I studied art at Chelsea College of Art and Design and then Camberwell College of Arts where I specialised in drawing.  I now print and paint from my studio in Cheltenham.

 My starting point for a piece will usually be a combination of photographs and sketches, based on the countryside I know well (the Cotswolds and the south Devon coast), although the finished work may be completely abstract.  I am interested in margins, boundaries and areas of transition.  

I  produce prints using woodcut blocks, paper stencils and an etching press, a process which involves building up layers of colour and textures and which sometimes includes a collage element. The collaging process of cutting, layering, moving and removing feels like a process of excavation.  I work with elements of form, colour, texture and rhythm until I have revealed something that has a particular emotional resonance or mood, or which speaks to a memory.  

Please contact me via: emmyfranks@gmail.com