying for a BA Hons in Illustration at York St John University. She thoroughly enjoys painting and drawing, using different mediums and processes to give the artwork depth and meaning.

Amelia has a huge passion for drawing nature. She gets a lot of her inspiration from trips away and the everyday world. Amelia wishes to continue her studies in the art industry further and see where it takes her. Suzanne Wright

Suzanne has been working with clay since childhood, having been fortunate to attend schools which taught all aspects of ceramics and firing. In the last three years she has been able to pursue her love of ceramics full-time.

Living in Upper Wensleydale, Suzanne is drawn to the dramatic landscape outside her workshop door. She forages items whilst hill- running that she incorporates into her work. She also uses ashes from fallen tree branches and local clay in her decoration.

This new work is inspired by the shapes and shadows of the trees Suzanne runs through in Mill Gill, a beautiful wooded area. Want to see your work on the wall in 2021? Email [email protected] and request to be added to our artist mailing list. You will receive priority updates for Spot as well as other gallery hire opportunities. Don’t miss out!