All posts by goherdwick

Jenni Payne is a founding member of the award winning Florence Paintmakers, a small co-operative producing a range of artists materials with the ramaining stocks of haematite from Florence Mine, as well as other locally-sourced pigments. She likes to experiment with a range of materials and delights in creating images with stuff from the land.

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Chris graduated  8 years  ago  with a degree in ceramics and then moved to Cumbia She has  exhibited widely in the north – outdoors  and  in  unusual  places,last  year  on  the  hills  above  Ullswater. This  year has been very busy with a photographic  exhibition “Derleiction” on  abandoned  buildings  and  recently  a  large  installation  in  Carlisle Cathedral  of hundreds of bone china dead flies on mirrors, also currently work at Wray Castle NT on algae.

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Nelson Nanson is one of the most diverse and exciting artists living and working in the Lake District. Both a sculptor and painter he is known for only producing works of art in multiples of 13 and 26. Read More

Conrad and The Golden Fleece

Cumbria Life, media partner for the Go Herdwick project, invited internationally renowned conceptual artist Conrad Atkinson to transform a blank ewe into a piece of his distinctive art.  Read More

Alex comes on board

In my studio, you will find various pictures, prints etc., often in different media.  These might include oils, watercolour, acrylic and /or charcoal. Landscapes, horses and domestic objects form the greater part of my work.   Read More

Colour, Colour, Colour

Contemporary artist Sarah Taylor is based on the west coast of Cumbria. She paints animals, faces and landscapes in a unique and distinctive style that evokes a strong sense of character. Sarah’s eye -catching paintings have an illustrative quality that oozes energy and adventure. Sarah loves colour, she loves working with liquids that she blows around the canvas.The splashes are juxtaposed with geometrics and fine lines that make the paintings come alive. Read More