Leeds Magazine Covers
Leeds has a truly vibrant and creative community. In celebration of this THAT LEEDS MAG supports local artists by providing a space on the magazine covers for them to show their work to the community in print.
Thank you to all Leeds artists for making our city so colourful.
Edition 34
Oct/Nov 2024
Anne-Marie White
Cover image provided by Anne-Marie White of Clock Tower Studios.
Anne-Marie is an illustrator and product designer from Leeds (now residing in Shipley) specialising in work with a modernist style, with subjects including Yorkshire landmarks, brutalist buildings, pubs, record shops and pop culture.
www.clocktowerstudios.co.uk
Edition 33
september 2024
Isabel Booth
Cover image provided by Isabel Booth. Izzy is a West Yorkshire based illustrator with a passion for handmade image making, often using collage to craft charmingly naive and wonky illustrations. She also works on commissioned textile wall hangings. isabelbooth.co.uk
Edition 32
July / August 2024
Zacrosso
Cover image provided by Zacrosso, AKA Zac Rossiter known locally for his brightly coloured illustrations of Leeds iconic buildings and locations. Look out for Zac at Meanwood Market. zacrosso.com
Edition 31
June 2024
Rebecca Bolster
The City of Leeds logo cover image provided by Rebecca Bolster.
Rebecca is a Leeds based visual communication designer with a specific interest in visual identity and storytelling.
Find out more on Instagram
@rebecca_bolster.design
or click the image above to be taken to her website: www.vividco.uk
Edition 30
May 2024
Kate Stephens
Beautiful kingfisher cover image by Kate Stephens.
Local artist, regular at Meanwood Market and mother of two teenage boys living in Meanwood.
Kate's work has been exhibited at RHS Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate, English Art Co. in Roundhay Park and many local group exhibitions.
Featured artist for an international well-known brand and has been showcased in several magazines.
Find out more on Instagram or Facebook
@katestephensart
Edition 29 March/April 2024
David Iredale
David is a Leeds sculptor, member of Leeds Fine Artists, founder of Bare Canvas Life Drawing and Co-Owner of The Sculpture Gallery in Leeds Corn Exchange.
Find out more on his website:
davidiredale.co.uk
Edition 28 February 2024
Lucy Best-Shaw
Cover image by Lucy Best-Shaw.
The cover oil painting is from a muddy and foggy morning walk alongside the Headingley Golf Club, Adel.
Lucy paints and draws both landscapes and portraits. Currently tutoring life drawing/dressed model sessions in Adel and Horsforth.
Find out more on her website: www.lucybestshawfinearts.com
Edition 27 December 2023/January 2024
Khloe Baker
Cover image by Khloe Baker.
Khloe is an illustrator based in Leeds.
2023 DandAD New Blood: The Portfolios, Animation and Illustration, Winner.
"Using watercolour, collage, pencil, and pen, I draw in a naïve and intuitive way, creating illustrations of people, places, and food."
To view more of her work and get in touch please visit: www.khloebaker.co.uk
Edition 26 October/November 2023
Hannah Hunter-Kelm
Cover image 'Red Kite' by Hannah Hunter-Kelm.
Hannah Hunter-Kelm is an illustrator and printmaker who lives and works in Leeds.
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Currently open for commissions, you can contact Hannah via her website.
www.hannahhunterkelm.co.uk
Edition 25 September 2023
City Nonagon
Cover image provided by City Nonagon.
Grab yourself or a Leeds loving friend the full colouring book in the Leeds Waterstones store, or online, or search City.nonagon on www.numonday.com.
Contact: [email protected]
Edition 24 August 2023
Mark Currie - Catapult Films
Cover image provided by Mark Currie, Catapult Films.
The White House was built with local stone and of a style reminiscent of 18th & 19th-century farm dwellings of the local dales. Very much venerated by the local people, the White House is to Otley what Bronte Parsonage is to Haworth. It is in view of all of Otley and the surrounding district.
