Original hand-coloured drypoint engraving printed using Caligo Safe wash ink and hand coloured with watercolour on Fabriano Artistico hot pressed 300gsm paper. As such there will be small variations between each print. Available unframed, mounted and backed. Limited edition of 6.
"Belle Tout Lighthouse was the original lighthouse built on the cliffs at Eastbourne (on the site of an Iron Age hill fort). It was completed in 1834 and decommissioned in 1902 when the current lighthouse (the red and white stripy one) came into service. Since 1903 Belle Tout has had various owners, one of whom had the whole 850-ton building moved back from the cliff! It was restored in 2008 and is now a B & B. My engraving of Belle Tout is from inland looking out to sea on a calm summer day. If you listen carefully, you may even be able to hear the seagulls."
Dimensions: 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
About the artist:
I am an artist who uses printmaking techniques (multi-block linocut and hand coloured drypoint) to make my art. I am inspired by the history and mystery of the British landscape – it's shapes, rhythms and patterns and the stories they tell. Having started my artistic career as a painter I believe that I bring a unique, painters' approach to printmaking. I use colour to express my emotional connection with places that inspire me. I show work regularly with the Sussex Arts Collective (of whom I’m a member) and have exhibited widely in numerous group shows and art festivals.