I find the built environment of all periods, set in the natural world, a captivating subject as a source of imagery in printmaking.`
Fir & Yew
Etching
Balliol College
Etching
Cannon Street Bridge
Etching
Oxford Rooftops.
Watercolour
Oxford has a wealth of college and domestic buildings to inspire imagery for the visual artist. These seven etchings represent:
(1) the Seventeenth Century entrance to Christ Church by Christopher Wren,
named for its bell, TOM TOWER, WEST,
seen from Pembroke College opposite. *Click Here*
(2) the Victorian BALLIOL COLLEGE DINING HALL
where its medieval banqueting
venue was uniquely redesigned
to include an organ; *Click Here*
(3) TOM TOWER, SOUTH
drawn from down the
road below the college; *Click Here*
(4) LAMPLIGHT
illuminating the walled
road beyond the end
of my residence after
sunset on a spring evening ; *Click Here*
(5) ORION
as the prominent constellation
in the southern sky
on a
moon lit night in winter; *Click Here*
(6) the ornate
Baroque
CANTERBURY QUAD
of St. John's College built by
Archbishop Laud during
the reign of James I; and *Click Here*
(7) THE KING'S MOUND,
Robert Jackson's Ninteenth
Century house designed for
the Master of Balliol College. *Click Here*
