In this series, Jeff Lowe wanted to separate the print from the paper. It was important that the print didn’t sit on the unprinted paper but on a carefully created series of layers that would read as ‘the background’ but also be incorporated into the subject of the print. The backdrop creates a way to focus on the central image almost like the proscenium arch and stage in theatre.

Jeff Lowe came to prominence at the age of 21, whilst still a student at Saint Martin's, through his first solo exhibition at the prestigious Leicester Galleries in London's Cork Street in 1974, before going onto represent Britain at the Paris Biennale. He was awarded the Sainsbury Award in 1973, and the Pollock-Krasner in 1993.

Jeff Lowe has taught at Reading University; Canterbury College of Art, London and the advanced course at Central Saint Martins. His significant exhibitions include Hayward Gallery, London; Serpentine Gallery, London; Peggy Guggenheim, Venice; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Galerie Josine Bockhoven, Amsterdam; Robert Steele Gallery, New York; Bodo Niemann Gallery, Berlin; Musee D'art Moderne, France; The National Gallery of Australia and the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Lowe lives and works in both London and the Algarve, Portugal.