Creating tomorrow’s heirloom furniture today! Alasdair creates beautiful, sustainable furniture using locally sourced wood. With a first-class degree in Furniture Making and Design from Rycotewood Furniture Centre, he works mainly on commission, crafting ...

Alison continues to be inspired by nature and is working on some British wildlife like Otters, seals and Foxes to stand along with her mainly African animals and various birds. Alison works in fused glass and wire Alison is based in Marlborough. Inspired ...

I am a painter and printmaker. My work is largely inspired by the landscape in particular the Wiltshire landscape and North Cornwall. My paintings are mixed media starting with onsite drawings which I develop in my studio. My printmaking is experimental c ...

I paint mainly ‘ Plein Air’ rural landscapes using oil, though occasionally I use other medium. These painting sessions are in contrast to the many hours spent painting stained glass commissions in my studio. It is essential to get out to enjoy the lan ...

Ann is inspired by the patterns, colours and shapes found in the natural world, from the gentle rolling hills of Wiltshire to the wild rugged Devon coastline. She explores textures, using a combination of inks, paints and printing techniques onto paper an ...

As we're all-too aware, the past few years have been more than a little tough for most people. As far as my art practice was concerned, it gave me the time & space in which to reinvent myself. You see, I'd long been 'secretly' painting works of 'Magic Rea ...

Inspired by nature and her well-stocked, Victorian walled gardens, Ann's love of plants and colour shines through in her striking contemporary plant portraits. She delights in demonstrating her techniques and passing on her love for working with coloured ...

Anna Simmons paints in oil. Her main interest lies in creating a sense of space and light in an architectural background. Inclusion of figures is important, adding a further dimension - a kind of bridge between worlds.

Arran continues to work with coastal Landscapes, sketching and photographing on site. She then develops the work in her Studio. This year her work is mainly focused on Cornish Seascapes. She will also be exhibiting sketch books and Life Drawings. The St ...

In the dim and distant past Arty, then known as Chrys, studied Graphics at Camberwell College of Art. Having fulfilled her earning a living and childrearing responsibilities, she returned to her love of drawing, especially life drawing. Over the past few ...

My work reflects my working for many years as a painter and a sculptor Most of the work on show this year will be sculpture visitors are invited to wander around the garden that looks over the River Kennet. I look forward to talking about the process of ...

A recurring inspiration is the beauty of plants and nature with a love of colour, light, space and pattern. I paint predominantly in oils, interweaving threads of colour to connect contemplated objects.

Brenda is inspired by color and patterns, creating art which is both lyrical and vibrant. Primarily a watercolorist, focusing on flowers, still life and landscapes, she discovered acrylics a few years ago. Her Studio is full of work in progress, lusciou ...

Bronte has a background in commercial textiles and fine art printmaking. Her recent body of work is inspired by time spent along the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Bronte embraces the sensory experience of living in a totally new environment and cu ...

Sharing venue with her husband and potter Nick Pearce and photographer Robin Gregory. Another exciting year for Cathy with news that one of her paintings was selected by the Pastel Society for inclusion at the Mall Galleries, London back in February for ...

Through a relationship with simple colour palettes and bold abstract notions, Charlotte explores and reveals new perceptions of the human body. An exploration of shape and line offers a stark contrast against flowing curves and softer features. Studies of ...

I studied at Salisbury and Taunton Art Colleges in the 1970's and ever since have been immersed in the creative arts including ceramics, textiles, wood, sculpture as well as painting and drawing. My current work is with finely decorated ceramics and have ...

My artist's practice is firmly rooted in an immediate, energetic and emotional response to the landscape. Focusing on evocation, rather than illustration, I aim to capture what I see before me in my own, rather idiosyncratic way. Working in soft pastels o ...

It's all about shadows! Reflected sunlight in shadows… And the fascination of reflections…Watercolour washes catch the subtlest effects of atmosphere, temperature, light... Blends of warm and cool colours give depth and richness. Check out my website, a ...

I work in watercolour, acrylics or mixed media concentrating mostly on landscapes, buildings or boats. I am endlessly fascinated by the interplay of form, tone and colour and try to create artworks full of visual interest and energy. Working en plein air ...

Small ceramic studio, situated in the historic building of Parnella House, being part of a single storey extension to the main building and overlooking the garden. The studio is on the ground floor and it is possible to access using a wheel chair, however ...

Hannah Cantellow is a Wiltshire-based artist and trained printmaker, she has specialised in both Fine Art and Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking and later completed her MA in Social Sculpture & Connective Practice at Oxford Brookes University in 2018. It was ...

