Category: Printmaking

The Print Room: William Brown

We have set up a Print Room as part of our current exhibition ‘An Anthology of Work by Painters & Printmakers’. Many artists, particularly painters are also printmakers. There often seems to be a natural progression. The work in this show is primarily by painters who have regularly exhibited at The Art Shop. They often… Read more »

A Late Summer Show

  Now open! A Late Summer Show… Collections of artworks – paintings, drawings, printworks, ceramics and jewellery. Visit our current exhibition page and see a wonderful show of work. Something for everyone…  

…just arrived ‘The Night Life of Trees’ notecards

  We think these screen-printed notecards by Tara are exquisite! They feature images from the book ‘The Night Life of Trees’. Each pack contains 10 cards of  4 designs printed onto black handmade paper. They are created in the Gond tribal art style from Central India. ‘In Gond belief, trees stand in the middle of life, and the spirit… Read more »

Just arrived…

Back in stock, all our bestselling printmaking equipment including inks, rollers, vinyl, lino and cutting tools. Invest in a good quality roller like this Abig Heavyweight Beech Handled Roller and it will last you forever. Brilliant shades of 15 Schmincke Linoprint Colours are available to overprint and intermix as you wish. Our Japanese Double-Sided Vinyl is a soft easy… Read more »

Exhibition currently showing… ‘As bright as a spring sun’

Our spring show has opened, here are a few highlights… New artists include Daniel Wright with a cupboard full of decorated white slipped earthenware in the kitchen (see image). Alongside Daniel is a familiar maker, Dylan Bowen. A firm favourite of ours over many years, Dylan is now a well known, established figure in the world of… Read more »

Mother’s Day 2013

A Mother’s love is… …special, nurturing, enduring, brave, fearless, supportive and protective – a guiding light. A cupboard full of domestic ceramics by James Burnett-Stuart… ‘I like the way pots enter our lives stealthily, benignly, and exert their quiet influence.  As companions, offering beauty, comfort, practical service, sensuous experience all in a modest almost subliminal… Read more »

William Brown – Some newly discovered work

‘The design of his pictures might be glaringly simple, the colour dazzlingly pure and his calligraphy instantly readable by a child, but the meanings remain tantalisingly elusive.’  Laura Gascoigne ( ‘From under the bed’  2009 exhibition at The Art Shop) Our current exhibition ‘Some newly discovered work’ runs until 22nd September. This is a rare… Read more »

Cornelia O’Donovan RCA – New paintings

Cornelia O’Donovan, who studied illustration at the Royal College of Art and is primarily a printmaker, recently turned her attentions to painting for our current mixed show Painters & Printmakers. Her large paintings have been selling so successfully, that yesterday a series of three beautiful new canvases arrived… see more below

Painters & Printmakers

Our new show opened on Friday 4th May. Such a delight putting this work together. A cacophony of styles, processes and influences. In ‘Painters & Printmakers’ you will see limited edition etchings, linocuts, wood engravings and lithographs. Paintings, drawings, stone carvings and embroidery.

Marks of Intent

Great news for Helen Booth, one of the two artists showing in  ‘Marks of Intent‘, who last week was selected to receive a Pollock Krasner Award for her painting. This is a very prestigious award given to her for Artistic Merit. Very few British Artists have been awarded this accolade; her paintings have now been… Read more »