John and Susan Ridyard's links to related art and aviation web sites

Aviation		The Yorkshire Air Museum;  The North of England's Air Museum at Elvington, York
		The Shuttleworth Collection;  The home for restored and flying examples of vintage and veteran aircraft in the United Kingdom
		The Science Museum;  The British National collection of Aircraft and Engines.
		Early Birds of Aviation; A  web site devoted to information about early flyers.
		The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome; Americas answer to the Shuttleworth collection with movie clips!  This collection consists of mostly replica, flying machines and has some Bleriots a  full size 1910 Hanriot Monoplane and  an original Voisin:- They are really into running vintage engines, but the  Rinek/Voisin of 1909 complete with a Rinek V8 engine is a none flyer.  See our Publication:- RINEK 1910 engine catalogue, for  information about this interesting machine.
		The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; America's National Collection of Historic Aircraft
		The Aerodrome; The web site for all enthusiasts and historians regarding WW1 in the air.
		The British Model Flying Association; The Association, affiliated to the Royal Aero Club, for promoting model aviation in the U.K.
Wildlife		The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; The society any bird lover can become a member of.
		The Mammal Society of Great Britain;  The society to understand  the science of our mammals.
		The Wildlife of Britain; A partwork encyclopaedia covering most birds, animals, waterlife and plants of the British Isles and Europe, with many sequence illustrations by John. Published in Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
		Johannas Nevala;  A brilliant wildlife artist living and working in Gotland / Sweden
		Mammals Trust UK;  a charity for the conservation of all British wild mammals.
Artists Exhibitions & Galleries		Weaverbird Fine Art;  This private gallery is situated in Ilkley - the gateway to the famous Yorkshire dales and has a  selection of work on display by Yorkshire Artist, including some of John's watercolours.
		Yorko Gallery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. - A really friendly gallery with changing - themed exhibitions.
		A1 OPEN SUMMER ART EXHIBITION 2008 An all new open exhibition selected from 1,150 works submitted by 500 artists living or working in Yorkshire 14th July - 31st August 2008 ---- See John's - 'The Conversation' here.
		Art-Mine.com, original fine art online. Wide variety of original fine art for sale. personalised art consulting service. Mediums include; paintings, photography,drawings,mixed media and more.
		Massarella Fine Art, Saltaire, Shipley, West Yorkshire. Telephone 0(44)1274 580 129 . This little gallery is a real treat with paintings and Ceramics at reasonable prices including watercolours by Susan and acrylic works by John. .... Super food, coffee and cakes available while you make up your mind .
		Yorkshire Links   Alex Jensen's Yorkshire pages
		Susan Ridyard / Artist / Illustrator;  Town and Landscape, fine art and illustration.
		Agora Gallery, Soho, New York. Contemporary fine art gallery located in Soho , New York City. Art consulting services to private and corporate collectors. Exhibitions of paintings , sculpture and photography. Artist portfolios are reviewed. Obtain work by Susan and John in America via this Gallery.
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      Susan’s links to related websites

Gardens	Dalemain Cumbria. The walled garden and terrace have many rare plants and together over 100 old-fashioned roses. There are also some old Walnut trees, some fine Spanish Chestnuts and a 200 year old Tulip tree.
	Newby Hall and Gardens North Yorkshire  One of Susan’s favourite corners of here is the delightful, slightly sunken ‘Sylvia’s Garden’
	Levens Hall Cumbria. A magical topiary garden with ‘Alice in Wonderland’ shapes to enchant romantics of any age.
	Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire. The spectacular ruin of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, an Elizabethan mansion and one of the best surviving examples of a Georgian water garden and a deer park.
	Monet’s Garden at Giverny. This garden is always perfect, tended by many hands to maintain a perfect living Monet painting  for the millions who visit. Admission is restricted on Mondays to Artists and photographers avoiding the crush of all other days! Susan and her friends did this, but were still fallen over - by accident or design - by members of the army of gardeners rushing about making everything perfect. Write to the Academe des Beaux Arts to request a Pass
Galleries	Weaverbird Fine Art
	Massarella Fine Art, Saltaire, Shipley, West Yorkshire. Telephone 0(44)1274 580 129 . This little gallery is a real treat with paintings and Ceramics at reasonable prices including watercolours by Susan and acrylic works by John. .... Super food, coffee and cakes available while you make up your mind
	Gilt Edge Pictures, Unit 1B, Old Friends School, Rawdon, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Telephone:- + 44 (0) 113 250 8230.  Prints for sale by both John and Susan and a framing service second to none.
Directories	Illustration - We're listed in the "Illustration" section of the B2B Index
	The Duport Business Directory: Duport provides company formation, company credit reports and directory reports.
	Fine Art Trade Guild.  promoting standards of excellence in the fine art publishing industry.
Home town	Guiseley, Johns and Susan's home town in West Yorkshire:- A village of  subsistance farmers, then one of spinners of yarn and hand loom weavers, then a mill town powered by steam and later electricity and now a smart domitory for commutors to Leeds - Englands second City.

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