2026 Art Trail will be held on
Saturday/Sunday 18/19th July and Saturday/Sunday 25/26th July.
Venues are open from 10.30am to 5.00pm

IAN WOOD

Mixed Media Art

No subject is off limits and it’s the fun and the challenge that counts most of all.

JAN WOOD

Painting – Watercolours and Mixed Media

I am a self-taught local Artist, with a particular preference to painting animals and birds in a range of styles. My preferred medium is watercolours, although I do use gouache and acrylics as well

DONNA CHAPMAN

Painting – Mixed Media

I have been drawing and painting ever since I can remember. On a Saturday morning you will find me life drawing in Chichester, this is my happy place.

JANE FOWLER

Stained Glass

After a career in the music industry working here and abroad, I can now concentrate fully on my glass work.

BERNADETTE STEVENSON

Fused Glass Art

I am a Sussex glass artist, who has been working with traditional stained and fused glass for the past 22 years.

MARTIN SNOOK

Painting

I enjoy all types of art from portrait painting to seascapes in different mediums and subjects

MATTHEW ROLLISON

Abstract Painting

I’m an abstract painter working with acrylic, some oil, some watercolour.

MENEKSE KARAKUS

Portraits and Paintings

I am a developing artist currently studying at Chichester College, with a strong passion for observational drawing and paintin.

HEATHER STEVENS

Recycled Copper Sculptures

I am self-taught and make pieces for the Garden inspired by nature and my surroundings.

CAROL KIM ARBUCKLE

Painting

My work uses a variety of mediums, from Acrylic abstracts to reflexive oils. Also sketches and paintings of plants and landscapes.

LINDA SMITH

Cermics

My work uses a variety of mediums, from Acrylic abstracts to reflexive oils. Also sketches and paintings of plants and landscapes.

SIMON SMITH

Upcycling Sculptures

Upcycle design combines vintage objects and creates unique one of a kind quirky works of art.

ZENA WOOD

Oil Paintings and Prints

Drawing on Impressionist traditions, my oils capture atmosphere over detail — the particular light of the South Coast, the drama of a Cornish cliff, the way a breaking wave holds its breath before it falls. I paint, not what I see but what I feel, standing in it. Scenes that feel familiar and invite you to look again.

FRANK STEPHENSON

Fused Glass

I am looking forward to meeting new people who would like to create their own glass artwork.

SUE HARRIS

Pottery

My inspiration comes from my family and friends that ask for a wide range of things from seaside items to animals.

MARY MILES

Painting, Drawing & Printmaking

Since retiring, I now have time to devote to my passion for art.

MARION WITCOMB

Botanical Pen, Ink and watercolours

I began my career as a self-taught artist with bespoke commissions to paint portraits of houses and properties. I painted more than 100 homes and properties in watercolours over 10 years for a range of clients.

MICHELE REDFORD

Battery powered wax candles and hand made bead and seed jewellery

Since retiring I have immersed myself in my crafting, initially card making but have now found my niche in decorating and personalising battery powered WAX candles with dancing flames.

ROSEMARY APPLEBY

Textile and Mixed Media

Hi from Rosemary (aka PinkRose). I am an eclectic crafter and I love to experiment with colour, shape, and form across a variety of medias.

KATE MERCY

Fused Glass

I am a fused glass artist. I love working with glass because of its beauty, colour and tactility. It may look delicate, but it is robust. I love exploring its versatility and producing pieces that can be both useful and beautiful for your home.

LAURIE AVADIS

Paintings

I paint from my studios overlooking the sea in Felpham and in the Loire Valley in France. My work evokes a sense of the colour, flow and power of nature.

CHRIS GEORGE

Paintings

I create garden and indoor sculptures using kiln fired fused glass with metal and found objects.

MARISSA LINDSELL

Paintings

After a 25 year career as a Registered General nurse in West Sussex, I have since been fortunate enough to pursue my passion for drawing and painting.

PIM GLEADLE

Jewelery

I love making jewellery with unusual and vibrant gemstones. I also incorporate silver into my work. I have undergone several jewellery making classes at West Dean College.

LINDA FARR

Ceramics

When I retired from my business as a Landscape Gardener I turned my attention to a long-held desire to work with clay.

KATIE ROBINSON

Contemporay Ceramic Pendants

My passion for clay has been a lifelong pursuit, starting in my early years and continuing throughout my career as an educator.

GORDON FERRIE

Ceramic Sculpture and Painting

I did fine art at Leeds with a wild bunch of people in an experimental year. I built a gas fired kiln using ceramic fibre before the space shuttle used it for tiles.

ANGELA SIMMONDS

Painting, Pen & Ink

I use mainly watercolour in my work to produce paintings based on nature but I also enjoy using pen & ink, coloured pencils and pastels.

LESLEY KOVACS

Ceramics

I have always loved being creative from childhood, making soft toys, water colour painting, and drawing.

CHRISTINE LABABIDI

Glass

My fascination with glass started from learning traditional stained-glass methods and I progressed from there into glass fusing and kiln forming

CHRISTINE TEBBITT

Textiles

I am a textile and mixed media artist. I have always loved any form of embroidery. I found that free machine embroidery on the sewing machine was my favourite technique.

TIM BARTELL

Practical Pottery

I started doing pottery at night classes over 40 years ago and am still learning after all these years. Each piece is individually handmade for practical and functional everyday use

PETER HUTTON

Illustrator

I attended Twickenham School of Art in 1950, studying illustration and graphics.

SU CLOUD

Sculptural Ceramicist

Using hand building techniques, I make unique small and large ceramics for the home and garden. I also paint large acrylic seascapes, all inspired by nature.

BARRY FOORD

Painting

My paintings are seascapes and landscapes in oils and watercolours

Welcome to the

Bognor Coastal Art Trail

What is the Bognor Coastal Art Trail

The aim of the Bognor Coastal Art Trail is to showcase and promote the work of local artists.
The trail runs along the 7-mile coastal strip from Pagham through to Elmer and takes place over the last 2 weekends of July each year.
Visitors to the venues along the trail will have the opportunity to experience and recognise the skills and hospitality of the local creative community.