Irene Butcher / Artist

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I am primarily a landscape artist. Works are in oils, charcoal, drawing media and original prints.

Tree in Winter on Hampstead Heath

Drawings and Mixed Media Works on paper.

One of my favourite ways of producing art is to pick up a pencil and draw. It is possible to create both dramatic and subtle effects using charcoal and it is the most 'painterly' of the drawing media.

Every work of art that I do starts off as a drawing or even several studies, this is a very important way of begining the process of creativity for me.

Studies are done in situ and occaisionally end up as works in their own right or go on to inspire works in other media, such as oil on canvas, pastel or intaglio.

My drawings include works using charcoal, graphite, pen and ink and mixed media [ works where watercolour or pastel is added to the drawing].

Trees, Hampstead Heath Watercolour, watersoluable pencil, conte crayon and charcoal	autumn collection colpencil and watercolour	st dunstans in the east mixed media
highgate angel birdbath_edited Charcoal drawing inspired by Highgate Cemetery and the way nature takes over --	Bed of ivy Charcoal, pastel and watercolour. Inspired by my many trips to Victorian cemeteries	Cherub entangled Pencil wash- study based on my many visits to Victorian cemeteries in London.
Crows Flight Charcoal on watercolor. I wanted to get the feeling of crows flying out of a wooded path - the path is actually in South Wales.	Ravens, Manorbier Castle grounds Charcoal drawing of part of Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire, South Wales	Corridor of Lights Charcoal drawing of the interior of Pembroke Castle, South West Wales.
House on the Edge of the Wood Charcoal, graphite wash and ink.	Tree in Winter, Hampstead Heath Charcoal	Muir Wood, California Charcoal drawing
white lilies with fan and mask.jpg Charcoal, graphite and chalk on watercolour	Egyptian Cat Museums and ancient history fascinate me- this was a mummified cat in the British Museum. Graphite, Charcoal and ink.	Egyptian Pots colour pencils and pastel drawing. Inspired by my visit to the British Museum.
pine cone Sketch of a pine cone from the giant sequoia tree (red wood)- I used water-soluable pencils.	The Cabbage.jpg Charcoal drawing. This was featured in a magazine 'The Art of Painting' Eaglemoss Pub.Ltd. 1994.	Study of Kelly at 18yrs study before the oil painting.

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