Mussarat Rahman is a freelance artist, Healer/Therapeutic practitioner, and Spiritual Artist, who designs and creates artworks, based on spiritual philosophies and theologies. Mussarat also delivers a range of combined Holistic/Well-being workshops in the community. She has been actively involved in local festivals over the years, e.g. Bradford Festival. Mussarat has…
Helen Birch, although now based in Manchester, has had a long association with Bradford. She was at tutor at the Bradford College School of Art, 1991-2016, teaching on degree programmes, with a teaching specialism in fine art and and design drawing. Before becoming a lecturer she worked as a freelance surface pattern designer…
The largely self-taught artist, Jack Holmes (1929-2015), painted many nostalgia scenes in and around Keighley.
The artist, Francis Wall (1890-1981) was born in Keighley and lived in his latter years at Grove Road, Menston, near Ilkley. He was descended from the Listers of Shibden Hall, near Halifax, although his mother had a centuries old connection with the Wharfedale area. He was educated privately and pre-1914…
Frank Ellis Horne (1863 – 1932) was born in Lancashire, but studied art at Keighley Trade School and after leaving school worked for the Keighley engineering company, Darling and Sellers, rising to become their chief engineer. He lived in Keighley before moving to Skipton, then London. In his free time, he painted a…
Jean McEwan (“fond of dogs and minty chocolates”) is a visual artist. She was born in Scotland, but now lives in the Haworth area. She originally studied English Literature at degree level and worked in community and social work projects for over 10 years in Glasgow. However, she was increasingly drawn to art…
Den (Denise) Ledgerwood, was born in County Durham, and gained her first degree in the North East of England before moving to Yorkshire and continuing her art education and teacher training at Ilkley College, The Open University, and at the University of Leeds (Bretton Hall). She has lived in the Ilkley…
Haworth based artist, Judy Sale was born in 1946 in Indiana USA. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1967 with a Bachelors Degree in Art and later studied Architecture and Design at Chelsea College of Art, London. She has lived/practiced in eight different countries and travelled extensively throughout…
Artist and sculptor, Marcus Levine, was born in Leeds, but now lives in Nab Wood Shipley, and his studio is located in Keighley. He is noted as the creator of figurative nail sculptures. Marcus attended Fulneck Boys School, Pudsey, then completed an art foundation course at Jacob Kramer College…
