Organisers of the Annual Art Trail
A number of South Northants Artists are taking part in this year's Northants Open Studios.
Full details are on the NOS website: www.northantsopenstudios.co.uk.
Here's the list in brief:
Fiona Abel-Smith
International award winning polymer clay artist, creating sculptures, paintings,
jewellery and other art works from polymer clay.
Original oil paintings. Polymer Clay demonstrations each day.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Sculpture - - Jewellery -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Hartwell Church -
Contact Details:
07740363276
FB: @fionaabelsmith.artist
Insta: @fionaabelsmith.artist
Web: www.fionaabel-smith.co.uk
Polymer Clay demonstrations each day.
Andy Jordan
A landscape artist who paints in oils and who is fascinated by the way light reflects from various surfaces.
Disciplines
- Painting -
Exhibitions Venue:
St. John the Baptist Church
Contact Details:
Bridget Arregger
I like to work in a variety of styles and media with oils, acrylics or pastels, using brushes, pieces of credit card, palette/painting knives, fingers or anything that comes to hand.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Drawing -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Buckby Library & Hub -
Contact Details:
07512019521
Web: https://bridgetarregger.uk
Charlotte Ashman
Charlotte works from her historic narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal. Her linocut prints are inspired by the wildlife, architecture and boats on the waterways of the UK.
Disciplines
- Printmaking -
Exhibitions Venue:
- 78 Derngate -
CE
Open Studio Address Details:
NB Hyperion, The Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne NN12 7SE
Melanie Beacroft
Trees, flowers, field margins and nature are inspiration for my original paintings and prints.
I explore my garden's flowers, hedgerows, ancient woodland and the coast, capturing detail and textures.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Drawing - - Printmaking -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Culworth Forge -
CE
Open Studio Address Details:
Culworth Forge Coffee, Culworth High Street, Culworth OX17 2AZ
Contact Details:
07912040237
FB: @ Melanie Beacroft
Insta: @ instagram@melbeacroftartist
Web: www.melbeacroftart.bigcartel.com
Lizzi Bizzi Zizzi
Artist specialising in polymer clay art and jewellery.
Disciplines
- Sculpture - - Jewellery -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Silverstone Methodist Chapel -
Contact Details:
07549530353
FB: @bizzizizzi
Insta: @bizzi_zizzi
Web: www.bizzizizzi.com
Burcote Woodturning
Burcote Woodturning (Gerald) makes a wide variety of pieces ideal for gifts and the home,
including spurtles, spatulas, pinch pots, bowls, pepper and salt mills, clocks and nut crackers to name just a few.
Disciplines
- Woodwork -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Silverstone Methodist Chapel -
Contact Details:
07840789304
FB: @Burcotewoodturning
Maggie Burgess-Wood
Photographer and Watercolour artist with a developing interest in Stone Carving.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Photography -
Exhibitions Venue:
- St. John the Baptist Church -
Contact Details:
07803751655
Andrew Carter
I try to push the boundaries in Photography - abstract, dynamic and interactive - as well as landscapes and nature.
I control the whole process from end to end, including printing and framing.
Disciplines
- Photography -
Exhibitions Venue:
- St. John the Baptist Church -
Contact Details:
07801716708
Web: www.andrewcarter.smugmug.com
Nan Chilton
I am an oil painter inspired by light in the landscape especially plein air painting
Disciplines
- Painting -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Silverstone Methodist Chapel -
Contact Details:
07748948214
FB: @nan chilton
Insta: @nanchilton
Jo Cross
A fused glass jewellery artist who also tutors in wire wrapping sea glass & fused glass pieces
with copper wire & sterling silver wire.
Disciplines
- Jewellery - - Glass -
Open Studio Address Details:
Vitreus Arts, Bell Plantation, Towcester NN12 6GX
Contact Details:
07961051953
FB: @jo.cross.52
Insta: @jo_cross_joolry
Susan Cross
A maker of the unique.
Disciplines
- Textiles - - Glass -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Hartwell Church -
Contact Details:
07879427090
Val Goldfinch
Detailed watercolour artist, inspired by wildlife, nature, architecture and landscapes
Disciplines
- Painting - - Illustration - - Mixed-Media -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Jeyes of Earls Barton -
CE
Contact Details:
01327 351471
FB: @Valgoldfinchdesigns
Web: www.valgoldfinchdesigns.co.uk
June Hawkins
Botanical Art is the style in which I enjoy painting, I especially like to paint flowers from my garden,
the Old Rectory in Blisworth.
Disciplines
- Painting -
Exhibitions Venue:
- St. John the Baptist Church -
Contact Details:
07796132936
Anna Henson
I enjoy doing paintings and drawings in oil, water colour and mixed media,
mainly of plants and animals seen in everyday life and often inspired by light and movement .
