ABOUT SUMMERLEAZE

Find out more about the past and present of Summerleaze Wiltshire

A woman with sunglasses, wearing a black vest, white shirt, pink trousers, and brown boots, stands in a rural garden holding a mug, with trees, bushes and fields in the background.
A woman with sunglasses, wearing a black vest, white shirt, pink trousers, and brown boots, stands in a rural garden holding a mug, with trees, bushes and fields in the background.

Summerleaze Wiltshire brings together art, education and community in the Wiltshire countryside.

Home to the Scott-Bolton family for almost fifty years, Summerleaze has long been a place where creativity, the land and people come together. The gallery was established in the early 1990s by sisters Trish Scott-Bolton and Claire Swann, with the support of their husbands: renowned landscape painter Tim Scott-Bolton and Oliver Swann, an established gallerist in St James’s, London.

What began with exhibitions soon grew into a much-loved programme of painting courses and talks, while Tim continued his career as an artist from his studio at Summerleaze.

Today, Trish and Tim’s daughter Polly and her husband, Tom Catchpole, are building on that legacy, bringing a new generation to Summerleaze while preserving the same spirit and ethos that have always made it special.

Alongside exhibitions and painting courses, Summerleaze is evolving to embrace the wider life of the land from the kitchen garden and food to craft and creative workshops.

At its heart, Summerleaze is a place where art, nature and people come together to create, learn and be inspired.

A peaceful landscape with green fields, trees, and a dirt path. Fog is visible in the distance under a blue sky, with sunlight casting shadows on the grass.
An artist's studio or workshop filled with paintings, art supplies, and furniture. Artwork is displayed on walls and easels, and there are shelves with sculptures and decorative items. The space is cluttered with various tools, bottles, and art piece
An art gallery with paintings on the walls, sculptures on white pedestals, and wooden floors in an attic space with skylights.
A lush garden with a variety of plants, a greenhouse, and large trees, next to a stone house with a brick chimney, under a clear blue sky.
A cluster of rustic stone and brick houses with red tile roofs, surrounded by a garden with blooming flowers, under a clear blue sky with some clouds.
A lush garden with flowering plants and shrubs in front of a stone house with a sloped roof, surrounded by large trees and a clear blue sky.
A woman working in a backyard garden, using a shovel to dig in a raised bed framed with wooden and corrugated metal sheets, with a wheelbarrow nearby, and houses and trees in the background.