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- Day
- Saturday 9 May
- Time
- 02:03 to 03:03
- Price
- Free to attend
- Taking part
- Book in advance — 2 places.
Email drcharles194@gmail.com to book
- Run by
- Tester
- Where
- The Gallery, venue 51. Look for it on the map above.
Ilfracombe Art Trail 2026 — 9–10 May 2026
What’s on
The map, the makers and the workshops, all in one place. Start anywhere — narrow it to what you fancy, then save the doors you want to walk to.
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The map
Every venue on the trail, numbered as the brochure numbers them. Tap a pin to see who is inside, then add them to your trail.
11 of 57 venues shown
Every venue on the trail
- Venue 2, Ian Hudson15 Broad Park Avenue, Ilfracombe
- Venue 7, Corinne Young, Helen Cousans, Rachel Stone, Sarah JacksonTrinity Rooms, Church Hill, Ilfracombe
- Venue 10, Family SellingsFlat 3 The Old Picture Hall, Northfield Road, Ilfracombe
- Venue 11, Betony May, Maria RoseKin Wellness, 1 Runnacleave Road, Ilfracombe
- Venue 14, Jennie Cousins, Laura Maughan, Sam Cousins, Ted ChildThe Hill, 10 Granville Road, Ilfracombe
- Venue 21, Helen Tranckle, Howaboutdave, Jane BakerAbove garages, Near 3 Hostle Park Road, Ilfracombe
- Venue 24, Natasha Quarmby43 Fore Street, Ilfracombe
- Venue 38, Caroline Baxter18 St Brannock’s Park Road, Ilfracombe
- Venue 39, Maggie Vincent Davies, Sara Clark18 Bicclescombe Gardens, Ilfracombe
- Venue 41, Clare Russell4 Bicclescombe Park Road, Ilfracombe
- Venue 43, Marion ElmesLosvale House, Horne Park Road, Ilfracombe
Artists
101 makers across 3 zones — filter to find your kind of thing.
Medium
Ceramics12Drawing24Jewellery8Mixed Media30PaintingApplied50Photography10Print-making9Textiles9Other33Open Garden3Accessibility and facilities
Wheelchair accessible27Toilet for visitors0Viewable from the pavement0Food or drink offered0Makers on the trail
21 venues
2
Studio or Gallery
Ian Hudson
Painting“I have lived and worked in North Devon since 1980, painting watercolours of local landscapes and seascapes.”
Step-free access throughout. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink.
15 Broad Park AvenueWheelchair accessible: yes
7
Studio or Gallery
Corinne Young
Painting“Corinne is an award-winning oil painter based in North Devon. She graduated Plymouth University in 2014 with a degree in fine art. In 2016 she opened a shared studio space and specialist artist printers Jackson and Young in Barnstaple.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Trinity Rooms
10
Studio or Gallery
Family Sellings
DrawingMixed MediaPainting+2“John Sellings Snr has been creating traditional representational paintings and prints from his home studio over the last 50+ years.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Flat 3 The Old Picture Hall
11
Studio or Gallery
Betony May
Painting“Betony May graduated in Illustration, and after freelancing in London she moved to Ilfracombe to be a painter and studio assistant.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Kin Wellness
11
Studio or Gallery
Maria Rose
Painting“Maria Rose ROI is a British oil painter and member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and paints mainly outdoors, observing the landscape in real-time and working in all weathers to produce small, impressionistic paintings that are the result of feeling deeply connected to the landscape for those moment. Maria has exhibited with the South West Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil painters, the Chelsea Art Society, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the New English Art Club and is a member of the British Plein Air Painters. Prizes include the Julian Barrow Award for a Painting (CaS 2017) and Windsor and Newton Young Artist 2nd Prize (ROI 2017). Maria was a contestant on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018 and was elected a Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) in 2023.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Kin Wellness
14
Studio or Gallery
Jennie Cousins
Mixed MediaPainting“The word Issian describes someone from Ilfracombe, which is why I used it to name my brand.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
The Hill
14
Studio or Gallery
Laura Maughan
DrawingMixed MediaPainting+2“For this year’s Art Trail I will be show-casing a selection of drawings, paintings and cyanotypes.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
The Hill
14
Studio or Gallery
Sam Cousins
