Work: Photogravures

Prints developed using the polymer photogravure printmaking technique, which is becoming central to my printmaking practice. It is a development from the polymer intaglio printmaking technique I have used in the past with improved tonal values now possible for me, along with exceptional detail in the images. All is well as long as I hone my skills and get the correct balance in my plate wiping technique which changes from plate to plate in creating the nuanced mood of each image. These are an ongoing series of prints developed from my archival imagery of favourite, cherished  motifs. 

‘The Honeymooners’ appeared in the Leamington Spa Open 2026 and the RBSA Portrait Prize Exhibition 2026. 

‘The Happy Couple’ and ‘Portrait of the Peerless Dulcinea of Toboso on a grain of wheat (enlarged)’ were created in response Cervante’s novel ‘Don Quixote’ for the exhibition ‘Tilting at Windmills’ in 2026. The prints are an exploration of fantasy and reality through the imagined figure of Dulcinea. ‘The Happy Couple’ presents a fictitious Don Quioxote and Dulcinea in later life, living not quite so happily ever after, and ‘Portrait of the Peerless Dulcinea..’ draws directly from Cervante’s text where belief overrides truth and beauty is demanded without evidence.

‘The Happy Couple’ was exhibited in the Derby Print Open Exhibition 2026 and won the Intaglio Printmaker Prize Award: “We enjoyed the vintage theatrical aesthetic and deadpan, wry humour captured in Sharon’s winning piece ‘The Happy Couple’, alongside the considered tonal control in this photopolymer print”.