Glenn Tomkinson

I was born in Glasgow in 1944 and visited most points between Paisley and Shanghai before the age of 5. In 1997 I retired after over 30 years working in Education. For 13 years I lived in Cumbria where I took up printmaking and exhibited in local Galleries including a one man show at Abbot Hall in Kendal. After moving to Dover, I continued to make prints and since retirement have begun to exhibit again. I had an individual exhibition in the Deal Library Gallery and exhibited with the Image group of printmakers based in Whitstable. I now confine myself to exhibiting mainly within Cumbria. Most of my work is aquatint combined with etching but I have experimented with collographs and carborundum prints. I produces small editions of up to 20. For each print, the plate or block is inked by hand, so no two are identical. It is the limitations and difficulties of printmaking which allow me to find the essential elements in the image. Most of my work is rooted in landscape but can also find inspiration in buildings. The work acknowledges the influence of my youthful exploration of the abstract in art while retaining a response to the visual stimulus of the world around us.

Too long ago to be significant!
On the other hand education continues thoughout life.

A selection of my work can be seen at the Evan Gallery, Penrith, CA11 7PX

"Out of Ink" Cumbria Printmakers Exhibition at the Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth, CA13 9PJ. 17th - 19th October 10-4