Merlyn Chesterman RE is an accomplished print artist with a career spanning over four decades, gaining worldwide recognition for her breathtaking woodcut prints. Based on the North Devon coast. Her art delves into the natural world, focusing on the sea, waves, weather, and the windblown trees and grasses of her surroundings. Utilising the texture of her wooden blocks, she creates prints that reflect the organic patterns, rhythms, and gentle hues of nature.
Born in England and raised in Hong Kong, Merlyn returned to the UK to pursue her education, earning a BA in Fine Art from Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, and a Dip Ed from Bath University. She expanded her expertise in woodblock printmaking through studies in China, at Guanlan Print Base in Guangdong Province and the Purple Bamboo Studio in Hangzhou.
A member of the Council of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Merlyn has co-authored two books with Rod Nelson ARE—Making Woodblock Prints and Twenty Concepts in Woodblock Printing, both published by Crowood Press and available at her exhibitions. Her work has been exhibited globally and is held in collections in Hong Kong, Bhutan, and prestigious institutions like the V&A Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, and the Edward James Foundation at West Dean College, Chichester, where she taught in the Short Course Programme for two decades.
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Merlyn ChestermanLife Rock , 2024Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5058 x 58 cmView more details -
Merlyn ChestermanSpring Tide, 2024Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5058 x 58 cmView more details
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Merlyn ChestermanWeather Pattern, 2024Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5058 x 58 cmView more details
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Merlyn ChestermanRocks, 2023Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin Paper1/152 x 51 cm (unframed)£590.00
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Merlyn ChestermanWolf Moon, 2023Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin Paper5/2541 x 40 cm (unframed)£440.00
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Merlyn ChestermanLow Tide, 2022Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 2542 x 60 cm£500.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanShimmer, 2022Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 2541 x 65 cm£350.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanStarling Ball, 2022Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 2576 x 58 cm£700.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanWolf Moon (Yellow) , 2022Original woodcut, hand printed on 60 gsm Okawara paperEdition of 1042 x 41 cm£300.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanCopse, 2021Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 2555 x 59 cm£795.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanPrevailing Wind V2, 2023Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 60220 x 49 cm (unframed)£1,980.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanLife Rock, 2020Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition 5053 x 49 cm£850.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanRough, 2020Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin Paper53 x 49 cm£850.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanSea Slight, 2020Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition 5053 x 49 cm£850.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanA Burgandy SeaOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5035 x 26 cmSoldView more details
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Merlyn ChestermanAfter The RainOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5035 x 26 cm£240.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanBananaOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperArtist Proof38 x 53 cm£290.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanA Grey Green Sea , 2023Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 50129 x 48 cm£1,125.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanFar Out, 2023Original woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 50132 x 50 cm£1,125.00View more details
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Merlyn Chesterman5.37pmOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 60In collaboration with Sally Byron-Johnson80 x 60 cmSoldView more details
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Merlyn ChestermanEquinox SunsetOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 75100 x 52 cm£1,125.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanGlitter PathOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5035 x 26 cmSoldView more details
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Merlyn ChestermanQuite RoughOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5035 x 26 cm£200.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanStarlingsOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 50114 x 48 cm£900.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanThe QuayOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5035 x 26 cm£200.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanThe sea and the skyOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5035 x 26 cm£200.00View more details
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Merlyn ChestermanTideOriginal woodcut print, hand printed on Somerset Satin PaperEdition of 5035 x 26 cm£200.00View more details
