Hello and welcome to the online artist website of traditional printmaker Gerry Smith.

If you are interested in viewing my original fine art prints on-line please browse through my PORTFOLIO link page. Should you be interested in commissioning or purchasing from my current collection please CONTACT me to discuss options, or catch one of my current EXHIBITIONS. A small collection of unframed prints are available via my ONLINE SHOP. I hope you enjoy viewing my work.

International Print Exchange (2009-2011) Derby Arboretum Orangery, Derby, DE23 8FZ Sat 05 - Thurs 31 May 2012 www.greendoor-printmaking.co.uk

UPCOMING EXHIBITION 'Derbyshire Open Arts' 1st FloorMatlock Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath ,Derbyshire. I will be there in person over 4 days of Queens Jubilee weekend. June 1st - 4th 2012 www.matlockpavilion.co.uk/exhibitions

GROUP EXHIBITION 'Behind the Green Door' Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE April - September 2012 www.greendoor-printmaking.co.uk www.airarts.net

GROUP EXHIBITION 'IN PRINT' Top floor Ferrers Gallery,Staunton Harold, Leicestershire LE65 1RU Open Tues - Sunday 6th Jan - 1st April 2012 plus Bank Holidays www.ferrersgallery.co.uk/gallery

SOLO EXHIBITION 'Cathedral Connections' Derby Cathedral Coffee House, Derby Sat 17th Dec 2011 - Fri 24th Feb 2012 www.greendoor-printmaking.co.uk

SOLO EXHIBITION 're:print' On the Eighth Day Art Cafe 111 Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 7DU Thurs 24th Nov 2011 - Wed 11th Jan 2012 www.eighth-day.co.uk

'Derby Cathedral connections'

DERBYSHIRE OPEN Trophy Winner 2011, trophy and cash prize winner for work entered for any medium. The work Cathedral connections will now be included in the permanent art collection held at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.

Inspired by Ceri Richard's Derby Cathedral windows -also reflecting the ironwork of Derbyshire's Robert Bakewell . The design is also meant to evoke the wooded landscapes of Derbyshire.

An original fine art print is an image conceived and created by means of traditional production of a hand made plate that is inked by hand and 'pulled' on an etching press. This is as opposed to the definition of a 'print' that is a photographic reproduction of an original work of art in any media.

Each inking up and 'pull' makes a unique transfer of the image from the plate - for a limited edition all are alike enough to be called an edition but different enough to be unique.