Meet the artists

Some of the West Country artists who will be exhibiting with us in 2020 or have exhibited in the past

Jake Winkle

Jake Winkle

Jake Winkle is one of our most popular exhibitors. His work is inspired by light and movement. The qualities of his watercolours are bold and translucent as he paints subjects from overseas and nearer his home in Dorset.
Caroline Lewis

Caroline Lewis

My glass is inspired by the wild, natural places of the South West where I walk and sketch, I am especially drawn to the sea and marginal regions. I work with fused glass using powders and frit with feathers, leaves and foils. I like to experiment and develop new techniques stretching the traditional boundaries of glass. Each piece develops organically and has its own story to tell.

Elaine Colbert

Elaine Colbert

Elaine, a resident of Burton Bradstock, has been painting for many years, and is a regular exhibitor to this and other venues. Since retiring to this beautiful area, she enjoys many hours of this challenging and creative art form. Elaine has enjoyed experimenting with techniques in oil and watercolour in order to capture a variety of subjects, ranging from costal scenes to still life.

John Boyd

John Boyd

Johns inspiration is firmly rooted in the diversity of the Dorset coastline – his love of the natural world and of the landscape in this region is evident in his work. He has gained a reputation for his atmospheric style – his ability to use colours and perspective that capture a mood so effectively.

Billie Willcocks

Billie Willcocks

I rarely plan my work, preferring it to develop spontaneously – although I usually have a fair idea of how it needs to take form. I love to work outside especially along the Dorset coastline.

Catherine Broadway

Catherine Broadway

Elm House Studio. Catherine’s love of colour and line has fused together in her range of Spongeware and Mediterranean style ceramics, all handmade at her studio in Dorset. She is strongly influenced by visits to rural Portugal, reflected in her Dorset pottery with Lemons, Oranges, Olives Pomegranates and Grapes flowing across the surfaces of her ceramics, giving them vivid colour and vitality.

Terri Hogan

Terri Hogan

The forces of nature and its myriad effects on both the land and seascape provide an endless source of inspiration for my art. In situations both entirely formed by nature and those having felt the influence of the hand of mankind have imparted a powerful and poignant impression that demands expression through the filter of the artists sensibilities.

Barbara Green

Barbara Green

Barbara has painted and sketched since her teens. After an art based teacher training at Trent Park college, she taught for many years continuing to paint in her spare time. Since retiring ,she has set up her own studio in her house overlooking Lyme Bay.

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George Paul Sainsbury

Working out of my studio in Long Bredy in the Bride Valley I enjoy the challenge of working ‘en plein air’, painting mainly in oils, being particularly motivated and inspired by the light just before or after storms or showers and at dawn and sunset. Website

Wendy Hermalin

Wendy Hermalin

My textile art work is inspired by my love of walking in the wild places of nature – West Dorset, Cornwall, Dartmoor, Cumbria, Peru. I like bringing elements of my walks to life again with fabrics of different texture and colour. I use many fabrics and combine them, like mixing paint, to give depth to the pictures, adding machine and hand stitch to bring in detail.
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Apple, Sunrise

Charlotte Miller

I also spend many hours walking the coastal paths and surrounding countryside, I make simple line sketches and combined with stored images these are then developed into paintings within my studio.

Jenny Cuthbert

Jenny Cuthbert

I am best known for my distinctive stylised west Dorset landscapes (although I do occasionally cross into our neighbouring counties!). Watercolour is my main medium and I also work in print including lino, drypoint, copperplate etching and monoprint. 

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41st FESTIVAL

12-20 AUGUST 2023

Six days of brilliant classical, jazz and world music with internationally acclaimed performers and a eight-day exhibition featuring some of the finest art and ceramics in the South West.

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