From 12 – 19 April 2018 artists from Nottingham, UK were invited to exhibit at Honfleur in an international art exchange.  I was fortunate to be included in the group. I had already begun to create prints that were images of one thing, but began to look like something different, so I created a number of prints under the title 'Duplicity' for the exhibition. So the prints were not what they seemed to be.  I was concerned about the state of the environment and our effect on it.  The prints represent a human presence in the world, signifying the physical effect of people in the Anthropocene.  During the exhibition artists explained their work to the whole group, and there were many exchanges of information and ideas.

This image began life as the surface of a rusty iron sculpture by Richard Serra that I saw in 2016 at the Gagosian Gallery Kings Cross, London. When I had created the image by the solar plate method, it reminded me of ice floes I saw in Iceland, so I used blue ink to create this illusion. We are fast approaching 'tipping point' where the global temperature increases, created by CO2  means that the sea levels will rise sinking islands, leading to the loss of homes for animals and humans alike.

Thinking about issues related to water led me to create an image of 'Baked Crust'.  Baked Crust refers to both an apple crumble top and to the state of the ground where there has been drought.  Some areas of the world have had no rainfall for decades and deserts are spreading.  The image was created by making a woodcut with lime wood that suggested cracks.  I then made a range of rubbings with candlewax over a variety of textures, trying out watercolour on top, until it looked like a baked crust. The woodcut was printed on top of the other textures.

Reptilian is a solar plate of water masquerading as reptile skin.  The colour is appropriate to both. Reptiles are becoming more rare in the UK as people take over their usual habitats.  Some reptiles that were easy to find and observe sixty years ago are now almost extinct.  Solar plate prints use sun and  water in the making process.