Faith Chevannes

Faith Chevannes’ work captures fleeting moments and precious glimpses of our fragile natural world.

Her favoured technique is drypoint intaglio, where she draws directly onto a plate with etching tools, producing prints with irresistibly rich, velvety burr lines.
This collection of work centres on her love of wild birds, with a particular focus on endangered and extinct species. Deeply concerned about the pressures facing wildlife in an increasingly human-dominated world, her art aims to provoke reflection on our impact and to inspire a sense of responsibility and action for conservation.

Faith is Cornish and her work is strongly influenced by her beautiful local environment. She is particularly drawn to the birds which inhabit the landscape – starlings, rooks, puffins, owls, robins and choughs often appear her prints, many are on the UK Red List of birds which are facing a high risk of extinction.

Faith lives and works from her studio in Launceston, North Cornwall. She studied at Falmouth School of Art and De Montfort University, Leicester, achieving a BA (Hons) Visual Arts and PGCE in Art and Design Education.

Her work has been included in prestigious exhibitions including the Royal Academy (RA) Summer Exhibition, London (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025); The Royal West Academy (RWA), Bristol; and The Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.