Christopher Noble
An artist printmaker in England for 40
years initially using screen process
printing, but using wholly digital means
for the last 16 years. I use Painter,
Photoshop, Chaoscope and many more
programs using a graphics tablet to
'draw' the work, aided sometimes by
scanned or photographic input. Many
images still derive from the landscape
but are reprocessed, manipulated, broken
up and fused with other images. With
each evolving layer, traces of previous
states remain visible in a kind of
palimpsest. Working with screen printing
in multiple transparent layers the move
to using digital layers was a natural
and easy progression. Recently I have
been exploring rending images in 3D
using my own print images to 'paint' the
surfaces of apparently solid objects.
The results appear to be enigmatic
puzzles or games for which nobody knows
the rules. I have my own large format
printer, so I am in control of the
entire output process using quality
pigmented inks and heavy acid free
papers, or in the case of the largest
print, on canvas.
Gained a degree at Cardiff College of
Art, and a postgraduate teaching degree
from the Institute of Education,
University of London. Taught briefly in
London before setting own my own studio
in the beautiful Cotswold Hills. After
25 years also began to lecture in
Professional Practice at Hereford
College of Arts. Retired after 16 years
after creating new studio to concentrate
on printmaking once more. Taken part in
over 200 exhibitions. Published short
book 'Making an Impression' to celebrate
40 years of continuous printmaking.
Christopher Noble's AutoGallery exhibit