Take 13 is a group of professional artists who combine their practice with other commitments. The group is diverse in the work they create, ranging from painting, both abstract and representational, to printmaking, drawing, textiles, mosaics and sculpture.
Our Artists

Christina Philpott
Christina’s large abstract works are sometimes painted instinctively without any definite aim or conscious decision. Her works have a strong element of the casual but at the same time are deeply considered. Her inspiration can come from a dream, a conversation, poetry or a juxtaposition of colour. A freedom of handling of the paint and brushstrokes lend to an exuberance of style and a feeling of buoyancy leading the viewer to see the world as a good place.

Georgia Belfont
Georgia is a sculptor working in clay, glass and mixed media. Her subject is the internal and external landscape of the body. Questions of existence and the phenomenon of faith underpin her work. In a world torn apart by violence, hatred and greed, Georgia wants to celebrate the value and beauty of life and human existence in all its diversity.

Ilona Bryan
Ilona uses mosaic as a means of introducing colour and sparkle to sculpture. Fascinated by its potential, she also experiments with a wide range of “found” or recycled materials to complement glass and ceramic tessarae, particularly on indoor panels, often employing mosaic as an alternative to paint.

Lynne Sawyer
Lynne’s work stems from a strongly felt connection to the earth, which is a constant source of inspiration. She works in a range of media, both abstract and representational, using many layers and textures.

Maggie Holmes
Maggie is a contemporary abstract painter who lives in Stratford upon Avon where she works in her garden studio. In 2011 she obtained a Fine Arts degree at Wolverhampton University. She works with acrylics and mixed media and her work is often influenced by nature and the use of colour.

Margaret Pritchard
In Margaret’s work, close-up photographs are the starting point for paintings. Photographs and recycled materials are combined to create images which are transformed by the medium of the painting through colour, surface and touch to give each image an individuality and identity of its own.

Sarah Fereday
Sarah’s work is bright, fun and sometimes dreamy. Painting with vibrant acrylics to create cheerful imaginative landscapes, using clay to create small brightly coloured insect like forms and fused glass to produce glossy trinkets and additions to artworks.