Watern Tor

I am an emerging artist-printmaker who moved from London to Brixham in pursuit of a more creative, elemental life — one shaped as much by the sea and the weather as by the studio. Printmaking began as a restorative hobby, an antidote to the pressures of work, but quickly became a compelling way to translate my curiosity about place, structure and landscape into tactile form. My background in inclusive design, architecture and garden design continues to anchor my approach: I am always searching for the balance between precision and atmosphere, form and feeling. 

 

Much of my work is influenced by the industrial stories embedded in the South West — the remnants of the fishing trade, factories, tin mines and the working coastline. I am drawn to the beauty of what is worn, functional and monumental. That fascination expanded when I encountered the geology of Dartmoor and the coastal cliffs: their tors, strata and scars carry a quiet but powerful Brutalism that mirrors my affection for stark architectural forms. These terrains, at once gritty and sublime, find their way into my prints as meditations on endurance, erosion and memory. 

 

As a keen sailor, open-water swimmer and walker, I am deeply connected to the changing conditions of tide, wind and weather. Maps, charts and cartographic marks now flow through my recent work as a way to root each image to its literal location — a gesture toward both navigation and sense of place. They allow me to weave the physical experience of moving through a landscape or a seascape into the surface of the print. 

 

My practice is intentionally eclectic; I let the subject determine the technique. I work across acid etching, aquatints, linocuts and wood engraving, embracing the different textures and behaviours each process offers. I am currently exploring how these printmaking themes might extend into clay, bringing more three-dimensional and tactile possibilities into the work. 

 

Ultimately, my prints are an attempt to hold onto the raw, shifting interplay between land, industry, weather and water — and to celebrate the sculptural beauty found in places that are often overlooked
 

This Mixed Media piece is based on my printmaking to function as a partner to the print - the rock is a ceramic bas relief on a bed of carved and coloured jesmonite plaster mounted on board. The print is intaglio over printed with blind embosse contours.

 Mixed Media Intaglio Print on Paper

20x60cm

Framed under glass

Edition of 1