Saltaire Arts Trail traditionally spans the early May Bank Holiday weekend, seeing many of the houses in the village transformed into mini art galleries on the 'Open Village' circuit, with various exhibitions in the larger venues.
One of the bigger houses on Albert Road belongs to David Starley, a well-known artist who also runs the Bingley Gallery. He was exhibiting his own paintings, plus various displays from other artists. There were some lovely turned wood pieces from Mike Bentley and ceramics by Kath Bonson. I also enjoyed the display of older paintings of the local area, which David collects and sells through his gallery. They included these watercolour miniatures (below) by John Butterfield (1913-1997).
The Wash House Gardens held colourful digital art by Ellie Hawkes, some printed on translucent perspex discs.
In the grounds of the United Reformed Church, Luke Thompson was demonstrating some live painting in oils.
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