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Emma Lawrenson’s passion for printmaking began in 1990 and it has always been central to her work. She studied for an M.A at the Royal College of Art in London, which has shaped her life ever since. Emma works from her Yorkshire farmhouse studio in the countryside, and she exhibits her work all over the world.

Emma says: ‘have always been fascinated by the techniques and formal qualities of printmaking, and my work is largely an engagement with the process. The process of screen printing and the time it takes to build up a final image is what holds the beauty of a piece; it’s a fundamental part of its soul.

My work ultimately emerges by intuition, with inspiration gathered from moments in time; landscapes, places, shadows, shapes, colours and everything in-between.  I try to preserve these moments and memories in print, creating my interpretation of the world through layering, mark-making and carefully considered colour.

The relationships between shapes; between movements in shapes, and how they ‘talk to each other’ is an integral part of my work, I see colour as the poetic language that binds it all together’.