Julie Orpen
I produce Lino prints and Engravings that are often inspired by the natural world around me, usually in landscape form, and I try to convey the movement in nature when I design my work, as well as a sense of depth. I often ‘break out’ from the rectangular frame of my images with blades of grass or a bird’s wing, as I think this helps to draw the viewer’s eye into the image and creates more interest.
My studies in Graphic Design (Norwich School of Art 1983 -86) have influenced the way that I have developed as a printmaker over the past few years. The flat colour produced when printing with a piece of Lino or an Engraving block can achieve either a simple ‘graphic’ image or a more complex, subtly coloured multi layered print. I use both of these techniques, depending on the subject matter and intended use, and I often use softer colours in my Linoprints. I have also incorporated the use of letterpress type in some of my prints, when illustrating the different collective nouns for birds.
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