Favourite things

Favourite things (2nd September) — see our artists’ personal selection from the abundance of their best-beloved moments, experiences, endeavours, places, objects, people and animals.  Perhaps they’re your favourite things too?

Browse the galleries below, or perhaps view today's flipbook.

Or, follow these links to explore all 30 Art Trails or start from Open Studios central

Ammonite Pendant

Maureen Newell (Three Crows Jewellery)

Collographs/Linocuts, Jewellery, Other, Painting, Printmaking
Best friends. Pastel on prepared card

Cal Hoy

Drawing, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Painting
Sterling silver bangles

Debbie Armstrong (Fable)

Design, Jewellery, Metalwork
Melting - on the edge Acrylic mixed media painting Petra Geggie

ARTEP Petra Geggie

Mixed media 2D, Painting
Ammonite Pendant

Maureen Newell (Three Crows Jewellery)

Collographs/Linocuts, Jewellery, Other, Painting, Printmaking
The garden at dusk. glinting with sold and silver. Multilayer monotype,

Suman Gujral

Applied arts, Collographs/Linocuts, Painting - designing, Drawing, Illustration, Installation, Mixed media 2D, Printmaking
Semi Abstract Acrylic on Paper in 16x12 inch mount. £60.00. Find in Works on Paper section of my website

Heather Miller

Multimedia painting, Painting
Silver and Smokey Quartz Pendant

Jill Foster

Design, Jewellery, Metalwork
'SNOW SHADOWS' pastel

Susan Chester

Applied arts, Painting - designing, Drawing, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Painting
River I : Collograph Print 27x37cm Unframed £85.

Julie Arnall

Drawing, Printmaking
Gold Lights

Helen Robinson

Painting
Indian Summer

Richard Wheeler

Painting
Ash trees at dusk

Lia Hattersley Artist

Painting - designing, Drawing, Painting
Floribunda 2, Acrylic on board 40 x 40 cm

Mitzie Green

Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Other, Painting
Hand embroidered art abstract original

Nade Simmons (Orbrey and the Modist)

Applied arts, Painting - designing, Drawing, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Painting, Printmaking, Textiles
Acrylic on canvas, 2018

Heidi Ward

Collographs/Linocuts, Mixed media 2D, Painting, Printmaking
Jo Chesney - Bewick Swan painted in acrylics on canvas

Jo Chesney

Design, Painting - designing, Painting, Textiles
A labradoodle drawn in coloured pencil.

Alison Mayes

Drawing
A unique handmade angel inspired pendant necklace made of Silver Plated Copper Wire and Swarovski Glass pearls on an 18" 925 stamped silver chain.

Bernadine Makins (Bernadine's Creations)

Design, Jewellery, Other, Painting
Inspired by the garden designs of Piet Oudolf. Oil on paper; 57 x 59cm framed.

Gill Woods

Painting - designing, Drawing, Mixed media 2D, Painting, Printmaking
‘Derbyshire Fields’ , hand printed limited edition collograph print

Sarah Broughton

Collographs/Linocuts, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Printmaking
Shh - The Sound of Silence

Stephanie Edwards Woven Tapestries

Photography, Textiles
Indian Summer

Richard Wheeler

Painting
River Walk Herons

Julia Fonnereau

Computer arts, Design, Painting - designing, Drawing, Illustration, Photography, Printmaking, Textiles
‘Derbyshire Fields’ , hand printed limited edition collograph print

Sarah Broughton

Collographs/Linocuts, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Printmaking
Arkley Water Tower, oil painting on canvas board, SOLD

Jayne Evans

Design, Painting - designing, Drawing, Graphic art, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Mural painting, Painting
Arkley Water Tower, oil painting on canvas board, SOLD

Jayne Evans

Design, Painting - designing, Drawing, Graphic art, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Mural painting, Painting
Easter Bunnies "Spring Clean" in a Hand-painted Vintage Teacup & Saucer

Dorienne Carmel

Applied arts, Ceramics, Design, Painting - designing, Gallery owner, Graphic art, Illustration, Mixed media 3D, Other, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Wood
Rocks, sand, water. Acrylic on canvas

Julie O'Shea Art

Design, Painting - designing, Gallery owner, Mural painting, Painting
Overlapping 80 x 100cm textured oil on canvas

HD Carew

Design, Painting - designing, Painting, Textiles
Easter Bunnies "Spring Clean" in a Hand-painted Vintage Teacup & Saucer

Dorienne Carmel

Applied arts, Ceramics, Design, Painting - designing, Gallery owner, Graphic art, Illustration, Mixed media 3D, Other, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Wood
Arkley Water Tower, oil painting on canvas board, SOLD

Jayne Evans

Design, Painting - designing, Drawing, Graphic art, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Mural painting, Painting
Mixed Media Acrylic Painting approx size A3 on paper

May Cheung Grant

Painting - designing, Graphic art, Installation, Mixed media 2D, Mixed media 3D, Multimedia painting, Other, Painting, Printmaking
Laughing Kookaburra

Jo Franks Jolocality Art

Ceramics, Design, Furniture, Illustration, Installation, Mixed media 2D, Mixed media 3D, Mosaics, Multimedia painting, Painting, Sculpture, Stone, Textiles, Wood
Festive Doorway Commission

Helen Dowley - Creative H

Drawing, Graphic art, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Other, Painting
Macrame Wall Hanging - Ivy - handmade, made to order or available ready made on my website.

Cathie George (Colour My Dreams)

Design, Jewellery, Mixed media 2D, Other, Textiles
Festive Doorway Commission

Helen Dowley - Creative H

Drawing, Graphic art, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Other, Painting
Inspired by the garden designs of Piet Oudolf. Oil on paper; 57 x 59cm framed.

Gill Woods

Painting - designing, Drawing, Mixed media 2D, Painting, Printmaking
'SNOW SHADOWS' pastel

Susan Chester

Applied arts, Painting - designing, Drawing, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Painting
Springtime lockdown walk - Fig branch & Rose - Acrylic on found board (25cm L x 19.5cm W) £115

Alice Gavin Atashkar

Painting
Macrame Wall Hanging - Ivy - handmade, made to order or available ready made on my website.

Cathie George (Colour My Dreams)

Design, Jewellery, Mixed media 2D, Other, Textiles
'SNOW SHADOWS' pastel

Susan Chester

Applied arts, Painting - designing, Drawing, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Painting
painted 3d elements

Maggie Jones Maizels

Mixed media 2D, Painting, Printmaking, Textiles
Winter Bench. The walls of the ruined mill at Broxbourne were the inspiration for this winter scene.

Ruth Herbert

Applied arts, Design, Painting - designing, Drawing, Mixed media 2D, Textiles
Hand embroidered art abstract original

Nade Simmons (Orbrey and the Modist)

Applied arts, Painting - designing, Drawing, Illustration, Mixed media 2D, Multimedia painting, Painting, Printmaking, Textiles
A unique handmade angel inspired pendant necklace made of Silver Plated Copper Wire and Swarovski Glass pearls on an 18" 925 stamped silver chain.

Bernadine Makins (Bernadine's Creations)

Design, Jewellery, Other, Painting
Window series large sheet using liquid acrylic paints

Glynnis Abraham

Painting - designing, Drawing, Illustration, Mixed media 3D, Painting, Papermaking
George, Labradoodle pen , graphite and pigments

Janet Gardner

Drawing, Painting, Printmaking