East Coasting - A Journey Through East Anglia
Fourteen linocut prints by Christopher Brown
From Saturday 20th September 2008
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Christopher Brown was born in London in 1953. He attended the Royal College of Art where he was introduced to, and eventually assisted, Edward Bawden, the master of the linocut. It was Bawden who encouraged him to explore this medium.
Since then, Christopher has exhibited at the Michael Parkin Gallery, The Royal Academy, the Fry Gallery, The Fine Art Society, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Brian Webb, of award winning design consultancy Webb & Webb, explains:
“If Chris Brown’s postcard size pictures of East Anglian landmarks were picture postcards they would be the ones you would send to your closest friends.
The lino cuts that illustrate East Coasting, following on from Cuts from Memory, are full of incident and detail - look out for Edward Bawden, portfolio under his arm, walking out of the picture of Brick House.
Bawden, Chris Brown’s tutor at the Royal College of Art wrote, “you are a line chap just as I am and as you know there is nothing that gives greater vivacity to a drawing than quality of line”. Bawden could have added colour which Chris now uses with delicious delicacy. ”
East Coasting - a series of fourteen linocuts
Fourteen linocuts hand-printed on Konoko handmade Japanese paper, each limited to an edition of 25 copies.
A limited number of each print are available for purchase online before our East Coasting exhibition opens at the gallery on 20th September 2008.
Please click any image below for an enlarged view:
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Orford Rabbits |
Felbrigg Dovecote |
Blickling Hedge |
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Gunton, Rendezvous |
Mr. Bawden's House |
Oulton Chapel |
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Thorpe Market |
Thaxted |
Baconsthorpe |
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Morston Wedding |
Southwold, Closing Time |
Gunton's Tower |
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Labworth Café, Canvey |