Alison Lumb

Alison is interested in human psychology and perception. She is currently developing work inspired by liminal places and moments, in which we are suspended between one state and another. She is exploring how we are drawn to certain places in order to escape our daily routines and everyday selves.

Alison’s printmaking involves screen print and monoprint, sometimes in combination, going back and forth as the ideas develop. The photographic elements are often collages created from numerous photographic sources.

Alison studied at the City Lit (Fine Art Course) and Morley College (Advanced Painting Workshop) while pursuing her career as a television drama producer. She studied screen printing at the London Print Studio. She is a member of the UK Printmakers Council.

In 2015 Alison received the St Cuthbert’s Award for a work on paper in the Discerning Eye Exhibition in London. In 2017 her mini screen print PLAY entered the V & A’s print collection in a box set of work by the UK Printmakers Council.

Alison has exhibited at the Mall Galleries (Discerning Eye 2015 and 2018), the Royal Overseas League, Mayfair, Studio 1.1, Shoreditch, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Morley Gallery, Upstairs Gallery (Berkhamsted) and the Hertford Theatre Gallery.

ALONG THE WAY III

31 x 31.3 cm

1 of 1 Monoprint and screenprint on Somerset Velvet

£175

FOUNTAIN I

Screen print on Fabriano Rosaspina

10cm x 10cm

Edition of 20

£65

IMMORTALS

Screen print on Fabriano Rosaspina

Edition of 4

30 x 30cm

£175

WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME

30 x 30cm

Screen print on Fabriano Rosaspina

Edition of 6

£175

ESCAPE

Screen print on Fabriano Rosaspina.

Edition of 8

25 x 35cm

£120

WINTER JOURNEY II

25 x 35cm

Variable Edition of 6

Screen print and monoprint

£150

EVENING TIDE II

Monoprint and photo transfer on Arches 88

Variable edition of 5

26cm x 17.5cm

£90

HAMMERSMITH SHORE

20.6 x 20.6cm

Monoprint and photo transfer on Arches 88

Variable edition of 4

£85

BY THE WHARF I

THE WHARF, EVENING I

monoprint and screenprint

H22cm x W33cm

Framed £165 Unframed £130

This is one of a series of one-off hybrid prints which I made after observing people wandering along the edge of the river Thames at Gabriel’s wharf. It’s a place people seek out when they want to breathe out, kill time, or just enjoy the view.

BLACKFRIARS

19.4cm x 15.6cm

Mono screenprint and photo transfer on Arches 88

Variable edition of 5

£80

SOUTHBANK

Screenprint

36cm x 36cm

Edition of 8

£220 unframed

This multi-layered screenprint celebrates the area around the Oxo tower and Blackfriars bridge.

I have worked around this area in various capacities over the years and it is very important to me.

I often find myself going home from the Southbank Printmakers gallery at my favourite time, between day and night when everything turns a beautiful blue and the lights start to come on.

I wanted to capture that in a screen print – not realising initially that it would take 10 perfectly registered layers!

LONDON BRIDGE I LONDON BRIDGE ll

This building by the Thames, with its many intriguing reflections has long been a favourite of mine. I have had photographs of it in my archive for some time. It is an abstract composition waiting to happen. Once I came across the beautiful, organic, cyanotype process, I knew the two would combine beautifully.

Cyanotype on watercolour paper

205mm x 2125mm approx

Variable limited edition of 10

£50 unframed.

Cyanotype on watercolour paper

Variable edition of 10

H210 x W210 approx

£50 unframed.

WINTER JOURNEY II

25 x 35cm

Variable Edition of 6

Screen print and monoprint

£150

This print was inspired by the winter landscape flying by the windows on a train journey down the east coast of England. As a passenger on a journey, we are partially removed from the outside world, and time is held in suspension for a while. We watch the world go by and allow our minds to let go.

LADY’S SLIPPER ORCHID II

From a series of prints reflecting on the impact we are having on the natural world.

This orchid is an endangered species. Not long ago, there was a single plant left in the UK, the exact location of which was kept secret. A few have since been reintroduced.

Silkscreen watercolour monoprint

280mm x 365mm

1 of a series of 6

Unframed £150

MATCHSTICK BANKSIA

From a series of prints reflecting on the impact we are having on the natural world.

This spectacular flower grows in South Western Australia. There are only about 500 left in the world, with much of its habitat having been historically cleared for agriculture.

Silkscreen watercolour monoprint and screenprint

Variable edition of 11

210mm x 210mm

Unframed £120