Behind the print: "A Parliament of Owls"
Steve Edwards on his marvellous series of owl prints, getting into the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and combining etching and lino.
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- Jun 9
- 5 min
Behind the print: "Late Harvest"
Angela Brookes combines monoprint and drypoint to give the same scene a completely different atmosphere through her skilled use of ink.
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lucy w
- May 21
- 3 min
Behind the print: "The Bathers"
Nikki Braunton makes darkly comic prints inspired by the people she sees around her and her love of nature. She talks about her characters.
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lucy w
- Apr 30
- 5 min
Behind the print: "Shoreham"
Kit Boyd’s paintings and prints explore our place in nature. His latest etching pays tribute to Shoreham in Kent, where Samuel Palmer lived.
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lucy w
- Mar 25
- 5 min
Introducing new member J. Yuen Ling Chiu
Ling's work explores themes including migration, memory and the printmaking process itself, with a focus on sustainability.
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lucy w
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Featured artist Barbara Zalecki
Barbara Zalecki’s prints of animals are full of character, movement and patterns. We talk to her about her featured artist show.
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lucy w
- Feb 18
- 4 min
Behind the print: “Colour Garden” series
Our featured artist Janet Wilson explains how she made these delicate prints, using real plants as part of the printmaking process.
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lucy w
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Behind the print: "The Dark Hedges II, Co. Antrim"
Sue Whitmore on her atmospheric “Dark Hedges” etchings, which highlight her expressive drawing and her love of dramatic landscapes.
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lucy w
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Behind the print: "Plane Gold"
Peter Wareham explains how he made this expressive etching and relief print that captures the glow of autumn sunlight on London plane trees.
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lucy w
- Aug 29, 2021
- 6 min
Behind the print: “Summer Light” and “Night Walk, Blackheath”
Lucy Ward's atmospheric landscapes explore how changes in light can make us react differently to a familiar scene.
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lucy w
- Aug 22, 2021
- 1 min
Exhibition: Surface Impressions, August 24-September 5, 2021
Greenwich Printmakers is bringing original prints by 24 artists to Islington Square for a pop-up exhibition, August 24-September 5.
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lucy w
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
Behind the print: "Passing Through"
Anthony Salter talks about making his photogravure print “Passing Through”, which has been shortlisted for the RA Summer Exhibition.
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lucy w
- Aug 5, 2021
- 4 min
Introducing new member Tim Mitchell
Tim’s aquatint etchings draw on his love of nature and his fascination with the use of birds and animals in storytelling across cultures.
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lucy w
- Jul 17, 2021
- 4 min
Behind the print: "Bathers and Bridge"
Sandra Millar’s characterful prints explore the human form in moments of joyful movement and reflective stillness.
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lucy w
- Jun 5, 2021
- 3 min
Behind the print: "Misty St Paul's"
Michael Reid talks about using the painterly sugar lift aquatint technique to create his atmospheric "Misty St Paul's" print.
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lucy w
- Jun 1, 2021
- 6 min
Introducing new member Yuet Yean Teo
Yuet Yean Teo’s prints combine influences from Eastern and Western artistic traditions to explore her travels, feelings and experiences.
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lucy w
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
Lockdown paintings
Stephen Robson talks about the new series of abstract oil paintings he made during lockdown, which are on show in the gallery May 17-June 6.
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lucy w
- Apr 10, 2021
- 5 min
Behind the print: "When We Could Touch"
Sally McKay captures fleeting moments in her prints, often inspired by her sketches of dance rehearsals. She talks about her evolving work.
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