My name is Neil and I am a university-trained graphic designer, artist and print-maker from Stockport.
Back in the 1990’s, I studied Graphic Design at Stockport College, Bolton Institute and Somerset College of Arts & Technology.

The inspiration for my art comes from architecture, landscapes and seascapes. I like the works of famous artists such as Monet, Hockney, JW Turner and Katsushika Hokusia. Some years after graduation from university with a degree in graphic design, I developed a renewed interest in printmaking which I had first learnt at college.

I mainly work with intaglio printing techniques such as etching aquatint and dry point and also relief techniques such as reduction lino-cut. I love experimenting using different types of printing techniques such as dry point/lino-cut, Gelli/Matt medium, Mezzotint and Cyanotypes. I have my own etching presses and have constructed a relief printing jig to hand print multicoloured layered lino prints.

Another printing technique I have recently started using is screen-printing. I have my own screen-printing setup which I use to create abstract prints such as my entry for the 20:20 Hot Bed Press International printmaking exchange. I also like to paint in acrylics and watercolour. My paintings tend to be mostly landscapes and seascapes of places I have travelled to abroad.

I also like to sketch and illustrate using fine liner and watercolour. I also like partaking in photo-walks and urban sketching, especially around local sites of interest. Over the last few years, I have been working on a printmaking blog called ‘Stockport In Print”. My printmaking project explores and captures the varied architectural landmarks and surrounding locations of my home town Stockport using a variety of printmaking techniques.