Laura Boswell ARE

My work explores ideas of light, space and scale within wild Scottish landscape, particularly the coast surrounding Kirkcudbright, where I live.

As a printmaker, drawing forms the foundation of all my prints. I create observational drawings on-site and then refine them into final designs in the studio. I specialize in reduction linocut, using a single block to cut, print, and rework the same piece of lino throughout the process. This method offers a freedom that allows me to continuously draw and edit as I go, using dip pens, brushes, and other mark-making tools directly onto the block to inform my cutting.

I print in many layers of transparent ink, incorporating shading techniques inspired by traditional printmaking techniques I learned in Japan. My aim is not to create direct portraits of specific locations, but to capture the living landscape, the ephemeral light and atmosphere and open spaces, allowing viewers to experience these scenes on their own terms. Since moving to Scotland, I’ve been captivated by the pearly quality of the light and the dynamic interplay between land and sea, and this is reflected in my current work.

I am a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.  My book ‘Making Japanese Woodblock Prints’ was published by Crowood Press in 2019 following my printmaking studies in Japan. My second book ‘Linocut and Reduction Printing, Design and Techniques’ came out in 2022. My prints feature in national collections including the The House of Lords, and the National Library of Wales and Buckinghamshire County Museum. I also have prints in the Nagasawa Art Park collection and the MI-Lab Print Collection in Japan.

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