Annabelle Oppenheimer - artist printmaker

I love the processes involved in printmaking. I work mostly in intaglio (etching and collagraph) and relief (lino and woodcut) but also in monotype and monoprint. Printmaking can be a slow and almost contemplative way of working. There is always an element of surprise and, even in an edition from the same plate, each print is unique. Experimentation is essential to creativity and it does result in some outcomes being put down to experience. Nothing can be taken for granted! I like to work in layers, often using more than one plate, combining intaglio and relief printing. I draw inspiration from the immediate surroundings in my garden, the local Herefordshire landscape and further afield. I am fascinated by the ever-changing light and the patterns it makes. On my walks and wanderings, small details, shapes and movements, along with subsequent sketches, are utilised in the print process.

https://www.annabelleoppenheimer.co.uk
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Maidstone College of Art 1968-1969
Chelsea School of Art, London 1969-1972
Goldsmiths College, London 1973-1974
Hereford College of Art 1991-1994
Graphic designer at Shenval Press, London 1972-1973
Taught art at various schools in London, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire and Herefordshire 1974-2011

Exhibitions

Sean Kelly Gallery, South London 1976
Hampton Hill Gallery 1980
Royal West of England Open Exhibition, Bristol 1994
MOMA Machynlleth Open Exhibition 1995
All Saints, Hereford 1997 & 2014
h.Art, The Printshed, Madley 2012 & 2013
h.Art, artist's studio 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
The Chapel Gallery, Bromyard 2015 & 2016
h.Art, Blue Ginger, Cradley 2017 & 2018
h.Art, The Lion Gallery Leominster 2018
Erwood Station Gallery, now closed.
5 artists group exhibition, Elmslie House Malvern 2019

annabelleoppenheimer@gmail.com 07968 235610