CeramicsDrawingMixed Media+1“For me, periods of creativity come in phases, finding an avenue of ideas to explore and play with without preconceptions or a destination point. It’s somewhat like mining; finding a vein or seam to excavate, then digging away to see what you find until the lode runs out. It’s a good analogy; it’s hard but absorbing work in a little space all of its own and you never quite know what you are going to discover. Starting points can come from anywhere; a process, a technique, a colour, a song lyric, a conversation, a concept, a contradiction, music, a feeling. Anything that suggests an unresolved question or prompts curiosity about how we live and interpret the world. Humans are the most consequential, contradictory and contrary species; the most brilliant and the most imbecilic, the most rational and irrational, both creative and the most destructive. Consequently, I find the richest themes come from people and the work that results is usually figurative.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
The Hill
14
Studio or Gallery
Ted Child
DrawingMixed MediaPainting“My name is Ted. I am 13 years old and I like making paintings inspired by the sea.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
The Hill
21
Studio or Gallery
Helen Tranckle
Painting“Over many years working as an artist in printmaking, photography and installation, painting has always surfaced one way or another throughout as my love and so I am at my happiest.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Above garages
21
Studio or Gallery
Jane Baker
Mixed MediaPaintingPrint-making“Jane’s abstract mixed media works have evolved from a deep seated ideas led approach.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Above garages
22
Studio or Gallery
Joanne Whittemore
Mixed MediaPainting“After a career in education, I moved from Gloucestershire to Ilfracombe in late 2023.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Hillcrest
24
Studio or Gallery
Natasha Quarmby
Painting“If you walk down Fore Street in Ilfracombe, you will find Natasha busy painting in her newly rebranded studio, The little Yellow Art Shop.”
Step-free access throughout. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink.
43 Fore StreetWheelchair accessible: yes
34
Studio or Gallery
Michael Roberts
Painting“I have painted en plein air for the last 20 years, however it took me quite a while to start selling my work.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
7 Montpelier Terrace
34
Studio or Gallery
Tanja Marx
Painting“Studied art and design in Frankfurt and Mainz, working freelance as designer and art technician.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
7 Montpelier Terrace
38
Studio or Gallery
Caroline Baxter
DrawingMixed MediaPainting“My love of doing Art just for doing Art continues.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
18 St Brannock’s Park Road
39
Studio or Gallery
Maggie Vincent Davies
Mixed MediaPainting“I have worked as a musician or artist most of my adult life. Design for the stage, illustration for books, and since 2003 working on canvas.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
18 Bicclescombe Gardens
39
Studio or Gallery
Sara Clark
Painting“My work explores the relationship between landscape and abstraction, where form, colour, and movement merge to evoke atmosphere rather than describe it.”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
18 Bicclescombe Gardens
41
Studio or Gallery
Clare Russell
DrawingMixed MediaPainting+1“Many years ago I studied fine art and printmaking, and after a year of working in a printmakers co-operative in Oxford, I decided to train to be a teacher, thinking I would have plenty of time to be creative as well – How wrong I was !!!!”
Step-free access throughout. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink.
4 Bicclescombe Park RoadWheelchair accessible: yes
42
Studio or Gallery
Pat Glover
Mixed MediaPainting“I like painting to be fun and a joy – or what’s the point? Often I start just putting on paint with only the vaguest notion of what will happen. Usually something does even if it means completely changing my mind half way through – because I can. And there is the joy!”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
3 Bicclescombe Park Road
43
Studio or Gallery
Marion Elmes
Mixed MediaPaintingGarden Gallery, Open Garden Garden Gallery“As a life-long artist, my first serious art was drawing horses in my exercise books at the back of maths classes, followed by four years at art colleges – Stourbridge and Winchester in the 1960s. Followed by :”
Not wheelchair accessible. There is no toilet, no view from the pavement and nothing to eat or drink. Ring ahead to ask what is possible.
Losvale House
Ilfracombe Art Trail 2026 1 workshop
Workshops on the trail
Things to make, watch and join in with, alongside the open studios. Each one has a letter so you can find it on the map, and its day follows the trail’s own dates.