A textile artist, Helen has been experimenting with the enduring sensation of a vanished human presence. Ethereal qualities are interpreted by layering sheer materials with different images of her photographs or sketches, transferred to cloth by digital p ...

Welcome to my working studio, a place full of light, somewhere to experiment with paint, paper, pigment. No matter if I splash paint on the wall or drop powder on the floor, I'm away from home, in a space full of sketches, colour studies, work in progress ...

Jacqui likes the imperfect, natural and undulating edges reminiscent of weathered and eroded surfaces. This is evident in her Raku work, coastal tiles and strata vessels. The cobalt blue ‘splash’ tableware collection also celebrates the imperfect. Wobbly ...

Jane spends the cold winter months gathering ideas, sketching and designing. She then cuts and carves the lino that is used to decorate her porcelain and cold cast bronze pieces. As warmer days arrive she is out in her shed, creating and casting with clay ...

My artwork is loose , often colourful , impressionist inspired. I enjoy experimenting with marks, texture and different subjects.

Light and colour infuse my work at a small scale (iridescent titanium jewellery), medium scale (indoor LED light sculptures) and large scale (perspex garden sculptures). This year I'm showing new multi-colour titanium and niobium jewellery developed for a ...

The studio is a modern light and airy space overlooking the garden. It is a wonderful addition to our family home and is a haven full of paint, easels and sketches. The garden and environment provide most of the inspiration for my work which draws on th ...

Kareen is an eclectic multi media artist specializing in wood. Her hand carved oak platters, made from sustainable Wiltshire wood, feature intricate burned designs. She also creates driftwood sculptures of whales, fish and cottages using wood gathered fr ...

Painting in watercolours and oil, I work mostly to commission on landscapes, still life and garden paintings. I would love you to visit my small studio where you can see examples of my work, some of which will be in progress.

My landscape and coastal paintings are created using a range of media, from pure watercolour, to watercolour combined with other materials such as charcoal and acrylic ink and graphite. I also paint in acrylics on wood panels when I feel a certain subjec ...

Kim discovered stone carving purely by chance 20+ years ago on a weekend course run by some Zimbabwean sculptors. She fell in love immediately with the medium and can totally loose herself in the process of creating a sculpture.. All pieces are made using ...

I like it when ancient standing stones look as if they're in conversation with one another. I like it when I find a radar station on top of a snowy hill. I like the sense of space when looking down from a ridge at the pattern of fields below. To begin ...

Libby @Bloemen & Blue is a Cyanotype Artist using the alchemy of non-toxic Iron solutions reacting with sunshine to produce photographic Blueprints. Invented in Bath over 180 years ago Cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic processes sometimes known ...

Letter-cut sculptural carvings for home, garden and memorials both in wood and in stone. Each piece is designed by hand and cut with a chisel and mallet in the old traditional British craft way. In addition, Lisi has an keen interest in abstract writin ...

Loucinda is a designer, silversmith and jeweller based in the West Berkshire countryside. Using traditional techniques she creates contemporary silverware and jewellery, which is both simple in shape and sensitive in design. Function is a significant part ...

Angles, geometric shapes and diverse phenomena from science and mathematics make a bedrock of inspiration for my work. These elements are often incorporated as clashing monochrome into fields of apparently random colour. Some more recent works, still cla ...

Mary’s ceramics continue to illustrate and be inspired by the Wiltshire landscape. She makes a variety of decorative bowls and a range of functional stoneware with the distinctive “trees on a hill”, motif. Her porcelain and silver jewellery will also b ...

Mel Edwards has been creating a wide range of ceramic designs for everyday use and with unusual glazes since 2015. After finishing an evening ceramics course at a local college, she immediately went on to find a second-hand potter’s wheel and kiln. Since ...

Melissa Cole is an established artist blacksmith with over 30 years experience.  Her work is inspired by the traditional making techniques of her craft and designs are combined with playful interpretations of natural forms.  Alongside her commissioned wor ...

Michael trained at the Royal College of Art 1998-2000 where he attained a Master's degree in printed textiles. Michael has worked with several high profile clients including Jo Malone London, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Liberty's of London and Farrow & Ball. His ...

I make domestic and decorative pottery , using earthenware clay, thrown on the potters wheel and decorated with coloured slips and glazes. I love the freedom that this type of ware offers and enjoy exploring the possibilities of expression with colour an ...

