PRINTMAKING - Norman Ackroyd

Norman Ackroyd is an English artists,based in London, known for his aquatint work, a variant of etching.

I have always thought that landscape paintings, prints and photographs are very difficult to do. I have often thought that what makes a landscape beautiful is our eyes ability to focus on multiple points and the fact it is surrounding us. Being from the Borders of Scotland i see a lot of landscape inspired work... and skill to capture a landscape as the eye see's it has never been something i have found visually stimulating.

Norman Ackroyd's prints are something else...

The Rumblings Muckle Flugga Shetland - 2013

Loch-Awe-in-Winter-2006

Autumn-Sunrise,-Windermere-1998

Loch-Broom-from-Achiltibuie-(1993)

I love how some of these are just impressions of a shape that suggest a hill or a reflection. They are how, i would say, it feels to look at a landscape. There is something about them that envelopes me when i look at them.

As etchings i am blown away by how smooth they are. Obviously i am have a lot to learn about etchings, when i make etchings they rarely look smooth, you can tell i have used cross hatching and you can sense hoe rough the plate was. But learning different techniques takes time and experimenting.

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