Eileen St Julian Bown

1977-1978 Farnham College of Art and Design – Foundation Course

1978-1981 Byam Shaw School – Diploma in Art and Design

2010 – present Screenprinting Putney School of Art

I began my art career as a painter and ten years ago I took a course in screenprinting at Putney School of Art where I continue to print.

I am a member of Richmond Printmakers and Southbank Printmakers and have exhibited in galleries in London and Suffolk.

I consider my work to be autobiographical and ideas may reflect a day while on standing on a train platform or on a journey by train here or abroad. Commuters have always held my interest going about their day in an automatic way up and down escalators with a sense of urgency.

Sometimes a colour or a shape may catch my imagination and it gives me a beginning from which to “grow” a piece of work. Other times amusing and enjoyable ideas come to mind.

Screenprinting offers me the opportunity to experiment with a variety of techniques for example CMYK and Bitmap which I take an interest in and enjoy my work to reflect. It is a medium which has seen many alternative ways of arriving at an image.