About
I have been a printmaker using the intaglio process of etching for at least fifteen years.
Etching is quite labour-intensive but I think that suits my slow way of working and gives me time to think about and explore whatever visual image I have decided to translate into a print. I am attracted by line and texture and contrast - no matter what the subject, at least one of those elements would have caught my eye.
Mainly I use steel plates for my etchings and occasionally copper. The surface of the plate can be worked and put in the etching tray numerous times - this may take months before I feel the image is ready to edition. I do not complete pulling an entire edition in one session, just one or two at a time when needed. This results in what is known as a "variable" edition and in my work this can mean either tiny differences in the colour mixes of ink or even a much different inking of the plate. I think this highlights the fact that every time the plate is inked by hand, damp paper laid over the top and then pulled through the press, each piece produced is an original.
Awards
ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE: Runner-up in the 2025 Open Competition
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS: Awarded the Stuart Southall Print Prize in 2022
BATH SOCIETY OF ARTISTS:
Awarded the Bath Society of Artists Print Prize in 2020
At the end of 2021 I was elected a Member of the Bath Society of Artists
ST BARBE MUSEUM & ART GALLERY:
The Mary Symons Memorial Award (for Printmaking) twice;
The Clarke Willmott Award for Overall Merit; and,
The Beaulieu Fine Arts Award
BRUTON ART SOCIETY: Received the Joy Barnes Award in 2019
ARTCARE, SALISBURY HOSPITAL: Runner-up in 2020 and Overall Winner in 2015
Selected Exhibitions
ST BARBE MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Annual Open Exhibition, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, and every year from 2005 - 2016
ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE & Annual Open Exhibition, 2025 and 2023
BRUTON ART SOCIETY Annual Exhibition 2019-2025
BATH SOCIETY OF ARTISTS Annual Open Exhibition, 2024, 2023, 2012-2015, 2005
R.W.A. Bristol, 171st Annual Open Exhibition, 2024 & 168th Annual Open Exhibition, 2020
SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART (SGFA) Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, 2022
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, 2022
THE SOUTH WEST ACADEMY Annual Open Exhibition, 2021
ARTCARE Annual Open Exhibition, Salisbury Hospital, 2022, 2020 & 2015
BLACK SWAN ARTS Open Exhibition, 2024, 2019 & 2017
DORCHESTER ARTS Open Exhibition, 2017
SHERBORNE ART CLUB Annual Open Exhibition, 2024 & 2017
NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, 2016
THE NEW FOREST Open Art Exhibition, 2016
NATIONAL TRUST'S MOTTISFONT Annual Open Exhibition, Mottisfont, 2013 & 2014
Group Exhibitions
"EVOLVING", Group Exhibition with Jane Barnard, Gordon Close and Caroline Hughes, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, April 2025
GORDON CLOSE & VICTORIA GARLAND, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, May 2023
"OFF THE BEATEN TRACK", Group Exhibition with Rachel Sargent, Tim Scott Bolton, Paul MacDermot, Summerleaze Gallery, 2022
"CONTEMPORARY CUTS" A Selected Group Exhibition at St Barbes Museum & Art Gallery, 2022
"IMPRESSIONS", Group Exhibition with Eric Bailey, Jane Barnard, The Slade Centre, 2022
"TOGETHER", Group Exhibition with Caroline Hughes and Eric Bailey, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 2021
ANDREA JENKINS, JOHN GOODLIFFE & VICTORIA GARLAND, Shaftesbury Arts Centre,2019
"ART NATURALLY",Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 2018
DORSET ART WEEKS, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 2018
ARTCARE Exhibition, Salisbury Hospital, 2016
HALLGATE GALLERIES, Northumberland, 2016
BETTLES GALLERY, Ringwood, 2016
ARTS & CRAFT EXHIBITION, St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, inaugural group exhibition
POETRY COMPETITION - Lymington Arts Festival and St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, 2016
The Poetry Competition prize-winner chose my etching, "Still Life with Tulips" as the inspiration for their poem.
Contact Me
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