Ann Davies is a Saltaire-based artist whose work is often inspired by architectural detail and natural forms. She uses a range of art media, but has a particular interest in watercolour painting and pen and ink drawing. Ann completed an art foundation course in art in Salisbury, Wiltshire, then a Graphic Design at…
Self-taught artist, Brian Irving, was born in 1931 into a Bradford farming family. He moved to Storiths, above Bolton Abbey, where he married, raised a family, and worked as a sheep farmer. He later became a milkman in Ilkley for 25 years until failing health forced him into early retirement. However, he was able…
Artist, Ian Hodgson, was born in Withernsea, North Humberside, but spent his formative childhood and student years in Bradford. He studied art at Bradford College and graduated with a first class honours degree in 2000. After graduating, Ian moved to Brighton, where he now works as a professional artist. Drawing is his main…
Diane Jones, textile artist, has a studio at South Square, Thornton, near Bradford. She uses Monoprint and Devoré techniques to create original fabrics from which she makes a range of printed and hand painted fashion accessories, framed artwork, and greetings cards. The designs, texture and colours of her fabrics are inspired by the…
Painter, Richard Mort, was born in Birkenhead in 1948, but has lived in Bradford since 1977. His subjects include abstract works, often involving multiple canvases, as well representational portraiture. He attended the Birkenhead Institute until the age of 16, then studied on the art foundation course at…
Public Sculpture Sculptors from the Bradford district have made a significant contribution to public sculpture over the last hundred years. Here are some of them, past and present. Past sculptors are shown in chronological order of birth: Alex Smith (1863 -1953) Alex Smith made an important contribution to the architectural sculpture…
Born 1986, Keighley artist, Ben Snowden, studied fine art at Bradford College. His drawings and paintings are influenced by the human form and landscape, and his work has been exhibited in London and Yorkshire. He has said of it: My work explores the relationships and ideas between subject and emotion,…
1874 – 1951 Ernest George Gillick, sculptor and medallist, was born in Bradford, the son of a local tailor. His family, however, enjoyed travelling and, aged 11, he left the city and went to Nottingham, where he was apprenticed to a lace designer. His talent for drawing was recognised and he attended Nottingham School…
Dr. Claire Wellesley-Smith is a textile artist living and working in the Bradford area. Claire completed her AHRC funded doctoral research project in Geography at the Open University having previously completed a Masters in Visual Arts at Bradford School of Art and a BA in Politics at Newcastle…
Juliet and Jamie Gutch are a husband and wife artistic partnership who live in Ilkley and design and make mobile sculptures. Their current and past work includes a reflection on the sounds and shapes of nature and the impact of the local Yorkshire landscape. As they explain on their website (2015):…
