Saltaire Arts Trail 2025 #2

There was art in greenhouses (paintings above by Saltaire-based artist Ian Burdall) and in windows. Those below are by Murniah Skinner, her mostly local landscapes distilled into simplified images of form and colour. 

Salts Mews had Ellie Hawkes' acrylic banners printed with colourful floral photos, hanging in the garden

and equally colourful, abstracted representations of local scenes and buildings, an interesting 'take' on the traditional craft of marquetry by Emily J Parkin. (You might recognise Bingley's Five Rise Locks, below left.)

The art I saw was all beautiful and of very high quality. It's a privilege to live locally and have all this going on on my doorstep. I often wish I was wealthy enough to be a true art collector; there were plenty of pieces to covet.