this is my next art exhibition… Beyond the Surface, which will be held at Greyfriars Art Space in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK, from 21 September to 5 October 2013.
It will include a range of recent abstracted mixed media paintings, influenced by landscape, coast and ancient buildings. A selection of collagraph prints and art cards will also be for sale.
The preview will be held on Friday 20 September, 6 to 8pm, you would be very welcome.
Beyond the Surface, art exhibition, King’s Lynn.
I’ve been busy creating and printing a few more collagraphs this week, in preparation for my forthcoming solo exhibition ‘Beyond the Surface’ in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. Most of the new ones are small and I’ve used a variety of ink colours (Hawthorn Inks).
The plan is to sell the collagraph prints at the show, (which will be a variety of abstracted mixed media paintings), simply wrapped at a reasonable price, so there will be something to suit all pockets.
The recent small collagraphs here were influenced by the crumbling facades of buildings I came across in Venice earlier this year. I used scraps of wallpaper, sandpaper, string, muslin and a lovely piece of narrow lace ribbon I picked up at a recent vintage fair, which seems to lend itself well to the suggestion of fine architectural decoration. It also adds to the fun of browsing vintage fairs and the like, looking for textured materials to use.
By the way, I’m sure I’m not the only one to find the used, cleaned plate as interesting in its own right?
Untitled Collagraph, Mari French 2013
Untitled Collagraph, Mari French 2013
Collagraph plate, Mari French
The printmaking corner of my studio
I finally started using my own tabletop press yesterday in my studio, to produce the first of what I hope will be a series of collagraph prints. As regular readers will know I recently attended one of Laurie Rudling’s excellent workshops, so it was good to be able to put the experience into practice.
My aim is to sell the successful prints at my exhibitions, starting with ‘Beyond the Surface’ in King’s Lynn in September, giving visitors who like my work the opportunity to purchase an original piece at a price most people can afford.
Inking up
In the inking up photo above, you can see I’d been trying out a burnt sienna ink, but didn’t like the results (see bottom photo).
Below is the preferred result, a diptych abstract plate inked up in cerulean blue with a raw umber ‘rub’ over it. The wide angle camera lens unfortunately gives it a wonky look! The original print is actually quite square.
Untitled collagraph, Mari French 2013
collagraph plate inked in Burnt Sienna
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