Anthony Ratcliffe
The artist is now a fulltime printmaker after retiring from a senior lecturer post at Manchester School of Art, he was born in South Yorkshire and has always based his work around an exploration of British landscape.
The images are developed from sketchbook drawings made on site and enriched by further research into historical recordings of topographical and archeological features found in the remoter areas of upland and coastline.
Anthony’s artistic relationship with landscape has always been enhanced by years of involvement with climbing and fell running and he lives and works from a studio overlooking the Dark Peak National Park.