David returns to North Street Gallery with a selection of pieces created and inspired by South Wales and the Welsh writer Dylan Thomas; his picturesque boathouse where he wrote and the Browns Hotel he frequented so often that he used the pub's...
"For me, the real excitement of landscape painting comes when I'm inspired to create an impression of what I see, rather than a more literal view. Working mainly en plein air, and using swift, swirling brush stokes, marks and patterns, bright...
I'm a passionate mixed media artist who loves experimenting with multiple layers of art. I am a compilation of ideas and techniques that I taught myself. Exploring my obsession with details I create my own interpretation of simple things. Often...
My art is inspired by early mark making, non–verbal communication through to the development of writing systems. Likewise, primitive pattern. I like to exploit the alphabet. Abstract pattern in nature is also a fascination. I mostly use line and...
My work connects people and nature in a world of bold colour, texture, and pattern. Leaning into the immediacy of making by hand, and the element of surprise in printmaking, experimentation and play make up a big part of my mark making. Finding...
Bristol based painter Duncan Knox has been developing his style for over ten years. Inspired by nature and travel; Duncan aims develop styles in order to capture the atmosphere within landscapes, cityscapes and other everyday scenes.
I am a Somerset based mixed media artist. My work is rooted in the desire to capture the movement, energy, beauty and chaos of both the natural world and the imagination. My creative process is a response to how I view and make sense of the...
My work evolves from an interest in people, and a basic need to capture an expression at a given moment. I use old photographs of people in everyday life, and the people i see around me. Aiming to depict a vulnerability, or melancholy, these...
Amy Hutchings is a printmaker, mural artist and artist facilitator based in Bristol. Her practice incorporates silkscreen print, etching and spray paint. Recent works have been shown at the Royal West of England Art Academy 170th Open and within...
Melanie is a lino printer based in Bristol. Trained as an Illustrator she has been carving out lino hares, cats, spiders, plants and otters ever since. Melanie's printmaking is based on drawings and sketches which capture ideas and shapes which...
Jazz Potter is a local artist working at Kingsland studios in St Phillips. Her work centres around the idea of colour and form escapism in imagined landscapes. Her work moves from the figurative to the abstract but a consistent thread is her use...
I do love a good story. And a bad one. My work is nearly always attached to an on-going narrative, often that is clear and obvious in the titles or body of work, at others its vague and doesn’t even get a mention. Always though, i find it helps...
Exuberant gestural painterly images full of movement, weather, air and space. Sensitive colour is used to explore the emotional landscape through imagined and unseen places. Aiming to offer a sense of perspective, invite reflection and utilise...
A printmaker and photographer working out of Spike Print Studio and BV Studios in Bristol, Jonathan’s work consists of screenprints, digital art and alternative-process photography. He has a fascination for halftones and 4-colour separations...
I paint small oil artworks of fruit, veg, flowers, and anything else which catches my eye; Krispy Kreme donuts for instance, in an alla prima or direct painting style. I paint each piece in one session and this way the painting stays fresh. It...