Hello

I am an Exeter based printmaker inspired by the big skies, wetlands and moors of the South West. My work endeavours to represent these ephemeral landscapes using a medium usually associated with bold blocks of colour. I use reduction printing, mono print techniques and various methods of ink thinning to achieve a lightness of touch often described as ‘painterly’.

The creation of my prints is a painstaking exercise using a medium not entirely suited to rendering the fleeting nature of my chosen subject matter! I should be a watercolourist but I love the combination of craft and fine art printmaking offers.

I am a member of Make Southwest (formerly the Devon Guild of Crafstmen) and the Somerset Craft Guild.

I hope you enjoy viewing my work. I'll add new prints as they become available and any news and exhibition updates in the News section. You can also follow me on Instagram @stevemanningprints.

My work can be seen in the following galleries:
ACE Arts, Somerton, Somerset.
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon.
Sou' Sou' West Gallery, Symondsbury Estate Bridport.
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury
MAKE Southwest, Bovey Tracey, Devon

My work has been exhibited at:
The RWA Bristol
South West Academy, Devon
MAKE Southwest, Devon
Artizan Gallery, Torquay
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
Bath Society of Artists
Torbay Hospital




Avalon Marshes II enlarged and decorating the wall of the Acute Medical Unit at Torbay Hospital.