Rhys Midge - Artist

Rhys Midge - Artist Freelance Mix-Media Artist, based in North Yorkshire.

Available for bright and colourful commissioned artworks in a wide variety of styles and formats...

Murals, Portraiture, Snow windows, Digital and Graphic art and whatever tickles my fancey x

Final shot of all four paintings, as they were meant to be seen. Pop into the Punch Bowl Inn, Burton in Lonsdale to see ...
24/02/2026

Final shot of all four paintings, as they were meant to be seen. Pop into the Punch Bowl Inn, Burton in Lonsdale to see for yourself x

The final pannel. This pannel features two well known figures from Burtons history and one more unknown worker. The man...
23/02/2026

The final pannel. This pannel features two well known figures from Burtons history and one more unknown worker. The man of the left is William Taylor, Father of 'Squires Taylor from the first pannel. William died n 1905 and TBIS is our main source for the dating the reference photo. Frank Metcalf Beatson is also feature of the right. Well respected businessman brother to Henry Beatson from.the third pannel and joint owner of waterside pottery.....

Thanks again for all your lovely comments and support Comissions are available. If you can imagine it. I can make it come to life for you. Murals, portraiture and other artworks of all different nature's available. Get in touch. Please like, share and invite friends who might be interested...

Helllo all!!! Here's another pannel for you!!!! This pannel features Henry Beatson on the left, one of the joined owners...
22/02/2026

Helllo all!!! Here's another pannel for you!!!! This pannel features Henry Beatson on the left, one of the joined owners of waterside pottery, another unknown potter and the young boy who's job it was to spin the crank at the front of the table to keep the wheels turning...

The idea was to make the unknown boy the main focal point of the painting as a whole. To do that I have given him slightly stronger contrast than the rest of the people and brought him forward off the page. Ideally your eye should be drawn to him first out of all 11 portraits.

Last pannel tomorrow. Thankyou all so much for your comments and support so far. X

Good morning all. Happy Saturday!!!! This is the second pannel of my new painting...This pannel features John Batty Bray...
21/02/2026

Good morning all. Happy Saturday!!!! This is the second pannel of my new painting...

This pannel features John Batty Brayshaw on the left, the great grandad of one of Burton locals Caroline Dent. The man on the right is another unknown potter ( for now) and for some reason had the most difficult face I have ever painted. I actually sanded it and repainted it 3 times in the end.

I also added a lal cat to this frame that wasnt in the original photo. To keep the rule of thirds consistent throughout the painting...

Please bare with me. I decided to post them one at a time and I'm sticking with it. I do realise I'm milking it at this point. Next pannel tomorrow x

Thankyou to everyone for coming to see my painting last night. It was really lovely too see everyone there and to get so...
20/02/2026

Thankyou to everyone for coming to see my painting last night. It was really lovely too see everyone there and to get some real immediate feedback from you all, for the first time.

A massive thankyou also to Lee Cartledge for leading the reveal and sharing with us the rich history of pottery throwing in the town, that inspired the painting. Also a huge thank-you to the punch Bowl and the heritage group for commissioning the painting in the first place...its a real honour to be asked!!!!

So....this is the first of the 4 panels that make up the full painting. I will post one a day and then them all together at the end...

I really hope you like it. Let me know if you get chance to pop in to the Punch Bowl Inn, Burton in Lonsdale for a real look...

Comissions Available x

I finished my ‘Burton Potters’ commission for the Punch Bowl pub this weekend and I actually remembered to get a “Before...
16/02/2026

I finished my ‘Burton Potters’ commission for the Punch Bowl pub this weekend and I actually remembered to get a “Before and After” picture for a change (pics below)..

The finished piece is going to its new home at the Punch Bowl, to be hung tomorrow. There will be an unveiling on Thursday evening at 7.30 pm. If you’re free and would like it join us for a drink and to be one of the first to see the finished piece in place all are welcome!

I will be posting the piece online after the unveiling on Thursday for anyone who can’t make it.

This is the longest I have ever spend on a piece of art. I have loved every minute of it. I’m going to be saad to see it go but can’t wait to share it with you all…. Hope you love it as much as I have

See you there x

I ended up with a abit too much empty space in the bottom corner of this canvas after seperating the workmen. A chance t...
26/01/2026

I ended up with a abit too much empty space in the bottom corner of this canvas after seperating the workmen. A chance to use abit of artistitic licence i decided. I chose to have a go at adding a little mouse catching moggy to the frame. Thought it would add a bit of softness to a paiting full of stern faces. Plus this was the only canvas with two people and didnt apply to the rule of thirds. now it does. would be happy to remove it doesn't work. What do you think?

Final close up before the grand reveal. I will keep you posted x

Todays close up. The weave on this basket took me just as long as some of the people faces to complete. There's one more...
25/01/2026

Todays close up. The weave on this basket took me just as long as some of the people faces to complete. There's one more of these to do on the final canvas...

Going to post one more close up tomorrow. Then I will have posted everyday for a week. I know some of the portraits left include people's family memebers. So ive deciced, I'm going to leave the rest as a surprise for the final reveal.....

I wonder. Are there any local historians or pottery fanatics here that can help me with a quandary? Am currently finnal...
24/01/2026

I wonder. Are there any local historians or pottery fanatics here that can help me with a quandary? Am currently finnalising the details of the pottery wheel in my painting... below is the reference I am using....

In my paiting, I have moved the workers in the picture a part to spead them out evenly across 4 canvases. In doing so I have unveiled parts of the image that were once covered and I am now having to make up these small sections up ....

I noticed on this perticular wheel unlike others I have found on the internet, has a hand crank on the front of it (blue arrow). A young boy is clearly sat posed ready to use the crank...Other wheels I have found online are mainly powered thr potters foot kicking a treadle on the side of the machine...

I found an article online discribing the original Photogragh that read underneath.... 'notice the hand crank on the wheel which allowed pots to be made when the STEAM engine wasn't running' ?!

So is this a steam powered wheel? Is the crank at the front its only means of power? Or will the machine also have a treadle on the side? Like other wheels so it can be powered with the potters foot?

It's important to me I get this right so if anyone knows the answer or somebody who might please let me know, that would be a massive hp. Ideally I'd like a picture of the exact model from different angles. But I know that's a long shot...

Full weekend at it. Should be a long way on come Sunday x

This mornings close up...One.of the potters on the wheel mid spin....still abit of cleaning up to do on this part but ma...
23/01/2026

This mornings close up...One.of the potters on the wheel mid spin....still abit of cleaning up to do on this part but made up with his expressive glare x

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