Peon Boyle Printmaking
Peon Boyle works across printmaking, drawing and installation, often using the close observation of nature and everyday life to explore themes of materiality, embodiment and state of being. Boyle approaches work with a sustained, sensitive attention, that imbues it with an ethereal transience and beauty. Her preferences of using natural materials is rooted in her concern for finding sustainable ways of making, which has informed her passion of papermaking, repurpose of materials and use of textiles processes and techniques.
Photo Credit BJ Deakin Photography
Installation
Peon is drawn to humble and everyday materials, often placing unassuming weeds, grasses, or fallen leaves at the centre of her printmaking. Working across printmaking and textile, Boyle makes use of a versatile skillset to create subtle and complex combinations of images and objects. By transforming everyday papers and tea bags into cloth as part of an exploration of mending. Such process-led works engage the artist in a slow, quiet practice, in sharp contrast to the fast-pace of contemporary society. Boyle invests time and attention to celebrate the most overlooked of everyday materials.
Inspired by the woodland
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this series of prints “Silent”, a set of monotype prints, depicting woodland. The expressive roller marks give an impression of the trees growing from the ethereal landscape. The emphasis of this series is about conveying the mood and atmosphere of how she feels within these environments.