Artists + Makers
We're very excited to introduce all the amazing artists and makers involved in Newbridge Arts Trail 2026 (9-10 May).
You'll find them listed here in alphabetical order (by family name).
Some of our artists and makers will be demonstrating their processes during the weekend. The palette icon shows you where this will be on offer.
Ann Hines - Painting
Kathleen Hooker - Enamelling
Nicola Hyman - Painting & Jewellery
Philip Jansseune - Signs
Sarah Kniveton - Printmaking & Photography
Maria Knowlman - BBookbinding & Creative Arts
Emma Longridge - Printmaking
Shay Parsons - Photography
Kelvin Rogers - Photography
Kathryn Scaldwell - Oil Painting
Kate Scully - Jewellery
Anthony Sheeran - Painting
Jo Slade - Painting
Madeleine Town - Painting
Mark Trueman - Painting
Karen Wallis - Drawing-based Projects
Paulo Baigent - Painting
Kate Bates - Painting
Gina Belford - Painting
Susan Bolam - Colour Drawings
Liz Cholmondeley - Mixed Media
Simon Cryer - Ceramics
Jason Daines - Prints
Tracey Daines - Textiles
Hayley Diamond - Watercolours
Lynda Elvin - Painting
Brian Elwell - Painting and Drawing
Kate Evans - Needle & Wet Felt
Nigel Gardner - Painting
Paul Gooch - Photobooks & Photography
Polly Gough - Printmaking & Mixed Media
Kerry Hastings - Ceramics
Marian Hill - Insect illustration collage
Paulo Baigent
Painting
Instagram - @speaktomegabriel
FaceBook - @SpeakToMeGabriel
Paulo will be exhibiting recent paintings continuing his love of Nature and patterning with inspiration from William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, Charmouth Road, BA1 3LL
Kate Bates
Painting
www.clayandpaper.art
Instagram - @katebatesart
Kate is a mixed media artist. After achieving a Degree in Art and Education, she has been teaching for 25 years, both in school and running workshops. Her current work explores botanical form, using bold shapes and colours with Acrylic on board and canvas. Kate spends her time in the studio on her family farm near Bath, drawing inspiration from nature and her surroundings to fuel her creativity. When not painting or running workshops, she enjoys walking the dogs, riding her horse, and spending time with her four boys.
Venue: Locksbrook Inn, BA1 3EN
Gina Belford
Painting
www.ginabelfordart.co.uk
Instagram - @ginabelfordart
FaceBook - ginabelfordart
Gina paints emotive abstracts in an intuitive way - paintings that bring a colourful vibrancy and a joyful elegance.
Venue: 81 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HF
Susan Bolam
Colour Drawings
Universe, wholeness and the interconnectedness of life. I attend a Mindfull Mandala, small, supportive meditative group and enjoy the challenge of creating images within a circular format. This involves geometry. balance, design and colour sense
Venue: 9 Evelyn Road, BA1 3QF
Liz Cholmondeley
Mixed media
Instagram - @cholmondeley_creations
Liz is a mature Creative Arts Practice student at Bath Spa University who has been exploring a wide range of media and processes, generally using them to convey in particular her love of the natural world. Her work includes bold line drawing, printing and impressionist paintwork, ceramics, collage and photography.
Venue: 8 Newbridge Hill BA1 3PU
Simon Cryer
Ceramics
www.monographis.co.uk
Instagram - @monographis_ceramics
I currently work from the Bath Artists Studios complex in Bath, focusing on making clean, sharp and simple forms in both black and white porcelain. I prefer a light touch approach to glazing; adding a pop of colour or simply a clear gloss to the interiors to contrast with the matt, sometimes textured unglazed exteriors.
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, BA1 3EA
Jason Daines
Prints
instagram - @jdaines67
I make relief prints: lino cuts and mono prints. Hand pressed cards and pictures for your wall. Often playful and with a sense of humour. Sometimes a little dark.
Venue: 1 Apsley Road, BA! 3LP
Tracey Daines
Textiles
Instagram - @tracey.daines
I make decorative dolls using a variety of fabric, wool and haberdashery.
