"Jess Townsend�s prints illustrate the serendipity of nature, focusing on a moment of beauty that may otherwise be undiscovered or unseen.

As a starting point for her practice she immerses herself in familiar landscapes and looks for the extraordinary amongst the commonplace and familiar.

From her sketches and pinhole photography and through the process of Intaglio and relief printmaking she creates complex images. Within each plate she captures and conveys imprinted motifs of collected materials and patterns using Japanese washi for added luminosity.

By exaggerating details in her prints she evokes an undercurrent of mystery and explores a magical sense of place.

The submitted etching is part of a series exploring alternate nocturnal perspectives. She has used the night sky and stars to convey warped and blinkered perspectives.

�Luminesence� is a ghostly moonlit seascape, captured using a pinhole camera and developed into a photopolymer etching in which she challenges the viewer to consider the luminal feeling of the cosmos and the traces of human hardship in an abandoned landscape.

Jess studied at Goldsmiths College of Art, London and has been a member of Spike Print Studio in Bristol since 2006.

She has exhibited widely since 2009 and highlights include:
�The Exposition Collective at L�Atelier Aux Lilas, Paris
�Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair
�Royal West of England, Academy Open 168 and 169, Bristol
�Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
�Associates Exhibition Penwith Gallery, St Ives
�Exhibiting at Project Babel, Jyv�skyl�, Finland later this year."