About Angela Johnson
Biography
My art practice, both with printmaking and painting, is my attempt to respond to and understand both the vulnerabilities and the beauty encapsulated within the human condition. I have always been inspired to draw and engage with the human form on a deeper level than simply figuratively. The people I choose to portray show a certain strength, attitude and extraordinariness. I offer these images in the hope that my work may reflect back something to the viewer about themselves - for them to feel their own inner strength and to know that they are inspiring and beautiful too.
Drawing is a key part of my artistic practice and using drypoint for printmaking enables me to take this further. Each image is individually drawn into a plastic 'plate', which is then inked up by hand using the intaglio method. When I am happy with the qualities of the ink I then run it through a traditional hand-operated printing press on Somerset printmaking paper (250-300gsm).
