Printmakers Gallery
MARGRIT CLEGG

Graduating from Wimbledon School of Art in 1990, Margrit's studio is located just back from St Ives harbour front, where she can be found working each day.

Her contemplative works are inspired by archaeology and her experiences whilst travelling abroad, and her sense of colour is clam and balanced. Her paintings often contain many mixed, earthy materials, whilst her printmaking is clean and crisp. There is always a strong correlation between the two disciplines.

Her printmaking is editioned in small numbers and often appears in a series of works. Of her work, she says "…despite the struggles and pains which are inevitable in the process of making art, it is for me also a celebration, a silent and meditative activity, a kind of personal archaeology…

 

 


Photo by Melanie Uys
'Family'.
Etching and aquatint.
Edition of 20.
Plate size 60cm x 30cm.
Price Guide Unframed £150 - £300.
'Arabesque'.
Etching with aquatint.
Edition of 25.
Plate size 56cm x 50cm.
Price Guide Unframed £150 - £300.
'Ode to Icarus'.
Etching with aquatint and gold leaf.
Edition of 10.
Plate size 17.5cm x 22cm.
Price Guide Unframed £150 - £300.
     
     
'Kasbah'.
Etching with aquatint.
Plate size 34cm x 30cm.
Edition of 30.
Price Guide £150 - £300.
'Ostraca'.
Etching with aquatint.
Edition of 25.
Plate size 40cm x 30cm.
Price Guide £150 - £300.
'Rock drawing'.
Etching with aquatint.
Edition of 25.
Plate size 40cm x 30cm.
Price Guide £150 - £300.
     
 
 
'Stone relic'.
Etching with aquatint and gold leaf.
Edition of 20.
Plate size 23cm x 22cm.
Price Guide £150 - £300.