participating artists 2023

  • Andy Heel

    Venue: 16. Curtis O’Boyle

    Andy’s love of the local area helped determine his choice of subjects. The choice of media has been watercolour and alcohol ink.

    M: 07545 443819

    andyheel33@gmail.com

  • Anna Chiampesan

    Venue: 1. Burnham Museum

    Figurative artist Anna Chiampesan is new to the Art Trail. She has an artistic education but works as a digital designer and email developer. Anna uses mainly oil colours and experiments with alcohol inks and encaustic medium.

    M: 07818 814031

    annachiampesan@outlook.com

    https://annachiampesan.co.uk/

    https://www.instagram.com/annachiampesan/

  • Anne Hendry

    Venue: 18. Ramblers Studio, 12 Ramblers Way, Burnham, CM0 8LR

    Inspired by nature, texture, colour and shape, Anne creates unique pieces of fine silver jewellery from silver clay. To enhance her designs she also uses multiple mediums - semiprecious stone, enamel, resin and patina.

    M: 07966 330075

    annedesign2019@btinternet.com

    www.facebook.com/AnneDesignJewellery

  • Carol Chesher

    Venue: 17. Templeman Galleries

    Carol is a self-taught artist who is inspired by the natural world. Her paintings are colourful and expressive enhancing our experience of nature and wildlife. She also works in stained glass.

    M: 07770 853220

    carolchesherart@virginmedia.com

    www.carolchesherart.co.uk

    www.facebook.com/CarolChesherArt

  • Charles Bran

    Venue: 3. Garden Studio, 4 Fernlea Road, Burnham, CM0 8EJ

    Charles’ work is inspired by the local coastal paths which guide the choice of colour and texture for his artworks.

    M: 07447 949643

    brancharles408@gmail.com

  • Claire White

    Venue: 11. Matrix Hair

    Claire’s pictures are inspired by the close detail of the natural world around us. Her recent work is influenced by the impact of land management on veteran trees. She likes to start her drawings and paintings “out in the field” which she will then complete in her studio.

    M: 07899 843061

    clairewhitegardens@gmail.com

  • Debbie Starmer

    Venue: 10. Topaz Hair

    Debbie is a local self-taught artist. She works with oil paints. She really enjoys painting seascapes and coastal scenery. Debbie has been painting for two years.

    M: 07817 112040

    debbienyman@btinternet.com

  • Eugenia Chepurna

    Venue: 25. The Bridal Rack

    Eugenia is an artist from Ukraine. She draws inspiration from nature and the world, the war made her appreciate every day and see even the night as bright and full of colours.  She will donate part of the sale of works to support Ukraine.

    M: 07359 187197

    vitruda1972@gmail.com

    https://www.instagram.com/vitruda_ievg

  • Frances Franklin

    Venue: 3. Garden Studio

    Retired biologist Frances has lived in Burnham all her life but has also travelled extensively. As a keen photographer she has a wealth of images which she combines with other media to convey a sense of place.

    M: 07809 459550

    T: 01621 782307

    francesleighfranklin@gmail.com

  • James Piers Taylor

    Venue: 22. David Woods Opticians

    James uses pencil and pen to try and snare objects and moments in a 2-dimensional trap.

    M: 07757 778429

    jamespierstaylor@yahoo.co.uk

    www.instagram.com/jamespierst/

  • Jamie Chapman

    Venue: 26. Daisy Roots

    With few reasons to pick up brushes since his fine art degree, the art trail gives Jamie Chapman a wonderful excuse to get messy with neon colours and paint musically inspired portraiture.

    M: 07989 166462

    jac0423@yahoo.co.uk

    www.artstation.com/jchapman

  • Jean Webber

    Venue: 18. Ramblers Studio, 12 Ramblers Way, Burnham, CM0 8LR

    Jean’s creativity is influence by her imagination, inspired by her love of sea, sky and nature. This inspiration is revealed in her artwork, using oils, watercolour, acrylic inks and collage to create her atmospheric interpretations.

    T: 01621 785152

    jeanw0106@icloud.com

  • Jess Cox

    Venue: 23. Grey Soft Furnishings

    Jess Cox is a textile artist whose discipline of choice is embroidery. She is inspired by nature, from minuscule details to the vastness of landscapes. Each embroidery piece is an abstract representation of her observations.

    M: 07703 566606

    jess.cox.87@gmail.com

    http://jesscoxtextileartist.weebly.com

    www.instagram.com/wild_hooks/

  • Jim Bradshaw

    Venue: 15. Studio 4A, Witney Road, Burnham, CM0 8JS

    Retired teacher Jim Bradshaw welcomes you to his studio to view his recent work. Jim draws and paints from observation using a variety of media: acrylic paint and watercolour, pencil, charcoal, pen & ink.

    M: 07749 750048

    jbradshaw_2001@yahoo.com

  • John Coffin

    Venue: 1. Burnham Museum

    John is inspired by everything: the natural world, people, and the things people make. He enjoys painting in acrylics and making Lino prints. He enjoys the whole process of printmaking, from design to finished image.

    john.p.coffin@btinternet.com

  • John Green

    Venue: 4. Garden Studio, 13 Park Road, Burnham, CM0 8ER

    John’s inspiration comes from observations such as relation of contrast and light, figures and shadows, combined with creating a good composition.