I also make machine embroidered greetings cards and hand sewn ornaments.
Venue: 1 Apsley Road, BA! 3LP
Hayley Diamond
Watercolours
Last year I found a small watercolor set, bought some brushes and paper and started painting. Previously a stonemason for 30 years I am drawn to buildings that have lived or simply those whose lived experience have given them a unique character.
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, BA1 3EA
Lynda Elvin
Painting
I am a self taught artist enjoying finding new mediums to express my passion for colour to help capture my surroundings near and far.
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, BA1 3EA
Brian Elwell
Painting and Drawing
www.brianelwellfineart.com
I work in series on a number of themes. I describe my practice as - Making Ideas Visible
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, BA1 3EA
Kate Evans
Needle and Wet Felt
https://kateevansfeltdesign.weebly.com
Instagram - @kateevansfeltdesign
FaceBook - Kate Evans Felt Design
I use needle felt, wet felt, hand embroidery and free motion machine stitching techniques to handmake felt artwork inspired by the natural world. I enjoy creating both small three-dimensional pieces as well as larger felt pictures, frames and wall hangings. I also run workshops, teaching people to make their own felt animals and am a member of the International Felt Makers Association.
Venue: Locksbrook Inn, BA1 3EN
Nigel Gardner
Painting
Attempting to make paintings I could live with.
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, BA1 3EA
Paul Gooch
Photobooks & Photography
www.pauljgooch.com
Instagram - @pauljgooch
My photobook entitled: "The City of Bath - Enduring Structures and Transient Lives" was inspired by the streets and buildings of Bath. Whilst contemplating the passage of time, The photobook presents a collection of photographs that invite the viewer to explore the juxtaposition of enduring buildings and the transient lives passing through them.
Venue: Locksbrook Inn, BA1 3EN
Polly Gough
Printmaking & Mixed Media
www.pollygough.com
Instagram - @polly.gough
Polly is primarily a printmaker, specialising in collagraphs. Recently she has been using the skills and techniques developed in her printmaking practice to create mixed media pieces. Underpinning her work is a passion for experimentation, texture and colour.
Venue: 81 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HF
Kerry Hastings
Ceramics
www.kerryhastings.com
Instagram - @kerry_hastings_ceramics
Throughout my ceramic practice, I approach each body of work as a sustained investigation, pursuing ideas to the limits of their conceptual potential. This commitment to seeing projects through allows me to refine my visual language while positioning curiosity as a critical methodology rather than a by-product of making.
Venue: 25 Foxcombe Road, BA1 3ED
Marian Hill
Insect illustration collage
buzzandscuttle.com
Instagram - @marian.hill
I have spent the last few years collaging UK insect species and creating as much insect habitat in our small city garden as possible. Come and see an exhibition of local insects and collage your own illustration to take home. Posters, prints and cards for sale.
Venue: 6 Edward Street BA1 3BP
Ann Hines
Painting
Instagram - @annhines8
My painting is figurative, often featuring people at work or play. I try to capture atmosphere or suggest relationships. Working mainly in acrylic, I like experimenting with mixed media including collage and inks.
Venue: 9 Evelyn Road, Bath BA1 3QF
Kathleen Hooker
Enamelling
Instagram - @kateh406
I am a Bath based vitreous enameller.
The art I produce includes painted, drawn, stencilled and formed wall panels and pictures.
The same techniques are used for jewellery and small decorative bowls.
I am an award winning enameller and offer something unique, colourful and hand crafted.
Venue: 9 Evelyn Road, Bath BA1 3QF
Nicola Hyman
Painting & Jewellery
Instagram - @art.jewelleryupcycled
FaceBook - Nicola Hyman
Mixed media paintings: acrylic, Oil, Indian ink (still lives). Prints (seascapes, cityscapes).
