{"title":"Artist Directory","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"amanda-gosse","title":"Amanda Gosse","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a background in graphic design and print, Amanda’s work is intricately detailed with a focus on the often overlooked nuances of a subject. Painting most often in gouache and also acrylic, her subject matters include birds, jewellery and nostalgic objects. Amanda has been actively creative throughout her life, and a professional artist since 2015. She has exhibited in Sydney, Australia and the UK and was a finalist in the prestigious Australian Gallipoli Art Prize in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53627930509578,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Gosse-4of6_0fa573fe-db91-4eae-81fa-67fff97a1f1c.jpg?v=1788531326"},{"product_id":"robin-gregory","title":"Robin Gregory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is my second year exhibiting at Marlborough Open Studios. Last year was a bit mad, Im hoping this year will be the same.\u003cbr\u003eWe all have a label these days, mine is 'Creative Photographer' I love to talk about and show my photography. Over the last few years Ive given many Talks\/lectures to photo societies, camera clubs here in the Southwest, it's been a blast!\u003cbr\u003eInspiration can pop up from anywhere. When an idea comes I take the snaps to create it. Producing an idea can take sometimes an hour or up to a week. My pictures are only made from the photos I've taken\u003cbr\u003eThis year again I’m in the shed at the bottom of Cathy’s and Nick Pearce’s garden, which is brilliant as I get to enjoy Cathy’s Pastel landscapes and Nick’s amazing pottery! Studio 9 will be buzzing...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628488253706,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Robin-Gregory-2398-Crop.jpg?v=1788779185"},{"product_id":"kim-pethybridge","title":"Kim Pethybridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim 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.. Her pieces are made using traditional hand tools, which give her a direct physical contact with the stone.\u003cbr\u003eShe particularly loves making Abstract \"Shadow Dance\" pieces with Ripples carved into them inspired by the ripples in the sand. These capture the play of light as the sun moves across the piece, bringing you back to look at the sculpture as the light changes. She also enjoys carving animals, particularly Owls and Hares.\u003cbr\u003eHer larger outdoor Limestone sculptures will be dotted around the garden and smaller Soapstone pieces will be on show indoors. Kim will be working on some larger pieces due to go to Avebury during MOS. She will be more than happy to give you a demonstration when you visit.\u003cbr\u003eJoined once again by Arty Pumpkin whose Mixed Media work will be on show indoors and delighted to welcome Charlotte Snipe who is also showing her work indoors this year. The Three of us look forward to welcoming you to Studio No.5 this year.\u003cbr\u003eKim is a member of the Cotswold Sculptors Association exhibiting with them at Miserden Gardens Glous 3rd June to 2nd August 2026. Also exhibiting at the National Trusts Avebury Manor 5th September to18th October 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628502409482,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Kim-Pethybridge-2248-CROP.jpg?v=1788779156"},{"product_id":"jean-edwards","title":"Jean Edwards","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have always loved the interaction of light and colour that you see with stained glass.\u003cbr\u003eMost of my work is created using the copper foil method but I have recently returned to my early experience with leaded panels. I take my inspiration from a variety of sources including our beautiful Wiltshire countryside, quilting patterns, ancient motifs and simple abstract patterns that allow the colours to shine. Hopefully viewers will appreciate the beauty and variety that can be achieved through this medium.\u003cbr\u003eI make my work in a summerhouse at the bottom of my garden and you will have a chance to see a piece of work at the various stages of development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628513943818,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Jean-Edwards-2578.jpg?v=1788541203"},{"product_id":"hannah-cantellow","title":"Hannah Cantellow","description":"\u003cp\u003eHannah 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 \u0026amp; Connective Practice at Oxford Brookes University in 2018. It was during this time that she explored other ways of being in and with the natural world, which enabled her to deepen her artistic sense of self and pursue her impulse for storytelling.\u003cbr\u003eSince moving to her studio at The Mind Tree Cafe in Rowde, Hannah now offers printmaking memberships for local artists and print enthusiasts. The studio is well-equipped with professional printmaking equipment, including the 1869 Albion relief press. She specialises in creating artworks inspired by ancient landscapes and geology, as well as creating prints that tell their own stories. A multi-disciplinary printmaker, she works in woodcut, linocut, wood engraving, monoprinting and collagraph, sometimes combining print techniques.