Sally Freer
Sally Freer is a printmaker based in Sudbury, Suffolk, known for her screen monoprints of the Suffolk and Essex countryside and coast, which grow out of her own watercolours and are printed on heavy, acid-free Fabriano paper. Her images are concerned with intervals of light and visual sensation, explored through particular combinations of colour. She trained as a printmaker at Sunderland School of Art, and she also paints.
She has long been involved in the printmaking and craft community of the region. She was vice-chair of the Suffolk Craft Society, chaired the Gainsborough's House Print Workshop in Sudbury and served as a governor of the Gainsborough's House Society, and she is a member of the Colchester Art Society, the Sudbury Art Collective and 12PM, the 12 Printmakers group.
Her work is shown at galleries in Suffolk and Essex, including the Mill Tye Gallery and Gainsborough's House, and is held in the public collections of Bedfordshire County Council, Birmingham University and the Palace of Westminster, as well as in private collections in the region and abroad.
Artist Statement
My Screen Monoprints are created from remembered impressions caught during strolls. Watercolour studies are made to depict the finer details that memory cannot recall.
The Prints capture intricate hedgerows, ancient forests, winding pathways, patterned fields, the coastline and rivers that the countryside has to offer. The resulting prints are concerned with expressing the shimmer of visual sensation.
My Monoprints are unique images all different from each other. Usually each print has 5/6 layers of colour that is positioned with each pull of the squeegee, allowing at least 2 days drying time before applying the next layer.
As well as Screen printing I also will ink-up Perspex to overlay the image with a variety of mark making textures to enhance the final outcome.
