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.”