Artworks

Martin Mitchell ARE (elected ARE 2021)

Ringland Beeches

mezzotint, edition of 50

image size 19.5 x 15 cm

paper size 40 x 30 cm

£160 unframed

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This view of the beech trees is situated along a road between Ringland and Weston Longville that runs behind Morton Hall about 10 miles north-west of Norwich, Norfolk.

Martin Mitchell ARE is an internationally acclaimed mezzotint artist. Working from his Norwich Studio in the traditional process of intaglio printmaking, producing acclaimed tonal landscapes.
He founded the Norwich Print fair which is now a popular annual event that has gained national recognition. In 2015, as part of the 3rd international Mezzotint Festival Mitchell was invited to hold his first international solo exhibition, in Ekaterinburg Russia. His work has been exhibited in Russia, France, USA and India. In 2021, Martin was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.

Mezzotint is one of the intaglio methods of printmaking, a form of engraving on copper to produce a tonal print. It is unique in that a ground is engraved first that would print as a rich velvet dark tone. The image is then worked back from dark to light. It was developed in Germany in the middle of the 17^th century. In the 18^th & 19^th century it was the high end of the print market. The technique all but disappeared with the advent of photography, and was revived at the beginning of the 20^th century as a purely fine art technique.

Olesya Dzhurayeva is a Ukrainian artist, based in Kyiv. Her artworks have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions in Ukraine and all around the world. She is an active member of the international printmaking community, participant and laureate of many printmaking competitions. Her works feature in many public collections including Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan), Clifford Chance Art Collection (UK), Berlin State Library (Germany), Zuckerman Museum of Art, Collection and Archive of the Southern Graphics Council International (USA).