Lesley is interested primarily in the changes and fluidity of the landscape. 

Water, sweeping skies, rocks and mountains are conveyed in abstract form in her painterly, atmospheric monoprints. 

She is most inspired by her native Scotland and the Lake District.   

 

 "over the shadowy lake", monoprint with drypoint, copyright 2008 lesley birch

 

EXHIBITIONS 2009

until September 24th:  "Touchstones & Turning Points" at The North Light Gallery, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield

 Awards: Highly Commended (Harrogate Open 2008); Derwent Award winner, Patchings Art Competition 2008, Satellite Group Award (Leeds Art Fair 2009)              

 

 

Previous Exhibitions:

The Great North Show 2009, Ripon Cathedral

Leeds Art Fair 2009, The Light (Satellite Group Award winner)

May 2009  "Four Seasons in one Day" - view Lesley Birch's prints along with paintings from Derbyshire artist Gareth Buxton, Pamela Knight and Ian Scott Massie - Masham Gallery, North Yorkshire

April 2009 "landscape expressions", Art in the Mill, Knaresborough

March 2009 "a sense of place", solo show in The Meeting Room, South Square Centre, Bradford

February 2009 miniprint 2008, Artlink, Hull

February 2009 Six Inch Cube Exhibition, South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford

October 2008 Winter Art Fair, Gallery II, University of Bradford until January 2009  Winter Art Fair Catalogue

The Postcard Show 2008, Surface Gallery, Nottingham

Doncaster Open, 2008

Leeds Open 2008

September 2008 - Saltaire Arts Trail

August 2008 - Harrogate Open (highly commended)

August 2008 - A1 Open

July 2008 - South Street Gallery, Scarborough "The Next Wave" a mixed show

May 2008 - Ripple Six Art Fair, Marsden, Huddersfield

May 2008 - Multum in Parvo - work by 40 artists at North Light Gallery, Huddersfield

June 2008 - Patchings Annual Summer Show, Calverton, Nottingham (winner of Derwent Award)

March 2008 - First Impressions, The Station Gallery, Richmond

March 2008 - The First Harrogate Printmakers Exhibition 2008, Stairwell Gallery, Harrogate