Anthony Ratcliffe The artist has created numerous collections of woodcut prints associated with various aspects of British landscape, his current project is entitled ‘Northern Stones and Peat Smoke’ which is to be exhibited in Liverpool later in 2019. Recent prints have originated from visits to the Isle of Rum in Scotland, North [...]
Morna Rhys Inspiration for my prints comes while I am walking. Here I experience big skies, majestic mountains, rolling hills and valleys, dramatic coastlines and calm seas. I enjoy exploring new landscapes which provide further inspiration for my etching. Another important aspect of my work is the transformative nature of light, either [...]
Sarah Robley Sarah read History of Art at the University of Cambridge then completed an MA in Medieval Studies at York University before turning to Printmaking. Sarah loves the individuality that medieval artists gave their animal subjects; medieval ‘marginalia’ and decorative art inspires much of her work. She also takes inspiration from [...]
Jay Seabrook I am a Rutland based printmaker specializing in collagraph landscapes, I often mask out tiny areas on the plate and paint in details with watercolour. I have recently been using a two plate collagraph process to bring an alternative focus to my work. I love the unpredictability of the collagraph [...]
Glenn Tomkinson Born in 1944, I have been making prints since my school-days. I now mainly work with aquatint sometimes combined with etching in which my youthful flirtation with abstraction informs my reaction to landscape. I produce small editions of up to 20. Each print is made by hand and so is [...]
Kelly Stewart Drawing is the essence of Kelly's work. Individual layers are drawn and painted onto films and transferred to the screen so they can be overlaid together to create an image. Kelly was introduced to Morecambe Bay during her Printfest Artist in Residence in 2012 and has been drawing and painting [...]
Simon Tozer The main idea in my work is the human relationship with the natural world, and our ambivalence towards it. Storytelling is an important part of my work. l make images of the sea or clouds that have an animistic quality. The sea is an alien element to us, and we [...]
Sue Wheeler My subject matter is largely the pattern and shape of the English countryside and its architecture and their relationship with each other, sometimes including people to add a sense of scale and narrative. I enjoy the limitations and disciplines of the linoprint, which encourages a selective process, often resulting in [...]
Printfest Artists line up 2019 Printmaker of the Year: Sadie Tierney Printmakers’ Printmaker: Flora McLachlan 1. Debby Akam 2. Joanna Allen 3. Frances Arnold 4. Jamie Barnes 5. Helen Bishop 6. Laura Boswell 7. Jo Bourne 8. Kit Boyd 9. Matthew Braithwaite 10. Ann Bridges 11. Cath Brooke 12. Adele Burdon 13. [...]
The Selection Process is complete! The Selection Process is complete! Emails have been sent out to everyone who applied today. The selection process has two stages: 1. The anonymous round ~ Each of the 9 judges receives a Pinterest link with a board titled ‘Selection Process 2018 – anonymous round’. They receive [...]
