Hilary Paynter, Hon. RBSA, RE, FRSA, SWE (born 1943) is a British wood engraver and printmaker. She was born in Dunfermline and spent much of her life abroad in places such as Malta and China. She studied sculpture and wood engraving at Portsmouth College of Art before embarking on a career within education. Wood engraving became her medium of choice when she had a child and stone carving in the kitchen became too hazardous. Alongside engraving, Paynter had a full-time career running the Special Needs Department of a large, inner London secondary comprehensive before training as an Educational Psychologist. Since 2000, Paynter has worked as a full-time artist. Her output is prolific, she has created an estimated 700 wood engravings. Her subject matters include epic landscapes and heroic st