"Long hours spent in the studio of careful planning and cutting and printing are inter-dispersed with seemingly mad moments of activity sometimes changing a work dramatically and the reverse happens where forceful creative energy is put aside to complete a piece with the softest of delicate bokashi (fade technique ) or few tiny cut marks."
Paul Furneaux RSA (b.1962) is a Scottish master printmaker and is widely recognised for his inspired use of traditional printing techniques.
Paul Furneaux was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire in 1962 and studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1982 to 1987. In 1996 he was awarded the Monbusho scholarship to undertake research in woodblock printing. With this award, he then embarked on a Master's degree in Japanese woodblock printing at Tama Art University, Tokyo from 1998 to 2000. He has travelled widely and exhibited internationally.