Rod WillisArt

Rod Willis paints in oils and watercolour — Shropshire and the Lake District mostly, with excursions to Venice and the Amalfi Coast — and sells originals and limited-edition prints from Unit 16 of the Maws Craft Centre, the refurbished Victorian works of Maw & Co, once the largest tile manufacturer in the world. The studio-gallery keeps published hours through the week, but they vary, as the painter puts it, according to commitments — the honest manner of a one-artist operation. Ring ahead if you're making a journey of it; the courtyard of studios around him is walkable any day.