    M: 07791 904430

    mnjgreen@btinternet.com

  • Kathryn Hockey

    Venue: 12. Holicity Health

    Kathryn Hockey has been developing her skills as an artist-illustrator since she retired from dentistry in 2010. She favours pen and watercolour for her Burnham Art Club paintings and loves to paint outside.

    M: 07599 092644

    kathryn.hockey.art@gmail.com

    http://kathrynhockey.com/

    www.instagram.com/kathrynhockey

  • Kevin Harber

    Venue: 7. Hilbre Studio, 14 Marsh Road, Burnham, CM0 8LZ

    Working from his studio in Burnham, Kevin creates his sculptures from driftwood and windfall tree branches. Each piece is unique and is inspired by his love of the coastal environment all along the east coast.

    M: 07762 791787

    harber428@btinternet.com

    www.facebook.com/woodforthesole/

  • Lindsey Way

    Venue:: 14. Unforgettables

    Lindsey uses soft pastels, she likes to experiment with colour to create loose impressionistic landscapes. She captures local atmosphere particularly open spaces and sky in her pictures.

    M: 07583 336452

    lindsey.way@btopenworld.com

  • Lucy Fowler

    Venue: 15. Studio 4A, Witney Road, Burnham, CM0 8JS

    Lucy likes to work with different clays but predominantly in porcelain. Lucy fires her work in a number of different kilns from electric, gas and also in a wood kiln. She likes to get her inspiration from her surroundings and local resources.

    M: 07525 925781

    T: 01621 776588

    cowpatpots@gmail.com

    www.cow-pat-pots.co.uk

    www.instagram.com/cowpatpots/

  • Marion Sidebottom

    Venue: 20. Peaberries

    Marion is a nature-based photographer & artist from Burnham-on-Crouch. For this year’s trail she is showing her latest collection of botanical Cyanotypes, made with a camera-less photographic technique, using UV light and iron salts.

    07941150361

    01621 781057

    marionside@btinternet.com

    www.marionsidebottom.co.uk

    www.facebook.com/marionseye/

  • Margaret Skerritt

    Venue: 9. Amy Keeper Jewellery Studio

    Ceramicist Margaret sculpts in clay and uses the wheel to make bowls of various shapes and sizes. When glazing bowls she aims for blended colours and striking effects. With sculpture she prefers simpler tones.

    07515 901404

    smskerrritt@gmail.com

  • Moira Goodall

    Venue: 2. Co-op Funeral Services

    Moira creates hand built smoke fired ceramics, inspired by coastal form and colour and will be showing a range of large moon jars. She is a selected member of Anglian Potters and The Suffolk Craft Society.

    07714 333755

    moira.goodall@gmail.com

    www.moiragoodall.com

    www.instagram.com/goodallmoira/

  • Nicola Osborne

    Venue: 8. Paul J King

    Nicola was a secondary school Art teacher for twenty years. Her stimulus is nature, in particular shape and form. More recently she has been working in an intuitive style and is adapting her work to incorporate the new with the traditional.

    07968 677734

    nick.os@btinternet.com

    www.nicolaosborneart

    www.instagram.com/mrso1234rs/

  • Sandra Bell

    Venue: 13. Church & Hawes

    Sandra Bell is a painting Postie working in mixed media. She is new to the art trail this year and is inspired by nature, history and the amazing colours seen on her walks.

    07858272323

    doristhepaint@gmail.com

    https://doristhepaint.co.uk

    https://instagram/doristhepaint

  • Sharon Chan

    Venue: 24. The Lovely Shop

    This year Sharon has continued to explore working with mixed media to achieve abstract backgrounds giving a spontaneous quality to her work, which is then enhance with bold linear images.

    07947 655947

    sharon_chan14@hotmail.com

  • Sue Hodgson

    Venue: 6. Parlour Cafe

    Sue is a successful self taught artist encouraged to paint from childhood. She loves to paint animals, portrait , and landscape, in all media.

    07733 078172

    bookworkssee@gmail.com

  • Sue Spiers

    Venue: 19. Burnham Dental Practice

    Sue works ‘en plein air’ in watercolour, favourite subjects are boats and rivers at Burnham, Maldon and all watery places in the Dengie Peninsula.

    07791909356

    sjrspiers@gmail.com

    www.suespiers.co.uk

  • Tracy Saunders

    Venue: 1. Burnham Museum

    Tracy’s colourful watercolour paintings of abandoned, rotting hulls, sinking into the white of the paper, continues her journey in recording the process of ageing and weathering along the riverbanks and estuaries of Essex and Suffolk.

    07840 537705

    01621 782385

    tracy.saunders1@btopenworld.com

    www.tracysaunderswatercolours.co.uk

    www.instagram.com/tracysaunderspaints

  • Ute Fuerst

    Venue: 21. The Star Inn

    After discovering her love for watercolour in 2021, hobby artist Ute Fuerst is new to the Burnham Art Trail. She works mostly on small scale, layering detail brushwork on loose backgrounds.

    M: 07434 637991 

    art@serverlan.co.uk

  • Vince Hernan

    Venue: 1. Burnham Museum

    Pursuing his passion for photography Vince has found a wealth of material to test his creativity between Burnham and London and hopes that his images can convey a variety of moods from rural and urban life.

    07772 431754

    bluggs@hotmail.com