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Although Alison Read chose printmaking as her medium when studying fine art at Newcastle University, her final show was sculpture and photography. And when she was subsequently chosen to exhibit in the RCA and was commissioned by Lord Rothschild to make a life-size bronze sculpture of five gnashing, running dogs, it looked like her career might have gone down different route.

But despite this success she abandoned sculpture and returned to printmaking, running the Printmaking Workshop at Lincoln University for the next 9 years. At Lincoln, Alison completed her MA degree, learnt a lot about practical printmaking and began exhibiting her own work. This led to her going it alone as a commercial artist printmaker three years ago and this how she now makes her living.

Alison’s upbringing on a farm explains her preoccupation with animals in her work as she had literally spent most of her waking hours outside surrounded by them - cows, cats, dogs and chickens were her constant companions. And of course, having this experience led her to know their characters rather well and have hundreds of stories in her head about them as individuals.

“Although I love all forms of printmaking, my current favourite is the woodcut, and I attack my plates quite brutally at times,” says Alison. “I am always surprised at how simple they are; just a few lines to denote the essentials. I like the hands-on nature of producing a plate and its immediacy. I don’t keep highly detailed sketchbooks etc as I use the plate rather than paper to work out ideas. I think this is why my images are quirky, if I plan too much I find this is often lost”

Alison is now a full-time printmaker, exhibiting in her own gallery and in a number of other venues scattered across the country. She feels that she is jest at the beginning of a career path that is full of interest and promise. Many of her fans will agree with her.

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1 Dare devil sparrow 50 x 35cm woodcut edition of 100 £58	2 Scruffy dog 15 x 6cm etching edition of 100 £35	6 The Athlete 15 x 20cm woodcut edition of 100 £34
7 Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee 15 x 26cm linocut edition of 100 £38	8 Big ears 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £54	9 Ratty 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £50
11 The Visitor 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £50	13 The Nose disfigurer 30 x 50cm woodcut edition of 100 £50	16 Harum scarum 20 x 22cm etching edition of 100 £58
17 The Gossip 15 x 20cm woodcut edition of 100 £32	18 The Scruffy Mouse 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £50	19 The Listening mouse 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £50
20 Erme, George & Nelly 10 x 25cm screenprint edition of 100 £58	22 Ssh.... 14 x 10cm woodcut edition of 100 £30	23 The Thinker 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £50
24 Brief encounter 10 x 18cm screenprint edition of 100 £28	25 Naughty bird 23 x 12cm etching edition of 100 £48	26 The Mimics 15 x 35cm linocut/drawing edition of 100 £38
27 The Antique dealers 20 x 25cm linocut/printers' block edition of 100 £42	28 The Getaway 24 x 24cm etching edition of 100 £58	29 Harold and Eva 12 x 20cm woodcut edition of 100 £34
30 Frank & Rose 20 x 15cm woodcut edition of 100 £34	32 The Beautiful Tortoise 10 x 12cm etching edition of 100 £50	33 The Gardener 15 x 14cm etching edition of 100 £50
34 The Beautiful Bee 14 x 14cm etching edition of 100 £46	35 The House guest 14 x 14cm etching edition of 100 £50	36 The Discussion 7 x 24cm etching edition of 100 £48
37 The Beautiful Cow 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £50	38 Little Owl 15 x 10cm woodcut edition of 100 £30	39 The Polite Dog 14 x 14cm etching edition of 100 £54
40 The Housing shortage 35 x 35cm screenprint/drawing edition of 100 £60	41 The Request 15 x 22cm etching edition of 100 £54	42 The Warm-up 15 x 13cm woodcut edition of 100 £30
44 The Show off 12 x 30cm linocut edition of 100 £34	45 Hare brained 15 x 15cm etching edition of 100 £58	46 The Retired Pugilists 24 x 24cm etching edition of 100 £58
48 Hare stare 15 x 24cm etching edition of 100 £48