Printmaking – Dylan Jeram

This page is a highlight on some of my favourite and well created prints over my time as an artist. Akin to the majority of my work, these prints depict various animals within the natural ecosystem; primarily underwater creatures – this is because I find that these designs on sea life are much more effective than that of land animals. Enjoy!

This print was inspired by my trip to Mexico; while on my birthday, I and my family went diving in search for whale sharks. The giant fish swam straight towards me and passed by me. a truly once in a life time opportunity! The colours which I have used are a representation of the colours of the Mexican flag.

This lino print, like the print before, was inspired by a holiday destination, this one happening to be a black tipped reef shark on the island of Crete. Unlike the Whale shark print, I didn’t happen to see this animal in the wild, however i had come across the creatures jaws which I took as a souvenir.

This print was inspired by me via a project which I undertook in University; the brief was to create a series of double page spread about both counting and marine life. This one consists of a narwhal with a glacial environment; I had quite a bit of fun creating the reflections of water on the surface.

This is another example of my counting and marine life lino print collection, this time that of a poisonous lionfish; each of the animals selected for these prints would have a relevance to the number presented, for instance, I chose a lionfish for the number 18 as the fish has 18 venom coated spines on its dorsal fin.