I went to the Bankside gallery next to the Tate for the annual exhibition of the Printmakers Society. It was much better than last year, although my appreciation of printing is possibly deeper having spent a year trying to do it myself. What I found most interesting was the fact that I was drawn to colourful relief prints rather than etchings or engravings and in particular the ones using an imaginative approach to the subject rather than being purely representative.
The only exception to my prejudice against etchings was 'A Glimpse of St Paul's which was a view of St Paul's through the silver birches outside the Tate with the millenium bridge in between. Some of the birches were warm orange and deep red with muted greys and yellows in the distance.
Another favourite was 'Missionary Plant and Pumpkin' by Carol E. Walkin which was a linocut an used muted warm greys and bright orange to depict the pumpkin. The missionary plant used a flat green but the shapes of the leaves were interesting as was the negative space.
Gail Brodholt also did some lovely linocuts of London. I bought these cards by her which show flowing lines and and an interesting palette which capture the emotion of the subject matter with their; cold blues, lime green and orange using heavy purple and black to pull it all together.
There were some interesting and originally composed linocuts of the city sky line by Janet Brooke and some colourful almost abstract woodcut and stencil prints by Peter Green.
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