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"Rain Man - Limited Edition Print" by Ben Robson Hull
“Sometimes you just have to accept that getting wet is inevitable... This man accepted his fate outside of Roma Termini, Italy. The rain appeared from nowhere on what was a sunny afternoon in Rome. People scurried for shelter everywhere as the heavens opened but this man was just too late and instead of running he conceded that he was already soaked to the bone. As I arrived at the station I attached my long telephoto and got down to ground level to make the shot. I saw the man approaching but it was a race against time to change lenses, get in to position and make the shot.”
"Gerrard Street, Chinatown, 2014" by Katharine Rowe
“I have been painting some much smaller canvases recently with a view to working up to much larger pieces. This is Gerrard Street, the central artery of London's China town. This street is always busy day and night and I wanted to capture the constant movement of people up and down the street. The lighting is extremely important and creates the whole composition of the canvas.”
“Mezzotints are produced on copper plates. The entire surface of the plate is roughed 'rocked' with a tool known as a Mezzotint Rocker, which is shaped like a wide chisel with a curved and serrated edge. This is traditionally held in the hand at an angle of 45 degrees. By rocking the toothed edge backwards and forwards over the plate, a rough burr is cast up which holds the ink. Once this is completed, a drawing can be transferred onto the plate, using carbon paper. When printed, the textured ground reads as a uniform dark; the areas to be lightened are scraped and burnished - therefore, working from dark to light - a reverse technique to etching and engraving. Little can compare the Mezzotint in the richness of its blacks; it is unique among the intaglio printmaking processes. The preparation of the plate can take 25 hours or more before the artist can start work on the design, but the beautiful, soft velvety finish is so unique to the Mezzotint process that it more than justifies the skill and patience involved. In the 18th Century, small boys were employed to 'rock' the plates up and the extreme tediousness of the work, combined with the poor pay and working conditions, sent many of the poor things into mental decline, hence the term "off one's rocker".”
"Bram Stoker - Dracula (Framed), 2014" by Peter Walters
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” - Bram Stoker, Dracula. This is an acrylic portrait of Bram Stoker, painted on the opening words of his classic Gothic Novel. My current project is my largest yet; working from a timeline of literary movements since the 1800's, I am painting the portraits of authors who have written some of the greatest works in literary history. It is a journey from the Romantics to High Modernism, from great Philosophy to ground-breaking Science. This is a series that celebrates those whose words and ideas have touched and inspired generations with their artistry and imagination.
“This is a three colour (blue, brown and black) linocut - made using the reduction method where a layer of lino is carved away between each colour. This means that this limited run of 10 is all there will ever be of this particular print. It is based on a seaside swimming pool that used to take pride of place along the seafront in Ramsgate, Kent. The top diving board was tackled by only the bravest local adventurers! The print is hand carved and hand printed and, as such, each will be slightly different.”
“These cheeky little chappies manifested after a very random trip to a Sea Pets store with my buddy Emma. For some reason I was totally captivated by them. Id never really paid much attention to Budgerigars...until this point. Apart from them being incredibly stunning, they are absolutely hilarious to watch! They seem to all have their own quickie individual characters, even expressions. In an odd way, I think I just about capture that in the strange expressions on their faces. This work was lovingly hand screenprinted at East London Printmaker, based in Hackney. It's a two layer print with a pink to orange blend running through it. Naturally, with any blend, each print in ever so slightly different from the next, making your print pretty much unique.”
“This is a round three colour screen print in dark blue and green, then finished off with a light blue over layer. The print is of a young boy exploring nature on his bike accompanied by his pet cat. The final light blue print is taken from a willow tree, to suggest that he is standing under a willow tree taking shelter from the rain, but to also create the impression of falling light blue water lines made by the rain itself.”
"Argonaut (Hand Coloured Etching), 2005" by Debby Mason
“Many of the sea creatures that I have drawn have come from childhood memories - a visit to the wonderful Musee Oceanographic in Monaco where I was captivated by the shell collection and the giant squid. My mother asked if I would like to go and look for some shells on the beach, apparently I replied that we would not find any, as the prince had all of them in his museum! Jaques Cousteau and 'The Silent World' fascinated me as a child - I wanted to learn to dive and discover the wonderful creatures that he filmed. Even in black and white I was intrigued by this other world.”
“The idea of Autumn Acer was found on a bright, crisp, autumn morning walk through the Acer Walk at Holland Park, London. In this vibrant oil painting your eyes are captured by the repetitive patterns and the graduations of golden colours. This painting is part of my Flourishing Gardens series; inspired by the natural world, its rhythms and patterns that never cease to amaze me!”
“Eyes have always fascinated me as a subject within my art. They're the windows to the soul and for that reason I think they make for incredibly powerful paintings. For this painting I wanted to work on a large scale to develop a real impact piece. I used a palette knife for the work on the flesh, to capture the textures found in close up. For the eye itself I used brushes in order to represent its glassy nature.”
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