I describe myself as a painter printmaker as both processes inform my work, always working towards the ultimate painterly print.

Living near the sea provides plenty of inspiration as well as everyday domestic objects and birds.

I have variously experimented with etching (and most recently solar plate etching), screenprint, monoprint, collagraph, Gelli plates and digital images. I also enjoy making hand-made books.

1974 - 75 Foundation Course - Bath Academy of Art, Corsham

1976 - 79 BA (Hons)Fine Art - Preston Polytechnic, Lancaster Annexe

Ongoing short courses at Sussex Coast College

Printmaking Exhibitions

2016    'Secret of the Sea' South Coast Printmakers, The Stade, Hastings

2015    'Ebb & Flow' Selected online artists book exhibition www.weloveyourbooks.com

2012    'Scan it' Selected Digital Images, Gem Barton, Gallery 40, Brighton

2011    'Pushing Print’, Selected Print Submission, Margate

2011    ‘Quattordecim’ The Pie Factory, Margate

2009    ‘Pushing Print’, Selected Print Submission, Margate

2009    ‘Originals’ Selected Print Submission, Mall Galleries, London

2008    'The Sea and Me' Total Image Nation, Gloucester Royal Hospital

2007    'Prints Tokyo' Japan (donated to Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa)

2007    'Wrexham International Print',  Selected Print Submission, Wrexham & touring

2005    ‘Snap to Grid’ LA Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles, USA

2005    'South East Open Print Exhibition', Selected Print Submission, Wyards, Faversham

1992    ‘Open Print’ Selected Print Submission, Bankside Gallery, London

You can see more of my work at www.alexleadbeater.com