Peter Arkwright | Artist In Residence

Peter Arkwright | Artist In Residence

Exhibiting Artist

Peter Arkwright | Artist In Residence

Peter Arkwright

Peter Arkwright

Artist

 

Peter Arkwright is a Lancashire painter whose work shifts boldly between the physical and the emotional, the seen and the sensed. Whether portraying the raw energy of a rugby scrum or the solitary majesty of a Highland peak, Peter’s paintings are rooted in movement, memory, and meaning.

Working primarily in oil, his expressive brushwork and layered textures reflect a desire not simply to depict, but to feel. Recent works delve into personal reflections—what he calls “digging up demons”—using paint as a form of emotional release and reconciliation.

In The Thick Of It

There’s no escape here—no sideline, no distance. Peter Arkwright throws us right into the centre of collision, limbs locked, sweat flying, muscle against muscle. In the Thick of It is more than a depiction of a rugby scrum—it’s a portrait of pressure, unity, and struggle.

Peter’s trademark expressive brushwork blurs the line between body and background, capturing the chaos and intensity of human contact. The energy is palpable—paint drips like sweat; gestures clash and blend as if we’re seeing not just movement, but memory.

This isn’t sport as spectacle. It’s sport as metaphor. For life. For resilience. For battling the unseen forces that shape us. Just as Peter describes “digging up demons” through his art, this piece feels like a moment of confrontation—with others, with self, with history.

Artwork Title: In The Thick Of It
Artist: Peter Arkwright
Medium:  Oil on Canvas
Size: 87cm x 112cm
Price: £ 700
Presentation: framed, ready to hang

To Glencoe

 

With sweeping skies and snow-dusted peaks, To Glencoe invites the viewer on a quiet, almost spiritual journey into the heart of the Highlands. But beneath the breathtaking beauty lies something deeper—a sense of solitude, reckoning, and emotional terrain.

Peter Arkwright paints not just what he sees, but what he feels. The river’s icy churn and the mountain’s immovable presence become metaphors for the paths we take through memory and meaning. There’s movement here, but no rush. Stillness, but not silence.

His brushwork—broad, expressive, and searching—brings warmth to the raw Scottish land, softening the severity without losing its power. It’s a painting that feels like walking into something bigger than yourself, with nature standing as both guide and mirror.

Artwork Title: To Glencoe
Artist: Peter Arkwright
Medium:  Oil on Canvas
Size: 102cm x 76cm
Price: £700
Presentation: unframed, ready to hang

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Tina Hurst Artist In Residence

Tina Hurst Artist In Residence

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Tina Hurst Artist In Residence

Tina Hurst

Tina Hurst

Artist

an abstract artist based at BL6 Studios whose practice is rooted in natural colour, sustainability, and intuitive design. With a professional background in architecture, fashion, and fine art, Tina now channels her energy into creating organic pigments, botanical inks, and fibre-based artworks using natural dye processes.

Inspired by Japanese philosophies and geological landscapes, her minimalist compositions explore spatial relationships and environmental narratives.

Tina also produces handmade artist materials through her Etsy shop, Prism Inks, and runs immersive workshops in botanical dyeing and eco-printing.

Ionic Fields I

 

A painting that hums with silent electricity, Ionic Fields I evokes the charged stillness before a summer storm—the atmosphere heavy with potential, glowing with unseen forces. Yellows dissolve into tangerines, and ember-reds rise from below, as if the very air has been alchemised into colour. There’s a meditative pulse in this piece. A gentle flicker. A quiet storm building in slow motion.

For lovers of minimal yet emotive abstraction, this work would elevate any contemporary interior.

Paired with other pieces in Tina’s Ionic Fields or Nebula series, this artwork invites dialogue between emotion and environment.

On its own, it radiates with the calm confidence of something eternal.

Artwork Title: Ionic Fields I
Artist: Tina Hurst
Medium: Botanical Ink On Fabriano Paper
Size: 27cm x 27cm
Price: £75
Presentation: box framed

Ionic Fields II

 

Like a slow exhale at golden hour, Ionic Fields II glows with the richness of late sunlight on skin. The hues here are deep and soft—coppery rose melting into sun-washed amber and ochre, with earthy greens quietly grounding the composition.

There’s a smoky sensuality to this piece, as if it remembers warmth, touch, or the blush of a moment not yet passed.

 The collector who gravitates to Ionic Fields II likely senses energy in colour and appreciates the quiet power of intuitive mark-making.

Together with Ionic Fields I, this piece whispers in harmony, speaking of energy that shifts gently, rather than strikes. 

