This autumn we are presenting our third PRINTLAND exhibition, bringing together leading printmakers from around the UK, among them Fellows of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and elected members of the Society of Wood Engravers.
PRINTLAND exhibits professional artists who have developed a distinct visual language through which they interpret the world around them, across a wide range of subject matter: the ebb and flow of tides and the openness of wild coastlines, the intricate detail of insect eggs on a flower bud, ancient trees, moorland light, and action-packed sport and crowded streets.
At the heart of each practice is a commitment to direct observation and to distilling form into layered shape, colour and texture, creating works that balance structure with atmosphere and poetry. Collectively the artists have built strong followings among private collectors and have undertaken commissions and collaborations for organisations including Liberty, Penguin, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Hepworth Wakefield, the National Trust, the BBC, the RSPB, Wetherspoon and Saga Cruises.
Invited Artists
Laura Boswell, Neil Bousfield, Paul Cleden, Blaze Cyan, Angie Lewin, Robin Mackenzie, Penfold Press, Princetown Press and Lisa Takahashi.
Laura Boswell
Laura Boswell is a printmaker based on the west coast of Scotland whose work explores space, light and atmosphere in wild coastal landscapes. Inspired by changing weather and the meeting of sea and land, her prints focus on the feeling of place rather than direct representation. Working in reduction linocut, she builds layered images from a single block, gradually cut away through the process. Her work is influenced by Japanese aesthetics, particularly yohaku no bi, the beauty of empty space, balancing detailed mark-making with areas of openness and stillness.
Neil Bousfield
Neil Bousfield is a British relief printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and elected member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Raised on the North Yorkshire coast and based in Norfolk since 2010, his work explores the fragile relationship between land and sea. His engravings address coastal erosion, rising sea levels and climate change, extending observations of low-lying landscapes to vulnerable shorelines worldwide. Working in multi-layered relief printmaking, he creates atmospheric, technically innovative images with a strong environmental focus.
Paul Cleden
Paul Cleden is a printmaker whose work focuses on figurative movement and dynamic human activity. Sports, crowded public spaces, markets and social gatherings provide recurring inspiration, offering opportunities to explore rhythm, energy and composition. Working primarily in linocut, he uses flowing line and layered, overlapping colour to express movement and intensity within everyday scenes.
Blaze Cyan
Blaze Cyan holds an MA in Fine Art and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and an elected member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Her work explores the beauty, structure and enduring presence of trees within both landscape and human history. Through drawing, etching, painting and wood engraving she returns repeatedly to their complex forms and quiet power, with the sense that their richness can never be exhausted. Rooted in an interest in landscape ecology, the work reflects a close attention to the natural world and invites viewers to look more carefully at their surroundings.
Angie Lewin
Angie Lewin is a printmaker and designer whose work is inspired by the coastal landscapes of the North Norfolk coast and the Scottish Highlands. Trained in fine art printmaking at Central Saint Martins and Camberwell College of Arts, she works across wood engraving, linocut, lithography, silkscreen and collage. Her prints explore the structure, rhythm and seasonal character of native plants and landscapes, often combining detailed botanical forms with expansive natural settings. Alongside her printmaking she has produced designs for books, fabrics and stationery, including commissions for Liberty and Penguin. She is an elected member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, the Society of Wood Engravers and the Royal Watercolour Society.
Robin Mackenzie
Robin Mackenzie is an illustrator and printmaker specialising in linocut and wood engraving, notably creating the wood blocks for the documentary Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War. A graduate of Arts University Bournemouth, he has produced commissions for organisations including the National Trust, the BBC, Ardbeg and Saga Cruises. Working from his studio in Dorset using a traditional cast iron Albion Press, his work explores the British coast and landscape. He is an elected member of the Society of Wood Engravers and runs printmaking courses through the year.
Penfold Press
Dan Bugg co-founded Penfold Press in 2005, shifting from his own practice towards collaborative publishing. Working with emerging and established artists, he specialises in relief and screen printing, developing ideas through experimentation and problem-solving. He has co-published more than 150 editions and collaborated with institutions including Yorkshire Sculpture Park and The Hepworth Wakefield.
Showing in PRINTLAND 3: Mark Hearld, Angela Harding, Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Michael Kirkman, and Jonny Hannah.
Princetown Press
Princetown Press is run by Emma Hogbin and Jon Palmer from Dartmoor. They work in letterpress with foraged botanical inks, including oak ink made from material gathered on the moor, producing variable editions in which no two prints are identical. The work takes its titles and its mood from the moorland landscape and its light.
Lisa Takahashi
Lisa Takahashi is a Somerset-based artist working across linocut, oil painting and watercolour. She is best known for her bold, geometric linocut prints of cyclists, alongside expressive figurative paintings influenced by British Modernism and French Impressionism in equal measure. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Royal Watercolour Society, the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. She is a semi-finalist of Landscape Artist of the Year, a Channel 5 Watercolour Challenge judge, journalist, advisor and teacher.
