Rob Barnes

Barn Owl in Winter Oystercatchers on the Shore Riverside Flight Springtime Lapwings

I studied painting and printmaking at Hull College of Art and London University in the early 1960s. Later I taught etching, screen-printing, linocut and related surface printmaking at Keswick Hall College in Norfolk. I moved to the University of East Anglia where I continued teaching in the School of Education until 2006. I am based in South Norfolk.

After many years mainly etching, I returned to producing linocuts, enjoying the strong physical nature of this medium. My linocuts are inspired by the landscape and coast of East Anglia. Effects of light and colour, weather and atmosphere contribute to the final linocut. Recent work has been inspired by observing the changing fields and wildlife through the seasons. Coastal prints are inspired by Norfolk and Suffolk waterways.

I enjoy the challenge of cutting lino with a certain freedom in the cutting strokes. I also find printmaking fascinating when I blend and graduate colours. This gives me an opportunity to play with light and shade, much as I first saw it in the subject that inspired the idea. My pride and joy is an Albion Press may by Harry Rochat Ltd. It is a copy of an 1854 press and cast in 2013.

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