Disciplines
- Painting - - Drawing - - Mixed-Media -
Open Studio Address Details:
Bradden Village Hall, Bradden, Towcester NN128EE
Contact Details:
07845214697
Keith Chambers
Digital artist: My art is born from a world of imagination, colour, detail, vibrancy and passion. My subjects are endless: birds, portraits, landscapes, animals, space, abstract. I love them all.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Digital Media -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Stanwick Lakes -
CE
Contact Details:
07919524602
keithchambers@cloudberryfinearts.co.uk
FB: @cloudberryfinearts
Insta: @cloudberryfinearts
Web: www.cloudberryfinearts.co.uk
Allan Page
I potter with ceramics, presently I try to capture fantasy characteristics in small fired pieces finished with artist's acrylics or low fired glazes.
Disciplines
- Ceramics -
Exhibitions Venue:
- St. John the Baptist Church -
Contact Details:
07854698601
Insta: @allanipage
Alison Ranson
A textile artist evoking special memories through paint and stitch.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Textiles - - Embroidery -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Silverstone Methodist Chapel -
Contact Details:
07785960549
FB: @Alisonransontextiles
Insta: @Alisonransontextiles
Web: www.alisonranson.net
Lesley Russell Brown
Textile artist who loves the colours and details of nature which I translate into bold apliqueed designs in silk onto cushions and occasional pictures.
Disciplines
- Textiles -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Silverstone Methodist Chapel -
Contact Details:
07899637739
FB: @Rainbows-Luxury Cushions
Angela Smith
A bead and polymer clay artist inspired by colour and texture
Disciplines
- Jewellery - - Mixed-Media -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Hartwell Church -
Contact Details:
07717220939
FB: @ange.smith.71
Insta: @deccy.dence
Maureen Smith
My work portrays my love of the landscape within the Northamptonshire countryside, also the architecture of old buildings. In my work I try and move between representation and abstraction.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Drawing -
Exhibitions Venue:
- St. John the Baptist Church -
Contact Details:
07967898687
Hilary Spurrier
An enthusiastic landscape and wildlife photographer. I travel widely to capture images in remote locations
as well as closer to home.
Disciplines
- Photography -
Exhibitions Venue:
- St. John the Baptist Church -
Contact Details:
01604859181
Vikki Stacey Glass
All the glass pieces are individually created to stimulate the imagination, driven by my love of colour and architecture. Various techniques produce the functional and decorative creations.
Disciplines
- Textiles - - Glass -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Hartwell Church -
Contact Details:
07753226836
Mary Standing
I enamel onto copper making brooches, earrings and small plaques. Individually kiln fired and inspired by flora and fauna.
Disciplines
- Jewellery -
Exhibitions Venue:
Bradden Village Hall
Contact Details:
07946785838
FB: @Mary Standing
Web: www.marystandingenamels.co.uk
Anna Steiner
Quirky objects, using textile techniques, made with wood, wire and cloth.
Subjects range imaginatively from land to sea. A South Northants Trail artist
Disciplines
- Sculpture - - Drawing - - Textiles -
Exhibitions Venue:
CE
Open Studio Address Details:
2 Kiln Lane, Litchborough, Towcester, NN12 8JQ
Contact Details:
FB: @Anna steiner- textile roots
Insta: @annasteiner27
Web: www.annasteiner.com
Sue Rudland
Inspired by colour, pattern and texture - figurative paintings of food, people and places,
in oils, pastels and mixed media.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Drawing - - Mixed-Media -
Exhibitions Venue:
CE
Open Studio Address Details:
Rookery Farm Studio, Church Street, Silverstone NN12 8XA
Contact Details:
07746649696
FB: @Sue Rudland Studio
Insta: @suerudland_artist
Caroline Swan
Caroline is a painter of many genres, but renown for her local urban and rural landscapes
of Towcester, Northamptonshire. Working in oils and acrylics she loves to capture light and colour.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Mixed-Media - - Multi-Media -
Exhibitions Venue:
- Silverstone Methodist Chapel -
Contact Details:
07852905264
FB: @carolineswanart
Insta: @carolineswan_art
Hannah Thompson
Hannah Thompson is a textile artist, working with fabric and thread to represent landscapes, buildings and abstracts. She also runs textile based workshops from her studio.
Disciplines
- Textiles - - Embroidery -
Exhibitions Venue:
Open Studio Address Details:
Stitching Kitchen, Top Station Road, Brackley NN13 7UG
Contact Details:
01280 811602
FB: @stitchingkitchen
Insta: @stitchingkitchen
Web: www.stitchingkitchen.co.uk
Vitreus Art
Vitreus Art is a working glass art studio, hosting art and craft workshops 250 days a year, with work on show and for sale. The studio and gallery are open to the public 6 days a week.
Disciplines
- Painting - - Jewellery - - Glass -
Open Studio Address Details:
Vitreus Art 34-36, Bell Plantation, Watling Street, Towcester NN12 6GX
Contact Details:
07896515431
FB: @VitreusArt
Insta: @vitreusartmike
We hope you will visit them in September!