\u003cbr\u003eHannah prints using her Hawthorn etching press and lever press, as well as using hand burnishing techniques. Walking informs much of her practice and she draws upon these connected experiences to create printed images that tell their own unique story, which she calls token of place. Inspired by Wiltshire's rolling hills, stone circles and the iconic clumps of trees, wherever she walks, the landscape brings continuous inspiration through its patterns of enchantment and magical charm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/a890aecb29e7\/hannah-cantellow-studio\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Studio updates from Hannah Cantellow\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudio updates here\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628519153930,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Hannah-Cantellow-2642.jpg?v=1788541652"},{"product_id":"nettie-baskcomb-brown","title":"Nettie Baskcomb Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003eNettie Baskcomb Brown is a botanical artist using primarily her home grown bee-friendly flowers, or wild foraged flowers, in her art.\u003cbr\u003eBas-relief Botanical Art comprises of intricately detailed 3D textured, tactile, plaster or concrete panels made from fresh seasonal flowers.\u003cbr\u003eBotanical Mixed Media art, using the same source of flowers, introduces a whole new dimension and technique to her floral art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNettie's latest bas-relief works include new collections of 'Botanical Intaglios', 'Bee Hives' and a complete 'Botanical Braille Alphabet'. Nettie encourages you to 'touch' these tactile casts. Her Braille Alphabet has embedded braille in each flower cast making them inclusive and accessible.\u003cbr\u003e'Close your eyes and feel every intricate details of a plant - almost like a fossil'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo make her botanical casts, Nettie presses a selected collection of fresh flowers into clay in a way to re-create their natural movement and drama.. She carefully removes each leaf, seed and petal by hand to create a negative impression, into which she pours a plaster mix to make a sculptured botanical design. These casts are then cleaned, dried and sanded, and can be left natural or tinted with watercolours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis year Nettie is also exhibiting her new mixed media botanical art. Using her large pressed flower collection, Nettie incorporates both these and mono-printed real flowers in unique designs and collages, using acrylics, inks and pastel medium. These original pieces range from vintage pressed flower bookmarks and cards to larger framed floral paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNettie offers private botanical workshops, personalised garden casts and special occasion flower preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis year Nettie is sharing her home with Anya Hope Medlin - a new MOS member - who is an incredible photographer displaying powerful yet sensitive images of local forests and landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe studios: On entering through double coach house gates, customers will be able to browse the latest concrete casts on the outside walls. Through the main front door there is a vaulted gallery leading to an office gallery on the left and upstairs to a 'wet' workshop where there will be several works in progress to study. Anya will be taking over the 'front room' (at the far end of the stables) overlooking the garden she has helped to pimp up for the Open Studios in her 'garden designer' hat! This will be accessible through the main door or further along the building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available:- Workshops, Garden commissions and wedding bouquet preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628541763850,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Nettie-Baskcomb-Brown-2424.jpg?v=1788542251"},{"product_id":"mary-thorne","title":"Mary Thorne","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary’s ceramics continue to illustrate and be inspired by the Wiltshire landscape.\u003cbr\u003eShe makes a variety of decorative bowls and a range of functional stoneware with the distinctive “trees on a hill”, motif.\u003cbr\u003eHer porcelain and silver jewellery will also be on display.\u003cbr\u003eCommissions welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628553101578,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Mary-Thorne-2624.jpg?v=1788542747"},{"product_id":"abigail-holgate","title":"Abigail Holgate","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbby 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 \u0026amp; Guilds level 2 in fashion millinery under Louise Pocock, Abby has extended her knowledge and techniques under other leading milliners such as Jenny Roberts, Judy Bentinck and Dillon Wallwork. Her work is regularly seen at many events, from Ascot to weddings and everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628574859530,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Artist-Abigail-Holgate-1540_ce3dc981-813d-4f34-b4f0-9d1df722cade.jpg?v=1788778892"},{"product_id":"amanda-ralfe","title":"Amanda Ralfe","description":"\u003cp\u003eI 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 combining different techniques as part of personal journey of discovery. I am a member of Bath and Oxford art society’s . My work has been widely exhibited including at the RA Summer Exhibition and Royal West of England Academy Open.