Abby has always had an enthusiasm for art, colour and texture, and is at her happiest in her studio, putting into practice a different twist on traditional millinery. Building upon a City & Guilds level 2 in fashion millinery under Louise Pocock, Abby has ...

Alison continues to be mainly inspired by wildlife and nature but after a recent trip to Oman to travel on land and scuba dive, she is working on new, exotic sea critters and also, a divergence from her normal area, on landscapes. She creates art pieces ...

Aly is an artist and designer working predominantly as a printmaker, her studio is equipped with a large table for screen printing and a small etching press. Equally comfortable working on paper and fabric, Aly is a skilled maker, interpreting her ideas o ...

I work in gouache and my subject matters include birds, jewellery and nostalgic objects. I will be exhibiting in the beautiful Ogbourne St Andrew church with three artist friends: Stuart Anderson, Robert Mills and Jane Skingley.

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 ...

Over time, a studio practice has to breathe deeply if it’s to find the stamina to continue. The Otherwurlde Collection, familiar to many of you, remains the emotional and narrative heart of what we do—and it isn’t going anywhere. Those long-form storie ...

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 ...

I am an artist and illustrator working in acrylics and acrylic inks. Immersed in the Wiltshire countryside and the beauty of our Cape Town beach house, I enjoy experimenting with various techniques to record the countryside, beach and boats which I love. ...

Arran continues to work with different media, often combining them in a piece of work. She enjoys sketching, painting and taking photographs in the Landscape and working with them in her studio. Drawing the Life Figure is also an important part of her ...

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.

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 ...

Huge expanses of serenely blue sky reflected in the Kennet and Avon Canal make up a large proportion of Cathy’s work this year besides woodland bluebell scenes from West Woods, orchard vistas with hawthorn blossom glades and paintings from various plein a ...

Charlotte Snipe is a British painter and multi-media artist based in Wiltshire. her work focuses on emotion and the way this is both created and expressed in the human body; grief, pain, and happiness. Working between a minimal palette to draw you into th ...

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 ...

Take a trip to Angkhor (Cambodia) and Chiang Mai (Thailand), India, and lots of other places, through my WATERCOLOURS. Pure watercolour… to many people, the most beautiful and expressive of painting media, - infinitely subtle, with great luminosity and ...

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 ...

My studio is set in beautiful Wiltshire countryside in the Pewsey Vale with a lovely garden, a small meadow and views towards Salisbury Plain and the North Wessex Downs. Five miles from Devizes and fifteen from Marlborough, I am easy to find. I am a co ...

The studio is a teaching centre for those wishing to explore the craft and art of ceramics, whether it is learning to throw on the wheel or hand building and sculpting in clay. Regular and one off sessions are available for those of all abilities and age ...

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 ...

My work combines a range of mixed media techniques including photographic transfer, collage and printmaking on various supports from canvas , wood to sheets of oxidized metal. Inspired by the changing urban and rural landscapes of Wiltshire and Italy. My ...

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 ...

I describe myself as a contemporary realist painter. My work evolves from observations of life and is highly detailed, created with mixed media usually with a basis of watercolour and gouache and heightened with watercolour pencils. My subject mat ...

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 ...

Jane paints landscapes and seascapes and also undertakes commissions for clients of their favourite views.

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

Displays of my work in acrylic, oil pastel and pen/ink inspired by the Wiltshire landscape and the Southwest coastline exploring weather moods and atmospheric light on land and water. My book of the Southwest coastline from Poole to Lands End and ...

This year my landscape and coastal paintings are reflecting a deepening interest in the combination of different media, including watercolours and gouache paints that I've made from gathered materials. There is a variety of work to see, from small acryli ...

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 love words. Some of them take on an image in my mind, often unrelated to their original meaning, which in turn, inspires me to illustrate them. I like to see my thinking as a visual result. I find that expressing my thoughts through illustration, wheth ...

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 ...

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 ...

My studio is in the heart of Pewsey Vale and has wonderful views towards Fyfield Down and Pewsey Hill. I paint predominantly in acrylic and enjoy working in other mixed media also. I love working with colour, experimenting with light, shade, texture, cont ...

This is Natalie’s first year exhibiting with MOS, having taken to the pottery wheel in 2020. She was quickly drawn to carving into the clay to add texture and movement and it remains central to her work today. Each piece is wheel-thrown using a smooth s ...

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 using primarily her home grown bee-friendly flowers, or wild foraged flowers, in her art. Bas-relief Botanical Art comprises of intricately detailed 3D textured, tactile, plaster or concrete panels made from f ...

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 ...

Having recently been made a British Citizen, I have created a New Series of Union Jacks to mark this monumental occasion. Being born in Mexico, raised in America and lived for the majority of my life in England. My new work will be a Combination of Cultur ...

PEN AND INK DRAWINGS: My latest works are large, predominantly of the Wiltshire Downs and the monumental trees of Savernake Forest. Working in black and white emphasises form, light and pattern. Wiltshire’s downland can appear like the swell of the sea ...

I am delighted to welcome you to my studio at this year’s MOS and show you my recent work. As usual, there will be an eclectic selection of paintings - in oil and acrylic and others for you to discover. 2025 was a busy year exhibiting and working on a com ...

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 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 ...

This year I am showing work from various projects I have produced over the years in a ‘retrospective’. Mostly digital work from the last 15 years, but also some silver gelatin prints from earlier analogue work. I have made many photo books over the years ...

My passion for photography started as a young teenager, it eventual turned into a 50 year career working in the photographic industry. I will be exhibiting in the beautiful Ogbourne St Andrew Church with three artist friends. Stuart Anderson, Amanda Gosse ...

This is my second year exhibiting at Marlborough open Studios. Last year was a bit mad, Im hoping this year will be the same. We all have a label these days, mine is 'Creative Photographer' I love to talk about and show my photography. Over the last fe ...

After a year away, Sally returns refreshed and excited to exhibit her work once again. This year’s exhibition features a vibrant collection of ceramic wall art, ranging from playful fish to striking abstract collages. Each piece is hand-crafted in stonewa ...

A landscape does not really exist in its own right, since its appearance changes every moment. Therefore the impression it leaves upon you isn’t fixed and can be interpreted as a memory or sensation. It is this which I try to capture with my paintings. ...

2026 will be my first time exhibiting with Marlborough Open Studios. I have been making pots for the last two and a half years and I enjoy it so much that I've created a collection of pieces especially for this exhibition. I've used heavily grogged stonew ...

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 ...

I work mainly with soft pastels, loving the vibrancy and immediacy of this medium, although I am increasingly combining with other media too. I am inspired by the landscape around me, sometimes focussing on the wide, spectacular views and at other times o ...

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 ...