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Register Your Early Interest for Art in the Park 2026!

We’re inviting Expressions of Interest from LSA members for Art in the Park 2026. For £200, you’ll receive a 2m display area, professional hanging grids, and full packing/breakdown support—letting you focus on meeting visitors and selling your work. You’ll also benefit from group promotion, including a featured spot in the event guide, social media coverage, and strong footfall to the LSA stand.

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Lorna Ashworth

Artist Spotlight – Lorna Ashworth

Lorna Ashworth’s artistic journey offers a deeper understanding of her work. Rooted in giving overlooked materials new life, she draws inspiration from recycled tins—their colours, patterns, and hidden histories. Trained in jewellery at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, she shapes these humble containers into organic forms, transforming the ordinary into intimate, wearable art.

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Artist Spotlight – Julie Swinsco

Julie Swinsco’s artistic journey is shaped by the city itself—her muse and mirror. Drawn to the movement, light, and reflections of urban life since studying Fine Art in London, she captures the fleeting choreography of people, cars, and weather. Whether in Prague’s summer glow or Birmingham’s rain-lit streets, she finds beauty in the blur where energy, emotion, and environment meet.

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Mark Godfrey

Artist Spotlight – Mark Godfrey

For Mark Godfrey, photography is as much about observation as it is about expression. What began in his teenage years with film cameras has become a renewed passion in the digital age, where he seeks out fleeting street moments in bold colour or quiet black and white.

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Fiona Metcalfe

Artist Spotlight – Fiona Metcalfe

Rooted in the beauty of the natural world, Fiona Metcalfe’s work explores the dialogue between landscape, light, and memory. From the rugged coastlines of her Scottish childhood to the softer contours of Warwickshire, she translates these environments into layered expressions of colour, texture, and form. Working across painting, textiles, and printmaking, her practice is guided by curiosity, experimentation, and a balance of play and perseverance.

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Lucy Burton

Artist Spotlight – Lucy Burton

Lucy Burton’s art is rooted in discovery, discipline, and experimentation. Working alla prima in oils, she embraces spontaneity—each brushstroke full of energy and intention. From flowers to pets, her work balances boldness with sensitivity, revealing beauty through close observation.

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Artist Spotlight – Jaimie Volkaerts

After years in a corporate role, Jaimie craved creativity. Her first local art class reignited the joy she’d felt for art as a child and became a turning point. Transitioning to oils during lockdown allowed her to slow down, embrace each layer, and discover the expressive freedom of the palette knife—a journey that has since led her work into homes across the UK, where it continues to connect with collectors in meaningful ways.

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Evelyn Baxter

Artist Spotlight – Evelyn Baxter

Understanding an artist’s journey brings deeper appreciation for their work—the choices, influences, and passions behind each piece. For Evelyn Baxter, light is everything. From her South Warwickshire studio, she creates glass that feels alive: rich with colour, movement, and emotion. In this post, Evelyn shares why fused glass captivates her, how nature and experimentation guide her process, and what she’s learned from working with a material that never behaves the same way twice.

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