LynneROEBUCKFine Art Printmaker-painter
Both prints Lynne submitted to Ferens Open '09 have been selected.
Above: Visitors discuss the display of art infront of Lynne's "Headland" limited edition original print, at Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, Yorkshire.
Lynne's original prints on show now. More about 2009 Ferens Open ...
topLynne's collection of block prints is now available to view at Gallery 49 fine art, Bridlington, North Yorkshire, UK.
On the way to Flamborough Head and Bridlington beach, the lovely quiet Old Town in Bridlington has an excellent fine art gallery with a wide variety of high quality original art. Lynne is proud Gallery 49 is now showing her block prints.
Lynne has only recently submitted her first collection of lino prints to two prestigious Yorkshire galleries: Gallery 49, Bridlington (above) and Trattles & Geall in Whitby. She hopes to a be able to make her work available from more galleries around the UK in future.
topLinocuts printed in time for November 2008, the submission deadline for a prominent open printmaking exhibition.
The Mini Print exhibition organised by the Printmaker's Council places a severe restriction on the artwork it will consider accepting. Prints must be no bigger than 70 square centimetres. Sounds reasonable put that way, but when you consider it's a print only, say 10cm by 7cm, then that's small, requiring the fine cutting usually associated with woodcut.
Above picture: Plates for three original prints, shown with a UK pound coin for scale. A 'key' plate has already been cut (on the left of each pair). The key plate has been printed onto another second plate ready for cutting. Underneath the prints, you can see some of the preliminary sketches. The middle artwork uses the style established in the 'Headland' seascape print.
topLynne's first collection of prints is now available. It includes not only new original prints, but also a limited edition of Lynne's very popular "Lighthouse" artwork previously shown only as an artist's proof in the East Coast Open earlier in 2008 (Now in a private collection). A series of linocuts, these prints take their inspiration from the Yorkshire landscape and, or, develop some of the distinct stylistic aspects of Lynne's print designs.
Shown in the picture: (Clockwise, left to right) "Lighthouse", "The Mighty Oak", "Headland", "White Horse" and "Voyagers".
topJust lovely.
Above: A linocut plate used to print "Headland" after printing has finished. It will be destroyed so as to 'limit' the edition by making it impossible to print any more the same - hence the term "Limited edition".
topTraditional printmaking is no instant push button activity.
A collection of relief prints is currently in production (pictured drying, above). It will include not only new original prints, but also a limited edition of Lynne's very popular "Lighthouse" artwork. Printmaker's ink takes its time to dry completely. The speed it dries at depends on many factors such as the kind of paper used, the thickness it is applied in, what it has been mixed with and the weather conditions. Perhaps the humid conditions we've been experiencing have slowed the process down here so that Lynne, an exacting printmaker greatly concerned with quality, has had to revise her previous optimistic estimate for release of the block print collection to July/August 2008.
Above: The first plate/colour on the "White Horse" (left) and "Headland" (right) original prints.
topSince Lynne's successes at the beginning of 2008, she has resolved the design of a number of relief print blocks for a new collection which will be printed using her recent etching press investment (above). Despite a high demand for her freelance design and contract graphic design skills, Lynne has been familiarising herself with the nuances of the press and is expecting to make available a collection of limited edition original prints later this year (2008).
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