Dewpond Ditchling Print

Original silkscreen print on Arches Aquarelle 365gsm paper.

"Exploring the South Downs it’s not long before you come across dew ponds. Completely round, man made water reservoirs, they have been features of the area for hundreds of years as a source of water for cattle and sheep. Lined with chalk, they stand out in the landscape as a geometric anomaly in a similar way to a plantation of trees, whose serried lines are often at odds with their wilder surroundings.
I came across this dew pond en route to Ditchling on a misty February morning. My first attempt to paint it was scuppered as drizzle set in and the image dripped off the paper. The next day was set fair and I came away with this."

Image size: 37.5 x 29.5 cm.
Paper size: 55 x 49 cm.
Edition of 75, numbered and signed.

Andy Lovell’s work as an illustrator and printmaker is informed by making drawings and paintings from life which are then revisited through the medium of print. The original drawings are not an end in themselves but rather aim to catch the essence of a place in a form that can be translated to print back in the studio. He is drawn to the immediacy that the screen-print and monotype processes both allow and encourage and which result in a gestural and often graphic interpretation of these initial sketches and paintings done on location that capture a real sense of mood and place.