Artists open their studios to get creative with visitors

3:35pm Thursday 1st May 2008

A POPULAR exhibition opens its doors for a fourth year with a new selection of artists interacting with the visiting public.

This year's show open season show features a wide selection of creative minds in a range of different locations.

Most of the artists are paired together for the duration of the exhibition and have been asked to develop unique works of art in front of an audience.

Those lined up already include:

Janet Moodie whose paintings capture the essence of her beloved Yorkshire. She will be exhibiting with John Egerton at Sneaton Pottery. John's work is mainly thrown oxidised stoneware fired in an electric kiln.

Jill Christie produces earthenware inspired by the moors and coast at Wold Pottery in Loftus.

Janet Boskett is a still-life painter, but she can't help but be inspired by the local landscape - often she ends up combining the two genres Paul Blackwell and Anne Thornhill will be exhibiting at Egton, Aislaby. In his paintings, Paul endeavours to identify and explore the resonance of a landscape by using a juxtaposition of colour relationships, conveying both a sense of place and his emotional response to it. Anne's work, in acrylics from drawings done on site, is an exploration of movement and structure in the landscape. She is interested in the visual rhythms and tensions evident in natural and man-made forms.

You can meet Brigid and David Moss at Moorside, Glaisdale. Brigid paints with felt, producing a range of colourful exuberant wall hangings and delicate translucent pieces for hanging in windows or in front of a light source, through to cot blankets, slippers, purses and greetings cards.

A spirit of exploration is central to David Moss's paintings; the landscapes, iconographic images and colour studies which appear along the way are documents of this journey.

Lynne Glazzard is a jewellery designer at Holly Barn, Glaisdale. She creates colourful jewellery and objects in enamel, silver, copper and aluminium and finds her inspiration in the dramatic landscape of the North York Moors.

Finally in Commondale at the Tractor Shed, you can discover Caroline Riley's work. She is inspired by the local landscape and animals and currently working on a series of leaves on water - a recurring theme.

There will be a taster exhibition for open studios taking place at Whitby Pannett Park until May 8 with the 2008 North Yorkshire Open Studios exhibit open on May 17 and 18 and during bank holiday weekend between May 24-May 26.

For full details and maps of the studios telephone 01756 748529 or email info@art-connections.org.uk