About Rosemary Jones

I am an artist specialising in linocut printmaking. The main focus of my prints is the landscape of the South Downs in West Sussex and views around Worthing, where I live. I love walking on the beach and in the countryside and translating what I see into my artworks – either the blue of the sea and the sky or into my complicated many-layered and multicoloured reduction linocut prints. All my prints are original handmade linocuts, made with real ink, on real paper, on a real press by me. Each print is unique because it is entirely made by hand. I have taken part in exhibitions in local galleries and have work for sale in local shops, and I’ve taken part in Worthing Artists Open Houses for many years. I also do fabric printing with linocut blocks, acid etching and pottery. I attended Northbrook College in Worthing for many years as a mature student, studying Observational Drawing and Painting, Life Drawing, Composition, Sculpture and Painting. I had never made linocuts before until I had the opportunity to do so as part of my Composition class, because Jonathan Howlett, my tutor at Northbrook made linocuts, so I could learn from him. I just took to them like a duck to water! During the course of my studies I also learnt about British twentieth century art, especially finding inspiration from the work of Eric Ravilious and his friend the linocutting expert, Edward Bawden. I am also a volunteer Gallery Assistant at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester which is absolutely fascinating.