PYRAMID Gallery will play host to a Meet The Artists evening from 6pm tomorrow at the Summer Exhibition launch at Terry Brett's art space in Stonegate, York.

Wensleydale artist Piers Browne, York sculptors Jonathan Newdick and Ann Baxter, mixed-media artist Miranda Lowe and gallery debutants Jonathan Rogers and David Worsley will be exhibiting at Pyramid until September 2.

Piers Browne has made the regular journey from Askrigg to York for 19 years to show his etchings in no fewer than ten headline exhibitions at Pyramid and his latest visit will bring an exclusive set of drawings and paintings to the city.

"The show comprises 32 small works on paper, along with a few large acrylics on canvas, collectively given the title Petits Bijoux," says Piers. "Most of them have been created on location in the south of France during two visits in 2011 and this spring, and there'll also be examples of my etchings of Yorkshire landscapes and York scenes."

Piers now finds the painting of large canvasses to meet his high expectations more effort than ever before but, in contrast, this new collection has been a pleasure for him.

"These small spontaneous acrylics and watercolour crayon works are each the result of happy, more frivolous days abroad in sunshine," says gallery owner Terry Brett. "The flow of inspiration to paper is easy and the results fresh and uncomplicated."

Jonathan Newdick, who was elected to the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2004, works from his studio in York, where he carves in wood and stone, occasionally casting in bronze. Known for designing and sculpting York’s famous cat sculptures throughout the city, he also creates semi-abstract and figurative sculptures for public and private commission for clients in Britain, the United States, Scandinavia and India. He continues to teach art and design at York College after more than 25 years there.

Ann Baxter's hobby is breeding, showing and racing Arabian Horses, and this passion will be be reflected in her Pyramid showcase of carved horses, made in wood, stone and occasionally bronze at her home near Boroughbridge.

Ann, who trained at Leeds College of Art, favours carving in timber from renewable sources but also uses the stocks of exotic hardwood she has stored for many years. She is a member of the Society of Equestrian Artists, exhibiting regularly at their annual London exhibition, and although her main subject matter is equine, she also sculpts domestic animals and birds.

Miranda Lowe followed up her Fine Arts degree by studying for a B.Sc. in physiotherapy, which helped to fuel her interest in anatomy and the human form. She is particularly interested in presenting "movement in an otherwise static subject" in her oil and mixed-media works, while her travels in Madagascar, Mauritius, Costa Rica and sub-Saharan Africa have influenced her choice of intense colours.

Jonathan Rogers has blown glass since serving his apprenticeship at the age of 16. He gained a degree in glass design at Edinburgh College of Art and this year he has opened his own independent studio in Clavering, Essex.

"He's showing in York for the first time," says Terry. "We were immediately attracted to his elegant vessels, which feature multiple layers of coloured glass that are revealed in the cold worked surfaces, beautifully exploiting the way that glass can gather and reflect light."

David Worsley, who was born near York, studied art in Cornwall and took his MA in sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London. After moving to Saltaire, West Yorkshire, in 2002, he founded an art and textile festival and in 2010 he opened Dove Street Pottery in Shipley, where he producesjugs and domestic vessels.

"Dave's aim is to use his knowledge and experience as an artist and sculptor to create beautiful but functional everyday objects," says Terry. "Despite setbacks, such as a fire in his studio last month, he has managed to produce a very distinctive and stylish range of jugs and bowls that are now selling in prestigious galleries in Britain.

Terry admires the no-frills approach of artisan potters such as David Worsley. "The philosophy of making simple, elegant forms with minimal decoration has been practised by English potters since the 1950s, having taken their lead from Japanese traditions, and it always appeals to me," he says.

"Finding a new potter in Yorkshire, who has based his career on this approach, brings great excitement to an exhibition that celebrates the skill of five true masters of their particular disciplines, those of drawing and painting, carving, throwing and glass blowing."

Pyramid Gallery's opening hours are 10am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday, and 11am to 4.30pm on Sundays.