Stevie McCrindle

Stevie creates her unique style of art by giving the ancient Japanese fish printing technique Gyotaku a modern contemporary twist. Stevie captures the size and natural details of each subject by painting directly onto her subject and taking a print from it similar in method used by the mid 18th Century Japanese fishermen to record their catch. Then, inspired by her direct observations and habitat of each subject, Stevie embellishes each print with her intricate contemporary designs. Her art that is quite literally fresh from the sea and shores of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly with water marks and crinkled paper as a testament to her subjects authenticity. Her art may also be the only art form in which the subject of each portrait is promptly eaten! Stevie also etches her contemporary designs into wood and vintage artefacts.