Having worked with clay for most of my professional life, I now find my printmaking work is foremost in my practice. My interest centres mostly on the natural world. I frequently visit the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk and am drawn to the vast and unpopulated open spaces and huge skies, so typical of this area. I work ‘en plein air’ in the fields and on the marshes, firstly in pastel, simply sketching and observing. These drawings are an emotional response to the subject and feed both my printmaking and my imagination. My prints explore the glory and the mystery of the landscape both rural and urban. I enjoy depicting the ever changing effects of light and colour at different times of the day and as the seasons roll through the year. I love the reversal of all the tonal qualities of the landscape after snow has fallen, and the effect of the evening light, in all seasons, has a particular resonance for me.

I work from my own studio using my Bewick press, making etchings, using soft ground, aquatint and spit-bite, sometimes using two plates. I am captivated by the deep intensity of the ink, where the paper and the ink become one. In addition, I employ drypoint and carborundum which also produce deep rich blacks.  Here the editions are smaller, often only 5 – 10.   I like to vary the wiping on these plates, so that each print is unique, hence ‘ev’, ‘edition variable’. More recently, I have introduced monoprint into my work making each print individual. I am also experimenting with Intaglio gravure plates which provide me with yet another set of rules and further horizons to explore.

Exhibitions Include

2016 Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead London

2016  Harefield Hospital, London

2016 Royal Brompton Hospital, London

2015 ‘Prints for Presents’  Morley Gallery, London

2015 ‘50 Years of Prints’ Printmakers Council, Bankside Gallery

2015  Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth

2015 ‘50/50’ The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

2015 ‘Works on Paper’ The Barbican

2015 – 2010 ‘SWA Annual’ Mall Galleries,

2014 Prints Commissioned for Brunei Hotel London

2014 ‘Dulwich Open’ Dulwich Picture Gallery,

2013 ‘A Reflection in Print’ Highgate Gallery

2011 ‘Second Impressions’ National Theatre

2011 ‘Bite’ Mall Galleries,

2009 ‘Lasting Impressions’ National Theatre,

2009 ‘30 Years, 30 Artists’ The Oxo Gallery,

2009 ‘Open’ Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Memberships

Printmakers Council

Greenwich Printmakers

Education

London University

Central School of Art. :London