Angela Harding

Angela Harding works from her rural studio in the Rutland countryside.  British birds and animals have always been an inspiration, in particular familiar garden birds, like the gaggle of sparrows that live in the ivy at the front of the house or the blackbirds that seem to feel they own the garden.  Waders such as Curlews, Redshanks and Oystercatchers and other seabirds also feature strongly.   Owning a small wooden sail boat,  summers are often spent on the Norfolk and Suffolk Coast.  Taking a sketchbook on these trips to record  birds in scribbles, so that later in the studio at the bottom of the garden,  they can be developed into more formal designs.  Angela's work explores the wildlife that she finds within the landscape through a mixture of linocut and screen print techniques.  Often incorporating an implied narrative, her prints are a pathway through the British hills, valleys, and coastlines.

Angela's  work may feel familiar as they grace the book covers of the Raynor Winn books The Salt Path, Landlines and The Wild Silence.

Dan Bugg - Penfold Press