2019 was my third year of contributing art to support the Twitter Art Exhibition and its chosen charities.
Here I'll show you more about the development of this year's work, 'Above Ullswater' - an original one-off piece of work, from a one plate linocut, printed onto a monoprint background.
Let's start with the location itself. It's high on the fells in an exposed spot. We visited friends nearby and walked up right from their door.
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| Ullswater in the distance |
I decided to explore this image and the composition initially in a drypoint 'sketch', before going on to cut the lino plate itself and play with mono-printing backgrounds.
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| Exploring the subject in drypoint |
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| Testing out ways to mono print backgrounds |
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| These were some I felt worked best for starters |
In the studio I tried a range of mono printed backgrounds, drawing on the colours of the landscape, some redder, some darker. I then selected one image for my Twitter Art Exhibition 2019 submission - and posted it off.
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| Exploring backgrounds |
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| A range from which to select the one |
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| My #TAE19 donation 'Above Ullswater' |
I was very excited to find out later that my work featured as a Board's Choice in the exhibition catalogue and that David Sandum, the founder of the Twitter Art Exhibition, had selected it and explained why. What an honour!
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| 'Above Ullswater' in the 2019 #TAE19 catalogue |
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| The full page with Board's Choice text |
If you would like a very quick flick into the catalogue, to see some other favourites, you can see a bit more in this short video:
To learn more about my work, please check out my website www.carolynmurphy.co.uk where you'll find my gallery, online shop and links to my social media.
