Natalie • Artist category • Suzanne • Based on Leonard Cohen’s song ‘Suzanne’ I loved this idea of a ‘half-crazy’ beautiful woman teaching you, her lover to see beauty in the small things. Iqra Tariq • Artist category • Starry Night • Embroidery • An attempt to create the Van Gogh’s famous painting ‘starry Night’ in embroidery. Small stitches method used to create the essence of Starry Night. Iqra Tariq • Artist category • Reflection • Gouache • Self portrait is painted in Gouache. Tried to paint reflected lights. Pixie aka Penelope • Artist category • Nature’s Facade • Mixed Media – clay on cardboard mask painted with gouache • This was piece made at OT Creative Space in the ‘Play with Clay’ sessions on Tuesday mornings – its intention is to direct people’s view to nature Pixie aka Penelope • Artist category • Nature’s Foundation • Collage • Collage created at home depicting nature – collated from the previous years’ Country File Calendar with a circle cutter (1 of 5) Andrea Griffiths • Artist category • Phoenix, Rise From The Ashes • Canvas and arcylic paints, Winsor and Newton Galleria and Daler Rowney System 3 Andrea Griffiths • Artist category • The Water Park At Dusk • Acrylic paints, Winsor and Newton and Daler Rowney Galleria System Three Bill Tolly • Artist category • We Reached the Top • Acrylic on canvas with collage • An expressive response to a recent walk in the Peaks Chris Hogben • Artist category • The Simpsters • Hand embroidery • Hand embroidery hoop art in monotone of a The Simpsons / The Munsters mash-up. Laura Grave • Artist category • The Timeless Art of Seduction • Hand embroidery • A portrait of George Costanza, from the popular 90s tv show Seinfeld, demonstrating the timeless art of seduction. Sara Li • Artist category • Spring House • Chinese Ink • Drawn by my father, 59, in the Chinese traditional landscape style with ink. It depicts a forest by a river with a hut. Sara Li • Artist category • Mountain Retreat by the Yunxiao River • Chinese Ink • Painted by my father, 59, this traditional Chinese landscape painting in ink depicts a mountainside resort with a little fishing boat. Gareth Hacking • Artist category • One Sunlit Morning • Digital painting • The view from Chester Street towards the city centre. Stacey Newman • Artist category • Joy in play • Photography • This a capture of two kids having fun jumping in puddles, showing their fun, and the beauty of the water droplets joining the game. Stacey Newman • Artist category • Sakura awakens • Photography • The beautiful Sakura trees awaken every spring, each perfect and simple, but still so beautiful. Michelle Jackson • Artist category • Expressive movement • Digital Art • This artwork is my way of depicting fluid movement against rigidity. It is my representation of the strength of women, against the odds. Michelle Jackson • Artist category • Masked • Digital Art • A representation of the masks we wear to feel acceptance from society. Often, not being ourselves makes us stand out more than we realise. John Hawkshaw • Artist category • Lighthouse & bay • Acrylic on canvas • Holiday fun John Hawkshaw • Lighthouse & bay • continued… John Hawkshaw • Artist category • Moonlight blue & boat • Acrylic on canvas • Moonlight & boat a shore John Hawkshaw • Moonlight blue & boat • continued… Becky Smyllie • Artist category • Circle of Lace • Textiles – handmade traditional bobbin lace • Hand making lace is a long and intricate process that has a rich history in Manchester but is not represented very often in contemporary art spaces. Becky Smyllie • Artist category • Skull and Lace • Handmade traditional bobbin lace & Illustration • A response to an open collaboration with Bentoghoul, who creates Haunted Street Art in Manchester. Mixing contemporary techniques with the traditional Becky Smyllie • Skull and Lace • continued… Jo Beggs • Artist category • Catch • Etching & Aquatint • A recent small etching made from an ink drawing created during ‘Inktober’, a daily drawing challenge in 2020. Dawn • Artist category • Music in the Train Stop • Photograph Dawn Guest • Artist category • Toucan Fiesta • Collage Alexandra Levene • Artist category • Processing change • Ink on paper • This piece represents sitting within a thought process. There is safety within repetition but that’s not where the gold lies. Aoife Greenham • Artist category • Hullard Park Cherry Blossom • Digital Screen Print • Hand painted print layers, graphite on drafting film, finished in Photoshop. Aoife Greenham • Artist category • Seed Heads Old Trafford • Hand painted print layers, graphite on drafting film, finished in Photoshop. • Painted in Spring 2022, in my back garden, before the seed heads got cropped back for new growth. Sam Owen Hull • Artist category • DssV/22 • Acrylic & medium, paintskin and embroidery on canvas, 2022 • My work explores the spaces in between the polarities we exist within, contrasting gestural painterly marks against the precision of hand embroidery. Annette Haworth • Artist category • Brighton Pier • Acrylic on canvas • Capturing a moment on Brighton prom, on a cloudy day. Lorna Tittle • Artist category • Cultivating Loving-Kindness • Two-page comic book, digital print on paper • Sometimes we need to pay attention to what is right in front of us, rather than chasing some ideal. My cat is often my best teacher. Shamimah Mahmood Hafezji • Artist category • Jewels of Fruits and Flowers’ • Photographs Shamimah Mahmood Hafezji • Jewels of Fruits and Flowers’ • continued… Lynda Sterling • Artist category • Covid Lines • Embroidery on Masks installation • Documenting the impact Covid has had, shows Covid deaths, food Bank useage, unemployment, mental health referrals, covid cases and house prices. Lynda Sterling • Artist category • Bumps in the road • Installation Drawing with coloured cord • “Bumps in the road can be beautiful, they can make us pause and take in our surroundings again” Tricia Ashworth • Artist category • The Art of Dreams Tricia Ashworth • Artist category • Looking Beyond The Window
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