A CELEBRATED bird artist will have her work on display for the next two months at the Donald Watson Gallery in Waterston House, Aberlady.

Lisa Hooper signed her new book ‘First Impressions’ on Saturday when the exhibition got under way.

There are about 50 works in the solo exhibition, as well as unframed prints and cards, which lasts until November 12.

Lisa’s work is characterised by its variety. She uses at least seven different printing techniques, and the exhibition also includes a watercolour painting, two batik paintings on paper and one painted driftwood piece.

Often working on bold images at a large scale, she seeks to simplify her subjects, whilst capturing their character and behaviour.

Although most of the prints are of birds, foxes, sheep and hares are also represented.

Lisa has won National prizes for her striking prints in 2007 and 2008, and was Runner Up in this year’s British Wildlife in Art Award at the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art.

She has been Artist in Residence at Nature in Art in Gloucestershire twice, in 2012 and 2014, and was Artist in Residence at the East Neuk Festival last year.

Her work has now been brought together into a new book which follows her journey from career conservationist to wildlife artist.

Structured around the many different printmaking techniques she uses, the book also contains more personal vignettes about birds, art and poetry.

Last year, Lisa was taught a North American method of printmaking which is similar to Japanese woodblock printing but uses only one block to carry a variety of colours.

These subtle prints are made using Japanese paper and watercolour paints, applied to the block with a brush.

Still practised in the USA, but very seldom seen in Britain, the technique was popularised in Provincetown, Cape Cod, in the early part of the 20th century.