Medicinal Nature – Solo Exhibition

This laser engraved series of prints are based on everyday wild flowers and shrubs, collected in Scotland and traditionally believed to have medicinal qualities. This work was exhibited in a solo exhibition at House for an Art Lover in Glasgow. This was an exhibition prize awarded at the Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. The exhibition also includes a series of Edible Nature prints of food grown in the garden or allotment, rather than purchased over packaged from the supermarket.

Inspired by traditional botanical drawing, these limited edition prints have a victorian sepia feel to them, yet are created using the contemporary technology of laser engraving. This is part of my investigation into the relationship between tradition methodologies and new technology.

Each print is laser engraved onto off-white Somerset paper. All prints have torn edges with the image carefully placed on empty white paper.  Outside size of paper is 75 x 56 cm. Limited Edition of 25.

Photo credit Shannon Tofts. Thanks to Nicky Brownrigg for help to identify plants and their healing qualities.

Please click any individual images for enlargement, title, full details and to scroll through the full series

Yellow Rose

Laser engraved screen print

Paper size 38 x 48 cm (Image size 21 x 29 cm). Limited edition of 40

50 artists were selected to create a fundraising portfolio to commemorate 50 years of EP considering the theme of alchemy.

Yellow Roses symbolise 50th anniversary’s. The link to my very early paintings will not be lost on those who have followed my work over the years.

I originally paint in water colour and then translate this in screen printing, giving it the delicacy of a very subtle water colour painting.  . Because there is a border of empty white paper, this print works well framed to the edge of the paper, without a mount.

This was the first of a series of botanical inspired images.