Artist and Printmaker
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I have lived in The Forest of Dean for thirty years now, and have been making relief prints for the past 12 years. Most of my linocut prints are made using the reduction method, where a single piece of lino is carved in a number of stages, but I have recently been focussing on drawing, and the use of multiple blocks.My images are drawn from life drawings, and sketches made on location by the Severn or in the forest or in my garden. Domestic objects, wild birds and ancient northern ships are also important. I generally have a guiding idea, such as the story of Hafren, spirit of the Severn, or the attempt to catch the knife-edge between stillness and liveliness in a vase of flowers positioned in a very quiet place in the house, with the light falling from behind through a muslin curtain.
People who enjoy my work comment on the atmosphere of the prints; they know there is a story being told, and respond to the feeling of the narrative, without it being spelt out. My work is generally optimistic, looking towards regeneration, resurrection and the meditative enjoyment of life, however stormy it gets.
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Address:
Breams Eaves Cottage, Henley Road,Bream, Lydney,GL15 6NF
Email: francesp.homewood@gmail.com
Phone Number: 07796013719
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