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___About The Artist
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I work from my home in the Black Country, West Midlands, and take inspiration from the many lovely places I have visited over the years. I graduated with a 2:1 in Graphic Design (specialising in illustration) in 1988 and have exhibited my artwork in open exhibitions as well as putting together two small exhibitions of my work in a city centre library. I have also won prizes for my artwork including a Derwent Prize at the Patchings Exhibition and the GMC Prize at the RBSA's annual Prize Exhibition.
I work mostly from the photographs which I take with my digital camera and I have built up a large library of images over the years for this purpose. I also try to work in my sketchbook when I get the chance.
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I have worked in many different types of media over the years, including pen and ink, acrylic and oil paint, collage, pastels, charcoal, pencil, fineliner pens, coloured pencil, and a mixture of media. I taught myself to create linocut prints with the aid of books and on-line resources, and have sold these to people all over the UK and the world via Etsy and Ebay. I like to mix media together from time to time as well, and I'm always happy to try out something new.
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Pen and Ink
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For many years I worked exclusively in dip pen and ink, a medium I was introduced to by my art teacher, Mr Trafford, at secondary school. I took to this medium and still love it. There is nothing like getting lost in cross hatching or stippling with an ink soaked metal nib. I love the directness, the intensity and the historical nature of the medium of pen and ink.
Sleeper
2017
Pen & Ink
In 2017 I was very proud to be awarded the GMC Prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA)Prize Exhibition with my pen and ink drawing 'Sleeper'.
'Sleeper' was an imaginary composition inspired by my love of folk music, and dreaming of a time when the industrial landscape of the Black Country still retained elements of a now long lost agricultural past.
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Linocuts
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Since 2017 I have been creating linocuts which I press at home using my hand and the back of a spoon. I have also used a Japanese Baren and an old electric iron (not plugged in!) when working on larger prints. Most of my prints have been 6 inches x 4 inches or 6 inches x 8 inches format and mostly small edition sizes, but I have experimented with a larger format (when the iron comes in handy!).
I like linocuts because they present me with the opportunity to combine a graphic element with colour. Not quite paintings, not quite drawings, but a happy bridge somewhere in between.
Urban Meadow
2017
Linocut
'Urban Meadow' was exhibited at the RBSA's Metropolis Exhibition in 2017. The compostion was based on photographs I took in Birmingham and I tried to convey a perhaps uncharacteristic view of a greener city with the movement of birds, weather and nature towering over the blocks of flats and road signs.
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Acrylic Paintings
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I work on paper and stretched canvas and like my linocuts my paintings tend to be on a small scale as I am limited for space. However despite the small scale of my work each piece has a big heart and I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture and convey the drama or the natural beauty of a scene in the big wide world on a small domestic scale.
Clachtoll Beach
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
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Pencil and Coloured Pencil
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I work in graphite pencil and coloured pencil plus water soluble coloured pencil, working solely in one media type or mixing them with others.
It's Brightening Up
2023
Coloured Pencil on Paper
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I work in a variety of media, and like to experiment with mixes of media types. Sometimes I might make a drawing in coloured pencil, then work an area in dip pen, perhaps use a little sgraffito for texture or wash in an area with watercolour, ink, watersoluble wax crayon or liquid pencil (a recent discovery for me). I have also recently been exerimenting with Indian Ink pens such as Pitt Artist Pens. I have tried using these alone or with the addition of other media, for instance dip pen, coloured pencil, graphite pencil, fineliner pen or other types of pen.
River Severn, Worcester
2023
Mixed Pen on Paper
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I sell my original prints, paintings, drawings and mixed media artwork along with art print reproductions and greeting cards on-line through my shops on Etsy and Folksy. I also sell and auction prints on Ebay. Many of the artwork you see on this webssite are also available to purchase. Please email me for details.
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If there's anything you'd like to know about any aspect of my work, please e-mail me at kayfletcherart@btinternet.com and I'll do my best to answer you.
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