Mark Pearce Mark looks through the eyes of a graphic designer at this special part of the world where the mountains meet the sea on the West Coast of Cumbria. It is finding atmospheric effects of light and colour within the landscape that fascinates Mark, the more unexpected the better. He is [...]
Babs Pease I work mostly as a relief printer, hand carving and printing lino to create delicate single or multi-coloured limited edition prints. Working in a studio converted from an old cowshed on a small farm north of Edinburgh, it is the beautiful flora and fauna of the surrounding countryside that are [...]
Clare Phelan Influenced by the post industrial landscapes of Northern England where she has lived all her life, Clare works with mass produced obsolete objects from our industrial past. Working with textile jacquards, music box discs and IBM punch cards, she adds layers of additional material to these carriers of narrative. The [...]
Laura Reiter I am a painter/printmaker in love with colour. I have written 2 books on practical abstract art and have won a number of prizes for my work. I also teach painting and printing. I am a semi-abstract screen printer which I love as I can create many transparent layers of [...]
Ian Scott Massie I began printmaking while a student, initially influenced by early 20th century poster design. I became fascinated by reduction screen printing: stencil work, painting on the screen, mixing colour on the squeegee - all the ways that can create a picture of emotional power. My work focuses on the [...]
Jay Seabrook I am a printmaker living and working in Rutland. I make colourful collagraph landscapes and have recently introduced some monoprinting into my repertoire. My fascination with remote, hard to reach buildings lends itself to my individual, quirky style. I try to evoke a feeling of escape and peacefulness in my [...]
Caroline Stow Cumbria-based Printmaker, whose intensely coloured and layered semi-abstract images evolve from extensive observational drawing. Her work is rooted in ecology and a deep awareness of the interdependence of the natural world. She uses combinations of relief, mono and intaglio printmaking to create and recreate layered prints, forming and dissolving connections [...]
Lisa Takahashi Lisa Takahashi first picked up her lino cutting gouges just over ten years ago, in an attempt to make images as exuberant as a Matisse cut-out. Not only did the process offer the bold, graphic qualities she was seeking, but it also became a bit of an addiction! Lisa continues [...]
Rachel Thornton Rachel is a full time artist working from her studio in Bentham, North Yorkshire. With a drive for ambitious exploration in method and material throughout her art practice Rachel has developed a unique style and form. Combining printmaking, painting and wood carving methods to create unique natural artworks. Rachel uses [...]
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 [...]
