Original artwork description:

Hill Top Stand returns to a theme that I never tire of: a group of trees on the sky line with a sweeping sky beyond. It's not uncommon to see a view like this as farmers will often work around the hill leaving the trees to themselves on the hillside. I think we relate powerfully to a copse like this, seeing them like a cluster of survivors.

A monotype is a unique printed picture. I use rollers and dabbers to spread out the ink on a smooth plastic surface (like perspex or plexi-glass) then make marks with a cloth and other tools. I incorporate textured materials by impressing inked up wallpaper and fabric. The colours are printed in layers wiping away and using paper stencils each time it goes through the printing press to transfer the ink from the plastic to the paper. It's printed to the edges of the paper so the deckle (wavy) edge is part of the print. It is flat mounted onto acid free board with archival tape, wrapped in cellophane and carefully flat-packed in a specially made box.

Materials used:

Oil-based ink on Rives BFK cotton rag paper. Mounted on acid-free mount board.

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