Recent new prints.
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All of the prints here are for sale (unless marked as 'sold out') They are all totally original hand printed limited editions on fine paper. Size and edition details are on the captions
Prices for unframed prints range from £40 for a small simpler image to £200 for some of my large complex works. I can ship unframed work anywhere in the world.
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This latest was my main 'Lockdown Project' and took a long time to complete; partly because of that strange time and partly because it is large and complex and was long winded print to make, It is a response to seeing the lively happy flock of sparrows (colloquial name - 'Spuggies') in the winter hedge outside our window every day.
I have made a video on the technical details of this. https://youtu.be/-JQb7RJCSm4
I have made a video on the technical details of this. https://youtu.be/-JQb7RJCSm4
Next are two large screen prints made specifically in response to a brief for a planned exhibition in Belfast, about 'The North Channel' - the strip of sea between N. Ireland and W. Scotland; which has seen much significant travel over the centuries. It was planned to exhibit them as a pair - along with their associated poems. Sadly - due to the Covid 19 restrictions, the exhibition is postponed.
The prints are made entirely by hand painting stencils directly on to the mesh of the screens; along withe use of blended colour.
The prints are made entirely by hand painting stencils directly on to the mesh of the screens; along withe use of blended colour.
More prints from the second half of 2019: The Raven was great fun to do. See blog post about it here. The Mouse is a little joke I've made before, but given a better linocut treatment. The Spell (now sold out) was one of the fastest selling prints I've ever done and was made from a tools demo lino block. The Blackcap was a further attempt at 'blind embossing very heavy paper with lino.
Two of these next four pieces were both commissions of a sort. This is not something I normally do as most people would not want to pay for a full edition. So I have to be convinced that I will be happy to treat the print as my own and the commissioner will get 'first pick'.
'Stonehouse Godwit' is a large portrait of a friend's young pedigree rare breed bull and 'Habitat' is planned to be included in a fund raising book of 'UK birds of conservation concern'.
The other two are an image and poem inspired by young swallows in our barn; and also a re-visit - only much smaller - of an image I have done before.
'Stonehouse Godwit' is a large portrait of a friend's young pedigree rare breed bull and 'Habitat' is planned to be included in a fund raising book of 'UK birds of conservation concern'.
The other two are an image and poem inspired by young swallows in our barn; and also a re-visit - only much smaller - of an image I have done before.
Other new work:
Winter Visitors was something of a marathon and the greenman/hare image - 'Autumn Witch' was a print and idea which I began with little clear idea of where it might end up! See my blog for the full stories on how both of these prints were made. 'Silence' is a screen print; made entirely by hand painting stencils directly on to the screen - and 'One plus One' evokes a boyhood memory of surprising two courting Adders under a log pile.
Winter Visitors was something of a marathon and the greenman/hare image - 'Autumn Witch' was a print and idea which I began with little clear idea of where it might end up! See my blog for the full stories on how both of these prints were made. 'Silence' is a screen print; made entirely by hand painting stencils directly on to the screen - and 'One plus One' evokes a boyhood memory of surprising two courting Adders under a log pile.
Other prints from last year. Most of these are linocuts with additional screenprinted colour. Also some experimenting again with both 'blind embossing' lino and use of gold ink.
Some of the smaller ones were made making use of the small portable press I discovered last year - the 'XCut XPress' - the use for printmaking of which has already developed into something of a world-wide movement! Again - See the Blog for more on this.
More from 2018: some using only hand painted screenprint stencils; the others - as usual - combining linocut and screenprint; sometimes with separate overprinted lino blocks.
Other prints:
A set of four linocuts overprinted with simple screenprinted tints; as often - trying to marry text and image.
A light hearted linocut in both one and several colours versions.
Also two prints which are reactions to my long involvement in and love of Roe deer: 'Duel' is about the way roe bucks will fight - to the death in some cases - and is printed from three separate overlapping blocks. And 'Seconds Ago' is about that certain moment of regret many deer managers have.
A set of four linocuts overprinted with simple screenprinted tints; as often - trying to marry text and image.
A light hearted linocut in both one and several colours versions.
Also two prints which are reactions to my long involvement in and love of Roe deer: 'Duel' is about the way roe bucks will fight - to the death in some cases - and is printed from three separate overlapping blocks. And 'Seconds Ago' is about that certain moment of regret many deer managers have.
Other prints from the last three years: Mostly combinations of reduction linocut with screen printed elements - in a range of sizes and complexity.
'Treasure' and 'March Rooks' were both selected for the Royal Scottish Academy Open 2016. The small 'Christmas Hare' and 'Two' were commissions. The Witch Hares prints continue both a theme and a technique. I used the first cut of the block as a one colour edition in itself - then made a second print from the same block using the more complex 'reduction' method. On the Information/Printing Page there is a link to see a video of the process of making 'Treasure'.
'Treasure' and 'March Rooks' were both selected for the Royal Scottish Academy Open 2016. The small 'Christmas Hare' and 'Two' were commissions. The Witch Hares prints continue both a theme and a technique. I used the first cut of the block as a one colour edition in itself - then made a second print from the same block using the more complex 'reduction' method. On the Information/Printing Page there is a link to see a video of the process of making 'Treasure'.
Two of these include earlier experiments with 'blind embossing' for the 'breath' (March Blackbird also won the Printmaking Prize at the Royal Scottish Academy Open). Much recent work combines text of my own poetry with images. However the little BB print is a quote from a gravestone, used in all the books of the writer BB.
