Lower Broad Street, Ludlow

I suppose the focus of my paintings is varied; with a scope ranging from the shape of the land around me in South Shropshire, to family portraits.

The variety of print work here is partly dictated by the print techniques employed; each suggesting different subject matter simply by the marks that are made.

 Ideas can spring from anywhere and a large backlog of sketch books continues to be a great source of ideas.

Much of the screen printed work has been in response to an exploration of the architectural language of the urban environment; city, town and country wanderings usually being accompanied by a camera or sketchbook, whereas intaglio work tends towards the more linear – hence the ‘Eric’ series.

.The unexpected in print is one of its attractions for the printmaker as, however carefully planned a print might be, there is always an element of surprise as the screen is lifted or the print emerges from the press.