About
My Art world.
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For the last 16 years, I have been involved in the creative world in some way. Initially, I taught myself how to make patchwork and quilts after the birth of my second child. I worked with several patchwork and quilting magazines writing patterns and making quilts for them. I taught a beginner’s quilting class for several years too. One day I began sketching some moths and drawing intricate patterns in order to relax. My return to an art practice grew from there. At school, I had always loved art and even passed my higher art. I had dreams of going to art school too. That wasn’t meant to be, however.
I am a mostly self-taught artist. Through perseverance, hours upon hours of practice, and a great deal of patience, I used this wonderful internet world to study the skills I needed to pursue the type of art I want to create. I am still very much a work in progress like my artwork.
My Art Practice
I have a shared studio space in a fantastic creative community in an old school on Dornoch street, in the East End of Glasgow. There is a huge Gunning press I print on and it is an beautiful and inspiring place to work.
My art practice involves exploring the wildlife and nature that surrounds us here in Scotland. I have been on several solo retreats to some of our beautiful islands to observe and sketch what I find.
These are then developed to become Lino Prints, Drypoint Prints and Coloured Pencil Art. Our studio has a Gunning Etching Press which I use to print my small, limited editions of prints.
I am to create a sense of vulnerability and resilience with my mark making. The fragility of nature has never been more evident than now given the climate crisis and extinction of many species.
I use the Drypoint technique to scratch delicate lines into the plate to produce a sense of fragility. Lino printing uses a bolder, graphic line which evokes a sense of strength and resilience which can be found in nature thankfully.
I sell prints and artwork through my online shop here but I also have an Etsy shop with a wider selection of work.
Currently, my main mediums are Lino print and I am Drypoint Intaglio. For my coloured pencil artworks, I use Faber Castell Polychromos pencils to achieve a realistic, lightfast, professional result. I use this material for pet portraits.
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