Master Printmaker Paul Furneaux RSA was born in Aberdeenshire in 1962 and studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 1987. As a recipient of the Monbusho Scholarship he began his research into the art of woodblock printing, undertaking a Master’s degree at Tama Art University, Tokyo from 1998 to 2000, where he developed his interest in the Mokuhanga printmaking technique which has underwritten his practice ever since. Furneaux has received numerous awards including the RSA Salvesen Scholarship, the RSA Gillies Bequest Award, and the Hope Scott Trust Award. In 2006 he was elected a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. He lives and works in Edinburgh and exhibits internationally.
Printmaker Paul Furneaux makes abstract work using traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques. Paul’s interest in the landscape and his concerns for our environment are subtle but ongoing themes in his work. His practice aims to strike the balance between the limitless possibilities of his materials and an intuitive approach to creating abstract works of art, by combining the controlled cutting typical of many Japanese printers, with a more expressive style more commonly associated with woodcut in the west.