Contact: [email protected]
Edition 23 June/july 2023
Amarti Studio
Cover image provided by Amarti Studio.
"Silver Lines" Sandart pattern painted with 0.5mm coloured sand and silver sand on a sticky surface.
Amarti Studio is a surface design and art studio with a passion for colour and visual texture. Handcrafted Digital Art.
Contact: [email protected]
Edition 22 May 2023
Alice needham
Cover image kindly provided by Alice Needham Illustration.
Alice is a freelance illustrator and designer based in Leeds, for commissions please contact her via
email: [email protected]
Edition 21 March/April 2023
SRushton Photos
Cover photo by SRushton Photos.
Thank you Sarah Rushton for sending in this beautiful photo of Adel Parish Church of St John the Baptist surrounded by a beautiful chorus of croci.
Greetings cards and photographs at affordable prices. Buy a pack of twelve unique cards (blank inside) to delight friends and family for any occasion.
For details of locally photographed cards, please contact: [email protected]
Commissions also accepted.
Edition 20 February 2023
Matt Abbott
Cover poem kindly provided by Leeds-based poet, educator, and activist Matt Abbott. Thank you.
Matt regularly visits schools around Leeds to deliver creative writing workshops and has so far had two poetry collections published.
For more information visit: mattabbottpoet.com
Edition 19 December 2022
Empty Insides
Cover image Victoria Quarter Christmas kindly provided by Leeds artist Samantha Harvey AKA Empty Insides. Thank you
Keep an eye out for Sam at some of our local markets to see a wide range of prints, also available on Etzy.
Commissions available contact: [email protected]
Edition 18 November 2022
Dark Willow
Cover image kindly provided by Leeds artist Lara Byng of Dark Willow Art. Thank you
"Every time I paint, I’m taken on a journey. I let the paint and brushes guide me to lands that I dream of. I never know where I’m going, or where I might end up, but the journey is always filled with unexpected twists and turns. I hope that somehow, someway, you will feel yourself pushing aside the branches, smelling the damp earth, and that you feel the magic all around us."
Originals and prints available visit: www.DarkWillowArt.com
You can find more of Lara Byng's original paintings and limited edition prints at English Art Co. gallery in Roundhay Park.
Edition 17 September 2022
Monty Trent
Cover image Autumn Woods Fantasy - kindly provided by local Photographer Monty Trent, LRPS - Thank you
Monty is Past President of The Leeds Photographic Society
and Chairman of Gamma Photoforum.
Leeds Photographic Society: lps1852.org
Gamma Photoforum: www.gammaphotoforum.com
For commissions, please contact him via his
Website: www.montytrent.com
Edition 16 August 2022
Sareth Gavage Art
Cover image kindly provided by Sareth Gavage Art - Thank you.
Gareth Savage, under the alias Sareth Gavage, creates bold, intricate semi-realistic worlds focusing on patterns, shapes and details. Exploring psychedelic worlds and landscapes through innovative colours and flows. His work rewards repeat visits with the viewer often discovering unseen elements.
Designs are available to purchase in a variety of forms including reclaimed wood panels and sustainable clothing.
www.sarethgavageart.co.uk
Edition 15 July 2022
David Lyons
Cover image kindly provided by David Lyon Art.
Title: Roundhay Park: Spring in The Ravine.
David Lyon is an artist living and working from his studio in Roundhay, Leeds. He focuses primarily on traditional, natural subjects, working in a variety of mediums.
He exhibits solely for The English Art Co. at Art Roundhay Park, where his original art and prints are displayed together with a range of gifts featuring his work. All work is also available on his website.
www.davidlyonart.co.uk
Edition 14 June 2022
Claudia Rose
Cover image for the Queen's Jubilee kindly provided by local illustrator and artist Claudia Rose.
Claudia creates delicate artwork of beautiful architecture, landscapes and scenery from across the globe, using watercolours and coloured pencils.
Find a wide range of artworks in her Etsy shop.
