Ruth Greenwood is a London‑based printmaker whose work draws deeply on the quiet poetry of domestic space. Trained in aquatint and full‑colour etching, and shaped by an earlier career as a costume technician in theatre and television, Greenwood brings a meticulous, tactile sensibility to every composition. Her still‑life pieces are grounded in observation but elevated by an emotional undercurrent — a sense that each object carries its own history, weight, and presence.
Working with inherited tools and traditional printmaking processes, Greenwood builds images that feel both intimate and timeless. Fruit, vessels, flowers, and everyday arrangements become sites of contemplation: studies in colour, texture, and the subtle choreography of light. Her still lifes are not simply depictions of objects, but meditations on care, memory, and the rituals of looking.
Greenwood’s compositions often centre on the overlooked — the curve of a pear, the bloom on a grape, the soft collapse of a petal — inviting viewers to slow down and inhabit the moment. Through her layered techniques and painterly approach to etching, she creates works that honour the lineage of still‑life art while asserting a distinctly contemporary voice.
In Greenwood’s hands, the familiar becomes luminous. Her prints celebrate the beauty of the everyday and the quiet power of objects arranged with intention, offering a space where domesticity, craftsmanship, and personal history meet.
I became a member of Greenwich Printmakers Association in July 2025 and I am a member East London Printmakers. I have exhibited my work in the following group exhibitions;
Lambeth Archive - Sisterhood - Group exhibition with SLWA, Brixton, London 2026
The Gallery at Green & Stone Works On Paper, Chelsea, London 2026
East Dulwich Picturehouse - Group exhibition with SLWA, Dulwich, London 2025
Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculpturers and Gravers, Bankside Gallery, London 2025
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2025
Southbank Printmakers Mini print exhibition, Gabriels Wharf, London 2025
Ironbridge Fine Arts Open Print Exhibition, Ironbridge 2025
Woolwich Contemporary Print Summer Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2025
Derby Open Print Exhibition, Derby 2025
The Gallery at Green & Stone Works On Paper, Chelsea, London 2025
Southbank Printmakers Mini print exhibition, Gabriels Wharf, London 2024
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2024
SMAG Arts, Blackheath 2024
Ironbridge Fine Arts Open Print Exhibition, Ironbridge 2024
Derby Open Print Exhibition, Derby 2024
The Gallery at Green & Stone, Works on Paper, Chelsea, London 2024
Southbank Printmakers Mini print exhibition, Gabriels Wharf, London 2023
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2023
SMAG Arts, Blackheath 2023
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2022
SMAG Arts, Blackheath 2022
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2021
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2020 Online
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2019
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with Thames-side Print Studio, 2018
Theatre Museum, Covent Garden 1994, Graduation Show
Solo Exhibition: Local Library, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1985, Exhibition of my 'O' level course work and self-commissioned paintings, Illustrations and costumes
Sheffield Evening Post Newspaper, Article about my exhibition at my local Library.
