Joshua Miles

Today's the day ...................... for the art of the printmaker

Called in today on our friend Joshua Miles, a South African-born artist who has a studio in Kirkcudbright and works between Scotland and South Africa.

Joshua is one of those rare artists who has managed to make a living solely from his art. His passion has always been with reduction block printmaking, being influenced from an early age watching his aunt Elsa Miles, artist and art historian, doing woodcuts - and then later studying under Cecil Scotness at UCT.

Joshua is a landscape artist and is inspired by the play of light on the landscape which leads him to explore his local areas. He is always hunting for qualities of light that evoke emotion - often the softer light that brings out the in-between tones and greys that most would miss. He is also inspired by the impressionists style of loose mark making and by the Japanese tradition of printmaking, both of which are evident in his work.

As ever, we were made very welcome in his studio - and he showed us what he was currently working on ....................