I create layered, tactile compositions that evoke a sense of exploration. Each piece invites viewers to trace these forms, experiencing a journey through abstracted terrains and rhythmic patterns. Light and shadow play a critical role in my pieces, transf ...

Nettie Baskcomb Brown is a botanical artist producing intricately detailed, tactile, plaster and concrete casts from fresh seasonal flowers. This technique is known as 'botanical bas-relief'. Her latest work includes a 'Botanical Braille Alphabet'. Thes ...

My work on more sculptural pieces continues to develop as time allows although my first love in ceramics has always been throwing at the wheel, so satisfying when it goes well! Surface texture and colour through use of glazes has, to some extent, taken ov ...

With a background in landscape design, Normandy’s affinity with nature is captured by his use of earthy tones and natural colours. The visual aspect of the formation of rust and verdigris inspires his powerful, abstract work. Normandy uses a specialist pa ...

Paul is lucky enough to have a studio in a former cricket pavilion, which looks out across the Pewsey Vale and the hills of the Marlborough Downs. On display this year at the Pavilion Studio are a collection of his oil paintings. Alongside local landscape ...

I am a designer maker working in wood. I am fascinated by the extraordinary variety of woods in the world and the stories they have to tell. I specialise in making carefully crafted bespoke wooden boxes to house treasured items. This year I am introducin ...

I am delighted to welcome you to my beautiful light filled studio in historic Parnella House overlooking Devizes Market Place. Parnella House is home to White Horse Arts - an arts initiative for Devizes. My work explores self connection through emotional ...

The emotionally expressive power of colour fascinates me and I use forms found in nature to experiment with colour combinations. I particularly enjoy the expressive fun of floral themes, but also landscape and totally abstract forms. I work mainly on ...

Joyful art fills Rhianon's home and studio providing a gallery experience for visitors with exclusive access to works and offers not available online. Stained glass mosaics, unique jewellery and original paintings are alive with colour and texture. Her ...

This is my first year exhibiting at Marlborough Open Studios. How lucky I am to be sharing space with artist Cathy Pearce and her husband potter Nick Pearce. They’ve put me in the shed at the bottom of their lovely garden. I’m a photographer but Ive been ...

Some of my earliest memories are of being outside immersed in nature and just drinking it in. My landscape and still life paintings are also a way of having this communion. I spend a lot of time exploring and, with a sketch book, planning what to paint, ...

I have continued to make stoneware ceramics this past year and I expect to have over 40 new pieces on display this summer. All pots are hand built using coils or slabs, in differing clays, forms, glazes and decoration techniques all inspired by myriad an ...

Roy is a Wiltshire based sculptor specialising in copper to create unique two and three dimensional pieces inspired by nature. Roy’s sculptures are created using traditional methods and techniques that bring the stunning colours and textures of these meta ...

Sarah works with copper, iron, aluminium and galvanised steel wires and incorporates details made from beads and colourful tin cans in her freehand sculptures. Taking inspiration from gardens and the countryside Sarah aims to make her art unusual and play ...

Glass has been special to me over many years. I have a particular interest and passion for kiln formed glass, predominantly making vessels and small decorative objects as well as small items of jewellery. I also do some glass casting and pate de verre. I ...

I work mainly in pastels but love to explore different mediums. I am always trying to capture the personality of the animals I draw and I enjoy seeing the owners response to their finished portraits, it's always very rewarding. between portraits I enjoy c ...

Susan produces work in a wide variety of media and subject-matter. She has an etching press, and shows original prints as well as paintings. She has exhibited widely in the West Country, and in London. Her 2,5 acre garden will also be open. Visitors ...

Susanna has been an art tutor for many years demonstrating to art societies in the West Country and Wales and was resident artist at the National Arboretum for a number of years. She is a prolific artist, working in all mediums, be it traditional or abst ...

I work mainly with soft pastels, loving the vibrancy and immediacy of this medium, although I am increasingly experimenting with other media too. I enjoy trying different paper surfaces, methods and subjects and tend to focus on capturing the colour and a ...

I work with recycled, ‘found’ materials to create pictures, sculptures, hangings and mobiles that play with ambiguity, light and colour. Plastic bottles, bubble wrap, keys, tongs, copper wire – the scope is enormous. My work demonstrates what can be cre ...

After Ulster College and working in London for Courtaulds as a Textile Designer Yvonne now concentrates on painting in a range of different mediums, sometimes outside, or in the studio on abstract or mixed media pieces. The studio is at the back of the ...