Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
ABOUT MIRANDA
I am a largely self-taught artist and fine art contemporary printmaker based in the beautiful rolling Herefordshire countryside in the UK. I'm also a former professional biologist who specialised in insects. I produced scientific illustrations in my former career, but it is only in the last couple of years that I have hung up my lab coat to concentrate full-time on creating my own artworks professionally.
Most of my work is influenced by the natural world, from its tiniest intricacies to wild expansive landscapes, and I love to explore on my bicycle or motorbike with my camera, sketchpad, and magnifier, looking for inspiration.
I enjoy finding wildlife that may be overlooked or under-appreciated, and observing landscapes and weather from unusual perspectives. I also like to record the mark-making of generations of animals (including humans) as they physically interact with the landscape.
Techniques
For detailed, realistic painting and drawings I use a range of paints (acrylic, gouache, oils and modern cross-over mediums), ink, pencil & coloured pencil. I often use a mixed-media approach for artworks depicting wildlife.
My preferred method of printmaking is linocut. This is a 'relief' method (in which the ink sits on top of a hand-carved linoleum block). I use the 'reduction' technique, which means a single block is progressively cut away for each colour layer that I print. I often make prints composed of 3-8 layers of colour. These original prints have a looser style and I hand-print each one in very limited editions in my studio.
You can read more about my techniques in the FAQ section.
Experience
My commissioned artworks and illustrations have been published in various media including:
The BBC, Oxford University Press, The Society for General Microbiology, The Scientist magazine, Microbiology Today magazine, Biologist magazine, and in East Devon District Council wildlife guides.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture & Commerce (RSA) and a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI).
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