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Brenda Hartill lives in London
and has been practising as a printmaker for 20
years. Much of her working time is spent in her
studio in the Andalucian mountain village of Gaucin
in Southern Spain and on extended visits to the
wilds of New Zealand where she was brought up.
Her work explores the texture, pattern and light
of landscape and ranges from finely drawn figurative
work to bold, heavily embossed abstract images.
She uses natural materials to
develop her ongoing exploration of growth patterns,
universal organic forms, textures and patterns
of erosion. From a naturalistic starting point,
often embedding or casting natural plant skeletons,
she builds the images from an organic base. She
often uses silver, gold and copper leaf to enhance
her images, adding another dimension to the character
of her work.
"I have found that the process
of printmaking itself, especially the endless
possibilities in mark-making in etching and the
unique properties of print, a joy and inspiration.
I have always wanted to express the form, structure,
colour and textures of the world we live in and
have an abiding interest in the primeval, essential
structure of the earth and its elements."
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Blue
Fire I
Collagraph
Image Size 73 x 73cm |
| £399 |
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Great
Copper Elements II
Collaged Etching
Image Size 74 x 85cm |
| £570 |
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