Writer-Printmaker
I am interested in expressing through my art the intangible essence within the natural world. I journal consistently, sketches of landscapes, birds, plants – the notebook is both an exploration of how I see and a journalistic tendency to write down impressions. It is the way I attend to the world around me. The process of printmaking, building the plate and the practise of an old craft, allows me time to slow down and express what lies underneath or behind the world as I see it. When I lift the paper after it has gone through the press, I am always moved. I feel like an adventurer, not knowing how the final print will be revealed with its purposeful and serendipitous marks. I work in drypoint, monoprint, mezzotint and woodcut.
Printmaking
Writing