Artwork Title: Ionic Fields II
Artist: Tina Hurst
Medium: Botanical Ink On Fabriano Paper
Size: 27cm x 27cm
Price: £75
Presentation: box framed

Nebula 2 Botanical Abstract

 

“Nebula 2” floats between breath and colour—a soft kaleidoscope of organic vibrancy, where violet mist meets cerulean skies and lemony light. Created using Tina Hurst’s hand-crafted botanical inks, this piece feels like sunlight refracted through emotion. Each hue is alive with energy, yet the overall composition is soothing, like the memory of a perfect sky just after rainfall.

The artwork is the result of a vegan, sustainable practice rooted in alchemy and intuition. Tina doesn’t just paint—she cultivates colour from seed, extracting dye from her garden and transforming it into pigment with a reverence for nature and transience. There’s an atmospheric quality to “Nebula 2” that makes it feel both cosmic and personal, like a whisper from something vast and unknowable.

Artwork Title: Nebula 2
Artist: Tina Hurst
Medium: Botanical Ink On Fabriano Paper
Size: 27cm x 27cm
Price: £75
Presentation: box framed

Nebula 2 Botanical Abstract

 

“Nebula 2” floats between breath and colour—a soft kaleidoscope of organic vibrancy, where violet mist meets cerulean skies and lemony light. Created using Tina Hurst’s hand-crafted botanical inks, this piece feels like sunlight refracted through emotion. Each hue is alive with energy, yet the overall composition is soothing, like the memory of a perfect sky just after rainfall.

The artwork is the result of a vegan, sustainable practice rooted in alchemy and intuition. Tina doesn’t just paint—she cultivates colour from seed, extracting dye from her garden and transforming it into pigment with a reverence for nature and transience. There’s an atmospheric quality to “Nebula 2” that makes it feel both cosmic and personal, like a whisper from something vast and unknowable.

Artwork Title: Nebula 2
Artist: Tina Hurst
Medium: Botanical Ink On Fabriano Paper
Size: 27cm x 27cm
Price: £75
Presentation: box framed

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Jackie Williams | Chorley Artist

Jackie Williams | Chorley Artist

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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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Julia Uttley | Bolton Photographer

Julia Uttley | Bolton Photographer

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Julia Uttley | Bolton Photographer

Julia Uttley

Julia Uttley

Photographer

Profile image of Julia courtesy Don Tonge 

Julia Uttley is a Bolton‑based photographer whose work reveals a deep connection to the region’s industrial heritage and moorland landscapes. Born and raised in Lancashire’s Fylde region, she was drawn back north in 2015, where she now explores the interplay between Bolton’s history and the surrounding natural beauty.

Using natural light and both Fujifilm and smartphone formats (X‑T3/T5 & iPhone 11 Pro), her images range from evocative moorland vistas—like sunsets behind Winter Hill—to intimate urban scenes within Bolton’s town centre.

Recently, Julia has been experimenting with multiple exposures—submitting new layered images to a masterclass and incorporating them into local exhibitions—adding a rich, dreamlike dimension to her landscape and urban photography.

You can follow her ongoing projects, ranging from Bolton Life and Manchester Life to Lakeland and travel series via her website juttley.co.uk, Instagram (@juliauttley), and Facebook.

Lone Tree

The Buttermere Lone Tree has become something of a landmark for photographers and visitors to the Lake District. Standing at the edge of the water, its distinctive silhouette is instantly recognisable against the backdrop of Fleetwith Pike and the surrounding fells.

The composition invites reflection, allowing the viewer to pause and take in the contrast between permanence and change. More than just a landscape, this piece embodies the timeless pull of the Lake District: wild, atmospheric, and deeply moving in its simplicity.

Artwork Title: Lone Tree
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 54cm x 43cm
Price: £60
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Fleetwith Pike

Fleetwith Pike rises dramatically at the head of Buttermere, a mountain that commands both respect and admiration from walkers and photographers alike.

The mountain itself looms dark and solid, a powerful presence softened only by the play of mist drifting around its summit.

This is the Lake District at its most atmospheric, where weather, light, and landscape come together in a single, unrepeatable scene.

Artwork Title: Fleetwith Pike
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 54cm x 43cm
Price: £60
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Kite

With its delicate curve trailing through pastel skies, KITE captures a fleeting moment of joy, lightness, and freedom. Julia Uttley’s image is minimal yet profoundly evocative. There’s a sense of childhood wonder and unburdened play woven through its arc.

