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We are delighted to introduce Claire Oxley - a new addition to the gallery. Claire is inspired by the East Anglia skies and fields, its coastline and the change in seasons. The focus of her practice is on shifting hues and patterns, conveying an abstract, spiritual idea of the physical impression of her surroundings.

For the past 18 months, Trevor Price has been working on a new body of work inspired by nature. These intricately detailed drypoint and engraved relief prints are at first glance seemingly like a photographic print. However, the prints are in fact created using a polycarbonate sheet (a kind of plastic) into which Trevor will scrape and carve the image with a drypint needle and a dremmel. The process is extremely labour intensive and each plate for printing has taken several months to complete.

The compositions are highly representational and one can enjoy the imagery on this level, simply as beautiful views of nature. Close up however, the artist's intention is for the viewer to get lost in the detailed mark-making and the abstraction of each aspect. All work is hand printed by the artist. With some of the prints, the paper has been stained to give a sense of age and the feel of an old sepia photograph.