My love of printmaking is relatively new. Although I received a BA Hons in an arts related degree from Brighton University in 2002, I didn’t start printmaking seriously until January 2024 and it unlocked something for me, creatively, which has lain dormant for many years. I had finally found a medium that gave me inspiration and a way of expressing my love of social history, nature and architecture. It is so exciting and really is a journey of self-discovery.

 

When I produce a print, I try to include as much detail and texture as possible. My hope is that the viewer can explore the image and build a picture of the history of the place and its story. 

 

I use Tetrapak cartons predominantly and a drypoint technique for my printmaking. Using a throw away material that most people would see as redundant once empty, fits well with my choice of landscape and architectural inspiration. I like to explore how we travel through and experience a landscape; our footprints layered with those who have travelled there before us. I often focus on buildings or places that people may not initially see the beauty in. Often invaded by self-seeding plants, yet full of abstract lines and interesting textures. Capturing the beauty of a place that is often completely overlooked and printing it on ‘rubbish’. 

Right to Roam is my response to the Supreme Court Ruling that the public has a legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor Commons without needing Landowner permission, making sure that everyone has access to nature and can explore these wild landscapes.

Drypoint on Tetrapak Plate

32x27cm

Framed under glass

Edition of 20