WALKING ARTIST
About My Work
My practice explores the dialogue between walking and drawing. Being ‘on the path’ is an important source of inspiration for me and I have followed various routes both here and abroad, pausing to draw in a sketchbook, carrying forward the work drawn on my travels back in the studio.
My print series are developed in response to absorbing a landscape that I was able to access on foot. I experiment technically with colour and texture by cutting or etching the surface of the lino and gradually building up thinly printed layers of richly stained colour. The cut shapes contrast with the softer etched areas producing a vibrant surface. They are printed by hand on paper, using the press in my studio, usually in editions of only four or five prints.
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A performative element to presenting my work invites participants into the sharing of my practice. It often involves creating a physical piece such as an extended collaborative drawing which flaps and unfurls in the wind, making its presence felt - and alerts us to the fact that we too have a presence here in the landscape.