For commissions email:
[email protected]
Edition 13 April/May 2022
Sarah Jane Nicholls Art
Cover image kindly provided by
Sarah Jane Nicholls Art
Original paintings, giclée prints and gorgeous greeting cards are available on her website.
Sarah has work displayed at The English Art Co. Gallery (The Mansion Conservatory, Roundhay Park).
So far, she has raised over £1000 for the Disasters Emergency Committee through sales of her 'Blue and Yellow’ giclèe prints.
Edition 12 March 2022
Chloe Harris
Cover image kindly provided by Chloe Harris.
Chloe Harris' monoprints and paintings exploit the characteristics of familiar buildings she'd been influenced by in cities she has lived in, it's her interest in print which has led to the development of her style. A strong influence of abstraction complements the Exeter Prints Series and Leeds Print Series.
“I started the LEEDS PRINT SERIES 2020/2021 during lockdown. These prints had no evidence of people - reflecting the lockdown conditions. I was commuting from an Amazon warehouse working night shifts (Sept 2020) and getting off my first bus home at 5:30am, taking pictures of the city, getting to know it by night”
Find more of her cityscapes here: www.chloeharrisprint.com
Edition 11 February 2022
Eggsi Stencilism
Cover image kindly provided by local Artist Elliott Ward aka Eggsi Stencilism.
Elliott is a multi-disciplined Artist producing work in oil paint, acrylic and spray paint. He has painted some of the brilliant electric boxes and murals in public across LS6.
Commissions accepted please contact: [email protected]
Edition 10 December 2021
Dotty Earl
Cover image 'Uphill All The Way' kindly provided by Yorkshire artist Dotty Earl
Limited Edition prints available from
Smart Gallery, Chapel Allerton
or www.dottyearl.co.uk
Find a little dog in every artwork.
Edition 9 October 2021
Jazzy Prints Leeds
Cover image 'The peaceful poppy' kindly provided by Leeds based Printmaker Jaz Bartlett
Prints sold via link on Etsy shop.
Edition 8 September 2021
Jaydon Rowbottom
Cover image kindly provided by local Illustrator, Artist & Storyteller Jaydon Rowbottom.
Jaydon took part in the Leeds Civic Trust - Take a Seat Campaign, you can find the bench, supported by Beeston in Bloom, outside Sunnyview House Care Home, LS11 8QB.
For commissions please contact: [email protected]
Edition 7 August 2021
In memory of Michael Kimber
Cover: Thank you to the family of the late Michael Kimber for their kind donation of this painting of Winksley Banks, Ripon.
Michael was a gentle and generous man and a great supporter of last year’s Meanwood Festival Online contributing several lovely, heartfelt poems along with an exhibition of his paintings.
A selection of his delightful paintings, poems and short stories are available online, click on the magazine cover.
Edition 6 June/July 2021
Gemma Barnett Art
Cover image provided by Gemma Barnett Art
www.gemmabarnettart.com
Colourful, bold prints and paper cut artwork and cards.
Stocked in Tandem in Meanwood & Chirpy in Chapel Allerton.
Edition 5 May 2021
Poppy Faulkner - Cover competition winner
Congratulations to Poppy Faulkner aged 10 from Ireland Wood School for her winning entry into our Kids Cover Competition.
The competition was a great success with entries throughout my distribution map and beyond. I am pleased to have such a great colourful image on my cover for this edition.
Edition 4 April 2021
Zacrosso
Cover image provided by Zacrosso, AKA Zac Rossiter known locally for his brightly coloured illustrations of Leeds iconic buildings and locations. Look out for Zac at Meanwood Market. zacrosso.com
Edition 3 Feb/March 2021
Tatiana Hepplewhite
Cover photo kindly donated by Tatiana Hepplewhite. Yorkshire Photography
Edition 2 January 2021
LS8 Photography
Cover photo kindly donated by LS8 Photography. This iconic bridge sits near Leeds Train Station on Call Lane.
If you are a Leeds based artist and would like to share your work on a THAT LEEDS MAG cover please get in touch with a link to some of your work to be considered.
This is a free opportunity.
