MUNDARING HILLS 
OPEN STUDIOS 2026
17 to 25 October

Returning to the Art Trail this year are three artists- Alison Lindsay, Sue Findlay and Angela Davies- who all hail from the UK, finding each other through MHOS a few years ago. They have formed a small community of Creatives and regularly meet to paint, laugh, eat cake, inspire and motivate each other. After a brief hiatus and various house moves, the trio are back to share their work again. For these artists it's about participating, meeting people and an enjoyment of the process. I met the...

Jessica Taylor: The Art of Wholeness It takes a certain amount of courage and resilience to invite strangers into your studio, allowing them to scrutinise your deeply personal creative work. Sometimes finding the right mentor helps give you both the push and support that you need, and Jessica Taylor happily found her mentor in Dee Constable who embodies the MHOS motto of Building connections through art and creative spaces in the hills. After painting for only a few years, Jessica began to...

Our next two featured artists work a kind of magic as they take what was once essentially mud and sand and transform them into beautiful works of art. The mediums might be different, but their passion for form and colour is clear. Jane Newton and Silvana Ferrario have been involved with the Open Studios Art Trail for over a decade, happily sharing their work and knowledge with other artists and visitors, whilst continuing to create lovely work. In her own words Jane Newton gets “a buzz out of...