Mandy Walden

Mandy Walden artist statement - I have always lived, within a few miles of the Suffolk coastline and it is the unique character and history of this area, which remains a constant source of fascination and inspiration for me. I intend in my work to celebrate this landscape... not as an idealistic pretty picture... but rather to communicate an atmosphere of place and the feelings of folk-in a sense a celebration of magical ordinariness-a story to be told. It is this strong narrative element, which has become a significant development in my work

I am essentially self-taught and over the years have become obsessed by the incidental and textural marks that occur in printmaking. I etch the image onto a card block I then hand colour each print in a variety of media. It is a lengthy and absorbing process but one that ensures each image is very much an individual piece of art.  

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