Jackie Williams | Chorley Artist

Jackie Williams | Chorley Artist

Jackie Williams | Chorley Artist

Jackie Williams

Jackie Williams

Artist

Profile Image of Jackie by Ian Fletcher 

Jackie Williams is a Lancashire-based painter whose work explores the shifting energies of landscape and light. Working primarily in acrylic, she creates expressive, textural pieces that move between abstraction and realism — often inspired by the wild moorlands, coastal paths, and garden spaces around her home in Heapey, near Chorley. Her practice balances instinctive mark-making with an emotional response to nature, capturing fleeting moments of weather, movement, and memory.

Through her online space heapeygallery.co.uk and her social media presence, Jackie shares not just her finished pieces but glimpses into her creative process, inviting collectors and art lovers into the rhythm of her artistic life. Whether working on large-scale canvases or more intimate studies, her palette ranges from the soft and earthy to the bold and radiant — always with a strong sense of atmosphere and place.

Jackie’s work has found homes across the UK and continues to resonate with those who are drawn to the beauty in the everyday landscape. She is one of the exhibiting artists featured in the Gathered Works Summer Exhibition at BL6 Studios in Horwich, 2025.

Summer Breeze

 

Summer Breeze lives up to its name. This is a bold, expressive painting that captures that exact moment when a warm wind sweeps through a field of flowers, everything moving, dancing, shifting.

Jackie doesn’t paint every petal or stem. She doesn’t need to. What she gives us is the feeling of it. The energy, the light, the sheer joy of a summer’s day set loose on canvas.

There’s no tidy structure here, and that’s the point. This is nature in motion. Rich golds, deep purples, burnt orange and flashes of green all clash and blend with intent. It’s wild and vibrant, but controlled enough that it draws you in rather than overwhelms. There’s a rhythm to it. A hum. Stand in front of it and you almost expect the scent of flowers to hit you.

Something about it just lifts the atmosphere. For collectors who like their artwork to make an entrance, Summer Breeze doesn’t whisper. It walks in, opens the windows, and lets the light flood in.

Artwork Title: Summer Breeze
Artist: Jackie Williams
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 100cm x 100cm
Price: £495
Presentation: Unframed, ready to hang

Dunes

 

There’s something timeless about this piece.

No buildings, no people, no distractions. Just space. Just light and earth. It’s got that raw honesty that reminds you of early morning walks or the hush before a weather change.

The colours are beautifully restrained — soft greys, ochres, hints of slate and salt. Williams hasn’t overworked it. You can see the brushstrokes, feel the texture, almost smell the sea air.

Artwork Title: Dunes
Artist: Jackie Williams 
Medium: Acrylic on Board
Size: 100cm x 50cm
Price: £350
Presentation: Unframed, ready to hang

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Life Drawing At BL6

Life Drawing At BL6

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY:

Weekly Life Drawing Sessions

TUESDAY MORNINGS 10AM – 12 NOON

Monthly Life Drawing Sessions

the first wednesday of every month

WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 7PM – 9PM

These sessions are £15.

Easels and drawing boards are available.

Artists bring their own materials to use.

Refreshments are provided.

*Please note these sessions are untutored

Run by - Julia Entwistle

BL6 Art Studios: Creating, Connecting & Celebrating Art

Pop-up Exhibitions | Workshops | Life Drawing | Art Classes

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Phone

07814 973445

VISIT

Appointments only 

See our Events page for more

Workshops

artist-led community art studio and gallery

 

The studio is run by Julia Entwistle, who leads many of the workshops and courses

 

  • Life Drawing Sessions: Held on Wednesday evenings 7pm – 9pm and Tuesday mornings 10am – 12 noon.
  • Workshops: We offer various workshops, such as impressionist painting, lino cutting, and still life in oils.
  • Pop-Up Exhibitions: We host exhibitions by local artists throughout the year.

Email

julia@bl6studios.co.uk

Address

The Pumphouse
Hampson Street
Horwich
Bolton
BL6 7JH

Mike Lord

Mike Lord

Landscapes and other stories

His work is predominantly landscape painting with figures generally included only where they serve the narrative intention of the work.

PREVIEW IS FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER FROM 6.30 – 9 PM.

Then this exhibition continues over the weekend SAT 23RD & SUN 24TH from 12 – 4 pm.

Artist Mike Lord

this event is now finished. thank you to all that came and support mike and the studios

Mike Lord started painting in his fifties, about six years ago, when he attended an oil painting pleasure class at Cedar Farm in Mawdsley run by contemporary artist Chris Mcloughlin.
 
The COVID -19 lock-down in 2020 meant he was unable to work, so to fill his time he painted, developing his skills and style, often painting five or six pictures a month.
 
Subsequently he had his first solo exhibition at Cedar Farm in 2022 and since then has had several further solo exhibitions at Cedar Farm and in Chorley as well as having work displayed in the Clitheroe Contemporary Art Exhibition, Blackburn Art Gallery and a restaurant in Chorley and displaying at the Art in the Pen art Fair in Skipton.
 
Mike says there are two main inspirations which drive his work. One is to paint what is around him in the beautiful Lancashire countryside where he lives and the other is about imagination and narrative in the tradition of magical realism, but again, often inspired by the local countryside.
 
His work is predominantly landscape painting with figures generally included only where they serve the narrative intention of the work.
 
He says he has been influenced by the work of Van Gogh (who isn’t?) Gustav Klimt, Stanley Spencer and David Hockney, though he strives to paint in his own authentic style, rather than imitate the greats. When asked about his art Mike comments as follows: “I had been waiting all my life to find a way to express myself creatively. Painting has finally given me that voice and I love it.”
 
PREVIEW IS FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER FROM 6.30 – 9 PM. Then this exhibition continues over the weekend SAT 23RD & SUN 24TH from 12 – 4 pm.

Phone

07814 973445

VISIT

Appointments only 

See our Events page for more

Workshops

artist-led community art studio and gallery

 

The studio is run by Julia Entwistle, who leads many of the workshops and courses

 

  • Life Drawing Sessions: Held on Wednesday evenings 7pm – 9pm and Tuesday mornings 10am – 12 noon.
  • Workshops: We offer various workshops, such as impressionist painting, lino cutting, and still life in oils.
  • Pop-Up Exhibitions: We host exhibitions by local artists throughout the year.

Email

julia@bl6studios.co.uk

Address

The Pumphouse
Hampson Street
Horwich
Bolton
BL6 7JH

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