Meet Fenella...
Fenella Ross - Elmer BA (Hons) Printmaking
My journey as a Printmaker has been one which has included both my role as a Teacher & through my continuing practice in print, creating my own work in Printmaking through exploring a variety of processes, always keen to explore, including mixed-media, combining processes.
My work is inspired by Land and Seascapes, with a passion for life drawing.
I gained my Batchelor of Arts Degree majoring in Printmaking from Glasgow School of Art in 1987, graduating in my final year from Brighton Polytechnic following a move to Brighton in early 1987.
I have been a secondary teacher, working as a consultant in my role as an advanced
practitioner, for 28 Years, recently following my passion for Printmaking in my home studio, & exhibiting regularly.
I am a member of An Talla Solais, based in Ullapool. I am now tutoring in the local Community providing workshops & courses in Printmaking in art Groups & at community events.
I have a passion for Printmaking & have continued to produce Etchings as non toxic Printmaking, exploring relief & Intaglio Printmaking in my personal studio space, creating Prints based on my love & Passion for Landscape, Seascape and Life Drawing.
I often create images related to my birthplace in the Highlands of Scotland exploring iconic imagery from the life of the people in the area, such as fishing, harbour's & boats in my original and hand printed card designs, available individually or in packs.
I have returned to live in the Highlands since November 2021, living in a small village near Garve, having developed a basement space into a home studio, with 3 presses, materials and equipment for the production of art and Printmaking and a view of Ben Wyvis from the studio.
I have a tendency to work in projects/series & work in sketch books and from my own photographs taken on site as well as sketches produced at the scene, these starting points are developed from ideas, of which I have way too many, so a need to narrow down these ideas into a conclusive series works better for me.​
All my prints are printed on Archival Papers, and all are my own original imagery/designs, produced as Editions & Varied Editions, depending on the style, where Prints are in Varied Editions this is due to the painterly nature of the print, whether Lino, Drypoint or Collagraph.