Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Enid Marx

Also at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester was a small exhibition of engravings and linocuts by Enid Marx - who I connect with patterned papers on book covers.


I was interested to see how she used stylisation so effectively in her work - and managed to bring some humour, even happiness, to simple ideas. For example, the fishbone feathers in the tail of the cockerel. (Odd choice of paper for the printed engravings, by the way. They'd work much better on smooth paper, in my view.)


The use of colour in the seascape is particularly well done, although I suppose it is rather childish, in a way.