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53631609897226,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Amanda-Ralfe-2189.jpg?v=1790065696"},{"product_id":"andrew-taylor","title":"Andrew Taylor","description":"\u003cp\u003eI 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. 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Inclusion of figures is important, adding a further dimension - a kind of bridge between worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53785057198346,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Anna-Simmons-2191.jpg?v=1790069367"},{"product_id":"bee-thomas","title":"Bee Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom my garden studio in the heart of Devizes I paint land and seascapes loosely in a wide variety of materials including oil, acrylic, ink and pure pigment. More recently I've been focusing on developing a language to describe floral and foliage subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53785312002314,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Bee-Thomas-1309_e4f7c30b-07a4-46d1-9f9a-8c6e5127cb6d.jpg?v=1790071808"},{"product_id":"aaa","title":"Paul Swan","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI 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 introducing a new range of colourful work using contemporary decorative marquetry techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53785479840010,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Paul-Swan1573.jpg?v=1790240867"},{"product_id":"brenda-lyon","title":"Brenda Lyon","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBrenda is inspired by colour and patterns creating art, constructed in many layers, which is both lyrical and vibrant. She produces a lovely eclectic mix, from pure watercolour to mixed media. Her Studio is full of work in progress, luscious paint tubes and projects in mid flow - and even some finished work! She now finds that acrylics give her endless opportunities to change her mind, paint with abandon and experiment to see what happens. This is her third year with MOS, this time as an Associate. She is always happy to talk about her process and the techniques she uses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800435482890,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Brenda-Lyon1981.jpg?v=1790174141"},{"product_id":"bryony-cox","title":"Bryony Cox","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAfter completing her studies at Falmouth University, Bryony travelled extensively throughout Asia. She now works as an artist in Wiltshire alongside running White Chalk Gallery. Her portraits celebrate the beauty in small but poignant moments, bringing to light our shared human emotions regardless of the differences in our day to day lives. Bryony's landscapes embrace the amazingly vast skies over Wiltshire as they are always moving and changing, reflecting that our world is constantly in flux.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800487059722,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Bryony-Cox1855.jpg?v=1790174844"},{"product_id":"christabel-davey","title":"Christabel Davey","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI 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 been recently working on a series of intricate, crocheted wall hangings or mandalas. All my work is inspired by the local countryside and wildlife as well as our thriving back garden which is a haven for creatures of all sorts. I attend a regular life drawing session in Devizes and some of this work will be available to view along with other paintings and work I have created over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800509505802,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Christabel-Davey2017.jpg?v=1790175119"},{"product_id":"deborah-husk","title":"Deborah Husk","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBased in the beautiful Vale of Pewsey, Deborah works from her studio both as a commercial and fine art photographer. 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More recent work has been inspired by forest walks, colour and reflections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlborough Open Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800647885066,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/4529\/3066\/files\/Helen-Colling2558.jpg?v=1790177334"},{"product_id":"jacqueline-mitton","title":"Jacqueline Mitton","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMy lovely home studio is situated right by my house with a garden that backs onto a deer park - it’s such a peaceful setting for me to paint in. It was completed just this spring, so I’m looking forward to welcoming visitors who can see me at work and view recent mixed media pieces. 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