I am an Artist based in rural Perthshire with a background in Sculpture. I enjoy working with figurative/natural subject matter. After participating in a safer Etching course at Dunfermline Printmakers, I discovered a love of printmaking, this has influenced my current work. I mainly use an aquatint etching process, exploring the linear and tonal qualities achievable, influencing my decision to work in black and white. My work has always been a reflection of my life and immediate surroundings. I am motivated by my emotional response to my subject, often of people and pets in my life and nature in my garden/local environment. My background as a Sculptor drives my interest in the tonal qualities achievable through printmaking to describe the form of my subject. I am loving this new direction in my art practice and intend to widen my knowledge of and expertise in printmaking processes .