Explore the artists behind the visual arts trail, learn more about their practice, and discover the stories, ideas and inspirations that have shaped their work for the City of Youth Culture programme.
Charlotte Webb is a Wolverhampton-based illustrator and mural artist whose work focuses on storytelling, community and vibrant visual design. A First Class Honours graduate in Illustration from the University of Wolverhampton, she creates murals, illustrations and public artworks that bring colour and narrative into shared spaces. Her practice often draws on local heritage and everyday experiences, with recent commissions demonstrating her growing presence in public and community-based art projects.
Sam Wootton is a Wolverhampton-based artist whose work explores local identity, folklore and the larger-than-life characters that shape Black Country culture. Drawing inspiration from oral histories, community stories and everyday encounters, his paintings celebrate the heroes, anti-heroes and local legends that live on through memory, conversation and shared experience.
Kathleen is a Wolverhampton-based conceptual artist, curator and arts educator whose work explores space, light and our relationship with the built environment. Known for her signature use of vibrant neon colour, she creates large-scale public artworks and site-specific installations that transform everyday materials into immersive experiences. Inspired by nature, place and personal narratives, her work brings energy, optimism and connection to shared spaces and communities.
India Birtwistle is a Wolverhampton-based conceptual artist, curator and educator working with space, light and architecture. She creates large-scale, site-specific installations using everyday materials, often inspired by nature and lived experience. Her practice focuses on public art that transforms urban spaces through colour, structure and immersive environments
Rachel Winsper is a Wolverhampton-based designer, a pattern maker whose practice centres on hand-printed design, colour and repetition. Working from her studio in Wolverhampton, she creates distinctive textile and wallpaper designs that transform everyday materials into vibrant, decorative artworks. Alongside her studio practice, she has contributed to community arts projects across the midlands, using pattern and print to celebrate local identity and creative collaboration.
Ewan Johnston is a Wolverhampton-based artist whose practice explores contemporary visual culture through drawing, painting and mixed media. His work often focuses on everyday observation, place and identity, using a considered and expressive approach to image-making. Working across personal and community contexts, he develops artworks that reflect lived experience and the character of the environments around him.
Caris Jackson is a Wolverhampton-born mixed media collage artist whose work transforms discarded materials into vibrant, narrative-rich artworks. Working with vintage prints, recycled fabrics and found objects, she creates layered, theatrical compositions inspired by performance, folklore and lived experience. Her practice explores memory, identity and storytelling, and she is widely known for community-focused projects, including large-scale public commissions and participatory work with young people across the city