Marden Morning
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May is the month when I visit Marden Meadow to study its Green-Winged Orchids. It's a difficult subject, because the interest is at ground level, so I usually resolve it by crouching in the grass and taking a worm's eye view. Many of the meadow plants, like Common Plantain, lend themselves to an interpretation in ink and coloured pencil, so I just get creative, adding embossing and lifting out to the mix of techniques.
About the Artist
Helen Hanson
Helen Hanson taught Languages before becoming a professional printmaker. She exhibited with Greenwich Printmakers for 23 years and was a founder member of South Bank Printmakers, with landscape etchings in galleries throughout the UK. She is a former Council Member of the Society of Women Artists,…
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