“I love estuaries and salt marshes, particularly Steart and the river estuaries passing Burnham on Sea.

Working locally with Andy Don, an international eel expert, I have been educated on the incredible – implausible
sometimes! – life of Eels.

This project has been the catalyst for me learning and enjoying so many new things about our fabulous coastline in general, and the important role we all have in managing our rivers, coastline and seas, especially in the light of my
new-found understanding of this critically endangered animal.”

Julia Manning, Artist

“I am drawn to the wilder places of the Southwest such as Exmoor, North Devon and West Penwith, alongside the gentler beauty of the Somerset Levels or Dorset’s Marshwood Vale.

I like to take my paints outside, working in location to capture a true experience of being within a landscape, how it feels as well as what it looks like. I aim to use an expressive visual language of colour and mark making to create immediacy and a sense of place, which sometimes leans towards abstraction.”

Lucy Hawkins, Artist

Sally Muir is a painter, specialising in dogs, but not exclusively she also paints draws and prints many other subjects. Having started life as a knitwear designer, she has been painting since leaving art school in 2003.

She has published 3 books of her dog paintings and is there is a 4^th Good Dogs coming out in 2027.

Madeleine Town is a Painter/Printmaker based in Somerset.