Rosie Montford LSDC

Rosie experiments technically with colour and texture by cutting or etching the surface of the lino and gradually builds up thinly printed layers of richly stained colour. The cut shapes contrast with the softer etched areas producing a vibrant surface. They are printed by hand on paper, using the press in her studio, usually in editions of only four or five prints.

Her print series ‘Song of the Path’ celebrates the actual paths along which she has been walking. These prints capture the vibrant colours of rows of lavender at a Somerset farm, or the tall grasses and brambles along an ancient pathway beyond Bath. Some works follow a more urban route - along the Feeder Canal in Bristol on a bright autumnal morning.

‘Song of the River’, recalls riverside walks in Spain. Rosie combined natural forms depicted in the preserved fragments of pieces of stained glass she had drawn in the cathedral. She experimented layering thin washes of colour and texture, to represent the floating debris and the cycle of the river’s journey, finding beauty in an urban setting.

‘Spanish Paths’ are prints of the rugged area inland of Alicante. Rosie wanted to capture the dryness of the landscape with its stark contrast of scorched trees and the dusty softness of the colours and textures she encountered. She followed a dried riverbed low down in the valley, with tall reeds and bleached pathways snaking around banks.

• Rosie studied Fine Arts at the University of the Arts, London. and was a successful still life painter for many years, with work in public and private collections.
• Rosie turned to printmaking following a travel award to Italy, inspired by recording landscape and ceramic details, on paper in a sketchbook.
• Part of a group of European artists who use walking in their practice. For Rosie, this means walking and drawing and later using the imagery in her prints.
• She exhibits her prints in group shows and has a solo exhibition of her work in Bath in 2025.