Open Studios
Our popular Open Art Studios Trail returns for 2025, inviting you to step inside the studios of some of North Berwick’s most talented artists. This free-to-access art trail offers a beautiful and inspiring selection of atmospheric seascapes, still life, portraiture, abstract landscapes, ceramics, pottery, bespoke jewellery, wood sculpture, repurposed found objects, and striking sculptural wall pieces.
1. Michel Rullière
1st – 10th August
11am – 5pm
11 Quadrant, NB, EH39 4JZ
Michel – Quadrant Wood Sculpture – crafts unique, abstract sculptures from found wood and driftwood, working with the natural shapes, grain, and cracks to create one-of-a-kind pieces that celebrate the beauty of the materials.
Instagram: @quadrantwood
2. Mary Higgins
1st – 10th August
11am – 5pm
9 St Baldreds Road, NB, EH39 4QA
Garage studio is up a steep drive.
Mary makes hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics in her garage/studio. She has an experimental approach to surface decoration – using textures, oxides, slips and glazes. All these elements react together in the kiln, creating individual, functional and colourful stoneware pieces.
Website: www.maryhigginsceramics.co.uk
Instagram: @maryhigginsceramics
3. Jayne Stokes
1st – 10th August
11am – 5pm
23 St Andrew Street, North Berwick EH39 4NX
All welcome (small step up to the studio) refreshments and cake available.
Award-winning artist Jayne Stokes, based in North Berwick for 10 years, creates work from recycled and repurposed materials, addressing environmental and sustainability issues. Her pieces, held in both private and public collections, tell stories of the places she visits, encouraging people to pause and appreciate their surroundings.
Website: www.jaynestokes.com
Instagram: @jaynestokesartist
4. Mandy Little
1st – 10th August
11am – 5pm
30A St Andrew Street, North Berwick EH39 4NX
There is limited street parking within the street and a car park at the end of the street. Please note there are four steps and a handrail up to my front door. Please be aware that this is my home so space may be limited in my studio but please do come and see it.
Working from her St Andrew Street studio, Mandy creates vibrant collages, paintings, and original artworks using recycled lobster creel wood and mixed media. Inspired by the sea, sky, boats, and coastal life, her work captures the colour and character of North Berwick in all weathers.
Website: www.mandypaints.com
Instagram: @mandy.paints
5. Line Mortensen
1st – 10th August
11am – 5pm
34 St Andrew Street, North Berwick EH39 4NX
There is unfortunately no dedicated parking or easy access to my home/workshop (many steps). Some of my work is fragile, so please consider this if bringing children. I love dogs/pets but some do not, so please leave these outside. For health and safety reasons children under 10 aren’t permitted in the workshop.
Line works with glass, stone, and clay to create unique jewellery, sculptural objects, and wall pieces. Her studio offers visitors a chance to explore her creative process, materials, and techniques while browsing and buying original handcrafted work.
Website: www.linemortensen.com
Instagram: @linemortensen
6. Linda MacKinnon
1st – 10th August
11am – 5pm
36 St Andrew Street, North Berwick EH39 4NX
Access to my home is at street level and the studio within is via a set of stairs with a handrail.
Linda is a printmaker and Mixed Media Collage Artist. From her home studio on St Andrew Street, she creates abstract collage works using her own hand-printed, coloured, and textured papers. Inspired by the landscape and seascape around her, she combines printmaking techniques to produce layered, expressive pieces.
Website: linmac.org
Instagram: @mackinnon802
7. Lily Armstrong, Alan Connell & Front Door Gallery
2nd – 10th August
11am – 5pm
Little Court, 18A Victoria Road, North Berwick EH39 4JL
Little Court is all on one level. The entrance is through a vennel where there are a couple of steps which we hope to make accessible. Children and dog friendly.
A vibrant collection of original art, ceramics, limited edition prints, hand-painted and screen-printed accessories, cards, small gifts, and more – offering something for every art lover at Little Court.
Instagram: @lilyannaarmstrongart
Website: www.lilyannaarmstrong.com
Instagram: @frontdoorgallery
Website: www.alanconnell.co.uk
9. Fee Dickson Reid
2nd, 3rd, 9th & 10th August
11am – 5pm
Cellar Studio, Hyndford House, 18 Fidra Road, North Berwick EH39 4NG
Cellar studio is accessed by a door to the side of Hyndford House at basement level – there are one or two steps.
Fee Dickson Reid is an award winning artist known primarily for her large atmospheric seascapes in oils depicting North Berwick and the East Lothian Coastline.
Her work is created ‘alla prima’ (all in one session) in her North Berwick studio, usually straight from a walk on the beach.
Website: https://www.feedicksonreid.com
Instagram: @feedicksonreidartist
10. Jennifer Mole
3rd, 9th & 10th August
11am – 5pm
9 Victoria Road, NB, EH39 4JL
No dogs please.
Jennifer creates oil paintings of landscapes and seascapes, alongside wildlife art on maps and sea charts, plus the occasional wire sculpture. Her daughter Tilly will also be joining the studio, offering a range of handmade jewellery.
Instagram: @jenmoleart
8. Astrid Trugg, Angela Repping & Hannah Louise Lamb
2nd and 3rd August 11am- 5pm
9th and 10th August 11am – 5pm
21 Westgate, NB, EH39 4LG
A few small steps take you into the pebbled courtyard of the studio, however the studio has no wheelchair access.
Astrid Trugg
Astrid has been painting professionally for over 20 years, exhibiting her work in galleries internationally. She welcomes you in her beautiful studio just off the High Street, to see some of her work as well as everyday objects whose shapes or textures inspire her still life and seascape paintings.
Instagram: @astridtruggart
Website: www.astridtrugg.com
Angela Repping
Angela is a figurative artist deeply fascinated with drawing and painting the human form. She enjoys exploring the relationships between space, light, movement and emotion both in the work and subject.
Angela lives and works in North Berwick. She has exhibited in Fidra Fine Art as well as BP Portrait Award, Scottish Portrait Award, RSA, SSA, PAI, Morrison Scottish Portrait Award.
Instagram: @angelareppingartist
Website: www.angelarepping.com
Hannah Louise Lamb
Jewellery designer Hannah specialises in creating bespoke jewellery pieces that reflect life’s personal stories.Inspired by the rugged beauty of nature and the idea that jewellery can encapsulate the cherished moments of our lives, Hannah’s pieces reflect coastlines, skylines and landscapes of special significance to each of us.
Website: www.hannahlouiselamb.com
Instagram: @hannahlouiselamb