ANTHONY SEARLE Studied at Southend School of Art where I studied printmaking and painting. I am very interested in Greek and Roman art and history which is reflected in a number of my prints. Architectural subjects are also an important source of inspiration, both Classical and modern architecture. I like to combine different media eg dry point and collograph, sometimes using 2 or more plates; it is possible to get very exciting contrasts of colour line and texture by either printing dry point over collograph or visa versa. Usually these prints are done as monoprints. This gives much more freedom and a looser feel which I think is important in my printmaking. I like to contrast my working methods - I like to produce very detailed images but also enjoy working in a freer more abstract way. The methods I use are etching, dry point, mezzotint, collograph, relief printing, viscosity printing and combinations of dry point and collograph, I am currently combining photography and silk screen printing which are shown in the images below. Using my own photographs, in this case musicians, I use cut out stencils and photographic images. The photograph of Brownie McGhee was taken in 1975 at a concert in London. The second image is of a street musician taken in 2007 in London.

Direct e-mail address is Anthonymsearle@hotmail.com