Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th June
10.00am – 4.00pm FREE
A rare opportunity to visit artists at their studios
Ann McCay
23D Dogpole, Shrewsbury SY1 1ES
017746 118420
ann@annmccay.co.uk
A set of over 30 portraits of local faces, plus commissioned portraits. Paintings of roofscapes and pigeons will also be on show.
Donatella Crippa
21 Coton Hill, Shrewsbury SY1 2DZ
01743 240062
doni@donifolk.com
Donatella works with textiles, creating hand-stitched images of narrative quality. Her work always has an element of humour, timeless scenes of everyday life filtered through imagination.
Dave West
4 Gorse Lane, Bayston Hill, SY3 0JJ
01743 872430
DWest15706@aol.com
Dave West will be showing his latest photography project, Battlefields.
The Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 was one of the bloodiest in English history. On a more prosaic level, perhaps areas such as Battlefield Enterprise Park suggest that control and rebellion continue to shape our towns.
Heather Prescott
Willowbrook, Church Road, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury SY3 9HQ
01743 249637
heather@em-med.com
Original prints and watercolour paintings. Figurative work created with wood and lino cuts, etchings, collographs, monoprints, drawings and paintings inspired by memory, storytelling and observation of people.
Michael Priest
Southfield, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury SY3 9HQ
01743 356654
Oils, watercolours and monotype prints. Michael produces series’ of small watercolours defining sensations of time and place in landscapes, some of which he develops into larger pieces.
Ian Collett
Tan y Bryn, 2 Longden Road, Longden Village, Shropshire SY5 8AL
01743 861156
ircollett@btinternet.com
Aspects of the human figure, with emphasis on face and hands, using traditional oil painting, graphite, conté and pastel. Conceptual work in 2D and 3D taking inspiration from geological phenomena and the effects of time, temperature, wind and water on the Earth.
Julie Hedges
49 St James Road, Shrewsbury SY2 5YJ
01743 340701
julie.hedges@virgin.net
www.juliehedges.co.uk
Julie is an experienced weaver, braidmaker and teacher. She has developed the Indian technique of Ply-Split Braiding, used traditionally for animal harnesses, to make necklaces, bracelets, accessories and sculptural pieces.
Linda Edwards
5 Quarry Place, Town Walls, Shrewsbury SY1 1JN
01743 242394
linda.c.edwards@btinternet.com
www.lindaedwards.co.uk
Linda is an illustrator and painter who loves intense colour and strong shapes and works in watercolour, oils and digital media. She presents ‘Birds of a Feather’ featuring artwork inspired by lines of poetry.
Martin Eldridge
Thorneycroft, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury SY1 2DZ
01743 344493
Martin Eldridge works in a variety of media. He is showing watercolours, acrylics, pastels and examples of printmaking (monoprints and etchings) mainly of Shropshire and Welsh landscapes.
Mark Hulcoop
3 Swift Close, Shrewsbury SY1 4UQ
07784729453
mhulcoop@hotmail.com
Mark Hulcoop works in pastel and oils. Inspired by the desolate yet evocative landscape of Dartmoor while living there, Mark now paints similar landscapes across the Shropshire and Welsh hills, which have their own magical beauty.
Nathalie Liege
Studio 4, English Bridge Workshops, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AD
Tel: 01743 364180
nlarts06@googlemail.com
www.nl-art-s.co.uk
Displaying architectural glass including a commission for St. Luke's Church, portraits on glass, oil paintings and her latest photographic artwork. Nathalie moved to her new, improved studio in September.
Neil Mapes
38 Bishop Street, Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury SY2 5HB
01743 247921
neill.mapes@btinternet.com
Neil’s work with greenwood from native, sustainable sources has helped him develop as a woodland artist. Displaying digital artwork, acrylic canvases and examples of hedgerow furniture and sculpture using a variety of techniques.
Pat Jones
57, Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury SY1 2QR
01743 366580
thepurpledoor@hotmail.co.uk
Pat Jones is inspired by the diverse cultures of Asia, Central and South America and produces vividly coloured canvases of flowers, chillies and other still life subjects. Her current project relates to the River Severn and the re-emerging theme, “What lies beneath the surface?”
Pam Newall
4 Wilderhope, Pountney Gardens, Shrewsbury SY3 7LG
07971 170390
pamnewall1@mac.com
An architect and printmaker who is interested in the graphic qualities of images, drawing, and is currently working in photopolymer, gum litho
Russell Parry
8 Newport Drive, Sutton Farm, Shrewsbury, SY2 6HZ
01743 359000
doc.parry@btopenworld.com
Work with natural wood using chisels, gouges and knives. The warm, tactile qualities of wood lend the finished sculptures an inimitable sensuality. Pieces may be reliefs or in-the-round carvings, in contemporary or traditional styles.
Carola Fielden
10 Belle Vue Gardens, Belle Vue, SY3 7JG
01743 248523
carolasw@talktalk.net
A selection of designs for printed textiles, relief and screen, for use as garments and small domestic objects.
Jill Leventon
English Bridge Workshops, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AD
01743 289946
jill.leventon@btinternet.com
Jill works with metal and enamel to create unique and highly individual jewellery and 3D forms. Much of the work is experimental, using extremely high firing temperatures, causing the enamel and metal to interact in unusual and often unpredictable ways.
