ZinniaGallery

Sheffield is my adopted home where, with a background in Design education, I have established my art practice in painting and printmaking. Skies, trees, seas and landscape have inspired me for as long as I can remember as well as long established landscape art traditions. The landscapes I have experienced in Ireland, Scotland and locally all feature in and influence my work. Keeping an allotment and garden in the recent years has given me a new perspective on the natural world. Since completing a Masters in Fine Art I have been exhibiting my work both at home and abroad and this year I had my first solo exhibition (just before lockdown!). My favourite printmaking technique is monotype and I love this painterly form of printmaking for the surprises it throws up in colour, form and texture. More recently I have been combining monotype with drypoint etching. I am experimenting with water based printing inks on my small x-cut press as they are kinder to the environment, as well as my hands. Water based inks are so much easier to clean up too! You can see more of the processes I use on Facebook and Instagram. You can see many examples of my work in my Etsy shop ZinniaGallery and more on my website, www.alexmcarthur-art.com