Shadow Red. Etching, aquatint & watercolour 20cm x 20cm

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Susan Gradwell is a  Printmaker & Painter based in Wells, Somerset.

If you would like to visit me in my Studio and view my work, please contact me at: susangradwell@aol.com, telephone 01749 676751 or mobile 07974 020822.

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Artist's Statement :

Hand coloured Etching and Aquatints.

My printing technique involves various processes which combine deeply etched areas with aquatint and etched lines.

Elements of handpainting are also integral to the image.

My work is inspired by a re-interpretation of discarded packaging, their shapes, textures and patterns.

The sculptural form created from the cut and shredded pieces translate into the basis for the work.

" The masters of the Japanese tea ceremony used deliberately to drop precious dishes, in order that they might be rebuilt and, thus, be more beautiful than the original. My Japanese porcelain has been repaired with gold, which streaks like lightning across the shattered plate "      Gwyneth Lewis, Sunbathing in the Rain.

BIOGRAPHY

Studied in London at St. Martin's School of Art (BA) and The Central School of Art (MA).

Her work is regularly selected for Open Competition Exhibitions, including the RA Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, RWA Bristol, Bath Society of Artists, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield and the Black Swan Gallery, Frome.

Awarded the Best Abstract prize at the St Barbe Gallery, Lymington in 2024.

Her work is to be found in collections in the UK, France, Spain, Australia and the USA.

She is a member of Bath Society of Artists and Spike Print Studio, Bristol.