Edinburgh : Screen Prints

Edinburgh Rooftops

These are two new multi-layered handmade screen prints of Edinburgh which I've been working on over the last couple of weeks. The city was my grandfather's home town and its somewhere I've returned to regularly for many years. Most recently I've been in the city researching locations for my forthcoming Places of Pilgrimage exhibition (more details HERE) when I went to see Greyfriar's Bobby's memorial, where people leave dog toys and sticks for the ghost of the Skye terrier, and the Elephant House Cafe, where J.K. Rowling used to write. (Ian Rankin and Alexander McCall-Smith are also customers).
 
Scotland's capital is a place of contrasts - sometimes stern and forbidding under grey skies and sometimes bright in the sun. A place of dark deeds - the "Resurection Men" trading corpses - and home to one of the greatest art festivals in the world. A good humoured phrase often associated with "Auld Reekie" is "its all fur coat and nae knickers" which pretty much says it all!

I've captured Edinburgh in two different moods - the brooding and the light hearted - taking the same view of the city or both from Calton Hill. On the skyline is the castle and, in the foreground, the tower of the Balmoral hotel.

In the past I have usually worked in a technique known as reduction screen print but, due to the architectural complexities of Edinburgh's gorgeous buildings, I've had to use different screens overlaid on each other. I'm very pleased with the result and I think this may signal a change in my printing style.









 Both prints feature on my Artfinder page (CLICK HERE for a visit) and, along with a large selection of my work, at Masham Gallery (CLICK HERE to see their site).

If you'd like to send me any comments on the new prints email me by clicking HERE.



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