Editing Staines-upon-Thames (section)

===Art===
[[File:The_Swanmaster_Staines.jpg|thumb|right|upright|''The Swanmaster'' (1983), by Diana Thomson]]
{{see also|List of public art in Surrey#Staines-upon-Thames}}
Several artists have been inspired to paint Staines Bridge, including [[William Bernard Cooke]] (1778{{endash}}1855)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://collection.artbma.org/objects/71127/staines-bridge |title= Staines Bridge |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Baltimore Museum of Art |date= 5 May 2022 |access-date= 13 May 2022 |archive-date= 14 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220514102347/https://collection.artbma.org/objects/71127/staines-bridge |url-status= live }}</ref> and [[Arthur Melville]] (1855{{endash}}1904).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/staines-bridge-surrey-12689 |title= Staines Bridge, Surrey |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= ArtUK |access-date= 13 May 2022 |archive-date= 14 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220514102347/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/staines-bridge-surrey-12689 |url-status= live }}</ref> An engraving of the bridge by [[William Woolnoth]] (1780{{endash}}1837), inspired by a painting by [[John Preston Neale]] (1780{{endash}}1847), is held by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O723461/staines-bridge-middlesex-print-john-preston-neale/ |title= Staines Bridge, Middlesex |publisher= V&A |date= 30 June 2009 |access-date= 13 May 2022 |archive-date= 14 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220514102431/https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O723461/staines-bridge-middlesex-print-john-preston-neale/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

Among the works of public art on display are mosaics by [[Gary Drostle]] and sculptures by Terence Clarke that pay homage to the town's history as a former Roman settlement.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.visitsurrey.com/downloads/Art%20Walk.pdf |title= Art walk |publisher= Spelthorne Borough Council |date= 18 November 2015 |access-date= 6 June 2022 |archive-date= 7 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220607181246/https://www.visitsurrey.com/downloads/Art%20Walk.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> The Two Rivers shopping centre has two bronze sculptures by David Backhouse: The first, ''Time Continuum'', celebrates the life of Staines through two [[millennium|millennia]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Time Continuum - David Backhouse |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/time-continuum-275164 |publisher= ArtUK |access-date= 6 June 2022 |archive-date= 6 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220606171930/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/time-continuum-275164 |url-status= live }}</ref> and the second, ''Water Sprites'', references the life of the waterways that converge nearby.<ref>{{cite web |title= Water Sprites - David Backhouse |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/water-sprites-275168 |publisher= ArtUK |access-date= 6 June 2022 |archive-date= 6 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220606171930/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/water-sprites-275168 |url-status= live }}</ref> ''The Swanmaster'', by [[Diana Thomson]], commissioned by Spelthorne Borough Council in 1983, was moved to the Memorial Gardens in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Swanmaster - Diana Thomson |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-swanmaster-275162 |publisher= ArtUK |access-date= 6 June 2022 |archive-date= 6 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220606171938/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-swanmaster-275162 |url-status= live }}</ref>