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
I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture & Commerce (RSA) and a Member of the Aberystwyth Printmakers.
I am the 2025 recipient of the h.Art Emerging Artist Bursary.
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.