Thomas William Wilkinson (1875-1950), sculptor, was born at Kingswood Street, Great Horton, Bradford. His parents were father, Eli, a Bradford Police Constable, and mother Mary. Thomas was one of three children and studied art initially at Bradford Art School. He married Annie Sharp at Bradford in 1900 and by…
The portrait artist, Eva Leigh (1895 -1981), was born in Bradford. Her birth was recorded as Eva Mary Walker, but she later adopted the name Eva Leigh – the maiden name of her paternal grandmother – for her professional work. Her parents were Samuel Leigh Walker, a Woollen Buyer,…
Louise Garrett is a mixed media painter and sketcher, particularly of landscape and urban spaces; she is a current administrator/organiser of the Urban Sketchers (Yorkshire) Group. Louise studied for a BA Combined Arts degree at the University of Leeds (Bretton Hall), graduating in 1979. She worked as a community…
Jessica Swift is an emerging fine artist with a particular interest in sculpture, painting, photography, as well as performance and installation art. She was born and raised in Bradford and studied Fine Art at Leeds Arts University, graduating in 2021. Although essentially a multi-media artist, Jessica has said of her…
