Artwork for Elizabeth Perry
May Hill
The Way Back
Rain on the Border
View to May Hill
Details
I work mainly with intaglio printmaking as well as monoprint and monotype. Sketching underpins nearly all of my art work. I love sketching outdoors, responding to my surroundings in different weather and seasons. This is my inspiration and I allow myself to be led by the process and the ink, until I create the mood and atmosphere that I am happy with. I enjoy never quite knowing how it will come out of the press and make the most of the accidental element of printmaking. Since I have moved from Cornwall, I have been exploring my new surroundings for subject matter here in Herefordshire.
For me, being an artist is about sharing and communicating a response to my surroundings. Creating a mood, a feeling about a place and, hopefully, connecting with others.
I am a printmaker and painter, specialising in landscape.
I work in my own home studio, but I have also been an active member of the art community in Cornwall and now I'm making connections here in Herefordshire. I have run workshops as well as selling work in local art galleries. I was also a member of a collective of artists sharing the running of a small gallery in Penryn. Over the last year, since moving to Herefordshire, I have found printmaking groups to join in Malvern and Stroud as well as taking part in local exhibitions and events.
Art and Education in Durham and then Newcastle University leading to a teaching qualification
Fine Art diploma at Sunderland University
B.A.(Hons) in Art and Design at Birmingham City University (2004)
Yearly group exhibitions at John Howard's Print Studios in Cornwall, 'Prints from the Studio'
Twice yearly exhibitions at St.Ives Society of Artists
Falmouth Polytechnic Society, exhibitions and printmaking workshops
Falmouth Art Gallery, 'Imagine' exhibition
Yearly Streetdraw24 exhibitions to raise money for a homeless charity in Cornwall
Changing seasonal exhibitions at 'Fannie & Fox' Gallery in Penryn
Twice yearly murals outside 'Just Delights' homeware shop in Penryn
h.Art 2021
Christmas exhibition 2021 at The Weaver's Gallery in Ledbury
John Howard Print Studios in Cornwall, to continue
Up until moving house in February 2021,
AO Printworks, St.Just
Fannie & Fox gallery, Penryn
Various card shops in Cornwall
