"Under growth." 2002 Etching and Aquatint. 26cm by 48cm Paper: Hahnemule Edition of 50.

Undergrowth

As part of the narrative: Archer ponders the plants and the impending flood as the waters rise .

Notes on the print: One of my favourite etchings by local Guernsey printmaker Barry Owen Jones is of a Guernsey hedge row. I tried to draw the plants in a similar way.

The printmaker Anthony Gross was also an influence as it was on Barry Owen Jones etching. His spidery line often describes wild plants encrouching on balmy summer scenes.

In trying to work out the colour scheme I scanned in the working sketch and coloured it on my computer. Click on the thumbnail here to see the colour study. In 2007 I went back to this digital image and added more colour and tone.