Artist and printmaker Jo Westgate is 'Walking with Wilfrid' through an exhibition of original artworks, commissioned for this year's Corbridge Chamber Music Festival to celebrate the 1350th anniversary of the founding of St Andrew's church in Corbridge by St Wilfrid. Known for her atmospheric black and white northern landscapes, Jo Westgate works from her studio situated to the north of Corbridge, near Hadrian's Wall. She produces hand-printed woodcuts and drypoints using an 1836 Albion Press and a 1960 Littlejohn etching press.

It was for her love of wild landscapes that Jo returned to her childhood roots in Northumberland, from London where she gained an MA in Fine Art Printmaking at Chelsea School of Art in 1988. Since then, Jo has built a reputation for her evocative use of line and tone, in images which are based on acute observation. She has exhibited widely and has taught in schools and colleges across the North of England. Jo has a strong affinity to the region through its history and ecology, and the spiritual legacy of St Wilfrid adds another layer of interest to the work in this exhibition, and to the Festival.