Land and seascapes; antiquities and historic buildings; composite topographical townscapes; and monumental figures and book illustrations from four contemporary South West wood engravers: Harry Brockway, Hilary Paynter, Pam Pebworth and Howard Phipps.

Wood engraving is a simple relief printing process using close-grained woods such as cherry but principally box. Chosen to display quite different aspects of the medium’s capabilities, their work continues a 200-year tradition developed in its modern form by Thomas Bewick. His small jewel-like vignettes of genre scenes are not only fine works of art but accurate records of social history.

The four artists continue that tradition in their accuracy of observation, not without humour, and in a totally modern sensibility. In addition to the prints, examples of ‘applied’ work will be shown such as book illustrations, cards and commercial commissions.

The exhibition will be complemented by a gallery talk and a demonstration of engravers at work. The artist's work will be available for sale.

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