I have had a print selected for the Printmakers Council exhibition at The Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute, London N6 6BS, which is really exciting. The private view is on the 18th November and the exhibition continues until 1st December. All work is for sale!

The last print I posted has been selected for the Printmakers Council 'Mini Print' exhibition. The 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition follows on from the 7th Exhibition which toured the UK for 2 years.

Tour Dates and Venues Confirmed so far for the 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition

6th April to 16th June 2012:
London Print Studio. Opening Show

4th August to 23rd September 2012:
Aberystwyth Arts Centre

20th October to 18th November 2012:
Ropewalk Gallery, Barton on Humber

24th November 2012 to 20th January 2013:
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries

25th July to 6th October 2013:
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

5th November 2013 to 21st December 2013:
Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, Kent

Here are two of my latest prints.  They are the smallest prints I have made measuring 10 x 7cms.  They are two-colour silkscreen prints.

 

I posted a couple of my black and white lino prints on 12th August and now I have silkscreened coloured shapes over the top to lift the print from the paper and add interest to the composition. Colour is new territory for me as I spent most of my MA and residency working with tones of grey and off-whites. I was so seduced by mark-making and composition that adding colour became an added complication; a distraction away from the subtleties and qualities of a mark and it's edges. However, the boldness and crisp black marks of the lino prints shouted for colour.

Yesterday I sold this print following an enquiry after the PMC's Vyner Street Gallery exhibition. I made this print, 'Emotion I, Series I' in 2009, it was exhibited locally and selected for Originals '10 at the Mall Galleries last spring.  It feels like an old friend and I'm pleased it has gone to a good home!

Click here to go to my husband's blog where you will find the prints he submitted to the Design & Print Now!' exhibition.

On 28th July, I went to the SW1 Gallery in Victoria to the private view of 'Print & Design Now 2011' an exhibition organised in association with Bearspace (www.bearspace.co.uk). Approximately 200 prints were selected and presented unframed and there was varied mix of printmaking, drawing, graphics, digital media and some sculpture.

My husband had two prints selected and these can be viewed along with the other prints on the Bearspace website.

The exhibition is on until the 23rd August and then it travels around the country for the next 4 months. This was the first exhibition I have been to where all the work has been unframed.  It made the atmosphere at the private view less formal as the work was not displayed in such a regimented way and the work was affordable.  I also think the exhibition attracted submissions from younger artists and students because framing was not required as this can often be a great expense.

Link to the Ochre Print Studio website

Fur, Feathers, Fingers and Fins is the title of an exhibition by the Lockwood Print Group in association with artists from Ochre Print Studio and is at the Lewis Elton Gallery at the University of Surrey. The adults with learning difficulties who produced the work were at the private view on 25th July and were joined by the Mayor, staff from the Lockwood Day Centre and many members of OPS.

The exhibition is full of colour and humour. The work is diverse, sensitively presented and truly showcases the time and effort that has been put into this successful partnership.