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About Me
My work is mainly aquatints combined with etching but recently I have been experimenting with Collographs and Carborundum
Prints. I produce small editions of up to 20. For each print, the plate or block is inked by hand, so no two are identical.
It is the limitations and difficulties of printmaking which allow me to find the essential elements in the image. Most of
my work is rooted in landscape but can also find inspiration in buildings. My work acknowledges the influence of my youthful
exploration of the abstract in art while retaining a response to the visual stimulus of the world around us.
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| Borrowdale Sunlight |
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| Aquatint |
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In 1997 I retired after over 30 years working in Education. For 13 years I lived in Cumbria where
I took up printmaking and exhibited in local Galleries including a one-man show at Abbot Hall in Kendal. After moving to Dover,
I continued to make prints and after retirement I began to exhibit again, in particular, with the "Image" group
of printmakers based in Whitstable.
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I returned to live in Cumbria in 2003 and have exhibited at The Brewery in Kendal, Upfront,
the Village Bakery Gallery in Melmerby, the Gincase and the Painted Penguin in Caldbeck. I had an individual show at Greystones
Gallery at Glenridding at Easter 2005, had work accepted for the Cumbrian Artists Exhibition at Upfront every year since 2004.
In 2006,2007 and 2011 I had individual exhibitions at the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick and my work has also been included
in the Landmarks III exhibition and the Christmas exhibition at Melmerby. In 2008 and 2009 my work has been exhibited at "Printfest"
in Ulverston and I will be exhibiting there again this year from 5th to 6th May. In 2008 I was an exhibitor in "The Art
of Printmaking" at the Upfront Gallery and in 2009 in "4 Printmakers" at Farfield Mill. In 2010 I have
had exhibitions at Oswalds Cafe in Penrith and the Upfront Gallery. From 18th June to 29th August 2011, I took part
in the exhibition, "High Cup Inspirations" at the High Cup Winery at Dufton near Appleby. From 30th August
to 30th October 2012 I will be exhibiting at High Head Gallery near Carlisle.
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