Although Nigel Wray passed his GCE ‘O’ level art whilst at school, it was only after retirement that he began to turn his attention to drawing again. It was during the Covid epidemic period, 2020-2022 that he began to seriously study and draw the architecture of…
In his early teens, the Bradford artist, Mike Joyce, was discouraged from painting in art classes by a school teacher. But the instinct to draw and paint never deserted him and in recent years, particularly after retirement, he has actively pursued watercolour painting. He now has had the satisfaction…
In his book, Beauty and Art, published in 1897 by D. Appleton & Co., New York, Aldam Heaton argues that to begin to appreciate beauty we must study nature: “Beyond doubt, we have to learn to see. No one ever quite sees a landscape until he has learnt…
A first -of-its kind study links gallery visits with lower stress levels and better wellbeing. Text by Galvin Haines, originally published by Positive News, October 28, 2025 “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” So Pablo Picasso supposedly once said, while pontificating on the power…
Robert (Bob) McBurney, born 1939, lived and worked in Bradford in his teens and during his formative years as a photographer. In his recent retirement years he has developed his talent for painting in oils in an abstract style, as well as with creative writing. In his early teens…
John Aldam Heaton (1830 – 1897) was a designer of textiles, furniture, wall-paper, stained glass, as well as a watercolour artist. Although not born in the Bradford district, his time living at Harden, near Bingley between 1860 and 1876 was a particularly formative one for his career as a designer.…