The kite, mid-flight, is a perfect metaphor for possibility: rising, drifting, dancing in the air with no visible limits.

The soft clouds cradle the scene, adding to the serenity and sense of open space.

Artwork Title: Kite
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 46cm x 46cm
Price: £50
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Knock John Fort

 

Bathed in dreamlike tones of lavender and aquamarine, Knock John Fort captures the surreal isolation of a sea fort adrift beneath a cotton-candy sky.

Julia Uttley’s double exposure technique gives this piece a heightened sense of atmosphere, merging tranquillity with something almost mythical.

The fort appears to hover just beyond the real, a quiet sentinel surrounded by scattered boats and infinite water. It invites contemplation, stillness, and a curious sense of wonder about what once was, and what might be imagined.

Artwork Title: Knock John Fort
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 46cm x 46cm
Price: £50
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

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Mike Lord | Artist

Mike Lord | Artist

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Mike Lord | Artist

Mike Lord

Mike Lord

Artist

Mike Lord is a Lancashire-based oil painter whose landscapes are both familiar and fantastical—echoing the moors, fields, and canals that surround his rural home. He came to painting later in life after careers in law, counselling, and mediation, discovering a passion for oils during an evening class with artist Chris McLoughlin.

Working from his home studio, Mike’s work captures a deeply personal view of the world around him, blending memory, mood, and magical realism. His scenes often feature imagined light, layered brushwork, and rich colour—inviting the viewer to pause and reflect.

Mike has exhibited in respected northern venues including Cedar Farm, Art in the Pen (Skipton), Clitheroe Contemporary Art, and Blackburn Art Gallery. He is one of the featured artists in the upcoming “Harvest of Visions” Summer Exhibition at BL6 Studios in Horwich (July–September 2025), where his evocative style will sit alongside a curated collection of accessible fine art.

Prints and originals are available via mikelordart.co.uk, and studio visits are welcome by appointment.

Hawthorn Tree

 

This is Lancashire in all its raw beauty: honest, windswept, and spellbinding.

The hawthorn, shaped by years of weather, leans not in defeat but in quiet defiance, perched on the shoulder of Haslingden Grane, this solitary hawthorn tree stands like a quiet witness to the passage of time.

Behind it, the land opens out in sweeping rhythm down toward Calf Hey and Ogden reservoirs, shimmering beneath a sky scattered with light and movement. 

Artwork Title: Hawthorn Tree
Artist: Mike Lord
Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 89cm x 64cm
Price: £700
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Roddlesworth Bluebells

 

There are places in this world where time slows… where light drifts through leaf canopies like a whispered promise—and Roddlesworth in spring is one of them. In this tranquil, almost sacred painting.

In Bluebells at Roddlesworth, Mike translates that seasonal magic into paint: a dense carpet of bluebells stretches across the forest floor, while young green leaves filter sunlight into soft patches of illumination.

This is not just a woodland scene—it’s a mood. A memory

Artwork Title: Roddlesworth Bluebells
Artist: Mike Lord
Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 65cm x 55cm
Price: £380
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Levens no 2: daylight leaves the garden

In Levens no.2, Mike invites us into a moment where time gently pauses. Where light, memory, and solitude meet in the gardens of Levens Hall.

A blonde figure in soft blue stands still among the wildflowers, enveloped by the calm geometry of sculpted hedges. Behind her, the warm stone of the manor catches the last of the day’s light as it begins to slip quietly away. A blackbird perches on the hedge – watching, waiting. A small witness to this transition from day to dusk.

Artwork Title: Levens no 2: daylight leaves the garden
Artist: Mike Lord
Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 50cm x 60cm
Price: £380
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Golden Trees.

In this artwork Mike Lord captures that elusive, early-morning hush when nature holds its breath. A winding path draws us into a glade of tall trees, their golden leaves catching the morning light as it pours softly through a misty woodland.

Shafts of sunlight streak across the grass, casting long shadows and giving the entire scene a feeling of gentle promise. The leaves, some still clinging, some beginning to fall, suggest a changing season, perhaps autumn stepping into winter, or spring emerging from sleep.

What makes this painting so magnetic is Mike Lord’s way of letting the quiet do the talking. There’s no drama, just grace! A kind of meditative stillness that invites the viewer to imagine walking this path, hearing the crunch of leaves underfoot, and feeling the cool air laced with birdsong. It’s a celebration of light and its power to transform the ordinary into something deeply moving.

Artwork Title: Golden Trees
Artist: Mike Lord
Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 74cm x 59cm
Price: £520
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

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