Colin See-Paynton RCA - Here's the Proof!

The Royal Cambrian Academy has very generously offered their gallery in Conwy for me to put on a show of my prints. I have selected more than forty of my wood engravings from almost fifty years of work in this tantalising medium.

I do hope you enjoy the exhibition and hope too that you will see the fascination and the depth of the passion I have for this seldom exhibited, often overlooked, art of printmaking. Should there be any doubt about it, then Here’s the Proof!

‘Colin See-Paynton has introduced yet another vision to the rich tradition of wood engraving. His delight in the lines of a bird so elegantly inscribed by the cut of his graver, his skill in varying texture even though he only has black and white with which to do so, his palpable pleasure in composing his subjects into joyous designs have brought something new to the portrayal of birds. It is a true privilege to provide these few words to introduce them.’

Sir David Attenborough
Foreword ‘Of a Feather’

‘Colin See-Paynton not only inherits the skills and vision of earlier artists’, (Thomas Bewick, Charles Tunnicliffe, Gertrude Hermes), but adds the brilliance of his design and his mastery of the movement of birds, animals and fish. It may be that it is difficult for a wood engraver, because of the discipline of his art, to achieve an element of the aesthetic, but when he does so, he produces an object of rare beauty, and many engravings by Colin See-Paynton are very beautiful indeed.’

Sir Kyffin Williams RA

All of the prints currently on display can be viewed below, and orders can be placed over the phone.

Colin See-Paynton’s prints have been incredibly popular since the exhibition opened!

Please don’t be put off by the red dots — we have multiple copies of nearly all the prints available, so there’s a good chance your favourite is still available.