I have always loved to draw and paint, since I was a small child and I am thankful that I have been able to carry this creativity into my adulthood.
In 2017, I attended printmaking classes at Thames-side Print Studio, and I fell in love with the process of indirect and direct intaglio printmaking; etching. I became a member of Thames-side Printmakers in 2018 and continue to practise printmaking.
Using dip pens, inherited from my grandfather, I draw directly into the hardground, this achieves a lovely delicate sensitive line, which when etched is very truthful to the original marks made. I also use other techniques, such as aquatint, mezzotint, scrapping and burnishing and dry point.
I love the process and the problem solving, always learning something new, how different metals etch with different timings. How to handle, protect and preserve metal, the use of soft and hard grounds, aquatint, creating surface tone, how different metal affects coloured inks and using different colour combinations and textured paper.
In short, it makes me happy!
I have prints available to purchase in the following galleries:
click on the links to see more about my prints .
Derby Print Open 2025, Green Door Printmakers Studio, Banks Mill, Derby
2025. The Gallery at Green and Stone, Fulham Rd, Chelsea. London
Past Exhibitions
Southbank Printmakers
Mini Print Exhibition October 2024 – January 2025
Gabriel’s Wharf, Southbank, London
Ironbridge Fine Arts
Print Open Exhibition 2024
Ironbridge. Telford
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2024
Thames-side Print studio – Print shop UK, London
Smag Arts – Blackheath/Greenwich. London
Derby Print Open
Print Open June 2024
Venue: The Small Print Company, Derby
The Gallery at Green & Stone
Works on Paper January – February 2024
Fulham Road, Chelsea, London
Southbank Printmakers
Mini Print Exhibition October – January 2024
Gabriel’s Wharf, Southbank, London
Showing with Thames-side Print Studio
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018 – 2023
Woolwich, London
Gallery Seventeen
Local Gallery & Framers 2021
Beckenham, London
Lumen Gallery Space
Group Exhibition 2018
Tavistock Place, Kings Cross, London