Patricia Homewood

I am an artist and printmaker, living and working in the Forest of Dean. I have been making relief prints, mostly linocuts, since 2014. Most of my linocut prints are made using the reduction method. I generally attempt an edition of 25, but there are often casualties. I plan carefully; there is ample room for development as I go along. I begin with a drawing that may have taken six months to evolve. This is transferred to the lino as a line drawing, and guides me through the whole cutting and printing process. Generally the lightest colour is printed first, working through to the darkest. I favour earth pigments, but nearly always use ultramarine blue or indigo as well.
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My images are developed 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 always 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 narrative, without needing to have it spelt out. My work is generally optimistic, looking towards regeneration, resurrection and meditative enjoyment of life, however stormy it gets.

Contact Details
​​Part of the farOpen Art Trail 6-14 July 2024
PATRICIA IS LOCATED AT STUDIO 58, see the Open Studios 2024 Trail Map + Brochure
Breams Eaves Cottage
Henley Road
Bream
Lydney
Gloucestershire
GL15 6NF

​07796013719
​[email protected]
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