Last updated: 27 October 2026
Paul Morrison is the Sheffield artist who paints plants and night gardens in crisp black and white, shifting their scale so a dandelion can tower over a tree. Here you will find our take on his work, where he has shown, and a signed screenprint you can buy for £1,500.
Our take on Paul Morrison
Morrison draws on botanical illustration, Renaissance art, comics and 1960s Op Art, then flattens it all into hard black and white. Small plants become huge and big trees shrink, so the picture never quite settles.
“I’m interested in the cognitive landscape, the terrain that one sees, somewhere behind the eyes,” he says, as quoted by his publisher on Printed Editions.
His work also runs to murals and sculpture, including a permanent gold-leaf wall painting, Lucid Garden (2019), at the Norton Museum of Art in Florida. For collectors, his screenprints are the way in.
Paul Morrison: the essentials
- Born in Liverpool in 1966; lives and works in Sheffield, according to his VAN HORN CV.
- Studied Fine Art at Sheffield City Polytechnic (1985 to 1988) and Goldsmiths (MA, 1998).
- Solo shows include the Irish Museum of Modern Art (2003), Cheim & Read in New York (2004 and 2009), Alison Jacques in London (2005, 2008 and 2011) and Site Gallery, Sheffield (2018).
- His screenprints are in the Government Art Collection.
- Shown by VAN HORN in Düsseldorf and Knust Kunz in Munich.
Paul Morrison exhibitions
- Mystacidium, VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, 2022.
- Catalpa, Knust Kunz, Munich, 2022.
- Horsetail, Site Gallery, Sheffield, 2018.
- No new show has been announced.
Where to buy a Paul Morrison print
One signed screenprint was listed as available when we checked:
- Rosy Fingered Dawn, 2013, £1,500: screenprint published by Manifold Editions, 81 x 100 cm (31.9 x 39.4 in) sheet, edition of 100, signed, from Printed Editions. The title comes from a Willem de Kooning painting.
Paul Morrison FAQs
What does Paul Morrison paint?
Black and white botanical landscapes and night gardens, with plants shown at unexpected scales.
Where is Paul Morrison based?
Sheffield. He was born in Liverpool in 1966.
Can I buy a Paul Morrison print?
Yes. Rosy Fingered Dawn (2013), a signed screenprint in an edition of 100, was £1,500 from Printed Editions.
Is this the designer Jasper Morrison?
No. Paul Morrison is a painter and printmaker; Jasper Morrison is a product designer.
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Main image: Paul Morrison, Ochrea, 2008, Towada Art Center, Japan. Courtesy Galerie Van Horn. Framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates and prices last checked: 27 October 2026.
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