Exhibiting Artists

Harriet Mee

Harriet is a painter, calligrapher and embroidery artist based in Stockton-on-Tees. Currently, she is working to develop her portraiture in oil paint, using bold, textured brushstrokes and vivid colours. Through her portraiture, she seeks to explore femininity in the modern world, in particular how women view themselves. Harriet balances her time between working in oil paint and exploring more abstract mixed media free-motion embroidery. Her work has recently been shown at the Redcar Contemporary Art Gallery in a solo exhibition following her residency there.

www.harrietmeeart.co.uk @harrietmeeart

Ayo'lamide

Olamide Ayomipo Adesola known also known as Ayo'lamide is a Nigerian visual artist who resides in Stockton-on-Tees, UK. Her works centre on figurative expressions that reflect her environmental beliefs and cultural ties to the Black race. She is particularly drawn to highlighting the experiences of Black women, recognising the importance of amplifying their voices and celebrating their resilience for the purpose of empowering them. By capturing nuanced facial expressions, she invites viewers to empathise with the inner world of the subjects, fostering a deeper understanding of the narratives she aims to convey. Ayo'lamide has exhibited in several places UK and Nigeria.

@adesola_ayoolamide

David Kenney

David Kenney is a multidisciplinary artist working with painting, sculpture, and writing. His hard-edge paintings, primarily in acrylics, explore shadow and light in architectural forms through layering techniques to achieve realistic textures. Similarly, his sculptures, made using Jesmonite casts and moulds, feature geometric forms with concrete-like textures, often incorporating coal, rusted iron, and moss. David's focus on texture, shadow, and light gives his works a sense of history and human interaction. His creations form part of a larger fictional narrative, with each piece accompanied by a written counterpart, contributing to an expansive worldbuilding project.

www.davidkenney.art @davidkenneyart

Darren Turner

Darren is a self-taught artist with a vivid imagination, inspired following a horse-riding accident in the British Army, leading to PTSD and a brain injury. Their journey began, drawing portraits from photographs. Relocating to North East England, they joined a local Art Society, showcasing work alongside other artists. Their evolving techniques in charcoal reflect personal growth, aiming to create captivating images that serve as focal points rather than mere narratives.

@artbydturner

Gill Shiels

Gill Shiels came to art later in life. She is a watercolourist who loves the medium and the effects it has on the subjects she paints. She varies her work between loose and bright and realism.

Gill is based in Norton having moved up from the Midlands for years ago. She is passionate about wildlife and the natural world and this is often reflected in her work.

https://gillshiels.art/

Malcolm Davies

Malcolm is a full member of the Guild of Railway Artists and associate member of the Guild of Motoring Artists.

He works with Watercolour and Acrylic and has two very different styles. One style is highly detailed and mainly around rail or motoring subjects. The second, pen and wash style is much looser and atmospheric, covering a wide range of subjects, recording the daily world around him. His work has gone around the globe, appeared in magazines, won competitions and has appeared in some prestigious galleries.

www.malcolmdaviesart.co.uk @malcolmdaviesart

Esley Boase

Esley is a watercolour and coloured pencil artist who lives in Stockton. Originally from Northumberland her landscapes reflect her love of the local scenery and the landmarks that symbolise ‘home’.

She has always been passionate about animals and this is reflected in her work painting pet portraits and wildlife. She aims to capture the individual personalities and essence of her subjects that make them all so unique.

www.esleyboaseartist.co.uk @esleyboaseartist

Penny J

Penny J, living in the Teesside area, paints mainly in acrylics. In her more Gothic paintings, she prefers oil paints, as they give a more natural, darker feel. She has a particular preference for seascape artwork, especially waves, capturing the feel and power of the sea. In landscapes, the lakes are a huge inspiration to her.

@pennyjpaintings

Collaborative-Art

Collaborative-art is a partnership between two long time friends, artist Jean Hardy and photographer Malcolm Noble.Jean is a practising mixed media artist, avid crafter, and teacher, and Malcolm is a professional photographer. They live and work in the beautiful North East of England.Currently Jean and Malcolm are involved in working together with an alternative although very traditional photographic process, called making Blue Prints or Cyanotypes.

“Being truly collaborative brings together Malcolm’s photographic skills and my passion for mixed media. In each art work we have invested a little piece of ourselves.”

https://www.collaborative-art.co.uk @jeanandmalc.collaborative.art

Matt is an artist originally from Middlesbrough and now based in Barnard Castle. He primarily aims to capture the beauty of the landscapes of northern England, most notably in the national parks of the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. He uses colour and mark making to emphasise changing light and weather conditions throughout the seasons. Working primarily in oil and watercolour, he draws inspiration from observing nature while hiking, from mountain to coast.

mattscottart.co.uk @mattscottart

Matt Scott

Grimesz

Grimesz is a multifaceted mural artist. His work explores subculture and celebrates vibrance and personality, his practice is self sustainable with his unique style applied to painted used-spray cans, upcycled objects and garments. He has recently showcased his talents in a solo exhibition at Pineapple Black and is currently working with The Word, Disgraceland, NARC Magazine, Middlesbrough Council and more on new exciting upcoming projects and events. Watch this space!

@grimygrimesz

David Grimshaw

David is a self taught acrylic artist who creates work that’s important to him. Life events and locality have formed the base for his ideas. Following a 40 year career, retirement gave him the time to concentrate on his art. Set design along with theatre advisory work have set David on a path to eventually want to share his ideas.
He hopes you enjoy his interpretations.

The exhibition will contain his visions of Stockton.

Alan Taylor

Alan is an award-winning wildlife and animal artist based in Yarm. He uses the mediums of pastel, colour pencil and watercolour to capture the diverse colours and characters of animals and wildlife and finds inspiration for his studies from countryside walks at home and abroad. His art can be found in galleries in North Yorkshire and County Durham. He is a member of Staithes Arts and Crafts Society, and can sometimes be found working in the Staithes Craft Centre and at various artisan markets and shows with his wife Diane.

https://www.alantaylorart.co.uk/ @alantaylorfineart

Susan Needham

Susan has been painting for 3 years. She is self-taught and still learning every day. It began following a period in her life when she needed serenity and mindfulness and found it in painting. She is now a little obsessed and cannot look at anything without marvelling at the way that light plays over the surface and shadows are formed. She especially loves painting glass objects and whilst she doesn’t believe she has yet found a ’style’ she is enjoying the process of finding it.

@arthousesue

Jessica Leigh

Jessica Leigh is on a mission to revitalise the old Dutch masters floral obsession in a contemporary way. Through her work she aims to make pieces that make people want to put their screens away and go outside and just be in nature.

She paints intuitively, creating colours and compositions as the canvas guides her, using a range of mediums from traditional oil paints and pastels to pigments she makes from the flowers in her own garden. With no rigid plan prior to a painting session her paintings can go anywhere and an oil painting of a daisy can just as easily become a cactus in a crown.

www.jessicaleighoriginals.com @jessicaleighoriginals