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ABOUT ME
I am a painter/printmaker. Originally from Hertfordshire, I began my art training at the Herts College of Art and Design, in St Albans; then accepted a place to study photography and print-making in Brighton, which I did not complete. I left art college to go into TV production, continuing to produce my artwork alongside my technical career. I still work in TV and have even managed to combine my two careers in one when I was commissioned to provide the painting of the title in an episode of the BBC childrens's programme The Tweenies, called "Judy's Painting." I even had the honour of wearing Judy's glove to apply some paint for a camera close-up!
I fell under the spell of Norfolk when I was 9, and have lived here with my husband Krys and our cats since 1995. It is an inspiring place to live and work, although these days my artwork is less and less about the county I love than I originally intended. I am a Committee member of The Norwich Print Fair - a group committed to the display and promotion of the hand-made print - as opposed to the modern menace of the "giclee."
MY WORK
There is no one theme to my artwork, although my approach is very firmly graphic and based on drawing. My interests are varied - wildlife, old family photos, plants and places I have visited, such as Iceland, Africa and The Antarctic.
PRINTMAKING
I work with other media - pastel and watercolour and occasionally mosaic tiles on pots - but mainly printmaking. Printmaking enables me to exploit my love of drawing and I like working with multiple images taken from a single plate. However, I produce very small editions, seldom more than 20 prints are taken from collagraph and drypoint plates, and each one is intentionally different. I also use etching and monoprint in my work - whatever seems appropriate for the end result.
Increasingly I am interested in mixing media, layering various textures and elements for specific effect. Felt-making, paper-making, clay and beach-finds are especially useful.
GRAPHICS/PHOTOMONTAGE
Because I have always had a passion for photography I have begun to produce graphic work using Photoshop, my photographs and drawings combined. This is in the early stages at present, but one example on the website is "The Pier" which combines a photo, a drawing, text and a lot of layering.
For the past few years I have designed publicity material for myself and Krys, as well as other artistic events and businesses, and have put some examples on the website. I am very keen on the scope the computer software gives me to move and layer text and images, and the fact that publicity puts attractive art to honest work - drawing people to an exhibition!
WHERE TO SEE MY WORK
I exhibit mainly with the Norwich Print Fair, which is held every September in St Benedict's Street, and open my studio most years for the annual Norfolk and Norwich Open Studio scheme in May.
In June 2010 I was organiser of and exhibitor with The Norwich Print Fair exhibition at The Bankside Gallery in London, and in summer 2011 will be exhibiting at the Welborne Festival.