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Myrtle Pizzey

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Myrtle was born and raised in the beautiful Lam Valley
in the village of Swainswick north of Bath. Her family had strong ties with Wells and the Mendip Hills and they moved to the Somerset Levels in the early 80’s. 

She trained as a painter and was influenced by the Post Impressionists, the Fauves and 20th Century British artists like Sickert, Ravilious and Coldstream Ken Howard. In the early 80’s she was drawn to relief printmaking, the factile task of cutting a block having great appeal.

“Before I draw and record a landscape/natural form, I observe the area at different times of the day in different climatic conditions so that the composition is recorded in my mind. A black and white print from conception to realization may take three or four months. I work from abstract responses to colour, shape, space and form to arrive at realistic images.”

Contact:
Telephone | 01749 672865
E-mail | myrtletony@tiscali.co.uk
Website | www.myrtlepizzey.co.uk