biography
I was born and raised in the United Kingdom where I studied and taught Home Economics at high school level. However, I had always wanted to pursue an art career and after my husband and I relocated to the United States in 1979 it was eventually here, in California, that I had the opportunity to realize this dream.
U. K. 1965-1969
Battersea College, London University
–Home Economics/Textile Art /teaching credential.
U.S. Art Education 1990 and beyond
West Valley College –Course work in drawing, design, painting, life drawing
Cuesta College – Course work in printmaking, drawing and life drawing
Hancock College – Course work in photography and Italian language
Various Workshops in portraiture, figure and landscape painting
contact:
805.473.8961 Tricia@portraitsandprints.com
I regularly work in many different media, but I enjoy printmaking the most.
Hand-made prints are exciting to make and visually compelling to view. I love the process of making the plates and the serendipitous nature of the results. I also enjoy the challenge of designing the images and the changes that inevitably take place in the design as the plates are worked. My latest prints are multiple-plate, color, linoleum or woodcuts. In some instances they are made by the reduction process. The subject matter I choose is quite varied, and can for example, include figures, a series of local birds, or my exploration of architectural structures in various formats. However, in all of these images, my overall aim is to capture a sense of light and three dimensions in print form.