by ChrisHeirani | Mar 21, 2024 | Studio Practice
The term intaglio (from the Italian intagliare, meaning ‘to carve or cut into’) covers a multitude of processes using metal plates for traditional techniques, such as engraving, etching, collograph and many other additive techniques, among them Carborundum and epoxy...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 20, 2024 | Studio Practice
I engrave my topographical line drawings into Aeroply to define the boundaries of my composition. To achieve a full-value dark from a collograph plate, I apply an evenly textured surface to the plate, like an aquatint, that will hold enough ink to print well. The...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 13, 2024 | Publications
2024 Softback, 68 pages Publisher: Portland Gallery Dimensions: 200 x 200 mm Exhibition catalogue produced in 2024 on the occasion of the exhibition Harbours and Havens at Portland Gallery, 3 Bennet Street, London SW1A 1RP 17 April – 3 May 2024 The premise of...
by ChrisHeirani | Dec 19, 2023 | News
Portland Gallery is proud to announce the representation of Jeremy Gardiner. A major solo exhibition ‘Harbours and Havens’ is planned for the spring of 2024. Jeremy is a landscape artist whose work has been exhibited internationally in commercial and public galleries...
by ChrisHeirani | Aug 1, 2023 | News, Paintings
The landscape painter momentarily inhabits the picture; alongside easel, brushes, paint, he becomes part of the scenery. I observe his eyes sharp with concentration, and the movements of brush, knife or pencil. There are also pauses, when listening to crashing waves...