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