Small quantity of end of stock of up cycled jewellery made from coffee pods, cork, guitar strings etc
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, BA1 3LL
Philip Jansseune
Signs
Instagram - @philipjansseune
FaceBook - philipjansseune
Toilet signs
Venue: Locksbrook Inn, BA1 3EN
Sarah Kniveton
Printmaking & Photography
www.sarahkniveton.com
Instagram - @sarah.kniveton
Sarah’s work focuses on memory, which becomes false and fragmented with time.
She experiments mainly with print and alternative photographic techniques. images.
Venue: 2 Apsley Road BA1 3LP
Maria Knowlman
Bookbinding
Instagram - @bindingyourtime
Maria is a local artist who makes bespoke stationary, journals, and bookbinding kits with creative flair.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, BA1 3LL
Emma Longridge
Printmaking
Instagram - @ridgeandcombestudio
Inspired by the local area and natural world I create linoprints, as well as exploring other print techniques. I print onto paper and fabric, and alongside artworks and cards I turn my printed fabrics into useful bags.
Venue: 81 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HF
Shay Parsons
Photography
www.shayparsons.com
Instagram - @shay_parsons_photos
FaceBook - Shay Parsons Photography
My work spans the space between painting and photography. I start with a detail which catches my eye and craft it into something unique and evocative.
Images are layered and combined until I’ve found the feeling I want. I work in small limited editions.
Venue: Locksbrook Inn, BA1 3EN - Saturday only
Kelvin Rogers
Photography
www.kelvinrogers.co.uk
Instagram - @kelvin.foto
My work focuses on landscape, places, and the traces of human presence within these. With careful observation, often through repeated revisiting of sites over time. I work mostly in colour, using a deliberate, methodical approach to explore how natural processes, and past and present use shape a landscape’s character.
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, BA1 3EA
Kathryn Scaldwell
Oil Painting
www.kathrynscaldwell.com
Instagram - @kathrynscaldwell
FaceBook - kathrynscaldwell
I love painting in oils and I'm always aiming to capture the light in my work. I’m fascinated by skies and the effect of light on the landscape or seascape. A good moody sky often inspires and excites me! Most of my work is inspired by the rugged Cornish coastlines or remote Scottish headlands.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, BA1 3LL
kate Scully
Jewellery
www.katescully.co.uk
Instagram - @katescully.jewellery
FaceBook - kate scully
I create handmade silver jewellery inspired by the quiet beauty of nature, organic textures, wildlife, and natural forms influence each piece. With a degree in Illustration and a background in acrylic painting, my artistic roots continue to shape my designs, bringing a painter’s eye for detail and composition to metal.
Venue: 25 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HE
Anthony Sheeran
Painting
https://sheeranstudios.wixsite.com/sheeranstudios
Instagram - @sheeranillustration
As a member of the SAI, I accept commissions of buildings designed by architects. Through Udemy.com I have sold 2000+ courses worldwide. I exhibit at First view and Handmade galleries. I create artwork using watercolour or using an ink pen and watercolour. Architecture and landscapes are of significant interest.
Venue: Newbridge Primary School, BA1 3LL
Jo Slade
Painting
www.josladeart.com
Instagram - @josladeart
FaceBook - Josladeart
Inspired by nature. I paint impressionist landscapes and floral paintings with loose brushwork and vibrant colours.
Venue: 25 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HE
Madeleine Town
Painting
Instagram - @painttown_
I work in a variety of medium - painting, print, collage and take my inspiration from the local natural world.
My images evolve during the process of playing with colour and form. Paintings are built up in several layers of working. I'm particularly interested in natures secret world and the need to protect and conserve it.
Venue: 25 Newbridge Road, BA1 3HE
Mark Trueman
Painting
My work reflects the variety of interests of landscape and portraiture particularly of local scenes and famours faces and local people.
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, BA1 3EA
Karen Wallis
Drawing-based Projects
www.karenwallis.co.uk
Instagram - @karenwallis.art
FaceBook - Karen Wallis Artworks
Karen bears witness to the world around her through sketchbook drawings, plein-air painting, and sound recordings. She will be showing current work in progress on her toy project and Orkney residency.
Venue: Fairfield Cottage, Newbridge Hill, BA1 3QL