Colin See Paynton
Elected to RCA 1982
Born in Bedfordshire.Has lived in Berriew, Powys for 30 years. Studied at Northampton School of Art. Member of the Society of Wood Engravers and Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.
“There is, I believe, something indefinable but essential to any creative work, something which provides the driving force for all my image making. An interaction has to be present between myself and the work. Somehow an energy must be generated which will run through the whole process of creating a print from the first rough drawings to the final proof. I strive to achieve a unity and a dynamic in my work, rather as in a piece of music,allowing for and encouraging further creative input at every stage. It is true that the prime object with my wood engraving is simply to make a printed image,but the work leading to that goal must never falter and never be merely a technical,still less a mechanical exercise.”