Emma Lawrenson

Emma Lawrenson ARE (British printmaker.) 1973

My passion for printmaking began in 1991.Several years later I was lucky enough to study for an M.A at the Royal College of Art, which was an experience that has shaped my life ever since.
I work from my Yorkshire countryside studio, where I endeavour to create thoughtful and harmonious pieces (some geometrical, others more fluid, tactile and organic) with a carefully considered approach to form and space.
I approach printmaking as a recording process of ideas, feelings and moments in time; where inspiration is gathered from the changing seasons and fabric of the landscape. I try to preserve these moments and memories through layering and hand-drawn marks, with interactions of subtle colour. I see colour as the poetic language that binds it all together and I work with it intuitively to create ‘quiet’ prints with a feeling of calm.
I begin each print by hand-drawing every stencil. The drawings themselves are relatively simple in structure and execution. However it is the whole process of building up the prints, little by little, layer by layer that fascinates me. The formal qualities of printmaking and engagement with the process is what holds the beauty and soul of a finished piece....

1996 – 1998 Royal College of Art, London MA Printmaking
1992 – 1996 University of Reading BA Fine Art

I exhibited work for the sixth time in 2023 the at the Royal Academy summer exhibition, two of the prints are available here.
My largest exhibition to date where I showed over 60 original porints and collages happened last year between June and October at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park - 'Balance and Form'