The Northants Open Studios festival is an incredible event showcasing the talent of over 220 artists across 116 venues throughout Northamptonshire. Yardley arts are proud to be one of the larger venues exhibiting 9 different artists’ work over three weekends and a few weekdays in September.

This free and accessible event has art trails for you to make a day out of visiting studios and venues and can be seen online at www.northantsopenstudios.co.uk or by picking up a brochure for Yardley Arts.

ALEXANDRA CARPENTER

Alexandra is a contemporary seascape and figurative painter who puts a fantasy twist on her pieces

ANDREW DUTTON

Andrew is an oil painter interested in making images that allow the viewer to be drawn into a narrative of their own creation as they consider the work

CORDELL GARFIELD

Cordell is a contemporary oil painter, producing high quality portraits and landscapes from his own studio. President of the Northampton Town and County Art Society, he hosts regular painting workshops teaching students to paint portraits and landscapes in oils

EMMA LINDSAY

Emma is an artist who loves colour, pattern and experimenting! She loves to draw and print and mix it up, using a variety of different mediums. She runs workshops for all age groups at Yardley Arts

KATY BURDETT

Semi-abstract painter often using mixed media combining home made collage papers, acrylic paint, acrylic inks and printed elements. Key elements are design, often vibrant colours and textures

MELISSA MCDONALD

Northamptonshire based self-taught artist Melissa McDonald is an intuitive painter working primarily in acrylics, continually attempting to capture the atmosphere of the landscape using expressive brushstrokes and texture

REBECCA HOLCOLME

Rebecca is an oil artist painting highly detailed equine paintings inspired by the past

SALLY PENNYCATE

Sally is a mixed media artist creating highly textural pieces based on and often including elements of the landscape. She distills the natural world into immersive reflective works

STEVE URWIN

Steve is a contemporary fine artist who has a signature style of texture and tone on canvas. He has returned to his first love of landscape and seascape artwork after some years of experimentation and discovery in his learning practise

DATES AND TIMES

9 & 10 September

13, 14 & 15 September

16 & 17 September

23 & 24 September

10am - 4pm

FREE ADMISSION, no advance booking required