Artwork for Annabelle Oppenheimer
waymarker, etching
on Yatton Hill, collagraph with drypoint
olive I, collagraph
print collage
sentinels
Details
I make original prints in small editions or one-offs, using mainly intaglio (etching, drypoint, collagraph) and also relief (lino and woodcut) as well as monoprints. I enjoy experimenting and trying things out, be it a new process or new (to me) materials, which has its risks. I shall also being showing some collages made with my own monoprints and proofs as well as some paintings. The work always starts with drawing and I do use my own photos as reference only. Whatever the outcome I am constantly learning.
I have always loved drawing and making. The printmaking process is completely absorbing. It can take hours or it can be surprisingly immediate and I have to keep doing it.
It is a journey of discovery and the moment of seeing the reveal as a new print is pulled off the press can be magical or can simply show me the next step.
artist printmaker
After a brief stint in a graphic design studio in London, followed by a post graduate teaching year, I taught Art mainly in secondary schools in London, then Oxfordshire, then back to London, then Bedfordshire, then Herefordshire, continuing as much as possible to draw, paint and make prints. I have run a few workshops since retiring from teaching but have mainly focused on developing my own practice.
Maidstone College of Art, Chelsea School of Art, London, post graduate teaching certificate at Goldsmiths College, London, Hereford College of Art.
h-Art 2021, 2022 and 2023 at own studio, Bromyard Artwork 2021, 2022, 2023, Take 4 Gallery, Ledbury 2023
