Although I have a very broad interest in landscape, it is the city and its environs that is the major focus of my work, and even my rural landscapes usually feature the marks of habitation. The subjects that interest me include: the domestic city scene, urban landscapes and roadscapes, walls, hedges, paths and power lines, and those pockets of woodland that always exist secretly within cities.
I started my career as a painter and then, since I enjoy working in series, I set out to learn the techniques of fine art printmaking - relief, etching and drypoint - and started to produce sets of prints to complement my paintings. I went on to study for a Masters degree in Printmaking and gained a distinction in 2000.
Since then I have worked more in print than painting, though I still love to use a wide range of media.
I have just completed a fellowship at Bradford College as part of the National AA2A programme where I worked on making new aquatints and drypoint etchings.
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You can buy my limited edition original prints
- etchings, drypoints and lino prints -
online from my selling site:
June Russell
Studio B8
Westgate Studios
55 Westgate
Wakefield, WF1 1BW
