KEIGHLEY-district artists are amongst those displaying their work in a summer exhibition at the Bingley Gallery.

More than 90 pieces in a range of styles, by 20 artists from across the region, are on show.

Exhibitors include Jessica Swift. Although she has only completed fine art studies at Leeds Arts University in recent years, she already has four solo exhibitions of contemporary abstract paintings and sculpture under her belt.

Also showing is Marilyn Brophy, who has been a visual artist for much of her adulthood, alongside her working life – which has taken her from Guyana, teaching teachers to embrace education for students with special needs, to running a tearoom and gallery in Haworth.

The exhibition features the work of Ann Davies – who studied graphic design at Bradford College, and has a particular passion for painting glass structures ranging from Victorian crystal palaces to shopping arcades and greenhouses – and Andrea Hobson, who works with acrylic paint to depict bright landscapes.

The line-up also includes Rob Thomson, Pam Bumby, Alison Deegan, Jeremy Taylor, Josie Barraclough, Kath Bonson, L Amy Charlesworth, Darren Davies, Jane Fielder, Sarah Lyte, Suzanne McQuade, Karen Rowley, Leyla Murr, Jeremy Taylor, Stella Verity and Louise Garrett.

Bingley Gallery owner and exhibition curator, David Starley, says he's delighted with the talent on display – and has spoken about some of the processes involved in choosing exhibitors.

He says: "The hardest thing about running a gallery is the frequent need to turn down requests from artists to show work.

"Whilst art trails, open studios and municipal exhibitions offer some outlets, commercial galleries – which have work on show year-round – are becoming thinner on the ground.

"I cannot take on more than a small proportion of applicants' work, and limit what I do take to stay within the gallery’s ‘style’.

"Also, the artist and/or their art must be locally connected, and I have to like the work! The latter is important – I couldn’t sell something I’m not genuinely enthusiastic about.

"One great thing about our summer exhibition is that we take on a broader range of work than usual. And if the work proves popular with the public, the artist could be invited back to be a bigger part of a temporary exhibition or even a permanent exhibitor in the gallery."

The summer exhibition runs until September 8.

For more details, including gallery opening times, visit davidstarleyartist.com/bingley