Two talented local artists have generously loaned a selection of their beautiful artwork to our home in York, bringing creativity, colour and inspiration into the space. Their work adds a unique and uplifting atmosphere for everyone attending sessions at The Tuke Centre, offering moments of reflection, connection and enjoyment. We are incredibly grateful for their kindness and support, and delighted to showcase their artwork, which is also available to purchase for anyone wishing to take a piece of this creativity home.
Meet the artists
Jennifer Bailey
Jennifer Bailey’s work is shaped by her fascination with light – how it moves across a landscape, reveals form on a hillside, or highlights unexpected colour in a moment of shadow. Working in acrylics and soft pastels, she seeks to capture the shifting atmospheres created when sun and cloud meet, and the sense of quiet transformation held within those moments.
Jennifer has not studied art at college. She has attended an art group with Phil Reynolds, an artist in York. Details: https://philreynoldsfineart.co.uk
For Jennifer, light is also a metaphor for the internal landscape of the mind. Jennifer used to work as a child psychotherapist with children and young people at The Retreat. At different times in our lives, many of us experience our own storms or periods of uncertainty. Yet we each carry a light within us, even when it feels difficult to find. Therapy – including creative therapies – can help children, young people, and adults reconnect with their innate capacity for healing, enabling them to meet challenges, rediscover resilience and begin to grow in new ways.
Rosie Bramley
Rosie Bramley completed an Art Psychotherapy placement at The Retreat Clinics in 2024 and is due to graduate from her Masters in Art Psychotherapy Practice in the Spring 2026.
Rosie studied Fine Art Painting and Printmaking at Bretton Hall, University of Leeds graduating in 1996, and has worked as an art teacher for the last 21 years.
“ I draw my inspiration from the landscape and my time spent walking, viewing and painting outdoors. The colours, shapes and marks which I make, intuitively link to mood and memory, from places and experiences over time. I prefer to work in an abstract and instinctual way whilst in the studio, patiently awaiting the space to emerge.
Abstract work connects with the viewer in interesting ways. What a viewer sees in abstract artwork can be a mirror to how they are feeling, places they yearn to be or simply a colour which makes them happy. In an increasingly fragile and uncertain world, my peace in nature and devotion to the natural world are a constant, as is being able to create colourful, expressive artworks based on this constancy.
Art has the capability to calm the soul and unlock parts of ourselves we find difficult to express in words alone.”
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