Contemporary printmaker & figurative artist

James Joslin is a figurative artist and printmaker based between Hastings and London, UK. Working primarily across oil painting and etching, he creates intimate depictions of the presence and vulnerability of the human figure whilst revealing fragments of the artwork's construction through exposed layers and visible line. His work and compositions have been presented at the Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, Towner Gallery Eastbourne, The Phillips Collection (Cadaquésan Landscape), and the Singapore, Melbourne, Brunswick and Tasmanian International Festivals of Art (Hatta).

Image © Raphaël Neal

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'Facing the wind' selected for the Ironbridge Printmaking Competition

My etching and aquatint, Facing the wind (in red), has been selected to be exhibited as part of the Ironbridge Printmaking Competition. The exhibition will be on view to the public from 4 July to 26 September 2026. Facing the wind depicts a man searching across an unseen ocean beyond the print’s edge with the wind blowing into his face and through his hair. The image was inspired by a quote often attributed to André Gide: “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the co

Portrait of Benjamin Britten selected for Summer Contemporary

My portrait of composer Benjamin Britten will be part of Britten Pears Arts' Summer Contemporary exhibition in Snape Maltings and will be available to purchase. Curated by Devi Singh, Summer Contemporary is a five-week visual art exhibition that celebrates artworks in a variety of mediums and disciplines. Between 25 July and 30 August 2026, Snape Maltings will visitors to enjoy visual art alongside music and the unrivalled natural landscape. Britten (1913–1976) had a profound

Etching subscription for 2026

You can now subscribe to receive 4 individual prints throughout 2026. You will receive 4 etchings on paper throughout the year when they are created, to be delivered in March, July, September and December. Etching is a printmaking technique that dates back hundreds of years which results in a reproducible work of ink on paper. A waxy ground is rolled onto a metal plate which is then drawn into with a needle. The drawing exposes the metal below the wax so that when the plate