The Old School Muker Art & Crafts
Art Gallery & Craft Shop set within the Yorkshire Dales National Park
The exhibition catalogues for Sue Nichol’s solo exhibition, Fell, Stone & Sky, have just arrived at The Old School Muker. The catalogue previews each painting in the exhibition and provides details and prices of the work. You can view the catalogue below or better still visit us in the gallery to pick up your very…
Read More
At the Old School Muker we have lots of “wow” moments as we open up boxes and unwrap pictures, but when Yorkshire based artist Sarah Du Feu delivered her screen prints it was a double WOW! Stunningly conceived and executed, and set in beautifully made bespoke solid-oak frames, these prints are true centrepieces to any…
Read More
Since the last of Sheryl Roberts’s dramatic, atmospheric oil paintings sold a few weeks ago now, we’ve had a rather large gap on our walls … but that gaps now filled with wonderful scenes of Yorkshire Dale fells under moody, magnificent skies. If you’d like to know more about Sheryl’s work you can’t beat a…
Read More
Ingleton artist Peter Bolton has been showing his work at The Old School Muker for more years than we can remember, and it’s wonderful to once again have his work in the gallery, and especially of scenes set close to our village of Muker. To anyone familiar with the area they’ll recognise the locations immediately,…
Read More
We’re delighted that John stopped by with three original paintings of the Muker wild flower meadows in full bloom, in John’s distinctive pen and watercolour style. Of course they’re better seen in person, so why not find an excuse to visit us in beautiful Upper Swaledale, and take in the scenery as you go. If…
Read More
The Old School Muker is delighted to be featuring the work of Northumbrian artist and print maker Carol Nunan during the month of July. Carol’s collagraphs lean heavily on the landscapes of her adopted Northumberland, often with deeper meanings and historical and geological references …. and her images of curlews over rugged landscapes resonate with…
Read More
The Old School Muker is pleased to be showcasing the botanical and floral ceramics of Lisa Katzenstein. Each piece is hand painted in tin-glazed earthenware. Each piece is as unique as the plants they depict. Muker is surrounded by wonderful wild flower meadows and hedgerows. Lisa’s ceramics bring this natural world inside.
Read More
Every year the Beamish Reliability winds its way through Muker, before the test of Buttertubs, then make a return to the village a few hours later via Oxnop. This year I waited in the drizzle and was rewarded by the sight and sound of some wonderful classic cars and motorcycles, with the dramatic backdrop of…
Read More
During the month of June The Old School Muker is featuring the fabulous work of Horton in Ribblesdale artist and print maker Hester Cox. With 16 framed works on show and more in the browser, it’s an opportunity to show a wider range of Hester’s wonderful work, all based on her intimate knowledge of the…
Read More
In time for the flowering of Muker’s wild flower meadows, Jenny dropped off new watercolours this week. The watercolours perfectly capture the vibrancy of the flowers as the Meadows bloom. And the featured image (above) is of Muker, looking down from Kisdon. The end of May and early June is a wonderful time to visit…
Read More
If one artist’s work represents the landscape of Upper Swaledale at its moody best, it’s the oil on cork paintings of James Wheeler. It’s what I see as I set off up the Pennine Way track leading to Great Shunner when the weather is at its most atmospheric. It’s what I pass driving across Birkdale…
Read More
We bumped into Tim at the Hepworth print fair after recognising some scenes, got talking and discovered he was from Askrigg, just over the tops from us, and studied for 4 years with another of our artists, Piers Browne. And it’s wonderful to find a superb artist and print maker, who knows and understands our…
Read More
Our feature wall for May is full of the serene, Japanese influenced wood cuts and lino cuts of Laura Boswell. I started out with a plan to hang a minimalist set, but couldn’t resist the temptation to hang them all … Some close up’s follow … Laura’s work will be available throughout May, and if…
Read More
We have 4 new visitors to The Old School, a Shepherd, a miner and two guys on a settle watching the match, with a well deserved pint, after the day’s work is done, all imbued with that care and life that only Alistair can. We don’t put all the work we have on our website,…
Read More
From Monday 6th May The Old School Muker is proud to be showcasing the work of master print maker Laura Boswell. Laura’s work, with its Japanese aesthetic, will be in the gallery during May, and is not to be missed. Laura works exclusively in linocut and authentic Japanese water-based woodblock. She was elected to the Royal…
Read More
The Old School Muker welcomes the work of Lisa Katzenstein to the gallery. Lisa’s wonderful, hand-painted vases add a splash of colour, just in time for Spring. We don’t show all the work we have in the gallery on the website, so why not find an excuse to make a trip to Muker to see…
Read More
We’ve just had a new delivery of work by talented sculptor and painter Stef Ottevenger, including two wonderful, original, ceramic hares, and a big old cold cast bronze shire horse. The new pieces add to and complement the ceramics, bronzes and watercolours of Stef’s, that we currently have in the gallery. If you’d like to…
Read More
Ever since I took the photograph of Ivelet Bridge, back on a wonderful early summer’s morning in June, I’ve thought how good it would be to have it painted in oil, and a week or so ago I finally collected the work from Artist John Wood. The painting still needs its final coat of varnish…
Read More
On Sunday 14th April Shona Branigan was at Muker Village Hall to run her wood printing workshop. There was much burning, brushing, inking and printing of the wood … and then came the grand reveal … The results were fantastic, with so many patterns and textures with each wood slice telling its own story. Shona…
Read More
The frames arrived yesterday for our collection of prints by Grassington artist Jacquie Denby. Framed in white, black or graphite – it doesn’t really matter – they just look stunning. Jacquie is a wonderful artist with a unique vision and distinct style; a true original whose work deserves national if not international acclaim … ……
Read More