Original artwork description:

The image is my response to being immersed in the local landscape, observing the colours and forms seen as I cycle and walk around, soaking in the effects of Spring, seeing all the colours emerge from the plants and the wildlife as we move towards Summer. These are abstract pieces evoking the landscape, inspired by the methods of Japanese printmaking, Helen Frankenthaler's soak paintings and Joan Mitchell's painting landscapes from memories.

This is a form of monotype woodcut printmaking created through using the japanese method of laying colour onto a wood surface to transfer onto dampened paper, through the use of Nori as a binder and Watercolour paint for colour.

This process allows me to control the colours and the blending effects to form many layers onto the surface of the recycled paper, allowing me to form my responses to travelling around the landscape, choosing the colours and layering each on top, whilst the paper is damp.

The paper is dampened the night before and left to completely soak through, allow for the subtle colour to adhere to the surface.

Materials used:

Watercolour paint, nori paste, recycle paper, plywood

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