Northern Summer Exhibition 2026
The Artists
In our Gallery
Mon 3 Aug – Sat 12 Sept
Preview Sat 1 Aug
Since its debut in 2023, The Northern Summer Exhibition has expanded and drawn in new artists every year, strengthening the network of practicing artists at home in the North. This year the exhibition presents more artworks than ever before, showcasing 130 artworks.
They are catalogued below by artist’s last name, also showing the artwork’s selling price/status. A few artists have shared their online platforms as well, so you to get to know them further.
Use this page to remind yourself of the artworks you liked, and learn more about the artists.
If you are interested in purchasing an artwork from the exhibition, please call the Craftshop on 0191 222 9880 to learn more. Purchased artwork must stay on the wall until the end of the exhibition, after which it can then be collected by the buyer from the Craftshop.
Organised by Artist’s last name.
Artists A-C
Brian Addison
North of England Art Club member
Head of Ruth, on orange, Pastel and carbon pencil
£450
The acrobat, study, Pastel and carbon pencil
£550
Instagram: @brianaddisonfineart
Tom Allen
North of England Art Club member
Scrapheap, Pen and ink
NFS
Judith Appleby
North of England Art Club member
Playtime, Acrylic
£850
Vindolanda Eclipse, Acrylic and tissue collage
£500
Natasha Armstrong
Teapots & Trinkets, Acrylic
£250
Swimming through Plastic, Acrylic
£350
David Baird
When The Boat Comes In, Acrylic painting & mixed media
£500
Facebook: David Baird Artwork
Instagram: @davidbairdartwork
Frank Baker
North of England Art Club member
Hexham Abbey, Oils
£150
Life Study, Watercolour
SOLD
Gillian Baker
North of England Art Club member
Yucca, Screenprint
£110
Allan James Barnfather
KIKI, Woodcut Print
£110
Peter Beacock
North of England Art Club member
Clouds over Umbria, Watercolour
£120
Harry Bell
North of England Art Club member
Tanfield Rust, Acrylic and collage on board
£250
Between the Buffers, Acrylic and collage on board
£250
Website: harrybellart.com
Instagram: @harrybell.art
Iain Bolton
Allegory of the Illuminated Cul de Sac, Acrylic on a plank of wood
£175
Ruth Bond
Colours Of Devotion, Annapurna, Oil On Canvas
NFS
Website: ruthbond.com
Instagram: @ruthbondart
Ralph Boulton
Coastal Moonrise, Watercolour
NFS
Inga Brown
Beneath the Surface, Acrylic Pour Paint
£250
Helen Burns
Exploring, Charcoal and carbon on paper
£150
Fiona Carvell
Flower of The Deep, Soft Pastel
£750
Found Beachcombing 3, Soft Pastel
£750
Instagram: @fionacarvellpastelartist
Pamela Clare
North of England Art Club member
Oil on canvas, primary sources, Oil on Canvas
£150
Instagram: @pamela.clare.art
Deb Cooper
Earth & Sky, Hand Dyed Stitch Textiles
£195
Fire & Rain, Hand Dyed Stitch Textiles
£195
Instagram: @debcoopertextileart
Michelle Cooper
Rocks and Sand, Watercolour
NFS
Peter Curran
Flow 2, Painted card and cardboard
SOLD
Artists D-F
Emma Davison
Spring, Plant inks on paper
NFS
Ian Davison
North of England Art Club member
Jetsam Fading, Oil and mixed media
£750
Kevin Day
North of England Art Club member
The Portrait, Oil on panel
£950
The Old Pilot Jetty, Oil on panel
£450
Alison Diamond
Sale Pepe, Linocut
£360
Front Room Salon, Multi plate linocut
SOLD
Instagram: @alison._.diamond
Website: alisonturnbulldiam.wixsite.com
Alan Dordoy
North of England Art Club member
Sunday Best (my great grandparents), Acrylic on canvas
NFS
Happy Hour, Acrylic on canvas
£200
Nadine Easby
I Suffocate My Grief with Colour, Oil stick, oil paint, acrylic paint and pastel
NFS
Instagram: @atelier.nadinefe
Felicity Edwards
Just peachy., Oil on board
NFS
Ali Elly
Blue mussels and Acorn barnacles in the sea, Original watercolour onto eco upcycled cotton
£350
Instagram: @AliEllyDesign
Website: AliEllyDesign.com
Isabella Everton
Hats Off 2, Photography
NFS
Instagram: @imlx_art
Website: isabellaevertonart.wordpress.com
Michael Ewart
Winter fields with sheep, Oil
£380
Grey sky on Lindisfarne, Oil
£340
Shaun Flett
North of England Art Club member
Anna a Selfie, Oil
£40
An Oil Sketch of Ben, Oil
£40
Jane Ford
Earsdon Ewe, Watercolour and Poscha Pen
NFS
Hannah Forsyth
Beadnell Bay 2, Monotype
£495
Hilary Franks
North of England Art Club member
Les Alpes, Acrylic and tissue on canvas
£150
India, Acrylic on canvas
£350
Tony Frisby
The Sands of Time, Photography
£75
David Fry
North of England Art Club member
Studio Study 2, Oil on paper
£500
Artists G-K
Gyuzel Gadelshina
North of England Art Club member
Quiet Time, Watercolour
NFS
Bronia Gardner
Fading into the Foreground, Digital painting from an original photograph, archival pigment print on canvas
