Ellie Cliftlands

Artist Statement

I am a Shropshire-based printmaker and an elected Member of the Society of Wood Engravers.

I began engraving during my MA at the Cambridge School of Art, and was lucky enough to be supported by the eminent engraver, John Lawrence.  I have had work exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, the Royal West of England Academy and the Society of Wood Engravers.

I tend to focus on subjects from the natural world that lend themselves well to engraving.  Inspiration might come from a carefully-tended National Trust garden or, equally, a worm’s-eye view of a woodland floor.

Elf of Plants, Wood engraving, 12x12cm
Shrewsbury Morris, Wood engraving, 10x11cm
Shrewsbury Morris, Wood engraving, 10x11cm
Snowshill Manor, Wood engraving, 11x10cm
Snowshill Manor, Wood engraving, 11x10cm
Wollerton Old Hall, Wood engraving, 9x10cm
Wollerton Old Hall, Wood engraving, 9x10cm