Lawrence Prentice’s delicately created aquatints are uniform in size, and circular in composition, symptomatic of Japanese imagery.

With sequences of simple, balanced, monochrome images, Prentice creates what he describes as a ‘journey of anticipation and hope’. A series will often consist of a succession of landscapes, interrupted by a close up image of part of a tree or some flying seagulls.

Prentice sees these snap-shot breaks as short rests in his journey, capturing a moment, and often suggests a glimpse at the unexpected or the unnerving with these close-up images, perhaps signifying the importance of stopping to notice the smaller…

Lawrence Prentice’s delicately created aquatints are uniform in size, and circular in composition, symptomatic of Japanese imagery.

With sequences of simple, balanced, monochrome images, Prentice creates what he describes as a ‘journey of anticipation and hope’. A series will often consist of a succession of landscapes, interrupted by a close up image of part of a tree or some flying seagulls.

Prentice sees these snap-shot breaks as short rests in his journey, capturing a moment, and often suggests a glimpse at the unexpected or the unnerving with these close-up images, perhaps signifying the importance of stopping to notice the smaller details in life and taking the time to recognise our hopes and goals, rather than get caught in the rat-race.

Prentice studied at Newcastle Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College, London. He has shown in numerous exhibitions across the UK and was awarded a printmaking fellowship from the University of Northumbria in 1993. Prentice has regularly worked as a tutor over the past thirteen years in Coventry, Norwich, Essex and Chichester, and now lives and works in Brighton.