£420
Judith Garnett
Look out post, Oil
£180
Linda Garrard
After the Sun, Charcoal and pastel
£180
Celebration, Charcoal
£180
Deborah Gilhespy
Lemon, Oil pastel
NFS
Fiona Gray
Flower Spirit Pasque, Archival Ink, 316g Smooth Fine Art Archival paper, Imitation Gold Leaf, Acetate
£399
Into The Light 2, Archival Ink, 316g Smooth Fine Art Archival paper, Imitation Gold Leaf
£450
Website: fionagraydesigns.co.uk/
Katie Hammond
An Ambitious Dodo, Pen & Ink on Paper
£425
Sandra Haney
Oranges & Hyacinths, Oil
SOLD
Sarah Heseltine
Three Sisters Sardines, Hand carved linoprints
£185
Anne Hoodless
Autumn Glory, Pastels
£120
Heather Howarth
Cavernous cliffs, Pastels
£200
Geoff Hudson
Where The Light Remembers Us, Acrylic and Chalk paint
SOLD
Judging Panel’s Best In Show Winner
Ian Imrie
North of England Art Club member
Horizon 7, Mixed medium
SOLD
Eden walks, Mixed medium
£180
Laura Kippin
North of England Art Club member
Fruit, Oil on Canvas Board
SOLD
Artists L-N
John Liddle
North of England Art Club member
Back to Work, Pastel
£250
Susan Lonergan
Flight path, Acrylic
£350
Joseph Marsh
In Dreams of a Cormorant, Acrylic gouache
£395
Swan Dance, Acrylic gouache
£395
Jill Marshall
North of England Art Club member
Sunlight on the Browney, Giclee print
£100
Ted, Oil
NFS
Instagram: @jill_m_and_art
Mary McClure
North of England Art Club member
Three Wishes, Acrylic on wood panel
£640
Moonbow, Oil on linen on aluminum
£440
Tim McConway
The House of Adam, Acrylic on wood panel
NFS
Bruce McNiven
North of England Art Club member
School Run 1955, Mixed media
NFS
Jacqueline Metcalf
Australian Rainbow Bee-eaters, Acrylic on canvas board
£640
Instagram: @art_by_jacqueline_metcalf
Kate Miller
Heron’s flight, Original reduction linocut print, limited edition
£200
Instagram: @bykatemillerprints
Website: bykatemiller.com
Paul Morgan Clarke
Spring Flowers, Egg Tempera
£400
Instagram: @paulmorganclarke
Etsy: etsy.com/uk/shop/PaulMorganClarke
John Jo Murray
Playing With Himself (Duchamp), Collage with Liquid Latex
£600
Instagram: @johnjomurray
Sonia Ndidi
North of England Art Club member
Onye Ozi (The messenger), Charcoal on paper
£850
Artists O-R
Jon Old
North of England Art Club member
Too Close To Call, Oil on canvas
£750
Website: jonoldfineart.com
Lyn Pearson
I waited all day but she never came, Acrylic on stretched canvas
SOLD
Website: lynpearson.uk
Paul Price
Cragside, Digital photograph printed on museum heritage fine art paper
NFS
Wendy Ranade
North of England Art Club member
Winter trees, Blagdon, Oil
£140
Autumn at Wallingdon, Pastel
£140
Viktoriia Riasnianska
North of England Art Club member
Self-portrait in a black beret, Oil on canvas
£500
Art Club’s Best In Show Winner
Durham, Oil on canvas
£500
Isobel Rooke
Maud Interrupting, Acrylic
SOLD
Nadia Rostami
First lily, Oil paint
£250
Glyn Rowell
Foolish Imagination, Graphite pencil on paper
£800
Instagram: @glyn rowell
Etsy: etsy.com/uk/shop/GlinkArtandDigital
Chris Sams Rafferty
Breaking Through the Waves, Mixed media & acrylic
£165
Artists S-Z
Jane Sanders
Florence, Textile, sewn felt & paper
£975
Instagram: @stitchin_in_the_kitchen
Etsy: etsy.com/uk/shop/JaneSandersArt
Mark Scorer
The Old Steelworks, Oil
£250
Rebekah Scott
Desert Waves, Acrylic pouring, resin &
clay art
£250
Instagram: @redeemedarts
Website: redeemedarts
Monica Shaw
North of England Art Club member
Walking the Dog (at Cragside), Acrylic on canvas
£100
Joseph Skelley
View from Under Tyne Bridge, Oil on canvas
£475
Urszula Skolmowska-Gudel
Lindisfarne Stronghold, Oil on canvas board
£280
Kate Smith
Nature walk, Oil paint
£250
John Storey
North of England Art Club member
Crow, Mixed media
NFS
Adrian Swales
North of England Art Club member
Westmoreland Road, Charcoal
£280
Reclining nude, Oil on board
£320
Anita Turner
Arctic Tern, Photography
NFS
Autumn Reflection, Multiple exposure photography
SOLD
Lucy Tween
Pain and Comfort, Oil painting on stretched canvas on board
NFS
Warren Worry Worm, Oil Paint on stretched canvas
NFS
Instagram: @lucylei.art
Helen Vaudrey
North of England Art Club member
Citrus and silver, Colour pencil on watercolour paper
£150
Emma Watson
Peonies, Acrylic
£150
Margaret Wear
Ruth’s cats, Oil on board
NFS
Heather Wilkinson
Corbiere Lighthouse, Digital Photograph
£200
Instagram: @through_someone_elses_eyes
Malcolm Yorke
North of England Art Club member
Bareback, Mahogany
£175
Lindsey Young
Just F@cking Wear the Bikini, Graphite, tracing paper, embroidery thread, digital photography, archival print on translucent paper
£695
Instagram: @lindseyyoungart
Website: lindseyyoungart.my.canva.site/
