Loraine Monk’s practice derives from a sense of place and community.

She creates images using both relief and etching processes, to carve and engrave into, and under, the surfaces of lino, metal and wood. Exploring beneath the surfaces of the subject both physically and metaphorically.
Previously exploring the inequality of power relations and occluded histories of certain people, places and ideas. She recently produced a series of etchings related to animal extinction, and is now using print mediums, to explore 

both the human figure, and animal images.  Connecting both animal and non animal species  together in the face of political and environmental threats.
She  has shown  in a number of independent Galleries, group shows and museums, as well as larger mixed shows, including the
International Original Print Exhibition , the Society of Women Artists and the Woolwich Contemporary Print fair.
She has exhibited in London, Brighton, Sweden and Germany;  held a residency at Kingston Museum, London (January 2020);
and completed an MA in Printmaking at Camberwell (2021).