Galmpton
Brixham
Kevin Wright is a painter-printmaker. His works are mainly copper-plate etchings. His subject matter is wide ranging: from the sea, coasts and moors of Devonshire to cityscapes of Venice or London.
He specialises in traditional copper plate etching; biting the imagery into copper plates using acidic salts. He works from his etching studio in Galmpton, by the River Dart.
He is a South West Academician, a member of the Society of Graphic Fine Artists, a member of the craft association, Make South West, and a member of South Bank Printmakers in Fitzrovia, London.
His work is exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. Recent exhibitions have included the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Mall Galleries London and Riverside Mill Galleries, Bovey Tracey among others.
Devon-born, he studied art and completed his Masters degree at Goldsmiths College, University of London and a Masters degree in Art History at Birkbeck, College, University of London.
His website - kevinwrightgallery.com – carries explanations of his etching technique.
His Instagram site - @kevinwrightgallery – shows a range of his works.
