“I produce printmaking, artist books, construction, photography and paint depending on the relevance of those media. I also combine a matrix of interchangeable but specific data, which may contain archival material, images and text. Underpinning my work are ideas about life, death, decay and belief.” “As an example, in 2016…
“My work because does not fit easily into common categories, either from the point of view of its type (or genre) or the way in which I work. This much will be evident from my website, where the various galleries offer a wide range of styles, media and subject-matter. With…
“Although the life drawing and painting class has long since lost favour with most colleges and universities, my own interests in the culture of the life class has never left me. Since being a first year student at Bradford College of Art in the fifties, either through my role as…
Shaeron Caton-Rose has worked as a practising artist for over 20 years across Yorkshire. She has a BA and MA in Fine Art Printmaking and her work is a mixture of installation art and print works. Shaeron lived in Bradford between 1996 and 2009 and exhibited her work throughout the city.…
Lynne Dobson, is a freelance artist, art teacher, and local promoter of children’s art. Lynne studied art, initially at Huddersfield School of Art, then at Birmingham Art College. Throughout her life she has been drawn to art, both for herself and for others: I have painted and drawn from…
Photographer, writer, teacher, lecturer, and film-maker, Simon Warner, is the co-founder of the Whitestone Arts Research Centre, based at Stanbury, near Haworth – a venue for both creating and hosting creative, often multi-arts based projects. He has a particular interest in the relationship of people with their local landscape, artistically, culturally, environmentally, and historically. For example, the history,…
Although Henry La Thangue (1859 – 1929) was born in Croydon and never lived in Bradford, he had Yorkshire ancestry and spent a considerable amount of time in the city painting portraits at the start of his artistic career – an important source of income for the young artist. He was…
‘Moonie’ is the name used by an artist whose paintings appeared on walls and in doorways around the Little Germany commercial area of Bradford during 2015-16. Moonie, who described himself as a ‘situational visual artist’, was commissioned and funded by Little Germany Action ltd, supported by a grant from a local Rotary…
