Anne Hayward

As a young student at Southampton College of Art I was introduced to a wide range of printmaking techniques. I then took Painting as a special subject for N.D.D at St. Martins. After gaining the Art Teachers Certificate (London University), I taught Art part time for many years alongside my own work.

I gave up teaching in 1989 to become a maker of original prints, mainly wood engravings. I love this absorbing and expressive craft.

Nature is magical and inspiring. Observation and drawing are my starting points. I believe that paintings and prints are about a composition of marks, shapes, lines, tones and textures on a flat surface. A grid on the picture plane enables me to create an illusion of space, by the juxtaposition of surface tones and textures, rather than traditional perspective. This technique allows for multiple viewpoints and changes of light…