Carolyn Gilsenan Artist and Printmaker
I studied Graphics and Illustration at Wimbledon School of Art and worked in design and publishing for many years in and around London.In 2002 we moved to the Lake District where the stunning view from our windows of Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland peninsulars inspired a series of monoprints. I found printmaking an exciting and effective way to capture that moody and unique wilderness. In 2002 I joined the organising committee of Printfest, an annual exhibition and festival of Printmaking in Cumbria. The event has grown in stature year on year and can now claim to be the Northwest's premier printmaking show, recognised throughout the UK. I successfully exhibited there in 2006.
We moved to Southsea near Portsmouth in 2006, and I was delighted to find the same printmaking techniques work equally well with the softer, gentler landscape of the South Downs and the flat, marshy seascapes of the harbours of Sussex and Hampshire. I am continually experimenting with new ideas and techniques to capture elements of the English Landscape through this flexible and exciting medium.
PREVIOUS PRINTMAKING EXHIBITIONS
The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal 2005
Printfest2006, Ulverston, Lake District Cumbria. 2006
FORTHCOMING PRINTMAKING EXHIBITIONS
Printfest2008, Lake District, Cumbria. 2nd - 4th May 2008
Information: www.printfest.org.uk
Southsea Open Studio.
An exhibition of work by Painter Pam Simpson and Printmaker Carolyn Gilsenan.
Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July 2008,
10am - 5pm, 116 Festings Grove, Southsea.
For further information contact through this website.
FirstSett Printmakers
The Gallery at Bedales, Hampshire.
4th - 23rd October 2008
Information: www.bedales.org.uk click Bedales Arts