The multi-media artist, Tania Tamara Lawson, originally from Zimbabwe, has lived in Ilkley for over thirty years. She studied art at undergraduate and post-graduate level in Britain, including the study of textiles at undergraduate level at Warwick University as a mature student, where she gained a distinction. Tania has previously…
Past Shipley Artists’, describes and illustrates the lives and artwork of eighteen past professional artists from the Shipley and Saltaire areas of West Yorkshire, including sculptors, designers, illustrators, and art teachers. The eighteen featured artists are as follows: Section 1: Artists born in the Shipley area: Joseph H. Cawthra, Jack…
Edward Gregory (1881-1955) was born in Edinburgh, one of nine children to father, James, a Minister of the Congregational Church, and mother, Martha. By 1901 the family were living at Oak Villas, Bradford. Both parents, James and Martha, had been born respectively in the Bradford and Craven areas, and…
Mary North is a practicing ceramic raku artist living and working in Keighley, West Yorkshire. She became professionally drawn to ceramics whilst studying an Art and Design Degree at Bradford College, After graduating in 2004 Mary established a ceramic studio with her partner, Brian Evans, in Thornton Village. Parallel…
Janet England (1864-1926) was an Addingham-based painter who specialised in painting floral subjects. She was one of twelve children born to parents, John, a land agent, joiner and builder, and mother, Phoebe. John had, by 1891, built the family home, Croft House, Church Street, Addingham, and Janet, who…
In an age of scrolling and speed, we’ve forgotten how to truly see art. Art historian Olivia Meehan explores the practice of ‘slow looking’ – and how taking time to engage deeply with a painting can transform our experience In galleries around the world, visitors spend an average of…
Samuel Sharp is a Wilsden-based digital painter whose work is inspired by the landscape, towns and cities of northern England. Samuel studied pharmacy to degree level in Manchester and is still a practising NHS pharmacist. But he has always been interested in art and during the…
After working in engineering and the police service for nearly 40 years, David Hemsley, was able to fulfil an ambition he had held for many years – to study and work as a visual artist. * David was born in Bradford and after leaving school become an engineering apprentice at…
John William Whiteley (1859-1936) was a painter best known for his portraits, landscapes, and nude figures. He was born in the Bradford district, but also lived in Leeds, Hertfordshire, and finally Essex, where he died. * He was born in Wyke, Bradford, the only child of parents Henry,…
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…
