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The Art of Nature on Paper – Bridget Spinney

The concept behind this body of work is that I facilitate nature to create art….

Having spent much of my life beside the sea or on the sea, beaches have become an obsession of mine. Moving to Guernsey, which has some of the strongest tides in the world the patterns and nature of the intertidal zone have become a complete fascination.

I began using conventional methods of painting the beach views and patterns, then moved to texture paste to try and recreate them in relief, and even making worm casts from string.

Never quite being able to capture the amazing, transient patterns when the tide receded, I decided to print directly print off the beach, using charcoal powder. I needed a medium that has little or no detriment to the environment.

I just loved the raw quality of the prints which still seem to retain the very essence of the sea.

You will also see I have used cuttlefish ink as a printing medium.

The possibilities are endless trees that draw and paint in the wind, the meanderings of top shells as they munch their way across the paper.