Mariann Johansen-Ellis

Over 25 years a full time printmaker and I am as much in love as the day I pulled my first print! My presses have moved with me, from Borneo to Singapore, from Singapore to Spain, and now on to Denmark, where I have set up my studio and gallery. I am self taught, a book, a way to thick copper plate and a gallon drum of nitric acid, making every mistake you could, and learning, learning as I went along. I started with etchings and
added linocut when we moved to Singapore. Here I also taught printmaking at Singapore Tyler Print Institue, picking up and learning from the master printmakers there. I never want to be too "old" to learn, to challenge myself, to do better!
My inspiration comes from a variety of sources, I have no single line of work, but prefer to make images as they come into my head, through books, I love to read, through radio, music and a huge part, from my daily dogwalks, that not only provide inspiration from nature but also moments of contemplation that results in many of my prints!

All my prints are printed on best quality printmaking papers (favorites are Magnani, Fabriano, and Hahnemuelhe) with Charbonnel etching inks.

Autodidactic, a fancy word for I taught myself, I have given workshops in printmaking over many years, and it is one of the points where I find I learn more, seeing printmaking from someone elses viewpoint is very inspiring.

I have exhibited widely, Singapore, Australia, Spain, Denmark, but always find that those long list are a bit boring, if you want to know more, just get in touch, I am very happy to supply the list.