Spring 2026...

In the spirit of a celebratory 20^th anniversary year, the oriel CRiC gallery’s spring exhibition will continue to celebrate with a wonderfully diverse exhibition. As a forerunner to the Crickhowell Open Art exhibition it will this year include work by a number of artists who have been previous category winners in the competition.

One of these is Paul Rickard a printmaker creating original, handmade, relief & intaglio prints in his studio in Llanwrtyd Wells. Paul has exhibited at Oriel CRiC since winning the inaugural Printmaker’s prize in the 2022 Open Competition. He will be at Oriel CRiC on Thursday 12th March demonstrating his printmaking process from the initial design idea to the finished print. You can see Paul working upstairs from 10:00 until 17:00.

Initially attracted to printmaking by its graphic feel and the technical nature of the processes involved, Paul finds that the medium offers almost infinite scope for artistic expression. He enjoys the intellectual, technical and artistic challenges involved in the creation of an image by the repeated transfer of ink onto paper via a carved block. His work is influenced by mid-century graphic design and, increasingly, the Sōsaku Hanga print movement in early 20th century Japan.

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