2-6pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and at other times by appointment
Free admission

A unique opportunity to see works that have printmaking itself at their heart. Leading printmakers Hughie O’Donoghue and Estelle Thompson rub shoulders with artists selected from open submission from all over the UK and as far as America.

As the exhibition’s curator Sean Rorke explains: “There are eight artists, who have been chosen for their pure approach to printmaking as an art form equal to drawing and painting. They have allowed print to be the driving force in itself. A true artist understands their medium, the materials, and the possibilities, and yet never underestimates the element of surprise and the thrill when the print is peeled from the plate, or the final layer is printed, bringing the image to life.

“As the exhibition demonstrates, printmaking - unlike painting and drawing -has an unerring capacity to surprise. No amount of planning and experience can negate the fact that a print reveals itself only on completion – and expectations are so often exceeded.”

Fermynwoods Contemporary Art’s artistic director, Rosalind Stoddart, said: “We are delighted to start off our 2006 season with such a great show. This is printmaking at its best - immediate yet subtle, ethereal yet strong in its convictions, complicated and yet simple in its execution.“

As well as Hughie O’Donoghue and Estelle Thompson, the exhibition also features work by Mark Balakjian, Californian Kevin G. Fletcher, and Michelle Keegan, James Keith, Julie Read and Serena Smith.

Workshops associated to this exhibition:
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For bookings and further information,
Rosalind Stoddart, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art,
The Water Tower, Brigstock, Kettering, NN14 3JA.
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1536 373469
Email: gallery@fermynwoods.co.uk www.fermynwoods.co.uk

Images from exhibition:




Hughie O'Donoghue 'Postcard From Milan II' 2003
carborundum print 54.5 x 46cm (above)

Estelle Thompson 'Liquid Eye I' 2002 etching
with chine colle 77 x 60cm (above)

Michelle Keegan ' Walk On Water' etching
24 x 24.5cm (above)

Julie Read - 'OS Form 7' silkscreen print
76 x 56cm (above)

Kevin G. Fletcher -
'Port Union Marine Scrapyard' monotype
30.5 x 40cm (above)

James Keith - 'Untitled- CM - 2005' relief print
30 x 42cm (above)

Serena Smith 'Seascape V' etching
56 x 61cm (above)

Marc Balakjian 'untitled' mezzotint
9.5 x 8cm (above)

Private View Photographs 12-02-2006: