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MASTER PRINTS
Creative Collaborations with Master
Printer Hugh Stoneman
17 MARCH – 27 APRIL 2013
Image - Breon O’Casey 'Two Red Flowers' 2001 Aquatint and Linocut 81 x 58cm
In 'Master Prints' the gallery at Rabley Drawing Centre gives you a privileged insight
into the work of Master Printer Hugh Stoneman and the fine art of creative
collaboration, with an exhibition of prints from the Stoneman Studio Archive
including Sandra Blow RA , Eileen Cooper RA, John Hoyland RA, Breon O’Casey, Sir
Terry Frost RA, Ian McKeever RA
Hugh Stoneman’s career as a Master
Printer spanned four decades. In this time
he worked with national and international artists, including Terry Frost RA, Breon
O’Casey and Eileen Cooper RA. Stoneman took artists with him on a journey of
creative discovery to produce some of the most ground breaking and diverse fine art
prints of the late 20th Century.
ABOUT
Stoneman always sought to provide the creative space to encourage artists to
explore and engage with the medium of print. From his initial workshops in London
in the 1970s, to the studio where he spent his final weeks printing in Madron,
Cornwall, his sole aim was in ‘facilitating an artist’s vision to fruition, whatever the
technical challenge’
Each artist received his total commitment and the space to explore their imagery,
supported by an extensive knowledge of the boundless possibilities of print. This
dedicated environment for creative collaboration enabled total immersion in the
work and allowed for developments in contemporary imagery through the use of
traditional techniques.
These images are the result of years of work and a mix of intuition, dedication,
technical mastery and passion. For Hugh Stoneman like all true Master Printers, ‘a
successful print was not about technique but imagery’.
OPEN
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 10-5pm
Saturday 10- 1pm
All other times by appointment.
Exhibition TALK
Artist and Master Printer, Sara Lee, will introduce the Stoneman Studio Archive
prints and discuss her time working with Hugh Stoneman, and the creative process
of working in collaboration with artists.
DATE Thursday 18 April 2013
Talk with Sara Lee 6.30pm
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