A Change in the Weather

Woodcut with gold leaf

Edition 8/20

Image size 30cm x 23cm approx.

Printed from 3 blocks with oil-based ink onto Kozo paper, finished with gold leaf highlights.

Unframed

This image was inspired by a walk on the Moor one clear day when a dark cloud rolled across the skies, grey obliterating the blue.

Artist Statement:

I am a printmaker living in Newcastle upon Tyne. 

I specialise in woodcut, although in the past I have created prints using etching, drypoint and lithography.

I studied Fine Art at Newcastle University in the 1980's where I developed an interest in printmaking, and I became a member of  Charlotte Press in Newcastle in the late 1980's.  I have been printmaking for the last 30 years or so though not continuously, time raising children meant that printmaking took a back seat for some years.  For the last 12 years I have been a member of Northern Print where I occasionally print and teach woodcut.  My studio  is in my home, and I have recently bought an Albion Press  which has enabled me to continue printing - my previous tool being a wooden spoon and elbow grease.