The painter, Nigel Overton, was born 1952, in Doncaster. He now lives in Ilkley, where he has a studio: Overton Fine Arts. He has a degree from Loughborough College of Art & Design in Drawing, Painting & Printmaking and completed a post-graduate teaching qualification at Leeds. Nigel advanced in teaching to become Head…
Born 1948, John Trueman, lives in Idle, and is a largely self-taught artist, using oil, acrylic and watercolour to paint mainly local and regional scenes that present a record of the changing scene in and around Bradford. Although local scenes have been the main focus of his art, he does paint…
Geraldine Thompson is a painter living in Addingham on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Near to her home she has her Studio in Chapel Street. She has an MA Fine Art from The University of Leeds and is an exhibiting member of Leeds Fine Artists. She has exhibited…
Janet Allsebrook is a multi-media artist working in printing, photography, 3D installations, and the creation of artist books. Her art education has included a MA Printmaking from Bradford College and a post-graduate diploma in Film and Photography from the University of Bristol. Janet’s work has been shown in exhibitions…
The artist, Joy Godfrey (1937-2025) was in born Cheshire, but lived for many years at Ilkley, where she also had a studio. She studied at Bradford Art School, 1973-77, where she became interested in silk screen printing. After graduating she worked in a variety of art mediums, including silk screen…
Graphic designer and illustrator, Ben Tallon, was born in Keighley. He gained a BTEC in Graphic Design from Keighley College and then a BA degree in Illustration from the University of Central Lancashire. Ben is a mixed media freelance artist, using pens, inks, brushes, found materials and textures, acrylics, spray paint,…
Govinder Nazran (1964 – 2008) was born in Birmingham, but moved to the Bradford district when he was a child. He was one of the six children, and the family had moved to Bradford in 1966 when his father, Kabel, had found work in the textiles industry locally. Govinder studied graphic…
Born 1954, Bob Barker is a self-taught professional artist who now lives at Eccleshill, where he has his studio. Bob traces back his love of painting to an oil painting set given to him for his 12th birthday. He says of this time: A couple of years on when my…
Artist, Alice Fox grew up in Grimsby, but now lives in the Bradford district and has a studio in Saltaire. Most of the materials used in her work are grown or gathered from her allotment in Bingley. Sustainability is at the heart of Alice’s practice. The desire to take an ethical approach has…
Born 1950 in York, the painter Jake Attree now lives in Saltaire and has a studio at Dean Clough, Halifax. He attended a secondary modern school in York and his art education was initially at York College of Art, then Liverpool Art College, and finally at the Royal Academy of Arts, 1974…
